Opening Day and Convocation Fall 2024
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The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (CTTL) aims to equip you in being prepared for the future of education in all its modalities and with all the tools. The CTTL supports efforts on campus to advance student success, equity and social justice.
Convocation Schedule at a Glance
Welcome, 8:30 - 9:00am | Registration, Breakfast
Convocation Ceremonies, 9:00am - 10:30am | something
Morning Block I, 10:40am - 12pm | coming soon
Lunch & Office Supply Swap in the Fireside Dining Room, 12 - 12:50pm
Afternoon Sessions, 1 - 2:30pm |
All SMCCCD full-time faculty members have a total of 6 days (30 hours) of Flex obligations to complete, while day/evening obligations vary based on semester assignments. Failure by full-time faculty to fulfill this obligation may result in a reduction of pay.
The District Academic Senate issued a memo on Flex Day obligations for 2023-24 with the Flex Day Reporting Form 23-24. Full-time regular faculty should file this form with their dean. Part-time faculty wishing to be compensated for attending flex day(s) should fill out both the Flex Day Reporting Form and the Adjunct-OL Faculty Timesheet and submit them to their division assistant. Contact CTTL with any questions about flex reporting. Please see the Collective Bargaining Agreement for further details, Article 7.11.1 for full-time faculty and Article 7.11.2 for part-time faculty.
If you are a faculty member unable to participate in any of the planned on-campus Flex Day activities and would like to know about alternatives available to you, discuss your situation and options with your Division Dean.
SMCCCD provides a flexible calendar for staff development in accordance with California
Code of Regulations, Title 5,
Division 6, § 55724*. There are six (6) Flex Days in the 2024-2025 academic calendar:
● Monday and Tuesday, August 12 and 13, 2024, and Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
● Thursday and Friday, January 9 and 10, 2025, and Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Per Title 5, all Flex Day obligations are on “flexible time.” All faculty members
are encouraged to attend Opening Day
activities on Monday, August 12, 2024 and Convocation at Skyline College on Tuesday,
August 15, 2024. As of 2018,
SMCCCD requires mandatory attendance at two Flex Days for full-time faculty, while
the other four Flex Days remain on
flexible time. The mandatory Flex Days for full-time faculty are August 13, 2024 and
January 10, 2025.
You can click the Register buttons on the Agenda and Schedule tab for each session, or to bulk register:
1. Go to the SMCCCD Employee Portal and login with your SSO credentials:
2. After you enter your SMCCD credential you will see this page; click the Vision Resource Center tile:
3. Once there, click the Events Calendar Button link to go to the desired date. Be careful to select Skyline Events, CSM also uses the VRC to register for their events.
4.Click the name of each session you choose and Register by clicking the blue “Request” button.
You have now registered for the session. You will receive an email confirmation from skylinecttl@smccd.edu and a calendar invite.
ⓘ VRC Registration
If you are denied access, it means one of two things:
- You are not signed in with your employee Single Sign-On. Please sign in with SMCCCD OneLogin and try again.
- Your primary job needs to be updated to enable acess to the VRC. Please request this update, so we can promptly resolve the issue for you. NOTE: This can take up to 48 hours to resolve. After you submit the request to update your primary job, if this is not resolved by Opening Day, simply go ahead and attend the sessions you are interested in and make sure to write your name in the sign-in sheet. We can credit you retroactively in the VRC once your primary job is updated.
If you experience any issues or need an ADA accommodation, please contact Ricardo Flores (floresr@smccd.edu)
Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning - CTTL
Building 5, Room 5-118
Email: skylinecttl@smccd.edu
Phone: 650-738-7080
For professional learning/development inquiries contact:
- Chris Collins: collinsc@smccd.edu
- Andrea Fuentes: fuentesandrea@smccd.edu
Coming soon
Skyline College 2024 Convocation
Details coming soon
- Click Register buttons for the sessions you choose; remember this takes you to the VRC (log in required).
- Note that some sessions are online only (camera icon). Click the Join button to enter the Zoom room.
- Please register for breakfast and lunch if attending in person!
