Track 1:  Service Learning, Civic Engagement and Community Service

Developing a Campus Culture of Community Engagement
Robert Ted Carlson
Meghan Callaghan
Bunker Hill Community College

Building:  HEALTH      
Room:  DH110

Experience a simulated professional development activity for faculty and/or staff that will help develop a means of growing the campus culture of engagement. Learn our plan from "selling the idea" to "getting the right people" to generating at least one example of community engagement that you can use.

Intergenerational Project
Kathleen Yanchus
North Shore Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH117

Combining service-learning with developmental education classes can take some creativity.  This professor proposes a unique approach focusing on enhancing students' writing skills while brightening the lives of local seniors.  The session will use an interactive teaching style to instruct in service-learning for developmental students.

Student/Civic Engagement in the Public Eye
James Miller
Cape Cod Community College  

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB102

Experiential learning and civic engagement success is demonstrated by Professor Jim Miller and his Cape Cod Community College hospitality program students.  With a track record of over fifty special events hosted and/or visibly supported by the program and its students on campus and throughout the entire Cape region, the results speak for themselves:  enrollment, retention, graduation, and transfer rates all are on the rise.  This presentation is made in a powerful "how to" format, with participants receiving the model for success in a highly interactive exchange.

A Sampling of Three Successful Service-Learning-Experiences
Bernedette Lucas
Moonsu Han
Love Maya
North Shore Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH214

This workshop will showcase examples of how three faculty members integrate service-learning experiences into their curriculum.  One faculty member will share experiences of teaching economics at an elementary school through the Junior Achievement Program.  Another will focus on the design and implementation of a service-learning model for developmental students with full class participation as well as how to overcome the challenges and create an engaging project.   The third faculty member will describe an effective method for creating a capstone service-learning experience in a career track program.  This session will utilize an interactive teaching approach.

YOU CAN TOO!!  Preserving and Displaying Local Poetry
Carl Carlsen
North Shore Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH109

Because poetry is the soul of any community, curating a community's poetry is a unique form of community service.  This presentation shows how NSCC, working with local libraries and historical institutions, has preserved and displayed the soul of three communities within the college's service area.

 

Track 2:  Teaching & Learning – Technology, Assessment, Diversity, Developmental Students, ESL Students, Preparing for The Workforce, and Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

Achieving the Dream Together
Brenda Mercomes
Roxbury Community College
Lane Glenn
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH119

Academic Vice-Presidents from four Massachusetts Community Colleges will discuss their experiences with Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a national data-driven initiative designed to further student success.

Attracting, Retaining Students, Faculty of Color
Lloyd Sheldon Johnson
Bunker Hill Community College
Charles Phair
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB206

This proposal focuses on the importance of attracting and retaining students and faculty of color.  The efforts to diversify and retain a multi-colored, multi-cultural community college have failed as we see faculty populations that are predominantly white and see low achievement, retention, and completion rates for black and brown students.  With true diversity, everyone is a winner.

Blogging in Social Science and Humanities Courses
Lawrence H. Davis
North Shore Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB202

This session will demonstrate the possibilities that blogging presents to instructors and students in Social Science and Humanities courses.

Community College Leadership Academy
Andrew M. Scibelli
Springfield Technical Community College
Community College Leadership Academy
Rodney Clark
Bristol Community College
Eileen Kelley
Holyoke Community College
Jeremiah Riordon
Mount Wachusetts Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB103

A panel will discuss the Community College Leadership Academy, its purpose and focus. A recent graduate will present her CCLA College Project on how community colleges can retain ESL students who have entered regular college courses by preparing and supporting faculty and staff not trained in ESL.

 

Developing a UDL Tool Box
Colin Adams
Berkshire Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH219

This workshop will examine Universal Design Learning (UDL) as a strategy that caters to the needs of diverse learners.  Participants will be able to learn, practice, evaluate and share UDL approaches, including their own strategies for presenting material and engaging students that promote learning for all.
   
