Lone Star College - Tomball COTE 2017 Calendar

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Lone Star College-Tomball

Center for Organizational & Teaching Excellence (COTE)
Located in E-271
www.lonestar.edu/cote.htm · www.facebook.com/lsctcote · (281) 357-3655

Welcome to Kentrie LeDee
the pack! Program Manager
(281) 401-1813

Wendy Palmgren Elisabeth Browning
Coordinator Graphic Designer
(281) 357-3655 (281) 401-3763

Janet Moore Harlan Williams
Campus Trainer Online Instructional Designer
(281) 401-1871 (281) 401-3698

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College Holidays
Important Dates

Instructional Professional Development Saturday, August 19

Culture: Provide professional Adjunct Inservice Day
9:30am-12:30pm
development opportunities focusing www.lonestar.edu/images/Fall2017Welcome-AdjunctFacultyIn-Service.pdf

upon nurturing a culture of respect

and collaboration (From LSC Saturday, August 19-Thursday, August 24

Strategic Plan) Faculty & Staff Fall Welcome Week
Download the full week’s schedule at:
a. Cultural Beliefs: To provide www.lonestar.edu/images/FallWelcomeSchedule2017.pdf

trainings that will

focus upon practical steps

for emphasizing/implementing

cultural beliefs at Lone Star College - Friday, August 25

Tomball. Supervisor Success Certification Series (SSC):
The Art of Delegating
Employee Development: Professional Development focused on 9am-12pm in E-253 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
the learning and development of employees. Delegating allows you time to work on more important matters while
developing your employees. This session teaches managers the skills necessary to
Curriculum Enhancement: Provide professional development delegate effectively, examines why we don’t delegate, and explores the resulting
relating to curriculum redesign and/or enhancement for the purpose of consequences.
increasing student success.
a. Online Education: To provide training opportunities that will Monday, August 28
enable an increase and expansion in online and hybrid course
offerings. Fall Classes Begin
b. GRIT: To provide training opportunities that will focus upon methods Lone Star College offers plenty of degrees and certificates to choose from. Find the
for implementing GRIT based assignments and activities within one that is best for you and get started at www.lonestar.edu/degrees-certificates.htm.
courses.
c. Developmental Education Acceleration: To provide training Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, August 21, 23,
opportunities relating to non-course based options and other
innovative Developmental Education practices. 24 & 25 OTE COI N
d. Instructional Best Practices: To provide trainings relating to proven www
best instructional practices. These practices can be discipline- Desire2Learn (D2L) Semester Beginning 5¢C
based or nationally-proven best practices. 1-2pm in E-214 COTE
.lonestar.edu/

This hands-on course provides identification of nine tasks to perform by the

instructor to get ready for a new semester.

Persistence: Provide professional development opportunities Saturday – Friday, August 19 – 25
focused upon data and course-based actions related to the goal
of increasing student persistence. Desire2Learn (D2L) Open Labs in E-214
a. Illume: To provide training opportunities that will focus upon Saturday: Noon – 2 pm EEO/D2L
ways faculty can use data to support retention and persistence Monday: 2 – 4 pm HR/D2L
efforts. Tuesday: CLOSED
b. Early Alert: To provide training opportunities that will focus Wednesday: 9 am – 1 pm HR/D2L
upon ways to expand the usage of early alert and associated Thursday: 2 – 4 pm HR/D2L
activities. Friday: 8 am – 4 pm HR/D2L

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13 14 15 16 17 18 19Adjunct
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9:30am-12:30pm

Welcome Week

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Classes
Begin Desire2Learn (D2L) Semester Beginning SSC: The Art of
1-2pm in E-214 Delegating
9am-12pm: E-253
Faculty & Staff
31 D2L Open Labs: E-214
Welcome Week Sat., Aug. 19: Noon – 2 pm EEO/D2L
www.lonestar.edu/29043.htm Mon., Aug. 21: 2 – 4 pm HR/D2L
Tues., Aug. 22: CLOSED
29 30 Wed., Aug. 23: 9 am – 1 pm HR/D2L
Thurs., Aug. 24: 2 – 4 pm HR/D2L
Fri., Aug. 25: 8 am – 4 pm HR/D2L

