Workshop Day! Grumpy CATs Gallery Walk: 6 Student Success Factors Review Syllabus and Teaching Philosophy Peer Review Final Word Activity with Text Set: Readings: “What is a ‘Pathways Model?’” “Los Angeles College Promise: Creating a City of Graduates.” “Assembly Bill 705.” “Vision for Success: Strengthening the California Community Colleges to Meet […]
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Welcome Back! Focus on Equity in the Classroom Grumpy CATs The Danger of a Single Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQR8x3CCo0A Sharing our own stories of who we are -Think Pair Share Which identities were the least comfortable for me to talk about? Which identities am I most conscious of? Why? […]
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Welcome Back! FTLA 2019_Day 3 Grumpy CATs from Day 2 FTLA Pre-Academy Survey Reactions Brainology: Read together using Jigsaw, which is a Reading Apprenticeship practice. NAISBrainology.CarolDweck Instructions: The article discussed “Growth Mindset” versus “Fixed Mindset.” Participants discussed that cultivating a growth mindset would be beneficial to students. Paul Tough: […]
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Welcome Back! FTLA 2019_Day 2 Introduction to Appreciative Inquirty Connectivism and Bain Bain’s What the Best College Students Do and Siemen’s Connectivism Bain Golden Lines “Connectivism” Discussion Link to TedEd Lesson “Networked Student” https://ed.ted.com/on/DvuRF16k. As part of today’s homework, you will get to explore TedEd Lessons by doing this assignment using your TedEd account. […]
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WELCOME! Ice Breaker: What was your first day of college like? Setting Norms: How do we set up the ideal learning environment? Professional Learning in the FTLA Matt Bolin (2018 Alum) Returns to the FTLA English 105 Spring 18 Syllabus FTLA Professional […]
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Apply Today for FTLA Winter/Spring 2019-Celebrating our 11th Year in LACCD!
Posted on 11. Oct, 2018 by cristojr.
The Los Angeles Community Colleges’s Student Success Initiative Steering Committee invites you to participate in its 2019 Winter/Spring Faculty Teaching and Learning Academy(FTLA), part of our ongoing efforts to build a “Success Network” for the development of institutional cultures and environments that are learning-centered, technologically advanced, and culturally responsive. FTLA’s Inaugural Class, Held at LACC: Application Materials Set to […]
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Guest Speakers! Veronica A. K. Neal, Ed.D. is a certified diversity professional, certified community and workplace mediator, integral coach, and an equity and social justice specialist. Dr. Neal has over two decades of experience in the field of diversity education, training and human development. Professionally, she has served as a nonprofit director, program manager, project […]
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Welcome Back! Focus on Equity in the Classroom Grumpy CATs The Danger of a Single Story Chimamanda Adichie The danger of a single story 3 min cut Sharing our own stories of who we are -Think Pair Share Which identities were the least comfortable for me to talk about? Which identities am I […]
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Welcome Back! Grumpy CATs Brainology: Read together using Jigsaw, which is a Reading Apprenticeship practice. Instructions: The article discussed “Growth Mindset” versus “Fixed Mindset.” Participants discussed that cultivating a growth mindset would be beneficial to students. Paul Tough: Connecting the Paul Tough podcast on This American Life to the Dweck article. Key takeaways: -The Mindset/belief system makes […]
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Welcome Back! Connectivism and Bain Bain’s What the Best College Students Do and Howard’s The College Fear Factor. Bain Golden Lines Articles referenced: Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter Steven Johnson, 2005 Nicholas Carr The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to […]