E-Portfolio - Good, Bad, and Ugly
Karen Costa
Susan Goldstein
Mount Wachusett Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH121

Everyone is talking about using e-porfolios in the classroom. Hear the story about how this assessment tool was recently used in a learning community classroom. Listen to instructor and student feedback, see samples of projects, and judge for yourself whether to use this tool in your classroom.

Inspiring the Future: Appreciative Inquiry Summit
Judith Kamber
David Hartleb
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB308

Imagine an institutional strategic planning process that captures the essence of 100's of interviews; where 200 people (faculty, staff, students, trustees and members of our community) come together in a two day planning summit; where Appreciative Inquiry inspires our goals, aspirations, strengths and direction for the future and reflects all the voices in our college and community. That was how the NECC 2008-2011 Strategic Plan took shape.

Speaking Literary Journals into the 21st Century
Lisa Oldaker Palmer
Mary Newman
Quinsigamond Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB203

Techno-savvy students demand alternative approaches to the venerable "printed" literary journal on college campuses. Hence, this panel presentation focuses on the conception of Quinsigamond Community College's unique, dynamic Web gallery (with podcasts) and how it works in unison with the college's new printed journal to promote interest and learning in the arts using twenty-first century technology.

Striving to Resolve Community Conflicts
Mary Chatigny
Northern Essex Community College
Sally Cohen
Judy Gould
David Houle
Tom MacLachlan
Constantine Souris
Gerard Sullivan
North Shore Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB204

In today's workshop we will demonstrate a specific conflict resolution strategy, developed by the National Coalition Building Institute, that will attempt to bring two opposing sides on an issue to common ground.  This strategy can be used in your community to mediate those with differing viewpoints on issues.

Teaching ICT In the 21st Century: A New Paradigm
Mike Puopolo
Diane Puopolo
Bunker Hill Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB119

This hands-on workshop will introduce ICT Educators and Administrators at all levels (High School, Community College & University) to several key areas where ICT Education CAN & MUST be changed to insure  competitiveness of our students in the 21st Century global economy.  New approaches to insure quality assurance and consistency in delivery of content, infusion of Employability Skills, Critical Thinking, Problem Based Learning, Group Project Work and Customer Service Skills will be covered and demonstrated. Participants will also be introduced to new technologies for pre and post assessment, as well as content and outcomes based assessments. Participants will be asked for input and participation in the BATEC ICT Statewide Articulation Project.

Teaching Math/Science with a Tablet PC
John B. Smith
Middlesex Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB304

Teaching Math/Science with a Tablet PC
The Tablet PC combines pen based input with the capabilities of a standard laptop.  Using a Tablet PC, PowerPoint becomes a dynamic presentation tool since slides can be easily annotated and modified during the lecture.  Use of a Tablet PC for teaching math and science will be demonstrated.

Using Electronic Whiteboards and the "Smart" Classroom
Doug Wilkins
Greenfield Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB303

This workshop will cover some of the uses of an IEW with examples in a variety of disciplines.  Topics will include use of IEW specific software, use of PowerPoint and other common tools with an IEW, and recording videos of lectures and classes for student use.

 

Track 3:  Academic Support Services – Disability Services, Advising and Tutoring

Counseling Services: Internships & Possibilities
Jon Edwards
Elizabeth Blumberg
MassBay Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB121

MassBay Community College Counseling Services has mindfully expanded services through the hiring and training of Masters-level Counseling Psychology interns. We will share information about the genesis and development of this program and will include information about this comprehensive training approach. We will also facilitate a discussion with participants about the models of Personal Counseling Services being employed on individual campuses, outreach and utilization, current best practices, and integration of clinical internships within them.