Monday – Friday, September 11 – 15 Wednesday, September 27 cCaarmrpyus
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Sponsored by BIT, Counseling Services, Vice President of

Student Success, LSC-Tomball Police

Thursday, September 14 OTE COI 11:30am-12:30pm in E-100 Facilitator: Captain Pemberton
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Seizure Recognition & First Aid 5¢ https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu

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2pm-3pm in E-253 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu Please plan to attend the Campus Carry: The Basics presentation that will provide

Seizure training provides instructors and other school personnel Lone Star College - Tomball an overview of Texas gun law and how it will affect

with information needed to recognize seizures, respond with campus life.

appropriate first aid, and understand the impact seizures have on students.

Wednesday, September 20 Friday, September 29

Lecture Series: “Developing a Student- Supervisor Success Certification Series (SSC): Generational
Differences
Centered Learning Class Environment for 9am-12pm in E-253 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
This interactive workshop will provide information regarding the differences
Students of Color” NOTE COI among the various generations. The value of diversified workplace perspectives will
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2pm-3pm in E-100 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu

Funded by Title V Grant from the U.S. Department of Education

This interactive presentation invites Lone Star-Tomball faculty members to learn about

best teaching practices to improve the classroom-learning environment for students of

color, especially Latino and African American students. This session is ideal for faculty

members who wish to understand the basic principles of student centered teaching

to help these students academically succeed. Learn about the basics of enhanced

learning outcomes, develop pragmatic approaches to engage students of color, and

gain a greater self-awareness as an instructor.

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Sponsored by BIT, Counseling Services, Vice President of

Student Success, LSC-Tomball Police

2pm-3pm in S-160 Facilitator: Captain Pemberton

https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu

Please plan to attend the Campus Carry: The Basics presentation that will provide Lone

Star College - Tomball an overview of Texas gun law and how it will affect campus life.

Thursday, September 28

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This learning circle for both Andriod™ and iPad™ byod

users is designed to meet monthly. We will focus each month Bring your own device

on one app from the following areas to help Grow Your GRIT: Register for workshops in
myworkshops.lonestar.edu
1. Wellness 2. Educational 3. Other

SEPTEMBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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24 25 2pm-3pm: E-253

D2L Open Labs in E214
9am – 11am & 1:30pm – 3:30pm

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Luis The Basics

Ponjuan, Ph.D. 2pm-3pm: S-160

2pm-3pm: E-100 Sponsored by BIT,
Counseling Services,

Vice President of Student

Success, LSC-Tomball Police

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Your GRIT Generational
The Basics Apps Differences
2pm-3pm: E-253 9am-12pm: E-253
11:30am-12:30pm:

E-100 Sponsored by BIT,

Counseling Services, Vice

President of Student Success,

LSC-Tomball Police

Tuesday-Thursday, October 3-5 Monday-Thursday, October 16, 17, 18 & 19

Resiliency Training Program: A Community Recovery Initiative Teaching with Technology: Lynda.com featuring
8:30am-10am: E-164 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu Microsoft® Excel 2016: Pivot Tables
A multi-component mind-body program intended to decrease post disaster stress such 2:30pm-4pm: E-214 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
as over-reactivity, sadness, worry, insomnia and thereby increase overall quality of This workshop explores Pivot Tables in Excel which can help you to
life. summarize, analyze, explore and present your data.
• Alleviate Mental and Emotional suffering using the power of breath.
• Educating participants about stress reduction, including techniques to shift their Thursday, October 19
focus away from past and future worries, while increasing attention to current
reality. Keeping Your Identity & Information Safe in the Digital Age
• Deep relaxation and rejuvenation of the self. https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
**For maximum benefit, attendance required for all three sessions. 2 pm-3 pm: S-160 Guest Speaker: William Derwostyp
Learn ways to keep your personal information out of the hands
Wednesday & Thursday, October 4 & 5 of cyber-criminals. Ask questions, see examples of cyber-schemes,
and discuss ways in which to keep your data safe.

