| Start Date and Time | Event Details | Location |
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| 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Academic Freedom - Part 2
FLEX # 156
This session is a follow-up to Part 1, “Academic Freedom: A Brief History,” offered last August. Part 2 will open with a quick review of the meaning of Academic Freedom and rationales. This introduction will be followed by discussion of cases in the news as well as situations encountered in our own teaching. Please join the conversation (even if you missed Part 1)! | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Transistors: The Heart of Our Virtual World
FLEX # 157
The virtual world we inhabit exists because of a little device invented in 1947. Back then, vacuum tubes ruled the electronic world. They were at the heart of every useful electronic device: radios, televisions, radar, stereo systems, and computers. They had one nagging issue, however—they wasted a ton of energy. Anyone can go online today and download huge amounts of information in the blink of an eye because of the successful replacement for the vacuum tube: the solid-state transistor. Transistors are basically switches; they give engineers exquisite control over the circuits that they build, allowing for high computation speeds, processing, and the delivering of data, all with very high reliability at low cost. Computers are so much more powerful and reliable today than they were twenty years ago because scientists have continually found ways to make transistors smaller and smaller. Apple’s new M1 Ultra computer chip, for example, contains over one hundred billion transistors, all on a silicon chip less than two inches long on a side. This workshop will give one a basic understanding of the transistor, why it is important, and how it makes a computer chip do its job. No background is needed. | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Using Video for Assignments and Feedback in Canvas
FLEX # 452
Canvas Studio gives students the option to record audio and video media to complete assignments directly from the Rich Text Editor. Recording audio and video feedback comments can also be a powerful way for faculty to provide meaningful and actionable feedback to students while fostering connections with our students. In this Flex session, we'll create a simple assignment that asks students to record a media submission, and we'll explore options for faculty to record media feedback comments using Studio and TechSmith SnagIt (which faculty can access via license from TMI). | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | African American Transfer Tipping Point Presentation Statement of Work
FLEX # 660
This presentation will focus on providing attendees with information and practical strategies to better support African American/Black students’ success at Butte College. We will share results from the African American Transfer Tipping Point study, a research project designed to determine the factors that impact African American/Black students' likelihood of transferring and why such factors are salient to the African American/Black student experience. We plan to structure the session to support meaning-making and help participants identify ways in which the information presented can be leveraged in their own role to support Black student success. We will include polls where we will ask attendees a variety of questions related to their knowledge and experiences. The session will be designed in a way to ensure participants leave not just with new information about the factors that impact the trajectories of transfer-motivated African American/Black students but actions they can take to support the transfer trajectories of such students. | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | (Cancelled) Supporting International Students on Campus & in the Classroom
FLEX # 232
You are invited to an informative presentation that reviews the intricacies of our International Students and Program. Each of us play a crucial role in creating a welcoming and supportive campus environment. We will explore topics such as: global learning styles, overcoming time zone hurdles, currency exchange stresses and much more. Be apart of creating an empathetic and globally-minded academic community. | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | The Asian-American Experience in Education
FLEX # 661
Join us for a brief talk by faculty members about navigating education amid language, cultural, and economic barriers. This workshop aims to raise awareness of commonly shared experiences and challenges among Asian-American students. The speakers will explain how their life experiences inform their teaching practice. They will also share anecdotes and advice about representation and strategies for cultivating an inclusive learning environment. There will be a brief Q&A session following the talk. | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | We Have No Idea!
FLEX # 158
Can we really trust science when it leaves us with so many unanswered questions? What is Dark Energy and Matter? What happened in the Big Bang? What is time? What is space? Why is gravity so different than other forces? What is matter? Why is mass so mysterious? In this rollercoaster of a talk, we'll explore the vast cosmic unknowns, from dark matter's elusive hide-and-seek game to the universe's teenage angst phase. Get ready to dive deep into the universe's most baffling mysteries. | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM | (Cancelled) CSEA, Know Your Rights
FLEX # 390
As classified employees, we are afforded many basic rights by law or through collective bargaining. Learn about your rights on the job and what you can do to protect yourself if your rights are violated. The emphasis of CSEA’s Know Your Rights training workshop is to assist members in detecting violations of the law and their collective bargaining agreements.