Literacy Baby: A literacy program's beginnings
Tracey Wood
Bob Flynn
Bunker Hill Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB205

The presenters will describe, baring short-falls as well as triumphs, the development of a literacy support program from conception to its current form: one coordinator and several tutor/advisors. Two professors will describe how the program shaped up in class and as a vehicle for better monitoring student success.

MAPP - Mentoring for a Successful Future
Lindsay Vick
Darcy Orellana
Middlesex Community College

Buidling:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB302

Our workshop is meant to be informational and interactive.  My partner and I will describe our accomplishments and the challenges we have experienced while piloting our peer mentoring program.  Then, we want to focus on engaging our audience in a group activity where they can draft their own method of creating a peer mentoring program.

 

Track 4:  Creative Classroom Strategies

Click Your Way to More Engaged Classes
Kenneth Takvorian
Heidi McCann
Mount Wachusett Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB210

MWCC has been experimenting with "clickers" (Personal Response System) for library and math instruction. The reaction of many students is "Why didn't we use this all semester?"  Students who were not usually engaged were suddenly participating. We plan to demonstrate the product and share our experiences creating active learning scenarios.

Human Rights as Curriculum Theme
Nancy A. Teel
Judy Kahalas
Roxbury Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB211

Human Rights are a critical and personal concern among many community college students.  Presenters will introduce the theme as it has been used across the curriculum at RCC and show how it increases student engagement. Participants will consider how it might generate interest and excitement at their own campuses.

Making the Listening-Music Learning Connection
D. Holden
Massasoit Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB313

This activity's use of Blue Grass music's story lines generates dialogue and serves as a vehicle with which to demonstrate how to help students develop the ability to listen, take notes, process, learn, and synthesize information to see the significance of individual parts and how they connect to the whole.

SAY WHAT? Walking the Talk
Dan Valenti
Berkshire Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB120

One of the most valuable skills colleges can teach students is getting up on their feet, in front of an audience, and making an effective presentation. It is veritable gold in terms of their future careers and is THE one cross-curricular activity that should be a part of ANY college course.

WAC Converts: 25 Years of Success at NSCC
Marion Bailey
Janis Soferr
North Shore Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB306

After a brief look at why and how Writing Across the Curriculum works at NSCC, faculty from Occupational Therapy, Physics, Mathematics and Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation will showcase their writing assignments and describe how writing has enhanced teaching and learning in their classrooms.

Track 1:  Service Learning, Civic Engagement and Community Service

"Mission Impossible" NOT for Student Ambassadors
Raymond Puchot
Student Panel BCC Forensics & Debate Team
Bristol Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB303

As a representative of your institution of higher education your mission at this conference is to gather information that will improve student recruitment, learning achievement, retention, and community service. This can be accomplished by attending this very interactive presentation focusing on how to design your own Student Ambassadors Program which will NOT Self Destruct.

Becoming "Good Citizens" and a Knowledgeable Designer
Sandra Fuhs
North Shore Community College   

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH109

A nervous hush came over the class as the president of a local non-profit was introduced to the class. Every student had their pencil, paper and questions ready for the interview. Each knew that they needed ALL the information if they were to complete their assignments for the entire semester.

Critical Thinking & Civic Accountability
Jean Simmons
Terri Mariani
Greenfield Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB206

Service Learning is a course-based educational experience in which students participate in a community service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the way to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of nursing, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.

Curriculum Projects: A Deep Approach to Service-Learning
Ruth DeLisio
Mary M. Malone
Maureen Nardella
North Shore Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH219

Service-Learning is more than accumulating service hours at a community site and can be successfully implemented in task specific one session service with a community partner. The deep approach to service-learning curriculum projects implemented within an OTA Program have strengthened the attainment of course competencies, program goals, and accreditation standards.

 

Track 2:  Teaching & Learning – Technology, Assessment, Diversity, Developmental Students, ESL Students, Preparing for The Workforce, and Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

Achieving the Dream Together
Brenda Mercomes
Roxbury Community College
Lane Glenn
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH119

Academic Vice-Presidents from four Massachusetts Community Colleges will discuss their experiences with Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a national data-driven initiative designed to further student success.

