VCCS Regional Centers forTeaching Excellence

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Center Activities

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Center Activities: FISH!

What is the Fish Philosophy?

      One drizzly day in a small fish market on the West Coast, a group of workers muddled through their jobs of chopping and selling fish.  Suddenly, there was a revelation:  If they had to show up and do these somewhat mundane tasks anyway,  why not HAVE FUN?     The employees of the fish market started to change their attitudes.  It became common to see fish flying across the bins of the kiosk.    Shoppers were brought into the act, and were prompted  to catch the fish being thrown across the room.  Businessmen from the commercial buildings across the street began to come during their lunch hours just to watch the spirit of play being such a success in the workplace.       Eventually, the workers of the fish market developed an entire philosophy about work, which involves the following rules:

Have Fun! Choose your attitude! Make someone's day! Be There!

Go FISH!

Participants enjoy lunch at a recent FISH! Workshop at New River CC

The BIG Guy

Chancellor DuBois presents on his favorite topic—great teachers—at TNCC and NVCC

Brain Gym

Tidewater region faculty work out at a Brain Gym seminar.

The Master Teachers

Dr. Terry Whisnant takes his Master Teachers Seminar on the road for the RCTEs

Mentoring and Leadership

Eric Hibbison describes professional development opportunities at the VCCS New Faculty Seminar

Regional Center for Teaching ExcellenceFall Refreshers 2003: Motivation, Inspiration,

Interaction 

The Regional Center for Teaching Excellence, Central Virginia Region, serving Blue Ridge, Central Virginia, Dabney S. Lancaster, Danville, Patrick Henry, and Virginia Western Community Colleges hosted its first Professional Development activity for the academic year 2003-2004 on Aug. 22, 2003 at Central Virginia Community College. Twenty-five full time and adjunct faculty from CVCC, DCC, DSLCC, as well as personnel from CVCC’s Center for Workforce Development participated in the animated, motivational, and interactive exercises presented by Professor Steven Piscitelli of Florida Community College at Jacksonville, and Dr. Susan Coffey, formerly of CVCC and currently VCCS Director of Professional Development. Professor Piscitelli also signed copies of his book Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff?

Susan Coffey 4-MAT: Which quadrant are you? 

Steve Piscitelli “….Keep Austin weird!”

 

Whose Center IS this anyway?Who makes the

Centers for Teaching Excellence work?

YOUMEUS! We’re all in

this together. We can’t do it without YOU.

The tip of the iceberg: A sampling of RCTE Events

Global Education Boot Camp videoconferences

Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences

James Eison on Creating a High Impact Classroom Environment

Teaching the “new” English 111 and 112

Virginia Humanities Foundation grant workshop

Teaching ADHD/LD students seminar

VADE regional conferences, Sp ‘04

The tip of the iceberg: A sampling of RCTE Events

“Fireside Chat” dialogues with Deans and VPs

Symposia on Service Learning

Workshops on helping students cope with threats of terrorism and war

Holistic evaluation workshop

“Training for World Class Manufacturing” seminar

Colloquia on teaching for retention

Who benefits from your participation and input?

Faculty Administrators Students Teachers Facilitators Learners

Everyone!