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Future Ready: The Next 75 Years

The college is closed all day to the public so all employees can attend. We are looking forward to seeing you. In-Person preferred with hyflex Teams links provided. 

  • FT Faculty Reminder: In-service days are contracted work days.
  • Adjunct Faculty: You are welcome to attend In-service days. You can be paid for up to 20 hours of attending sessions. (Adjunct, fill out participation form, located in right-hand pane of this page, by September 25.)

Schedule subject to slight changes.

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria

    • Please join the college in welcoming Voltage Espresso, our new coffee services vendor, to campus!

      • Order specialty coffee drinks from Voltage Espresso from 8:00-8:45 a.m., sponsored by the Foundation! Get there early to beat the line!
        *self-serve drip coffee will also be available throughout the day

    • Courtesy of the LWTech Foundation
    • No online portion
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Amy's Updates
  • Location: In Person East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Cafeteria or Join in Person or Join via Teams
    • Meeting ID: 291 269 112 533 
    • We are providing a quiet viewing room in E155 for our employees who need a quieter space to focus and fully participate.
10:15 - noon Dr. Erin Bogan - Resilience in Challenging Times
  • Location: Same as above.
noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
  • Location: East Building, E144
    • Courtesy of LWTech Foundation
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Dr. Erin Bogan
  • Location: Same as morning session.
2:30 - 3:30 Years of Service and Instructional Excellence Award
  • Location: Same as morning session.

Tuesday: All College Day

  • FT Faculty Reminder: In-service days are contracted work days.
  • Adjunct Faculty: You are welcome to attend In-service days. You can be paid for up to 20 hours of attending sessions. (Adjunct, fill out participation form, located in right-hand pane of this page, by September 25.)

Schedule subject to slight changes.

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Conversation

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria

    • Please join the college in welcoming Voltage Espresso, our new coffee services vendor, to campus!

      • Order specialty coffee drinks from Voltage Espresso from 8:00-8:45 a.m., sponsored by the Foundation! Get there early to beat the line!
        *self-serve drip coffee will also be available throughout the day

    • Courtesy of the LWTech Foundation
    • No online portion

9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Supporting Neurodiversity at LWTech

  • Location: In Person East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • or Join in Person or Join via Teams
    • Meeting ID: 271 097 125 629 
    • We are providing a quiet viewing room in E155 for our employees who need a quieter space to focus and fully participate.
  • Facilitated by Lisa Anderson, Yasi Raouf, Erin Vasishtah

9:45 - 11:30 a.m. Implementing Our Strategic Plan--What Comes Next; Accreditation; Data Summit

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Join in Person or Join Via Teams
      same link as above

11:30 a.m. - noon Coffee with Retirees

  • Location: TBD
    • No online portion
    • Courtesy of LWTech Foundation

11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. DSJ Faculty Meeting

  • Location: West Building, W401
    • Join in Person or Join DSJ Faculty Meeting Via Teams
    • DSJ Faculty only.

Noon - 12:45 p.m. Lunch

  • Location: East Building, E144
    • No online portion

12:45 - 1:15 p.m. Title IX Updates

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Location: Same as morning session.

1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Guided Pathways (Title III) Updates

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Location: Same as morning session.

1:30 - 2:30 Information Technology for 2024-2025

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Location: Same as morning session.

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Strategic Plan Implementation Feedback Sessions

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Location: Same as morning session.

New Faculty Orientation (by HR and Instruction)

  • Location: Sent via calendar hold to new FT and adjunct faculty by Corrine Ash.

9:00 a.m. Vice President of Instruction Open Forum

10:00 a.m. Vice President of Instruction Open Forum

11:00 a.m. Vice President of Instruction Open Forum

Thursday: All Instruction Day

  • FT Faculty Reminder: In-service days are contracted work days.
  • Adjunct Faculty: You are welcome to attend In-service days. You can be paid for up to 20 hours of attending sessions. (Adjunct, fill out participation form, located in right-hand pane of this page, by September 25.

