President's Office
District and Foothill Opening Week 2023
District Opening Day
Wednesday, Sept. 20
8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Smithwick Theatre
Check in and breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Smithwick Patio
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Foothill College Flex Day Activities
Thursday, Sept. 21
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Dining Hall and by Zoom
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For complete Flex Day details in Canvas and Zoom access, look for emails from the President's Office and Ajani Byrd and calendar invites in your Outlook. |
8–9 a.m.
Dining Hall • Meet and Greet and Continental Breakfast
(courtesy of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation)
9–10 a.m.
Welcome | Kristina Whalen
Keynote Speaker | Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock • Building a Reflective Mindset through Emotional Agility
Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock is a noted leader in higher education with expertise in online teaching, course design, and faculty development. Michelle’s work has helped online instructors, instructional designers, and institutional leaders across the nation and beyond understand how to craft relevant, humanized online learning experiences that support the diverse needs of college students. She is currently working on several projects centered around culturally relevant pedagogies, including Humanizing STEM, which is a collaborative research project with the CCCs, UCs, and CSUs.
10–11:30 a.m.
Student Panel and Survey Discussion
Are you intrigued by what our students think/know about learning outcomes? Do you want to know when our students think learning has occurred in the classroom? Come join us to learn directly from our students about these questions.
11:30–Noon
CAP-Level Outcomes Introduction
Do you know what a CAP is? Do you know which CAP your area is situated in? What are commonalities between your area and other areas within the CAP? What are the learning outcomes for students completing classes in this CAP?
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Dining Hall • Lunch
Pasta Bar! Join colleagues for a delish meal including a Caprese salad, your choice of gnocchi, rigatoni, or farfalle pasta with puttanesca mushroom cream, marinara, or vodka sauce. Top grilled chicken and lemon tarragon vegetables. Did you say dessert? Lemon bars and brownies!
1:30–2:30 p.m.
CAP Level Outcome Debrief
2:30–4:30 p.m.
Equity in the CORs
Have you been hearing talk about adding equity to the COR but not known how that might look in practice? Does the proposition of changing our CORs make your head spin? We have five years to ensure that every course outline is rewritten with an equity mindset. In this workshop we will begin the conversation about how (and why!) to do so to lay a framework for intentional and substantial COR updates.
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Classified Staff Led Section
Hearthside Lounge
Classified Staff discuss updates, goals & topics for the year. Come meet your fellow Classified Staff. TEAs (and everyone) welcome!
Foothill College Opening Day Activities
Friday, Sept. 22
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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For complete Foothill Opening Day details in Canvas and Zoom access, look for emails from the President's Office and calendar invites in your Outlook. |
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Smithwick Patio
Check-In and Continental Breakfast
Convene in Smithwick Plaza.
(Part-time faculty, please be sure to check in in order to be compensated)
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Smithwick Theater
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Smithwick Theater
College Updates
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Smithwick Theater
Longevity Awards
10:45 - Noon
Dining Hall
Institutional Learning Outcomes
What are Foothill’s ILOs? When did we last draft our ILOs? Are those ILOs still relevant? Based on what you have learned from our students yesterday and about our CAP level conversation yesterday, do our ILOs need to be updated?
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Dining Hall • Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Division & Department Meetings
- Business & Social Sciences Room 4006
- Fine Arts and Communication Room 1401
- General Counseling Room 8330
- Health Sciences & Horticulture Room 5302
- Kinesiology & Athletics Room 2831
- Language Arts Room 6401
- Library, Room 3504 (Learning Resource Center)
- Marketing/Outreach ADM 1943 (2-3 p.m.)
- Office of Equity ADM 1901
- STEM Room 4501
Thank you for attending and have a great quarter!
Questions?
Please Contact Us!
Dr. Kristina Whalen, President
650.949.7200
Administration Building 1900
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