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I only wish I had learned about the On Course program and faculty development workshops years ago. They are exactly what I have been looking for to help our students be more successful!  --George Daniel, Director, Student Success Center, University of Tennessee-Martin (TN)

OVERVIEW OF ON-CAMPUS OFFERINGS

You can host an On Course Professional Development Program for educators at your college or university. These in-service programs range in length from one to three days, and the goal of each is to provide educators with effective learner-centered strategies for empowering students to become active, responsible learners. The result is greater student academic success and retention across the curriculum (click HERE to see supporting data).  These highly interactive workshops offer your participants a powerful experience of learner-centered education and, as such, are valuable for all educators: faculty, counselors, and administrators.  All of our workshops are designed for up to 50 participants. 

 

Since first attending one of the summer workshops, I've held nine 3-day On Course staff development trainings for our college, and I plan to offer more. They are invaluable! I strongly recommend this workshop for all faculty, counselors, and administrators.  --Philip Rodriguez, Dean, Cerritos College (CA)

THREE-DAY ON COURSE I WORKSHOP

Bring the highly acclaimed On Course I Workshop directly to your faculty, student services staff, and administrators.  This is the same event as the public On Course I Workshops held at conference centers throughout the U.S., and is our most requested event. A glance at the testimonials will quickly reveal the profound impact this workshop has had on past participants. You can offer this workshop exclusively for your educators....or build bridges to nearby colleges or high schools by inviting their faculty and staff to attend as well.  Sharing expenses with other institutions offers a cost-effective way to provide a major professional development opportunity for both campuses. Consider hosting the On Course I Workshop at an off-campus site or retreat center so your participants can step off the daily treadmill to focus exclusively on their profession and themselves. 

The 3-Day On Course I Workshop schedule provides an immersion in learning-centered education and, thus, brings about significant changes in the way participants interact with students. They will leave with literally dozens of proven strategies that they can implement immediately. Another very positive outcome of the interactive nature of the workshop is the creation of community that lasts long after the event has ended. Expect participants in the workshop to return to their positions informed, inspired, and rejuvenated! 

 

 We are thrilled with the feedback from our [3-day] workshop participants.  Truthfully, I have been at BCC for many years, and this is the best feedback that I have ever seen! We did a great deal of faculty and staff professional development when I was BCC's Title III Director, but never have I seen any feedback with 100% in any area, let alone 5 areas. The comments are glowing as well. I do want you to know that the excitement continues with the faculty, even three weeks later. They are emailing back and forth. The faculty are creating products to use within their classrooms and copying each other--sharing--and talking about results. These results are the signs of an effective workshop.... I do want to thank you for inspiring our faculty, many of whom had become cynical over the years. They are re-invigorated!  --Patricia Hare, Academic Dean, Brevard Community College, (FL)

 

The 3-Day On Course I Workshop Schedule

DAY 1
8:30-10:00 SESSION 1: GETTING ON COURSE: Identifying the characteristics that distinguish students who are successful in college (and beyond) from those who struggle...and identifying the seven domains of influence available to educators.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 SESSION 1: GETTING ON COURSE (Continued): Getting students on course to success from their very first day. 
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-2:45 SESSION 2: GREATER PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Guiding students to take greater responsibility for their education and for the outcomes of their lives.
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 SESSION 3: INCREASED SELF-MOTIVATION: Guiding students to discover intrinsic motivation for academic achievement, thus promoting greater perseverance when they encounter inevitable challenges in college or elsewhere in their lives.
DAY 2
8:30-10:00 SESSION 4: IMPROVED SELF-MANAGEMENT: Guiding students to make the most of their time, choosing the purposeful and persistent actions necessary to stay on course to their goals and dreams.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 SESSION 5: ENHANCED INTERDEPENDENCE: Guiding students to develop the mutually supportive relationships necessary for achieving most of life's lofty goals, including academic success.
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-2:45 SESSION 6: HEIGHTENED SELF-AWARENESS: Guiding students to revise limiting beliefs and self-defeating habits, empowering them to make the wise choices necessary to achieve success. 
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 SESSION 7: EFFECTIVE LIFE-LONG LEARNING: Guiding students to use critical and creative thinking that leads not only to academic knowledge and skills but also to the wisdom required to create a rich, full life.
4:30-6:00 Dinner Break for those staying for optional evening session
6:00-9:00 WALKING THE TALK: This optional session is designed for participants who want the opportunity to improve their own lives, personally as well as professionally. Many participants report this session to be extraordinarily valuable in helping them discover their next steps for creating the rich, full life they want.
DAY 3
8:30-10:15 SESSION 8: GREATER EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Guiding students to manage their strong feelings wisely: replacing emotional, self-defeating choices with mature, well considered decisions.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION 9: HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM: Guiding students to develop greater self-acceptance, self-confidence, self-respect, and self-worth, thus greatly expanding the possibilities of what they can achieve in their lives.
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 SESSION 10: STAYING ON COURSE: In preparation for your return home, you will create a personal plan for implementing new educational strategies at your college, strategies designed to empower your students to achieve more of their potential...academic, personal, and professional.
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Session 10: Staying On Course (continued) 