- View the Schedule at a Glance
Breakfast and Community Building | 8:15 - 9:00 AM
Convocation | 9:00-10:30 AM
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Morning Session Block 1 | 10:40-12:00pm
Making Connections Between Courses and a Comprehensive Learning Experience
Karen Wong and Michael Cross (Excellence in Teaching)
Online | 9:30-10:40 AM
With many students taking your course to fulfill a general education requirement, how can you communicate its significance beyond being an inspiring, knowledgeable instructor? One means is through conveying how your course contributes to their overall growth as a Skyline college graduate, specifically in Community Engagement, Critical and Creative Thinking, Effective Communication, Information Literacy, and/ or Lifelong Wellness. Making connections between your course and the recently revised Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs) also empowers students with the language to articulate which abilities they’ve developed in your course. Bring your syllabus with the course outcomes and major assignments to participate in the activity. You also may want to briefly review the ISLOs prior to the workshop at https://skylinecollege.edu/sloac/isloassessments.php.
Dual Enrollment 101
Alex Fuentes, Vinicio Lopez, and more (Equity and Access)
Building 6 Room 203 | 9:30 - 10:40 AM
What is Dual Enrollment!? Come join us and learn about Skyline College’s Dual Enrollment program, our partnership with faculty and staff, neighboring high school districts, and the overall program structure. In this workshop, we will discuss our goals, mission, and vision to showcase the alignment with Skyline’s equity priorities. Come meet our new team and learn about our successes, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration in service of our K-12 students within our community.
Dancing with a Veil
Leigh Anne Shaw, Amber Steele (Health and Wellness, Community Building)
Dance Studio Building 3 | 9:30 - 10:40 AM
Dancing with a veil is a hallmark of raqs sharqi, what many in the West know as belly dance. However, this tradition is not only applicable to other dance styles but is also a fantastic workout for the arms and shoulders. Veil work is a means of expressing creativity, artistry, and emotion while sharpening spatial awareness, increasing coordination, and strengthening balance. In this workshop, we will use a silk rectangular veil with classic arm movements layered over simple steps. This workshop is open to all genders, body shapes, and levels of experience. Please wear clothing that enables large, expansive movement. Veils will be provided; please sign up so that we can assure you will have a veil to use.
Lunch and Office Supplies Swap
CTTL and District Sustainability Team (Community Building)
Building 6, Fireside Dining | 12:00 - 12:50 PM
Join your colleagues for lunch, raffles, and more. Bring any unwanted office supplies from your department or home, to swap or share with your colleagues! Reduce waste and share resources. Please register for lunch if you plan to join in person.
Afternoon Sessions | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Propose a Workshop for Flex Day
Have an idea or some experience to share? To support diverse programming that meets the needs of our campus community, the CTTL is requesting proposals for Flex Day sessions.
Now accepting Flex Day and Adjunct Symposium proposals for Fall 2024
We are looking for tracks around Excellence in Teaching, Community Building, Technology and Innovation (including Online Teaching), Health/Safety/Wellness, and Equity/Access.
Guidelines for Presenters
Prospective Presenters - The CTTL has adapted the Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills (AKS) framework by Connerley and Pedersen (2005) to develop our own framework of constructing and facilitating workshops/training.
The adaptation of AKS is as a way to identify if the workshop is building awareness (creating the foundational information about your topic such as definitions, historical timelines/context); relating knowledge (interpreting the research, policies, or other resources related to the topic); as well as implementing skills (applying best practices/strategies). Workshops should either focus on one or all of the adapted AKS framework to build upon the work currently being done within our college and across the district. Using this framework will also further inform the participants of the purpose and outcomes of the workshop.
Need support with developing a workshop proposal? Have questions or need additional information? Contact Chris Collins.
Previous Flex Days
Access materials from earlier flex days in the CTTL Faculty Repository, Professional Development section.
Flex Day Archives
CTTL maintains copies of slide decks, handouts, and some video recordings from previous flex days. You can browse the CTTL Faculty Repository for this information. If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Fuentes in the CTTL.
PD and Flex Day Repository