• Faculty Learning Community (FLC) – on Grit and the Growth Mindset

    Daumier Conference Room Daumier Building, Pomona, CA, United States

    WHAT: A supportive environment where faculty can: present current active learning techniques and practices; discuss challenges and obstacles in developing active learning strategies; brainstorm solutions to challenges; develop collegiate relationships. WHO: Any faculty interested in creating learning experiences that engage the students in an observable way (e.g. problem solving, discussion, role playing). FORMAT: Each session will…

  • Faculty Learning Community (FLC) – on Grit and the Growth Mindset

    Daumier Conference Room Daumier Building, Pomona, CA, United States

    WHAT: A supportive environment where faculty can: present current active learning techniques and practices; discuss challenges and obstacles in developing active learning strategies; brainstorm solutions to challenges; develop collegiate relationships. WHO: Any faculty interested in creating learning experiences that engage the students in an observable way (e.g. problem solving, discussion, role playing). FORMAT: Each session will…

  • Faculty Learning Community (FLC) Grit & Growth Mindset

    North Conference Room HPC

    Grit and the Growth Mindset? Come join us for lunch as we start to assemble like minds on campus that want to know more and DO more with Grit and the Growth Mindset.

  • Faculty Learning Community on Grit and the Growth Mindset

    Daumier Conference Room Daumier Building, Pomona, CA, United States

    Grit and the Growth Mindset? Come join us for lunch as we start to assemble like minds on campus that want to know more and DO more with Grit and the Growth Mindset

  • Setting the Mood – How Music affects the Classroom and Concentration at Work

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    This CAPE Workshop will explore how different music genres affect mood and concentration. Faculty members will learn how to choose specific music for class time and office time to maximize their learning/teaching environment. Presentation will include background information regarding music and learning and will end with an activity of making your own music playlist. Learning…

  • Faculty Learning Community on Grit and the Growth Mindset

    Daumier Conference Room Daumier Building, Pomona, CA, United States

    Grit and the Growth Mindset? Come join us for lunch as we start to assemble like minds on campus that want to know more and DO more with Grit and the Growth Mindset.

  • Helping Students Prepare for Class

    Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA, United States

    There are few things less discouraging than spending hours preparing to deliver a lecture, then walking into the classroom full of underprepared students. As facilitators of learning know, the best students are prepared students. Attend this presentation to: Discuss the benefits of student preparation before class Identify strategies to increase student preparation Share best practices…

  • InteresTED – The Brain – part one

    HEC Classroom D

    Come join us for some lunch and some fascinating discussion about the brain, its myths, its potential and its mysteries, as we watch two engaging TED talks about this most fascinating organ.  Facilitated by: Tim Wood What We?ll Learn About The Brain in the Next Century Sam Rodriques In this imaginative talk, neuroengineer Sam Rodriques takes…

  • Webinar – How to Help Online Learning Students Manage Their Vulnerabilities and Grow Their Resilience

    “This is a Partner Webinar will be hosted by the Grit & Growth Mindset Faculty Learning Community” Some students are more vulnerable than others. Some students are more vulnerable at particular points in their journey than others, and these vulnerabilities can be either temporary or occurrent. Some students manage their vulnerability and risk of, for…

  • Webinar – Encouraging Student Persistence

    Zoom

    Colleges have long worked toward the imperative of student success. Yet, the Covid-19 pandemic and its fallout have upended many of their efforts, with steep declines in enrollment and retention, particularly among Latinx and Black students. How are colleges acting now to address the needs of those students most deeply impacted by the pandemic, in…