October 2024 Report

October 2024 Report
During October 2024, The Teaching Center:

• Scheduled, promoted, moderated, and updated The Teaching Center’s data tracking of
  attendance for 12 professional development sessions from The Teaching Center.
  • 24 total PD sessions were promoted during October through The Teaching
    Center. These include free professional development opportunities from TBR and
    other entities.
• Helped NSCC employees complete 920.71 hours of professional learning through The
  Teaching Center during the 2024-2025 academic year, which includes:
  • 411.48 hours – Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices professional learning.
  • 833.61 hours of professional learning emphasizing Learning.
  • 642.61 hours of professional learning emphasizing Equity Driven.
  • 736.71hours of professional learning emphasizing Accountability.
  • 663.11 hours of professional learning emphasizing Data-Informed.
  • 845.71 hours of professional learning emphasizing Student-Centered.
• Moderated 2 professional learning communities (PLCs) for fall 2024.
  • The Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by
    Charles Duhigg ended in September. 23 employees engaged in this PLC.
  • The second PLC focused on The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
    by Gary Chapman and Paul White and used data from Nashville State’s College
    Engagement Survey from fall 2023 and spring 2024 to inform the learning
    process.
• Updated website with professional learning opportunities and resources.
• Updated Professional Development Library with recordings of professional learning
  sessions.
• Served as cohort advisor for NSCC’s first ACUE Effective Online Teaching Practices
  (EOTP) cohort. The cohort is completing the first module this week, and 5 cohort
  members have earned the ACUE EOTP Course Badge for Creating a Productive Online
  Learning Environment.
• Began planning for Spring into Success Professional Learning Conference, which will be
  held January 13 – 16, 2025. The call for session proposals for this conference was sent in
  October to the college community.
• Continue to build a professional learning resource in D2L for faculty. Our goal is for the
  resource to be available for all faculty in January 2025.
• The Teaching Center has led NSCC employees in 9,516.17 hours of professional development since August 2019, including 5,181.04 hours focused on Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices (CRTP.)