2024 Winter ADD Afternoon Breakout Sessions
| Title of Breakout Session | Location | Presenters | Department | ||
| AI: What Can It Do For Me?
Description: You’ve heard about Artificial Intelligence (AI) but haven’t explore it much yet. Come learn about a couple of the most popular AI programs and how they might make your life easier. |
SNR 121
(Computer Classroom) |
Krissy Kim and Shawna Freeman Lane | JBLM and ELAD | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Course Grading: A Different Approach
Description: In this session I will go over how to get students to focus on the quality of what they are learning rather than their grade, the importance and technique to overcoming test anxiety, and a new approach to self – assessment and self grading. |
CAS 389 | Richard Boulware | Criminal Justice | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Clery Compliance and being a Campus Security Authority
Description: In the session we will briefly discuss what the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act is and what are the roles of faculty and staff across the campus in order to meet compliance. |
CAS 332 | Kelly Brown | Campus Safety | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Doing What You Love!
Description: A presentation about how to have fun in life. No matter what department we are inside the college we all have a fun hobby or something that makes us smile. |
CAS 528 | Shiree Espinoza | Custodial | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| Hot Topics in Astronomy and Space Science
Description: Explore the universe and learn about new astronomical discoveries at the Pierce College Science Dome. |
Science Dome RAI 263 | Hillary Stephens | Physics and Earth & Space Science | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Disrupting isms in the Workplace
Description: Have you ever witnessed workplace bias but didn’t know how to address it? Join us as we explore variations of isms in the office and offer tactics for how to disrupt district wide inequities. |
CAS 512 | Azaria Evans and Yubi Lojewski | Student Services – JBLM | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| VA Funding 101: A Brief Look Into the GI Bill and Beyond
Description: We will give a brief summary of VA education benefits and how students navigate going to school using the GI Bill and other benefits. We will also give a behind-the-scenes at what our office does as liaisons with VA. |
CAS 530 | Tory Larsen | Veterans Services | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Practicing Cultural Humility
Description: Come learn about the concept of cultural humility and its relevance for community college educators. We will discuss what cultural humility is, how it can guide your work as an educator both in and out of the classroom and discuss practical strategies for its application in small groups. This workshop will be co-facilitated by Cindy Schaarschmidt, International Education, and Penda Samba, Director of Advising and Advocacy. |
CAS 529 | Cindy Schaarschmidt and Penda Samba | International Education and Advising and Advocacy | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| Navigating Student Employment (Part 2): Funding, Position Crafting, and Advertising Opportunities
Description: Join us for an informative workshop around the intricacies of student employment. We will discuss the diverse funding sources available for student positions, and you will learn how to leverage these sources to enhance the scope and variety of the student positions you can offer. Gain clear insights into the differences between student staff positions, non-student staff positions, and work-study positions, as experts will be available to help participants grasp the specific implications of each type of employment. Learn to create compelling and inclusive position descriptions that align with student skills and interests; how to post open positions in Pierce’s student employment system, Handshake; and about collaborative advertising opportunities like the quarterly professional development series and student job fair, H.Y.P.E. (Helping You Prepare for Employment). |
RAI 262
(Computer Classroom) |
Sabrina Stevenson, Diana Baker, and Tony Grace | Learning Resources Committee | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Honing Your Inner-Writer
Description: This is a part II follow up from the fall introductory session to the Community of Practice. While the first session was about explaining the CoP, the winter session is a workshop style opportunity to share work with colleagues. |
Writing Center Library
CAS 403 |
Nikki Poppen-Eagan | Creative Writing Community of Practice | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Badging: A Tool for Promoting and rewarding Skill-based Learning
Description: This session will introduce digital credentialing as a tool to promote skill-based learning. Participants will learn about the free badging tool within Canvas and explore how it can support skill development within a course as well as reward transferable skills. |
RAI 261
(Computer Classroom) |
Brian Lee and Liu Yang | CIS/Military and ELAD | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Walk Around the Lake
Description: Join the Biology department to learn more about the history of the lake, the ecology of the lake, and share in a guided observation all can enjoy. |
Lake Waughop | Elysia Mbuja | Biology Department | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| Pierce College Voices: Open Mic
Description: Share your poetry, spoken word, musical talents at Pierce College Voices: Open Mic. |
Performance Lounge CAS 421 | – | ADD Planning Committee | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |
| Introduction to Chemistry/Science Lab
Description: We invite you to join in the Rainier Chemistry Lab for some science work. We will introduce you to one or more science experiences. “ |
Rainier 202 | Ralph Morasch | Chemistry | Register for this breakout session via Bridge | |
| Introduction to the Bias Incident Response Team
Description: Pierce College is preparing to launch a Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) in spring 2024. BIRT’s primary focus will be to provide those who have witnessed or been a target of an anonymous act of bias an opportunity to be heard and supported. In addition, BIRT will coordinate a response to bias related incidents and situations that may affect campus climate. This session will introduce the primary functions of the BIRT, discuss the reporting and response process, and ask participants to engage in a discussion about how BIRT can most effectively meet the needs of the campus community. |
CAS 523 | Julie Draper Davis, Chio Flores & James Lett | Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) | Zoom Link | Register for this breakout session via Bridge |