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New Faculty Orientation
Each Fall, new faculty board the SPC bus and go on a three-day
orientation tour visiting each campus with special stops
at the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art at Tarpon Springs, the Digitorium at
Seminole, the Music Conservatory at St. Petersburg Gibbs, the simulated jail at
Allstate, and meet "Stan," the human
simulator at the Health Education Center.
Professional Development Day
Each Fall, all faculty
are required to participate in a special day of professional development and
cross-campus fellowship. Faculty have the opportunity to present at the
in-house conference along a theme selected or approved by the Faculty
Governance Organization. Past themes have included remediation, classroom
vs. online strategies, motivating students, latest research in various
disciplines, and civility. Themes are decided in early Spring and a call for proposals is sent
out in late Spring. In September, Faculty whose proposals are accepted must
submit a copy of their presentation materials for duplication.
Conferences
Faculty members are encouraged to attend conferences in
their discipline periodically. You should consult with your Program
Directors, Deans and/or Provosts to include these opportunities in your
professional development plan.
Addressing Learning Disabilities
in the College Environment
The number of students with learning
disabilities in colleges is on the rise. This 30
minute workshop offered in two parts is
presented by Deborah Brodbeck, President of
Beacon College in Leesburg, FL. The workshop
provides an overview of the various categories
of learning disabilities found in students in
the college environment. You will learn to
recognize learning disabilities by looking for
patterns in classroom discussions, written
assignments and test performance. Instructional
strategies that you can easily incorporate in
your classes by making just a slight shift in
your approach will be presented. These
strategies, while designed to benefit students
with learning disabilities will also benefit all
your students.
Understanding Hidden Disabilities
In 2006-2007, St. Petersburg College served 756
students with documented disabilities. Most of these
students had more than one disability – the total
number of disabilities documented by these students
was 1,531. Of these, 948 (62%) were hidden
disabilities – not obvious to College faculty and
staff or other students. Acknowledging and
accommodating these cognitive, mental and medical
disorders, is the topic of this comprehensive
workshop by Dr. Linda Giar, Counselor/Learning
Specialist from SPC’s Seminole and E-Campuses. This
one hour workshop is broken into four 15 minute
sessions and can be viewed in its entirety or over a
period of time. It provides invaluable information
about the nature of these hidden disabilities,
behaviors that you may notice in your classrooms,
accommodations provided, and instructional
techniques that are effective for these populations.
What
You Need to Know about Disabilities
St. Petersburg College is committed to
helping all students, including students with disabilities,
break through boundaries, reach their potential, and achieve
success in school.
This self-paced, 20 minute
workshop, narrated by faculty member Jimmy Chang,
provides basic information about the laws impacting the
College’s work with students with disabilities, offers
strategies on working with the Office of Services for Students
with Disabilities on each campus, and presents insights into the
students themselves.
The workshop, essential for all faculty
to achieve a better understanding of students, may be included
in the accepted training for the annual professional development
requirement with Program Director/Dean’s approval.
Working with
Students with Psychological Disabilities
Significant strides have been made in
accommodating higher education students
having disabilities, but those students
having a psychiatric
condition—regardless if it is controlled
by medication or resolved— can face
undue discrimination. This workshop,
presented at the Narrowing the Gulf
Conference in March 2007, looks at the
stigmatization of mental illness within
higher education, what college
advisors/counselors can do to
accommodate such disabilities, and best
practices for professors working with
such students in the classroom.
Presenters
for this workshop are three members of
the St. Petersburg College faculty and
Faculty Disability Champions: Cheryl
Kerr, Ed.D., LMHC, Program Director of
the Human Services Department; Bonnie
Kesler, M.A., Ed.S., Professor of
Psychology at the St. Petersburg Gibbs
campus; and David T. Liebert, Ed. D.,
professor in the Department of Social
and Behavioral Science.
Please contact
Peg Connell should you have questions about the course
content or visit the
ADA website to
learn more about the American Disabilities Act.
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