Attendees who participate in the entire workshop are eligible to enroll in ED 582: Strategies for Empowering Students to Become Active, Responsible Learners, a follow-up graduate course. This 3-credit course is conducted on-line and offered by Goucher College, a fully accredited 120-year-old liberal arts college in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Message to the Director of Professional Development and the Academic Vice President: Thank you, thank you for offering the 3-day On Course I Workshop to Sierra College educators. What a fabulous experience! Not only did it provide faculty with many meaningful, interactive activities to use in our classrooms, but it also showed us how to empower students in ways that will make them more responsible and productive learners. I hope that this same workshop can be offered again, so that more Sierra College staff can have the opportunity to profoundly change the way they teach, work with colleagues, and---more importantly-- live their lives. --Janet Quinlan, Faculty and Co-Chair, Department of Human Development, Sierra College (CA)

 

Thank you very much for the work that you have done for the Holomua [developmental education] unit at KCC. I cannot tell you how great your impact has been on the faculty. You've energized and revitalized even those that I thought would never be able to change. Personally, it's been a pleasure to work with you. You set a high standard for us all!   --Mona Lee, Dean, Kapiolani Community College (HI)

ONE- OR TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS

Like the 3-day On Course I Workshop, our 1- or 2-day workshops provide learner-centered strategies that empower students to become active, responsible partners in their own education.  Participants will leave with practical and proven strategies they can implement immediately. Though their organizing principles are the same as the 3-day On Course I Workshop, these shorter workshops present different learner-centered strategies. Thus, an educator can attend an On Course I Workshop and a one- or two-day On Course event and not encounter the same strategy twice.  

 

The 2-Day Workshop Schedule

DAY 1
8:45-10:15 SESSION 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS:  Identifying the characteristics that distinguish students who are successful in college (and beyond) from those who struggle.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION 2: GREATER PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Guiding students to take greater responsibility for their education and for the outcomes of their lives.
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 SESSION 3: INCREASED SELF-MOTIVATION: Guiding students to discover intrinsic motivation for academic achievement, thus promoting greater perseverance when they encounter inevitable challenges in college or elsewhere in their lives.
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:15 SESSION 4: IMPROVED SELF-MANAGEMENT: Guiding students to make the most of their time, choosing the purposeful and persistent actions necessary to stay on course to their goals and dreams.
DAY 2
8:45-10:15 SESSION 5: ENHANCED INTERDEPENDENCE: Guiding students to develop the mutually supportive relationships necessary for achieving most of life's lofty goals, including academic success.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION 6: HEIGHTENED SELF-AWARENESS: Guiding students to revise limiting beliefs and self-defeating habits, empowering them to make the wise choices necessary to achieve success. 
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 SESSION 7: EFFECTIVE LIFE-LONG LEARNING: Guiding students to use critical and creative thinking that leads not only to academic knowledge and skills but also to the wisdom required to create a rich, full life.
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:15 SESSION 8: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNER-CENTERED EDUCATION: Developing a tool box of learner-centered strategies for empowering students learn more deeply and permanently.

