Upgrade Your Software Skills This Summer

Software Day will be held on July 10th at HBC, offering ACC employees a chance to upgrade their computer program skills. From old favorites like Photoshop and Excel to new workshops like SurveyMonkey and Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Form Creation, you can explore the software that will enhance your job performance.

Enrollment begins June 1st. You can go to the Workshop and Event Registration database at that time and see what is being offered and enroll.

For more information, or to request workshops, email or call 223-7885.

Workshops

In addition to our usual offerings, the list below previews workshops being offered for May and June.
Just click on the name of the workshop to get more information or enroll. prof at blackboard

Improving Presentations:
Seven Acting Tools that Can Dramatically Improve Your Performance
5/1/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm, HBC 301.0

HR: Retirement Manager Training
5/1/2009, 12:00pm-1:00pm, SAC 1316
5/5/2009, 12:00pm-1:00pm, RVS E-7002
5/7/2009, 11:00am-12:00pm, CYP 1107
5/8/2009, 11:00am-12:00pm, NRG 2119
5/13/2009, 12:00pm-1:00pm, RGC 331
5/14/2009, 9:00am-10:00am, SVC 168
5/15/2009, 10:00am-11:00am, PIN 1013
5/15/2009, 3:00pm-4:00pm, EVC 8345

Sharing Your ESOL Bag of Tricks: Strengthening your Blackboard through Web Technology
5/1/2009, 1:00pm-3:00pm, HBC 212

SurveyMonkey: An online survey tool
5/5/2009, 9:00am-10:30am, HBC 212

EHS: First Aid
5/7/2009, 8:00am-2:30pm, HBC 411
6/3/2009, 8:00am-2:30pm, HBC TBA

Blackboard Series
Beginning January 30th, Instructional Development Services is offering a series of
Spring and Summer Blackboard workshops. Click here to see dates and times.

Spanish Conversation Series
5/7/2009, 10:00am-11:00am, HBC 217

PRDE: Microsoft Excel Basics 2007
5/8/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm, HBC 301.10

SoftChalk Training
5/8/2008, 9:00am-10:00am, HBC 301.8

Photoshop Intermediate
5/8/2009, 10:30am-12:00pm, HBC 212

EHS: CPR/AED
5/12/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC 301.0
5/29/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC 411
6/1/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC TBA
6/23/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC TBA

Adobe Acrobat 9: Basics and Creating Forms
5/22/2009, 9:00am-12:00pm, HBC 212

PowerPoint 1
6/5/2009, 11:00am-1:00pm, HBC 218
PowerPoint 2
6/12/2009, 2:30pm-4:30pm, HBC 218
PowerPoint 3
6/19/2009, 11:00pm-1:00pm, HBC 218

Develop your web development skills with these online workshops:

HTML Basics
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Dreamweaver Basics

To view more online workshops go to http://www.austincc.edu/hr/profdev/eworkshops/index.php.

Performance Excellence Program 2009 (PEP) News

The Performance Excellence Program (PEP) form has been revised by the Evaluation Committee and changes were approved by the Administrative Services Committee in March 2009. We also are in the process of making the PEP a fully automated process. The first step toward this goal is being implemented this Spring.

How has PEP process changed? Is the employee required to complete a self-evaluation? What's the timeline? Answers to these questions and more can be found here.

Jump on to the Network

Funded by a Perkins Leadership grant, the Network is an innovative way to connect to free, online professional development resources for career and technical education faculty, counselors, and administrators. Search easily through hundreds of topics and teaching modules at http://txpod.org/ to enhance your skills. It's all in one free, easy to use site created by a partnership of community college professionals from across the state.

The Network is not only free but also provides a portfolio function so that you may store your professional development activity completions. In addition, you may print off completion certificates to provide to your supervisor for entry into the Professional Development Workshop & Event Registration Database.

For more information on the Network, contact Terry Stewart Mouchayleh, Director of Professional Development & Evaluation and Network Project Director, at tstewart@austincc.edu.

Adjunct Impact

An Online Orientation for New Adjunct Faculty

Designed for new adjunct faculty who have been given a class assignment
Helpful content on how to thrive as a community college adjunct faculty member
Details about what new adjunct faculty need to know about ACC
Takes about one semester to complete
Easy management at the department-level, and
You may receive up to four hours (encouraged) Professional Development credit for completing the online orientation

To enroll in the course, talk to your department assistant, or enroll yourself at www.adjunctimpact.com/u/acc.

If you have any questions or comments about the process or experience any difficulty, go to the login page and click on Online Help. You can chat with a real person or send an email to support@bcplearning.com. There is a toll free number you may also call for support 888-880-4088.

Your support at ACC is Dr. Lara Niles, Professional Development Design Specialist, at 223-7784, lniles@austincc.edu, or Dr. Terry Mouchayleh, Professional Development and Evaluation Programs Director, at 223-7748, tstewart@austincc.edu.

The ACC Financial Fair is on the Horizon

Mark your calendars! ACC’s Annual Financial Planning Fair will be May 21, 2009 at Highland Business Center. Get expert's advice on how to solidify and improve your financial world.

May/June 2009