Retention Strategy

Interesting article about a retention strategy article:
http://www.league.org/blog/post.cfm/member-spotlight-cambrian-college

This link came from the League for Innovation. You can see the latest newsletter at:
http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001TZa7AKGpnME1zpxVnQqsQc-BmiPjmTQxH2O6wYH6HG8k1VZfkYNs0wyT3H1N9dDMYILHg16N8g9J8xEmGABadBpaXUDjuRS_HKWUnXazT8Dz1VJmhkWUzuHopl1TFBR9Ejxt2Ki2GNWci8yqtaTrhBfgmKO5cRQtjHtImWxBPMcVSsJWalSGmG_geelhm5eoS5bfQXCbKg_thm9wPsOgN9FdFTVs2FVjVbGKPrv3xaVpZQ60t2pS1jr5UKG_YaZWmy-d8JakK_G-0Xkt32TviA%3D%3D

Census 2010 Curriculum Ideas and Websites

Census 2010 gives us an opportunity to bring the classroom and the world a little closer together. If you have ideas on how faculty can incorporate the census into their classrooms, please comment here with your suggestions.

Adjunct Committee Meeting Notes

Remaining schedule for this year's meetings:

April 24th - LaPlata

May 6th - Adjunct Faculty Dinner - Location: Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Regency Furniture Stadium


As always, suggestions for topics and presenters are welcome! Just use the "comments" link below.

AdjunctNation

Check out AdjunctNation at: http://www.adjunctnation.com/


Whether you hold a full-time or part-time temporary teaching appointment, the Adjunct Advocate's Web page, AdjunctNation.com, can get you plugged-in like no other on-line resource for temporary college faculty can! Our registered Web page users live and work all over the world! AdjunctNation.com hosts temporary faculty from around the world because we've got all the resources temporary faculty (all college faculty, really) need in one place. Browse hundreds of jobs, try your hand at the weekly quiz, search our exclusive textbook catalogue, play HangProf, visit the Syllabus Vault, dialogue with colleagues, cast your vote in the Adjunct Poll, find a grant, browse through our list of professional development books, read the Adjunct Advocate magazine, and MUCH MORE.

Learning Communities Presentation Posted

Anyone interested in checking out the slides from the learning communities presentation held at CSM in September 2009 at the Prince Frederick Campus can visit the link below to view the slides.

http://www.slideshare.net/ssubocz/learning-communities-presentation-2451076

Treat Yourself to a Wireless Presenter!

Amazon has several really nice wireless presenters on sale right now. Our office favorite is on sale for under $20, but there are numerous nice ones to consider, many under $50. Here's our favorite.


http://www.amazon.com/Targus-Wireless-Presenter-Laser-Pointer/dp/B000F004RO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257699435&sr=8-2

Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium

Check out the Maryland Digital eLibrary Consortium at http://maryland.lib.overdrive.com/D0F1518D-3A87-4CF2-82B8-B5C383896861/10/336/en/Default.htm for access to a wealth of resources, including FREE audiobooks, downloadable books, and a whole lot more.  For CSM faculty and staff, if you have questions or need assistance, contact the CSM library staff - you can get contact information at http://www.csmd.edu/Library/.

NISOD Hook 'em Up

NISOD Hook 'em Up Newsletter at: http://www.nisod.org/publications/newsletter/hookem_upvol3_no7.html

Innovation Abstracts:
http://www.nisod.org/publications/abstracts/index.html
(You'll need the CSM user id and passwork - contact me for information (ssubocz@csmd.edu)

Adjunct Benefit - CSM Courses Tuition Free

During any semester in which you are teaching a class at CSM, you are eligible to take CSM courses tuition free. To sign up for a course and receive this benefit, you must first send a form to HRD so they can verify your employment. We have posted the form for you at: http://www.dlf.csmd.edu/forms/EmployeeVerificationForm.doc

Return the form to HRD via inter-office mail, in person, or by scanning and e-mailing to jrupp@csmd.edu.
Questions? Contact Human Resources at 301-934-7700 or DLF (ssubocz@csmd.edu)

Dell EPP

Check out the link below for the CSM Educational Purchase Program with Dell:
http://premier.dell.com/portal/messages.aspx?c=US&l=en&s=eep&cs=RC810224

Keynote Project Report

Alison Bode recently completed her Adjunct Certification Level III project and submitted her report. Some of the highlights from her report:

On the blog, I found a request for help in planning a social justice event for the La Plata campus. Since social justice is a cause I support, and the help needed seemed to be mostly organizational, which is something I can do, I agreed to serve on the La Plata Social Justice Committee and submitted a proposal for Social Justice Day as my keynote project.

I began by meeting with the committee, composed of Beth Settle of the Teacher Education Department, Ed Schauf of the Criminal Justice Department and me, on Thursday, March 12. At that meeting, we discussed the format we envisioned for the event, when and where the event would take place, and what aspect of planning each committee member would undertake. My primary area of responsibility was publicity, and I was charged with contacting the Marketing Department, creating and distributing fliers, and seeing that the event was mentioned through on-campus outlets, such as The Friday Report and the “What’s Happening at CSM” online calendar. Other members were charged with enlisting a speaker, arranging a meeting space, and ordering refreshments.