Assignment Design & Assessment through Stem Cells
Shahira Badran
Bunker Hill Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB102

The advances and controversies of stem cell research will be used for the effective design of assignments and rubrics that promote critical thinking and writing skills. Online resources will be used to facilitate learning and reinforce concepts especially for ESL students.

Community College Leadership Academy
Andrew M. Scibelli
Springfield Technical Community College
Community College Leadership Academy
Charmi Sperling
Community College Leadership Academy
Jeremiah Riordon
Mount Wachusetts Community College
Pam Flaherty
Middlesex Community College
Rodney Clark
Bristol Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB103

A panel will discuss the Community College Leadership Academy, its purpose and focus. A recent graduate will present her CCLA College Project on how community colleges can retain ESL students who have entered regular college courses by preparing and supporting faculty and staff not trained in ESL

Creating the First Year Experience
Mark Lange
Holyoke Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB302

Creating the First Year Experience: From Assessement to Best Practice to Implementation. This presentation will describe the process of creating a First Year Experience at Holyoke Community College, starting with the Foundations of Excellence assessment through the creation of an institution-wide First Year Experience.

Cross-Classrooms Collaboration: An Educational Experiment
Amy Beaudry
Mark Bates
Gaelan Lee Benway
Quinsigamond Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH211

What does it mean to be part of a "community" in a community college setting? Students in a unique educational experiment learned the answer when three professors created opportunities for cross-classroom collaboration in their sociology, literature and liberal arts courses. This presentation will focus on how they did this and how such an experiment can be recreated

Foot Fetishes and Other Discussion Board Problems
Susan Goldstein
Mount Wachusett Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB304

Student behavior inside the classroom and online and how we handle it is more problematic than ever before. Hear about one case involving an online student who engaged in several problems, from displaying his own foot fetishes to political rants, and how one professor handled it (or tried to!).

Greening the College Curriculum
Joseph Modugno
Greg Reppucci
North Shore Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB306

The Massachusetts Community College presidents have signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment which requires that "climate neutrality and sustainability [be made] a part of the curriculum and other educational experience for all students."   Scientists and educators worldwide are calling the 21st century "the century of the environment."  This presentation will explore how community colleges can meet the challenge of sustainability education.

Inspiring the Future: Appreciative Inquiry Summit
Judith Kamber
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB308

Imagine an institutional strategic planning process that captures the essence of 100's of interviews; where 200 people (faculty, staff, students, trustees and members of our community) come together in a two day planning summit; where Appreciative Inquiry inspires our goals, aspirations, strengths and direction for the future and reflects all the voices in our college and community. That was how the NECC 2008-2011 Strategic Plan took shape.

Moving to Moodle
Jenene M. Cook
David Becker
Roxbury Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB119

The merger of Blackboard and WebCT happened just as RCC began looking at transitioning to a new course management system (CMS). At the end of the year long evaluation, Moodle won our allegiance. Workshop participants will learn why and hear about our transition along with the lessons learned.

New Approaches to Learning Technology
Dori Digenti
Berkshire Community College   

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB205

This session will present the results of piloting new methods for introducing technologies to faculty and staff, and how those methods help overcome change resistance and learning anxiety. Methods that will be explored include the Cybercafe, faculty mentor program, peer and collaborative learning, and new technology introduction.

Nursing Curricula + Information Literacy = Perfect Match!
Barbara A. Murphy
Brenda L. Collins
Cape Cod Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH110

This session will follow the path taken to develop and implement meaningful Information Literacy skills across the curriculum in the Associate Degree in Nursing Program at Cape Cod Community College.  Explore how collaboration between instruction in Nursing and Information Literacy enables current and future health care providers to strategize information acquisition and embrace life-long learning.

