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ECA's Mentoring Program

Janice Hart of ECA reported that their last mentoring group was the largest group they have had to date, with 57 Mentees and 11 Mentors (Fall '06). 

Of the Mentors' many positive responses to the question which asked them what they gained from mentoring, a typical comment spoke of, "... excitement, energy and renewed love for teaching."

In the Mentees' responses to this question, a predominance of answers referred to gains related to "[having] an outlet for discussing situations that arose, getting support and having a resource for questions."  The second most common response was the gain in understanding procedures and policies.  Many responses described "finding a home" in ECA, being able to connect with ECA faculty and staff and "... a positive introduction to CNM," as well as more confidence in beginning their ECA careers.  Other responses discussed acquiring teaching methods, materials and ideas, gaining knowledge of ECA students and also of professional development.

For additional information on ECA's Mentoring Program you can email Janice Hart at janiceh@cnm.edu

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Microsoft Office 2007 Training

If you're an intermediate Microsoft Office user and you're interested in learning how to use Microsoft's new 2007 office software, you can take an online tutorial right at your desk! 

Currently we have tutorials available online to learn Microsoft's Word, Outlook and Access 2007 applications.

To take tutorials go to: http://cnm.onlineexpert.com/elearning/

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News & previews

Attention new faculty
Instructor Pre-Certification, a 3 day course, provides participants with an overview of CNM, the CNM classroom, instruction, student learning, assessment and classroom management is scheduled to run before the Fall semester starts!  The class will be on Aug 13, 14, and 16.  If you or someone you know would benefit from this course, please have them sign up. Register for MAST 101 on the Organizational Learning webpage.

Preview this week's events

This newsletter is produced by Eleanor Radius, for the Office of Organizational Learning.

Preview of events in the next 2 weeks...
The following upcoming events are taking place at CNM August 13-17.  Register on the OL webpage.