In addition to my publicity duties, I volunteered to procure awards for the social justice projects to be displayed at the event. I purchased certificate paper and ribbons and prepared 24 awards for the projects. On the day of the event, I served as a judge to score the projects, and every student who submitted a project received an award.

On the day of the event, I helped to set up projects, and brought one of my English 1010 classes to the event. Our social justice day included short presentations by Patrick Allen and Linda Morales, projects on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and other issues, activities for students to participate in to enhance their awareness of social justice, and refreshments. About 40 people attended the event, which was held in BI 113 from 1 – 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

Faculty Development Advice from Higher Ed Jobs

Interesting article from Higher Ed jobs about micro careers:

http://www.higheredjobs.com/Articles/articleDisplay.cfm?ID=105

More on Learning Games

Check out this link to learning game resources:

http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources/

We Need Your Help!

We are putting together plans for training events for the Fall 2009 semester and we need your help! If you could set aside 5-10 minutes to give us your feedback on the kinds of training you would like to have available, we would greatly appreciate it. You can complete the survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Iprci0tQ486E_2bu1a9uG_2bBA_3d_3d

Thanks!

Spotlight on Information Literacy Resources

Some research on Information Literacy Resources

http://www.informationliteracy.org/
http://www.kernhigh.org/district/instruct/InformationLiteracy/
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/infolitles.html
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/presentations/fetc2004/infolit.html
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/electronic.html

MCAPD Conference

The Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development (MCAPD) is holding it's annual conference on October 3, 2009 at the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville.

MCAPD conferences are designed to rejuvenate and inspire faculty and administrators to try new teaching and learning strategies. Meeting new colleagues will expand your Maryland network and provide opportunities for future collaborations. These conferences enable adjunct faculty to offer presentations and workshops to share experiences with peers across the state and to serve as evidence of professional activity in the higher education community.

CSM will pay the registration fee for any CSM faculty or staff member who registers by September 25th. You can get more information about the conference at: http://ola.aacc.edu/mcapd/conference.html. Please do NOT follow the instructions on their form, though. Instead, simply let me know you want to go with an e-mail telling me you want to be registered (ssubocz@csmd.edu). That way, we can just register everyone at once and write one check.

We will work out some carpools later, too, so CSM can reimburse our carpool drivers.

Saturday April 25th at Leonardtown

Saturday training and adjunct faculty development committee meeting at Leonardtown was AWESOME! What a great group of people, including some new faces. What a great day! Thanks for participating. If you missed it, you should ask Brent Burdick, Marcia Chase, June Nicholas, Bob Pike, Sue Piras, Dawn Richards, Ann Reagan, Tim Mooney, Cindy Hardman, Janice McCue, Barbara Johnson or Kim Donnelly.

League for Innovation and iStream

The Innovation Stream (iStream) provided by the League for Innovation in the Community College is now available to our institution. This tool is an online resource bank and learning community ( http://www.league.org/istreamsite). Click the "Comments" link below for more details.

NISOD Hook'em Up Newsletter

Hook'Em Up is the monthly e-newsletter of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Click here to access the web version of the complete newsletter. You can also check out the NISOD Innovation Abstracts - "Implementing a First-Year Program,"

You will need to get our user id and password to access the Innovation Abstracts. Just drop me an e-mail (ssubocz@csmd.edu) and I'll send it along. Sorry I can't post here because this site is publicly viewable!

If you haven't checked out our NISOD benefits yet, now would be a great time!
Click the "Comments" link below for more details!

MS Office 2003/2007 FAQ's

Click the "Comments" button below for information about Microsoft Office training, Microsoft Office 2003/2007 Compatibility, etc.

Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award

Now we have an excellence award for adjunct faculty! Click the "Comments" link below to get all the details.

Adjunct Training Saturday March 28th

Training is available this Saturday, March 28th. Check out the CSM Website for details: http://www.dlf.csmd.edu/faculty/workshops.html

Remember, all training and the committee meeting will be at the Prince Frederick campus.

Adjunct Awards and Benefits Discussion

Click the "___ Comments" button to read the notes from our working group discussion about adjunct awards and benefits!

Adjunct Faculty Dinner ~ RSVP by April 12, 2009

Save the Date! RSVP to Reserve Your Seat Today! RSVP's due by April 12, 2009.


Click the "Comments" link below to see all the details!

Games in the Classroom

Anyone use games in their classrooms? Willing to share your ideas? Simply post them here by pressing "__ Comments" below. You will have to log in to post a comment, but the registration process is quick. If you don't want to post it here, you can e-mail your ideas to me at ssubocz@csmd.edu.

Adjunct Faculty Development Committee Mission

The Adjunct Faculty Development Committee
(Subcommittee of the Faculty Development Committee)

Mission Statement: The Adjunct Faculty Development Committee attends to the specific training and development needs of the College’s adjunct faculty members.

Committee Membership: Full-time faculty representatives, DLF Director, all adjunct faculty, and all ConEd instructors may participate. Co-chairs (representing full-time faculty and adjunct/ConEd faculty) are elected annually by the membership. Adjunct co-chairs will be elected with an effort to represent multiple campuses.