Space On Earth: Combining Math- Science- English
Joanna Fortna
Jim Sullivan
Northern Essex Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB210

Space on Earth a learning community integrating Composition I, Basic Algebra II, and linking Environmental Issues explores our relationship with the natural world, and takes a constructive approach to today's environmental issues.  Writing, Mathematics, and Science instruction are interrelated throughout the semester as we address this theme.

 

Track 3:  Academic Support Services – Disability Services, Advising and Tutoring

A Retention Strategy for Latino Students
Myriam Quinones
Jossie Valentin
Holyoke Community College

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH214

A Retention Strategy for Latino Students
A Retention Strategy for Bilingual/Bicultural Latino Students: Three student support services at HCC work in collaboration to ensure an appropriate continuum of services for our Latino students. A unique referral mechanism serves as a safety net for bilingual/bicultural Spanish speaking students, with particular attention to students transitioning from the ESL program and the local high schools.

Accessibility, Efficiency, and Confidentiality: The Fusion of Banner and Disability Services
Susan Graham
Jennifer McCarthy
Aillie McKeever
Donna Stefano
North Shore Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB202

Disability Services will present its digitized database created through an alliance with Information Services.  The Banner database stores and tracks information, merges data to generate student letters, and holds completely digitized student files.  Attendees will enjoy a full demonstration along with a discussion about the benefits and intricacies of this paperless system.

Including Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Molly Boyle
MassBay Community College
Maura McLaughlin Tynes
Newton Public Schools

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH209

This session will share preliminary findings from the Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership (ICE), a state-funded project that began in 2006. ICE represents an individual support model in which students are transitioned out of the public school system with a focus on self-determination, self advocacy and youth leadership.

Transgender Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
T-Petti
Holyoke Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB312

This workshop is designed to provide an introduction to transgender language and the specific challenges that transgender staff and students may face on campus. It will provide participants with tools to mediate these challenges, increase awareness of trans issues and create a more safe and inclusive campus climate through programs and trainings.

 

Track 4:  Creative Classroom Strategies

Brain Based Learning - How Your Dendrites Grow
Kalema L. Muller
Nancy Pickett
Springfield Technical Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB120

This workshop will explore the core principles of BBL, and will examine how they can be implemented to help our students (and ourselves) be successful in reaching our academic goals.

Creating the Curious Reader: The Question Assignment
Richard Pepp
Massasoit Community College 

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH211

What's a quick, easy way to encourage students to keep up with daily reading assignments, to read difficult material, and to be engaged with the process of reading?  In this session, I will show what happens when students in an American Literature class respond to their reading assignments by writing ten questions, any ten questions, about the reading, or anything else.

Cultivating Judgement: Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
John Nelson
North Shore Community College

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB121

The workshop will focus on the definition of critical thinking, basic principles for teaching critical skills across the curriculum and in learning communities, and specific classroom activities from my book "Cultivating Judgment." Participants will engage in active learning through group exercises on evaluating evidence and testing hypotheses.

Energize your classroom with Web 2.0 Tools
Guy Lochiatto
MassBay Community College   

Building:  HEALTH                  
Room:  DH117

This roundtable discussion describes a toolbox of some Web tools that might change the way we teach and learn. Web tools are Internet technologies that make it easy to publish, share and manage information content online in a collaborative way. The toolbox includes the following powerful web tools: WebQuests, WebLogs, Wikis, RSS feeds, Social Bookmarking, and Podcasting. The use of these tools, which are easy to develop and manage, will help us energize our classrooms.

Thinking About Film in the Classroom
Stephen E. Slaner
Northern Essex Community College  

Building:  BERRY                    
Room:  DB313

This workshop explores the use of film as a creative strategy for fostering critical thinking in the humanities and social sciences.  Participants will be asked to discuss excerpts from a film in terms of its pedagogical implications for their own teaching.  Community college liberal arts faculty are invited to attend.