Organizational Learning's News YOU Can Use, October 23, 2006

A weekly e-newsletter from CNM's Organizational Learning Division with training and development ideas and opportunities for all employees

 

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
-Alvin Toffler

 

October 23 Issue: Table of Contents

  • Nov. 10 special event:  Student Success Faculty Meeting, Part 2
  • Team Leadership: Take this Online Learning course offered through Organizational Learning
  • WorkKeys "Targets for Instruction" workshops offered in November--and part-time faculty get paid to participate!
  • At-your-desk learning: Get to know your MS Outlook Calendar
  • Active learning in the classroom: "The Great Question Press"
  • Preview Oct. 23-28 training events and learnshops
  • Preview Oct. 30-Nov. 4 training events and learnshops

 

4Nov. 10 special event: Student Success Faculty Meeting, Part 2

CNM faculty who teach courses targeted for focused retention and success efforts will meet at a second Student Success Faculty Meeting on Friday, November 10, 8:30am-12:30pm, in SB-100, Smith-Brasher Hall.  Faculty who teach the following courses should attend:

Applied Tech ECA BIT HWPS CHSS MSE
ARDR 189 CHEM 100 ACCT 101A CJ 101 ENG 101 BIO 123
AUTC 126L CSCI 100 ACCT 111 CJ 102 ENG 102 BIO 124L
CM 130 ENG 100 BA 113 CJ 107 FREN 101 CHEM 111
ELEC 103A MATH 100A BA 150/ CSCI 101/ CP 176 EMS 160L PSY 105 CHEM 112L
ELEC 217 RDG 100 BKNG 102 FITT 170 SOC 101 MATH 120
    PL 101/ LAS 101 FS 103 SPAN 101 MATH 121
      FS 201    

 

The keynote speaker for this event will be Dr. Alicia Fedelina Chavez, faculty member in UNM's Department of Educational Leadership & Organizational Learning where she is developing a graduate program in higher education with an emphasis in social justice in all levels of college environments.  Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr., founding president of El Paso Community College, will also speak at the event.

 

Instructors of the targeted courses will receive more information about the event in the near future. To register for this event, visit the Organizational Learning Calendar of Events.  You'll find this special event listed near the top of the page:
http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 

4 Team Leadership:  Take this Online Learning course offered through Organizational Learning

This interactive course, based on the book Team Leadership by Dr. Don Hackett and Dr. Charles L. Martin, offers a simple six-step plan to increase participation and team efficiency. You'll learn how to develop feedback and clarification skills to create a shortcut to team consensus.

Benefits
  • Become an effective leader using proven techniques to build strong teams.
  • Gain problem solving skills that will help your team accomplish its goals.

    •  

    Find out more about this and many other courses offered online through the Division of Organizational Learning:  http://cnm.onlineexpert.com/elearning/  Click on "Course Catalog" to view other courses or click "Contact Us" to sign up for "Team Leadership."

     

    4WorkKeys "Targets for Instruction" workshops offered in November--and part-time faculty get paid to participate!

    Instructors at CNM have the opportunity to learn how and why to use WorkKeys assessments to measure their students' "essential skills...critical to their success in their chosen careers and in the workplace" by taking the WorkKeys "Targets for Instruction" workshops in November.  The workshops will focus on four of the essential skills: business writing, teamwork, listening, and locating information. The workshops, offered by David Licht, will also explain how your students can use the KeyTrain system to learn, practice and demonstrate the essential skills they will need to be better students and to succeed in the job and career path they have chosen.

     

    Instructors who teach the following courses are especially encouraged to take the following workshops:

    Name of course Day and time Especially recommended for instructors of these courses
    Business Writing Tuesday, Nov.14, 8:30 a.m.-noon OR
    Wednesday 11/15, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.    		 BA 121, BA 122, ENG 99 and ENG 119
    Teamwork Tuesday, Nov.14, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. OR Wednesday 11/15, 8:30 a.m.-noon  BA 104, BA 131, Comm. 232, Comm. 221 and  MT 105
    Listening Thursday 11/16, 8:30 a.m.-noon OR
    Friday 11/17, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.    		 Comm. 221 and Comm. 289
    Locating Information Thursday 11/16,  1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.   

     

    Part-time instructors, please note that you will be paid for your time to attend these workshops. 

    To learn more, contact David Licht at 224-4435 or email him at dlicht@cnm.edu.  To register, visit the Organizational Learning web site at http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm
     

     

    4At-your-desk learning:  Get to know your MS Outlook Calendar

    If you're not using MS Outlook's Calendar to do the tasks below, you're not using Outlook to its greatest potential:

    • schedule your appointments,

    • schedule meeting times and invite members via email,

    • receive reminders about upcoming meetings and appointments,

    • schedule recurring appointments once so they appear throughout your calendar, and

    • allow others to schedule meetings with you easily by viewing the busy time slots on your calendar

     

    Find out how to use Outlook's best Calendar features by completing this 15- to 20-minute online tutorial:
    http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011719291033

     

    4Active learning in the classroom:  "The Great Question Press"
    "Try the Question Press on standard content and watch your students squeeze meaning out of inert matter.  Give them a lift. Engage them in making up their own minds. Equip them to manage the tough questions of life." That's what this article on the "FNO (From Now On) Educational Technology Journal website promises, listing a range of question "functions," listed below, from which instructors can fashion demanding questions based on their own course content on which to create assignments and classroom activities. The article offers example questions for each of these functions:

    • Build or invent

    • Persuade or convince

    • Challenge or destroy

    • Wonder

    • Understand
    • Acquaint
    • Decide
    • Dismiss
    • Figure out
    • Predict

    To learn more, read the complete article on this webpage:
    http://questioning.org/questionpress.html

    Preview Oct. 23-28 training events and learnshops
    The following events are scheduled for the week of October 23-28.     View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

     Monday, Oct. 23

    • Visio Basics (6-week online learnshop)

     Tuesday, Oct. 24

    • Photoshop: Intermediate (Main)
    • FrontPage Basics (4-week online learnshop)

     Wednesday, Oct. 25

    • PowerPoint: Intermediate (Main)

     Thursday, Oct. 26

    • Effective Supervision and Leadership Skills (JMMC)

     Friday, Oct. 27

    • Excel: Intermediate (Main)
    • Bloodborne Pathogens (Main)

     Friday, Oct. 28

    • Publisher Basics (5 Saturday sessions; Main)
    • Publisher Basics (5-week online learnshop)

    Preview Oct. 30-Nov. 4 training events and learnshops
    The following events are scheduled for the week of October 30-November 4. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

     Tuesday, Oct. 31

    • Using Your EAP as a Supervisory Tool (Westside)

      Thursday, Nov. 2

    • Preventing Professional Burnout (JMMC)
    • Communication in the Workplace (2 consecutive Thursdays, Oct.2 and 9; Main)

     Friday, Nov. 3

    • Excel: Advanced (Main)

    If you need help to register or find out more about Organizational Learning events, contact Jean Montaņo at 224-4400 or by email: jmontano@cnm.edu.