 

There were so many wonderful techniques & strategies that were fun yet educational. These will transfer well to both the classroom and the workplace. Participatory/hands-on learning is so very powerful. The only way to improve on this 2-day workshop is to go to a 3-day workshop. This content is something we should have every faculty member and administrator exposed to.   --Maddy Jeffs, Vice President, Columbia Basin College (WA)

 

The workshop last week was a resounding success, and everyone appreciated [the facilitator's] expertise, willingness to hear and work with varying points of view, and great sense of humor. I'm sure our college will want to host another workshop in a year or so, and we're already working on identifying people to attend the On Course I and On Course II Workshops, as well as the On Course National Conference. Everyone who was there wants to be subscribed to the On Course Newsletter--that says it all, doesn't it?   --Diana Babayan, Chair and Faculty, ESL, Santiago Canyon College, (CA)

 

The 1-Day Workshop Schedule

Day 1

8:45-10:15 SESSION 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS:  Identifying the characteristics that distinguish students who are successful in college (and beyond) from those who struggle.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 SESSION 2: GREATER PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Guiding students to take greater responsibility for their education and for the outcomes of their lives...and...INCREASED SELF-MOTIVATION: Guiding students to discover intrinsic motivation for academic achievement, thus promoting greater perseverance when they encounter inevitable challenges in college or elsewhere in their lives.
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided at the National On Course Conference)
1:00-2:30 SESSION 3: IMPROVED SELF-MANAGEMENT:  Guiding students to make the most of their time, choosing the purposeful and persistent actions necessary to stay on course to their goals and dreams...and... ENHANCED INTERDEPENDENCE: Guiding students to develop the mutually supportive relationships necessary for achieving most of life's lofty goals, including academic success.
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:15 SESSION 4: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNER-CENTERED EDUCATION: Developing a tool box of learner-centered strategies for empowering students learn more deeply and permanently.

 

I want to thank you for your wonderful workshop on Friday. I found a lot of good ideas during the day, and I am looking forward to conducting my own faculty training incorporating some of your learner-centered activities. I can certainly understand why you have such a devoted following of professionals, and I have already received an inquiry about when you will be back. Thank you for your skill and passion. It is always invigorating to be with someone who believes strongly in the craft of education, and puts those beliefs into action. --John Coliton, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Montgomery College, (MD)

 

What a wonderful one-day workshop! The next week people were talking about it all over campus! I am beyond thrilled with the enthusiasm your workshop generated. I was inundated with requests for "clean" copies of the handouts from your session at our division meeting. Thank you for all of your practical, as well as fun, teaching strategies.   --Dawn Haden, Quality Enhancement Plan Coordinator, Thomas Nelson Community College (VA)

PREVIOUS CLIENTS INCLUDE...