The following subjects may be discussed:
Personnel Files
Safety
Leaves
Layoffs
Benefits
Hours of Employment
Right to Representation
Disciplinary Action | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM | Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS)
FLEX # 159
"I never teach my pupils, I only provide the conditions in which they can learn." ~Albert Einstein. Come and join us for an interactive workshop where you will leave with creative, tangible ideas to implement in your classrooms. Eight of your peers will be sharing their most successful interactive exercises, strategies, activities, etc. that help to create an experiential learning environment for their students. Research indicates that active learning is one key component of equity-minded teaching practices. | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM | Spring Club Advisor Prep Workshop
FLEX # 233
Welcome back Club Advisors! Join us for our semesterly Prep Advisor Workshop to cover all club updates and reviews. We will review upcoming changes in the Office of Student Life, review club policies, funding, club events, and more!
***This workshop is ONLY for current and returning club advisors*** If you are interested in starting a new club or learn how to become a club advisor, please schedule a separate time to meet with Karla Guzman Mohedano at guzmanmohedanoka@butte.edu | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Supporting Student's Mental Health and Wellness
FLEX # 552
As faculty, you are often the people on campus our student's interact with most. As we work to fight the stigma of mental illness, our Butte College student's will hopefully be more upfront with what they are experiencing and the type of support they need. The Butte College Mental Health Team wants to make sure that you, the faculty, feel confident in supporting your student's mental health and wellness. Join our flex to learn some of the common mental health signs and symptoms, and how to support your students in the moment, and while connecting them to campus resources. | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Dual Enrollment 101
FLEX # 384
Discover more about our Dual Enrollment program, the students we serve, and the role Dual Enrollment plays in the California Community College landscape. | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | (Cancelled) Proactive Student Support & Butte College Student Success Teams
FLEX # 234
The Dash to Success Lead Team recognizes that the best approach to becoming a student ready college is to adopt proactive holistic student supports. Butte has chosen a Student Success Team model as the vehicle to further expand towards holistic student supports, merging instruction and student services into a collaborative team that creates relationships between the institution and the student. The pilot, focusing on two of BC’s five communities of interest, began in spring 2023 and scaled in the Fall to all five Communities of Interest. Adhering to the Guided Pathways principle of focusing on the students who need it most the Student Success Teams use real time student data to identify the right students at the right time. This workshop will provide an overview of staff and faculty roles and actions, student intervention delivery, and early students outcomes. | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM | (Cancelled) Tour of Athletic Facilities and Student Athlete Study Hall
FLEX # 160
Get a tour of our beautiful athletic facilities and what takes place study hall wise with our student athletes. | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM | Finding Free and Open Textbooks for Your Classes
FLEX # 755
Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available for everyone. And, they can be adapted to suit your particular class and teaching style. We will cover some search strategies for finding OER and have a quick primer on licensing. You will have the opportunity to get help finding OER for your classes during the second half of the workshop. | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM | Professional Advancement = Column Movement!
FLEX # 391
Come and learn how to earn credit toward column movement. We will introduce the recently revised Professional Advancement Application along with the required information needed to apply for column movement credits. What are column movement approved activities? Why is prior approval necessary? Why is there a need to justify activities? Where can the application be found? These and many other questions will be answered! | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | AC⚡DC Jam Session
FLEX # 756
Grab your boogie shoes 🪩🩰🕺🏽 and join us on Zoom for the AC⚡DC Jam session! Jam Sessions are a free-style improvisation on anything related to adaptable course design. Bring questions about curiosities, share ideas from experiments, brainstorm opinions on obstacles, or strum a song on schooling. You can shake 🤝 shake 🧂 shake 💃🏽 or sit back and listen. | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Talk with a Doc
FLEX # 161
Inspiring our community through conversation! Medical Director, Richard Turner, MD will begin with a brief discussion on wellness and then participants will have the opportunity to ask any health question. This workshop is not intended for diagnostic purposes. | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Curriculum Committee Retreat
FLEX # 392
The Curriculum Committee will meet and review goals for the upcoming semester. | |
| 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Employee Benefits Education
FLEX # 556
Please join Corrine Carter for a brief presentation on Teladoc Health, a free service available to all employees enrolled in a medical plan. This will be the first in a monthly series of benefit education sessions hosted by Human Resources. Corrine will be available after the presentation to answer benefits questions. | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | (Cancelled) Recruiting the Butte Baseball Player & What the Program is all About
FLEX # 162
A behind the scenes look into the recruiting of a student athlete into the Butte College baseball program and to understand the program | |
| 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Surviving Critical Incidents
FLEX # 554
How should you react during a critical incident? What actions can you take to ensure your survival and the survival of those around you? We will teach these skills through video and discussion. We will also cover existing emergency procedures such as lockdown and evacuation. It will end with an open question and answer session with members of your Police Department | |