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Conversation

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • No online portion

9:00 - noon All Instruction Meeting

  • Location: East Building, East Mall, Cafeteria
    • Join in Person or Join via Teams
    • Meeting ID: 271 163 103 878 
    • We are providing a quiet viewing room in E155 for our employees who need a quieter space to focus and fully participate.
    • 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Dr. Mike Potter, Interim VPI
    • 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Maximizing Impact: Leveraging Grant-Funded Goals and Opportunities; Priyanka Pant, Cherie Bachman, Katie Peacock, Rhonda DeWitt
    • 11:00  -11:30 a.m. Campus Public Safety Protocol, Elijah Galan
    • 11:30 - noon; Updates: OER, Applied Research, DSJ 

Noon - 1:20 p.m. Lunch (for all faculty and Instruction)

  • Location: TBD
    • No online portion
    • Pizza, Salad, and drinks courtesy of LWTech Foundation and Faculty Union
  • Faculty Union Meeting in Person: Allied Health Blding, Room A102

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Division Meetings

  • School of Business, Education, and Engagement & Learning
  • School of Design and Information Technology
  • General Education
  • School of Health Sciences
  • School of Engineering, Manufacturing and Transportation
    • Location in Person: East Bldg, Room E155; Priyanka Pant
  •  Nursing Division
    • Location in Person: Allied Health Bldg, Room A307; Sara Murcray-Mosca

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Department Meetings

  • If your department is scheduled to have a meeting, the calendar hold will come from your department chair.

Friday: Faculty Choice Sessions 

This is a contracted faculty prep day. Most sessions are faculty-focused, and are optional to attend. Any LWTech Employee welcome to join these sessions.

  • FT Faculty Reminder: Contracted Faculty Prep day. Attending breakout sessions are optional.
  • Adjunct Faculty: You are welcome and encouraged to attend the breakout sessions. You can be paid for up to 20 hours of attending sessions during Opening Week. (Adjunct, fill out participation form, located in right-hand pane of this page, by September 25.

Note: Flu Shot Clinic will be in West Building, West 401 between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. More details coming.

9 - 10 a.m. Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - Canvas: What's New/Tips and Tricks for Optimal Student Success
    • Allison Foisset, Project Specialist/eLearning Coordinator
    • Location: Teams only. Join Canvas: What's New | 255 209 432 591
  • Choice 2 - Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) for Asynchronous Courses
    • Julie Boyd (she/her), Instructional Designer
    • Location: Teams only. Join RSI via Teams l 242 088 274 397
  • Choice 3 - Teen Whisperer
    • Sean Marushia (he/him), Faculty Director - High School, and Leslie Washington, Counselor in High School Programs
    • Location: Teams only. Join Teen Whisperer via Teams | 219 028 733 711

10 - 11 a.m. Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - Using DesignPLUS to Generate Photo Rosters
  • Choice 2 - What the Library Can Do for You
    • Katherine Kelley (she/her), Stirling Holland-Stone (they/them), Sue Wozniak (she/her), LWTech Librarians
      Location: Tech Building, Room T320.
      or Join What the Library Can Do via Teams |298 816 232 697 
  • Choice 3 - Learning Outcomes Unlocked: Designing Courses Students Understand

11 - noon Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - Classroom Tech: AV Training
    • Marah Selves (she/her), Instructional Services Manager
    • Location: Allied Health Bldg, Room A202. Drop-in anytime during hour.
      or Join AV Training via Teams | 228 513 460 671 (for best and full experience attend in person)
  • Choice 2 - Cybersecurity and Identity Theft with Detectives from Kirkland Police Department
  • Choice 3 - My Professor Said it is OK to use AI to My Professor said it is a no-no: Student Dilemmas in the use of AI

Noon - 1 p.m. Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - Supporting Queer Students
  • Choice 2 - Teen Whisperer
    • Sean Marushia (he/him), Faculty Director - High School, and Leslie Washington, Counselor in High School Programs
    • Location: Teams only. Join Teen Whisperer via Teams | 251 384 215 655 
  • Choice 3 - Update on AI
    • Location: TBD, Marcelo Guerra Hahn
      or Join Update on AI via Teams | 

1 - 2 p.m. Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - Supporting Neurodivergent Students
  • Choice 2 - Teams Basics
    • Allison Foisset, Project Specialist/eLearning Coordinator
    • Location: Teams only. Join Teams Basics | 290 721 792 707 
  • Choice 3 - What the Library Can Do for You
    • Katherine Kelley (she/her), Stirling Holland-Stone (they/them), Sue Wozniak (she/her), LWTech Librarians
    • Location: Tech Building, Room T320.
      or Join What the Library Can Do via Teams | 278 123 996 331 

2 - 3 p.m. Session Choices

  • Choice 1 - How to Schedule Rooms with 25Live
  • Choice 2 - Teams Advanced
    • Allison Foisset, Project Specialist/eLearning Coordinator
    • Location: Teams only. Join Teams Advanced | 290 721 792 707 (same link as Teams Basics if you are attending both)
  • Choice 3 - Update on AI
    • Location: TBD, Marcelo Guerra Hahn
      or Join Update on AI via Teams |

Session Descriptions (by Alpha Order)

Canvas: What's New/Tips and Tricks for Optimal Student Success

We'll explore the latest Canvas updates, focusing on improved Discussions, effective use of the Inbox, and best practices for accessibility and student equity. You'll learn how the enhanced Discussions feature boosts student engagement, how to use the Inbox for streamlined communication, and strategies for making your course accessible and easy to navigate. These tips will help you create an inclusive and user-friendly learning environment that supports all students.

