Professional Development

Professional Development Day, Fall 2023

Everything you need to know about Professional Development Day

Fall PD Day Theme - Learning from Within

Thursday, August 24, 2023

8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.  

From 8 - 8:30 a.m. coffee and tea will be served.

Lunch from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m in the cafeteria. To make sure we have enough food for everyone attending, we are requiring an RSVP for lunch. Thank you for understanding.

Please get your free ticket for lunch here by August 17 so that we can give final numbers to our caterer, Corsair Cafe.

The theme for Fall Professional Development Day is Learning from Within.

We will be celebrating and learning from our own community of amazing colleagues and experts in their fields. To maximize accessibility, we will provide as many HyFlex options as possible. We also hope to see many of you on campus for community-building and our recognition event during lunch acknowledging the dedication and excellence of our fellow colleagues.

The morning session will best be experienced on campus, live-streamed and recorded for later viewing. After the first morning session for all employees, we will be highlighting employee share-outs developed for and by classified professionals, faculty and management, from the more than 80 employees across the college that attended the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE) conference in the Spring. HyFlex and on-campus options will be available for the NCORE share-out sessions. Please join us for lunch on campus, during which we will recognize and highlight the amazing work of many SMC employees! The afternoon workshops will be a combination of on-campus, HyFlex and Zoom only. Many sessions will also be recorded and available for viewing shortly after PD day.


Your opinion matters and can make a difference for future PD Day planning! Please give the CPDC and PDC committee members feedback by filling out our post-event survey.

Opening Addresses and Schedule

Session Time Title and Description LINK/ location

8:30 - 9:55 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Addresses

  • Welcome by Brian Rodas
  • Building community: A day in the life of SMC employees
  • State of the College Address by Dr. Kathryn Jeffery, Superintendent/ President
  • Share-outs from:
    • Big Employee Survey for 2023-24, Hannah Lawler and team
    • Interaction Design bachelor's program, Nicole Chan, Faculty Lead of IxD bachelor's program
  • Remarks by Cindy Ordaz, Jamar London & Scott Silverman

John Adams Middle School Auditorium on Pearl Street

This session will be in-person and live-streamed.

 
Thanks to Erin ONeill, CPDC Chair and Administrative Assistant for Campus Police for filming, editing and producing our day-in-the-life videos and New Employee video!

Learning from Within: NCORE participant share-outs

Session Time Title and Description LINK/ location

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

NCORE share-outs by employee group

Three parallel sessions NCORE share-outs from Classified Professionals

Classified Professionals Session 1 Presenters: Hadass (Dasi) Elnathan, Paige Glaves, Janet Kleinman, Eloisa (Issa) Ludlow

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from classified attendees of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

HSS 105

This session will be on-campus only and was not recorded. 

Classified Professionals Session 2 Presenters: Cristina Garcia, Kennisha Green, Meredith Ouwersloot, Delia Padilla, Donnell Swanson

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from classified attendees of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

HSS 165

This session will be on-campus only and was not recorded. 

Classified Professionals Session 3 Presenters: Nilofar Ghasami, Michele Harrison, Cindy Ordaz, Diana Pennington

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from classified attendees of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

HSS 104 

This session will be HyFlex.

Join NCORE Share-outs from Classified Professionals

Three parallel sessions NCORE share-outs from Faculty

Faculty Session 1 Presenters: Erin Cue, Jermaine Junius, Walter Meyer, Rebecca Romo, Kristin Ross, Redelia Shaw

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from faculty of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

SCI 140

This session will be on-campus only and was not recorded. 

Counseling Faculty Presenters: Nancy Cárdenas, Linda Davis, Philip Lantz, Sara Nieves-Lucas, Vanessa Malzone, Janet Robinson, Daniella Washington

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from counseling faculty of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

SCI 145

This session will be on-campus only and was not recorded. 

Faculty Session 3 Presenters: Ciarán Brewster, Christopher Dean, Sandra Hutchinson, William Konya, Jamar London

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from faculty of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

SCI 159

This session will be HyFlex.

Register/join Faculty session 3 NCORE share-out  

Two parallel sessions NCORE share-outs from Management

Who are the Multi-Racial Students at SMC?

Presenters: Hannah Lawler, Anne Marre Bautista, Yosief Yihunie

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from Institutional Research attendees of the NCORE 2023 Conference. This session was influenced by an NCORE 2023 workshop on interrogating racial/ethnic data collection and representation practices, and will provide the results of an analysis conducted by the IR Office to learn more about SMC's multi-racial student group, including who they are and how well they do on success outcomes when compared to other racial/ethnic groups. The session will conclude with a discussion on how to better assess the needs of and support multi-racial students on our campus.

This session will be on Zoom only.

Join NCORE share-out: Who are the Multi-Racial Students at SMC?

 

Managers Session 2 Presenters: Deyadra Blye, Thomas Bui, Silvana Carrion-Palomares

OPEN TO ALL: Please join us to hear from manager attendees of the NCORE 2023 Conference. Employees will share about their experiences, key takeaways, and what was learned.

HSS 263

This session will be HyFlex.

Join NCORE Share-outs from Managers

Lunch and Recognition Event in the Cafeteria

Lunch will be provided from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Please join us in person in the cafeteria to honor our retirement class of 2022-23, along with celebrating outstanding achievements within our college community.

RSVP ticket for lunch will be required to guarantee enough food for everyone attending.  Please get your free ticket for lunch here by August 17.  so that we can give final numbers to our caterer, Corsair Cafe. 

Breakout Sessions

Check out our breakout sessions

Your opinion matters and can make a difference for future PD Day planning!  Please give the CPDC and PDC committee members feedback by filling out our post-event survey.

General Questions and Guidelines

Classified Professional FAQ

Faculty FAQ

If you have any questions about Professional Development Day, contact profdevelopment@smc.edu.