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Friday, October 20
Early Alert is a referral program for students, faculty and
Trust in Action Conference
staff who are concerned about the physical, emotional, 9am-3pm: System Office, The Woodlands
http://www.lonestar.edu/29024.htm
academic or personal health of a student. Early Alert can assess the LSC employees will learn how to put the cultural
belief of Trust! into action to better serve our students, collaborate within and across
situation, offer support and provide referrals to campus resources. The teams, and achieve our goals.

objectives are:

1. Discuss the purpose and importance of Early Alert.

2. Process for submitting a referral.

Saturday, October 7 Monday, Thursday & Friday, October 23, 26 & 27 OTE COI OTE COI

Inaugural Educational Institute -- Cancelled -- Adobe® Acrobat Forms 5¢ 5¢
2:30pm-4pm: E-214 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
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2pm-3pm: E-253

https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu Friday, October 27

This learning circle for both Android™ and iPad™ users is Mental Health First Aid
8am-4:30pm: S-160 https://myworkshops.edu
designed to meet monthly. We will focus each month on byod This 8-hour training course teaches you how to help someone
who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a
one app from the following areas to help Grow Your GRIT: Bring your own device mental health crisis. Those trained will know how to identify, understand, & respond
to signs of mental illnesses & addictions.
1. Wellness 2. Educational 3. Other

Friday, October 13 Tuesday, October 31

GRIT™ Summit Lecture Series: “Martin Luther’s 95 Theses: the
9am-3pm: Beckendorf Conference Center
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moved a culture or a person from a can’t attitude to a can attitude. COTE
2pm-3pm: E-100 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu 5¢

.lonestar.edu/

Luther’s initial goal was to reform Christianity as practiced

in Europe, he had unwittingly set off an upheaval across the

continent which divided the Church forever, and cost vast human suffering in the Wars

of Religion which raged for 150 years. Now, we look back on this epochal event.

OCTOBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4Early Alert 5Early Alert 6 7

8 Workshop Workshop
2 pm-3 pm: L-256 2 pm-3 pm: L-256

Resiliency Training Program: ITCP
A Community Recovery Initiative

8:30am-10am: E-164

9 10 11 12 13 14Growing
Your GRIT
GRIT™
Summit

Apps 9am-3pm:

2pm-3pm: E-253 Beckendorf

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Training: Identity Safe Action

Lunch & Learn Lunch & Learn in the Digital Age Conference

12 pm-1 pm: E-214 12 pm-1 pm: E-214 2 pm-3 pm: S-160 9am-3pm:

Teaching with Technology: Lynda.com System Office,
featuring Microsoft® Excel 2016: Pivot Tables The Woodlands

2:30pm-4pm: E-214

22 23Adobe® 24 25 26 27Adobe®
Acrobat Acrobat
Forms Adobe®
2:30pm-4pm: E-214 Acrobat

Forms Forms

2:30pm-4pm: E-214 2:30pm-4pm: E-214

Mental Health

First Aid

8am-4:30pm: S-160

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2pm-3pm: E-100

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https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu Facilitated by Donielle Miller

This learning circle for both Andriod™ and iPad™ users byod Who are Millennials? They are elusive, perceptive, and GwehnaetrwataionntsZ! what

is designed to meet monthly. We will focus each month on one Bring your own device hard to reach through traditional marketing channels. What do Millewnaninatl!s

app from the following areas to help Grow Your GRIT: 1. Wellness they care about, and what moves them to action? This workshop

2. Educational 3. Other will go beyond our current perceptions millennials and explore

the next generation to take the stage, Generation Z.

Monday – Thursday, November 6 – 9 Capturing the attention of our students is hard. What messages do they respond to?
How can we influence their decisions? Marketing requires us to utilize communication
Teaching with Technology: Lynda.com strategies to influence behavior. We want our students to take our classes and attend
our programs and events. It is essential that we don’t just feed them information in the
featuring Microsoft® Excel & Outlook: formats that make sense to us. We have to ensure our marketing efforts are engaging.