Cabrillo College (CA) Chemeketa Community College (OR)
Eastern Michigan University (MI) Santa Monica College (CA)
University of Cincinnati (OH) Columbia Union College (MD)
Belleview Community College (WA) Woodbury University (CA)
Towson University (MD) Santiago Canyon College (CA)
Concordia College of Alabama (AL) University of Nebraska (NE)
Coastal Carolina Community College (NC) College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA)
Neumann College (PA) Southern New Hampshire University (NH)
University of New Mexico-Valencia (NM) Guilford Technical College (NC)
Parkland College (IL) Central New Mexico Community College (NM)
Santa Ana College (CA) Southwestern Illinois College (IL)
Oakland University (MI) Sierra College (CA)
University of the Ozarks (AR) Chattahoochee Valley Community College (AL)
Cuyamaca College (CA) Butte College (CA)
Paradise Valley Community College (AZ) University of Rio Grande (OH)
Miami University-Middletown (OH) Mount Hood Community College (OR)
Calhoun Community College (AL) The Victoria College (TX)
University of Maryland-Baltimore Co (MD) LaGuardia Community College (NY)
Western Kentucky University (KY) Niagara County Community College (NY)
Northwest College (WY) Spoon River Community College (IL)
Northeast Oklahoma A&M College (OK) Adirondack Community College (NY)
Mt. Wachussett Community College (MA) Frostburg State University (MD)
Northern Alberta Inst of Tech (Alberta, CN) Illinois Valley Community College (IL)
Sheridan College (WY) Chipola College (FL)
Cerritos College (CA) Mid-Atlantic Career Counselors Association
Valencia Community College (FL) Burlington County College (NJ)
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ) Highland Community College (KS)
Bermuda College (Bermuda) The Ohio State University ATI (OH)
Lake-Sumter Community College (FL) Waubonsee Community College (IL)
El Camino College (CA) Broward Community College (FL)
Harford Community College (MD) Johnson and Wales University (RI)
Missouri State University (MO) Heald College (CA)
Windward Community College (HI) Eastern Kentucky University (KY)
University of the Virgin Islands (VI) Hillsboro Community College (FL)
College of the Sequoias (CA) Lassen Community College (CA)
Kapi'olani Community College (HI) Hagerstown Community College (MD)
Daytona Beach Community College (FL) Harrisburg Area Community College (PA)
Cabot Institute (Newfoundland, CN) Montgomery College (MD)
Spokane Falls Community College (WA) Delgado Community College (LA)
Detroit College of Business (MI) New Jersey Career Counselors Association (NJ)
ACT 101 Conference (PA) Jamestown College (ND)
Polk Community College (FL) Lock Haven University (PA)
Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (TRIO) New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Professional Association (NJ)
University of Maine (ME) Foothill College (CA)
Conference of California EOP&S Counselors  North Central State College (OH)
New Brunswick Community College (CN) Austin Community College (TX)
York College of the City Univ of New York Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PA)
Abbie Business Institute (MD) Developmental Education Association of MD
Metropolitan Community College (NE) Maui Community College (HI)
Southwestern Community College (CA) National Tutors' Association (NTA)
Oakton Community College (IL) Mission College (CA)
Atlantic Colleges Development Inst (Canada) Delaware State TRIO Conference (DE)
Rio Hondo College (CA) Glendale Community College (CA)
University of Hawaii (HI) Pasadena City College (CA)
Linn-Benton Community College (OR) Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium (OH)
Madison Area Technical College (WI) Brevard Community College (FL)
Lakeland College (Alberta, CN) Kent State University (OH)
Penn State University-Altoona (PA) MacEwan College (Alberta, CN)
Carroll Community College (MD) Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Virginia/West Va State TRIO Conference  Howard Community College (MD)
Mountain Empire Community College (VA) South Plains College (TX)
Reading Area Community College (PA) Miami-Jacobs Career College (OH)
St. Louis University (MO) Kauai Community College (HI)
Virginia Community College System (VA) Community College of Aurora (CO)
College of the Desert (CA) College Misericordia (PA)
Hawaii Community College (HI) Anne Arundel Community College (MD)
Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal College (SD) Columbia Basin College (WA)
Everett Community College (WA) University of Missouri-Rolla (MO)
Umpqua Community College (OR) University of Tennessee-Martin (TN)
Modesto Junior College (CA) Gateway Community College (AZ)
Arkansas Assoc of Developmental Educators Corning Community College (NY)
New Hampshire Technical Institute (NH) Mayland Community College (NC)
Washtenaw Community College (MI) US Air Force Academy Prep School (CO)
Chaffey College (CA) Thomas Nelson Community College (VA)
Lane Community College, (OR) College of the Redwoods (CA)
Sacramento City College (CA) Louisiana Technical College (LA)
Des Moines Area Community College (IA) Baruch College (NY)
Mt San Antonio College (CA) El Centro College (TX)
University of Hawaii-Hilo (HI) University of Nevada-Reno (NV)
Berea College (KY) Warren County Community College (NJ)
Chippewa Valley Community College (WI) Southern State Community College (OH)
Brookhaven College (TX) York Technical College (SC)
Cuyahoga Community College (OH) New York College Learning Skills Association
Milwaukee Area Technical College (WI)

Thank you--This workshop was everything I was looking for and more! I especially appreciated that you "captured" the attention of some of our faculty who don't usually involve themselves in these types of professional development activities.  --Sandy Beckwith, Director, Faculty Development, Lassen College (CA)

 

How can I ever thank you for the wonderful experience you gave me and my colleagues last week? Excitement is high among the participants, and they are not only spreading the word but are already using the strategies.  Have you ever stopped to think of all the lives you touch? When I think of the number of people this one workshop at IVCC will touch, I'm in awe. Thank you for the wonderful job you do!  --Marianne Dzik, Dean, Illinois Valley Community College (IL)

 

I extend my sincere gratitude to you and commend you on your life's work--a dedication to student success-- and the contributions you are making to students, faculty and staff throughout our country. Please call on me at any time to endorse, recommend or support your work to others.  --Bob Bendotti, Vice President of Learning, Paradise Valley Community College (AZ)

 

INFORMATION: If you'd like to discuss bringing an On Course professional development workshop to your educators, send an e-mail or call Skip Downing at 888-597-6451 (toll free).

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