Classroom Tech: AV Training

Most of the general lecture spaces have been updated to display units! No more projector lightbulbs burning out or giving wrong color displays. Come learn the new and easy system. Those that have been using them, you might learn a new trick. 

How to Schedule Rooms with 25Live

Have you had your meeting interrupted by IT or Facilities because you didn’t schedule the room? Now is your chance to learn more about 25Live and why it’s important to schedule the time. Training guides have been updated and will be provided (will be available on the website as well).

Learning Outcomes Unlocked: Designing Courses Students Understand

In this session we will delve deeply into course learning outcomes. Teachers benefit from a better understanding of their course outcomes, which can shape assignments, activities and instruction. Students benefit from understanding better what they are supposed to be learning and how it can help them in the future. Reduce unnecessary or superfluous assignments, focusing only on what your students are supposed to learn! After this session, you will feel empowered to interrogate and interpret your course's learning outcomes to gain a whole new understanding of what your course is all about. 

My Professor Said it is Okay to use AI to My Professor Said it's a No-No: Student Dilemmas in the use of AI

Academia is buzzing with discussions on the use of AI. This presentation is to facilitate a students' perspective on the use of AI specifically generative AI in their world. It attempts:

  1. Understand: Include and acknowledge narratives amongst student population
  2. Evaluate: Foster discussion through bringing visibility to student voices
  3. Analyze: Deliberate on how best AI, specifically generative AI, can be integrated towards enhancing student learning and student success in classrooms.​

Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) for Asynchronous Courses

In this session you will learn about the federal requirements for Regular and Substantive Interaction and what Canvas tools can help you meet them, self-assess your online courses, and draft a plan for implementing and improving interactions with your students! Additionally, you will collaborate with other LWTech faculty to share ideas and best practices.

Supporting Queer Students

Sam will be going over LGBTQIA+ topics, with specific focus on Gender and Pronouns for LWTech employees. Snacks provided! Feel free to bring a lunch!

Teams Basics

You’ll gain practical skills for integrating Teams into your course. We’ll guide you through creating meeting links, including handling multiple instructors, customizing meeting settings, break out rooms and saving and sharing recordings effectively. You’ll also discover best practices to ensure students can easily find the links they need. Additionally, we'll cover how to seamlessly add virtual office hour links to your Canvas course. This session is perfect for instructors who want to streamline course management and enhance student access and engagement.

Teams Advanced

Teams is more than just a meeting and chat platform. Discover how to leverage Teams for file sharing, creating digital notebooks, and much more. In this advanced workshop, you’ll dive deeper into features like managing channels, using integrated apps, collaborating in real-time on documents, automating workflows with Power Automate, and setting up advanced permissions and roles. As a versatile tool for the LWTech community, Teams helps us achieve our educational goals together.

Teen Whisperer

This session is open to any faculty and may be especially beneficial for new instructors and faculty who do a lot of advising. 

If you’ve attended before, let’s share what’s new with the Gen Z’s. If you haven’t: Who are these teens in your classroom?! Why won’t they turn on their camera or mic on Teams!?! Why can’t I get them into my office hours?!!?! Your friendly local high school experts will facilitate a workshop on some straightforward strategies for connecting with the youth in your classroom. We will also have our Faculty Counselor present you with friendly neighborhood tips on trauma-informed care, and what it looks like in the classroom.

Understand some of the biological, psychological, and social factors affecting teenagers today and learn to apply that understanding to guide and motivate the youngest students in your classes.

Update on AI

Marcelo Guerra Hahn will share what he's learned during his summer tech travels as related to Artificial Intelligence.

Using DesignPLUS to Generate Photo Rosters

Exciting things are coming to Canvas with the new DesignPLUS tool! In this session you will learn how to transform the default People view in Canvas from a course roster list of users to a series of student cards that make it easier to see student profile images.

What the Library Can Do For You

Our three Librarians will introduce you to the variety of resources/supports available through the Library and will take time to hear your ideas for collaboration. The Library has a wide range of resources, from physical books, equipment, and study space to digital collections and faculty project funds. Faculty Librarians can support you in teaching students how to find information and ethically cite it. We enjoy collaborating with faculty on library events and (student or faculty authored) publishing projects. Come and find out more!