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Introduce basic techniques for creating spreadsheets,

managing emails and calendars. Participants will:

1. Be able to utilize the function tools Objectives:
• Participant will be able to identify characteristics of the Millennial and
2. Learn how to sort and filter, control shortcuts Generation Z demographics.
• Participant will understand the habits and communication preferences of
3. Be introduced to the page layout tab Millennials.

4. Learn to organize emails and calendar

Friday, November 10 Friday, November 17

Welcome to the Pack Mental Health First Aid
Cancelled 8am-4:30pm: S-160 https://myworkshops.edu
This 8-hour training course teaches you how to help someone
Supervisor Success Certification Series (SSC): who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a
Difficult or Just Different? mental health crisis. Those trained will know how to identify, understand,
9am-12pm in E253 https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu & respond to signs of mental illnesses & addictions.

This interactive session will offer participants techniques for dealing with Wednesday-Sunday, November 22-26
difficult people in the workplace. It will also highlight perception and how it
may cloud the reality of the situation deemed difficult. Thanksgiving Holiday
All offices closed.
Tuesday, November 14
Monday-Friday, November 27-30 & December 1
Lecture Series: “Student-Centered is Easy”
by Cory Colby Intro to Microsoft® Publisher: Lunch & Learn OTE COI
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An introductory level activity on the basics of working with

Microsoft Publisher.

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NOVEMBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2Growing 3 4

Your GRIT
Apps
2pm-3pm: E-253

5 67 8 9 10Welcome 11
12 to the Pack 18
19 Teaching with Technology: Lynda.com Cancelled
26 featuring Microsoft® Excel & Outlook: Tips & Tricks SSC: Difficult or
Just Different?
2:30pm-4pm: E214 9am-12pm: E-253

13 14Lecture 15 16Marketing Mental 17
Series: to Health
Cory Colby
Cancelled Millennials First Aid

& Generation Z 8am-4:30pm: S-160

3pm-4pm: E-253

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Thanksgiving Nov. 22-26
Holiday
All offices closed.

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Intro to Microsoft® Publisher: Lunch & Learn
12:30 pm-1 pm: E-214

Monday-Friday, November 27-30 & December 1

Intro to Microsoft® Publisher: Lunch & Learn OTE COI

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An introductory level activity on the basics of working with

Microsoft Publisher.

Friday, December 1

Mental Health First Aid
8am-4:30pm: S-160 https://myworkshops.edu
This 8-hour training course teaches you how to help someone
who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a
mental health crisis. Those trained will know how to identify, understand,
& respond to signs of mental illnesses & addictions.

Monday-Friday, December 11-15

Final Exams
Fall semester final exams.

Friday, December 15

Semester End
Fall semester end.

Thursday, December 21-Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Winter Holiday
All offices closed.

Register for workshops in
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DECEMBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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12:30pm-1pm: E-214

Mental Health

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Final Exams

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Winter Holiday
All offices closed.

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Winter Holiday Dec. 21 - Jan. 3, 2018
All offices closed.

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2017

Located in E-271 Register for workshops in
https://myworkshops.lonestar.edu
www.lonestar.edu/cote.htm · www.facebook.com/lsctcote

Center for
Organizational &
Teaching Excellence Staff

Kentrie LeDee
Program Manager
(281) 401-1813

Wendy Palmgren
Coordinator
(281) 357-3655

Janet Moore
Campus Trainer
(281) 401-1871

Elisabeth Browning Lone Star College-Tomball
Graphic Designer Center for Organizational & Teaching Excellence (COTE)
(281) 357-3763

Harlan Williams Located in E271
Online Instructional Technologist
(281) 357-3698 www.lonestar.edu/cote.htm · www.facebook.com/lsctcote

Lone Star College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, see www.lonestar.edu/legal-notices.htm.