The CAFÉ Proudly Announces the
CAFÉ Week Program
August 2017
https://sites.laverne.edu/center-for-advancement-of-faculty-excellence
During the week of August 21, 2017 interesting
sessions related to teaching, learning, assessment,
civic and community engagement, and research will
be offered. We are excited to have guest speakers as
well as some of our accomplished faculty as
presenters. Please register for these sessions and
lunch (which is included each day) at the link below.
You may also type the link above.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
Join us for an array of sessions described here. Please register at the link below.
Monday, August 21
9:00-10:15AM Copyright Guidance
Presenters: John Bartelt, Linda Gordon, Donna Bentley
This workshop is designed to encourage faculty
and students to learn the basics about copyright,
copyright infringement, and the principles of fair
use in the academic environment, including the
application of fair use factors. The format is highly
interactive, encouraging lively Q&A and
experiential sharing.
10:30-12:00PM Diversity
Presenters: Beatriz Gonzalez and panel
Providing support in cultural competence in
teaching, research, student advisement, identity
models, these three sessions will address the
complexities of cultures and how they impact the
construction of knowledge. The value of diversity
of thought and building consensus based on
shared understandings and goals will also be
explored.
12:00-1:00PM Lunch
1:00-2:00PM Tracking and Assessing Student
Performance with Blackboard
Presenters: Erin Gratz and Bryan Best
LOCATION: HANWALT HOUSE
Assess student performance with a collection of
Blackboard Learn tools. Use tools like the
Performance Dashboard to establish a baseline of
student performance. Monitor how your students
perform throughout your course. Learn how
these tools can help you see patterns and
recognize when at-risk-students need assistance
and high-performing students need additional
engagement.
Monday (Cont’)
2:15-400PM Blackboard Lab
Presenters: Erin Gratz and Bryan Best
LOCATION: HANWALT HOUSE
Bring your computer or device, your questions,
and your projects for an open session to
discuss your Blackboard needs.
Tuesday, August 22
9:00-9:45AM Innovative Student Learning
Experiences - incorporating making into your
course
Presenter: Amy Jiang
The maker movement has been changing higher
education from many perspectives such as
theory to practice and project based learning.
Because of its interdisciplinary nature,
makerspace brings peoples from all disciplines
to work on projects that could impact their
community. Come hear how faculty are using
the library's makerspace for their classes.
Examples of 3D prints, laser cutting objects used
in disciplines such as psychology, anthropology,
math, art, physics, architecture, etc will be
shared during the session. Information on best
practices and tips of incorporating making into
curriculum will also be shared.
10:00-10:50AM Creating an Effective Syllabus
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Research indicates that the syllabus is the single
most important document that determines the
success of a course. Join us to explore how
utilizing this list of practices can help empower
your students to develop the knowledge, skills,
and dispositions they need to successfully
complete your course.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
Tuesday (Cont’)
11:00-12:00PM 25 Common Teaching Mistakes
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Join us to explore effective ways to recognize,
acknowledge, handle, and prevent almost-inevitable
teaching mistakes. Utilizing this list can help
enhance and strengthen the teaching-learning
process in your course.
12:00-1:00PM Lunch
1:00-2:45PM 44 Key Principles & Strategies to
Enhance Learning
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Join us to explore how utilizing this list can enhance
the teaching-learning process in your course. It will
help your students learn effectively, retain what
they learn, and reduce their learning anxieties. It
can also help reduce your stress and enhance your
teaching skills and persona.
3:00-4:30PM Diversity
Presenters: Beatriz Gonzalez and panel
Providing support in cultural competence in
teaching, research, student advisement, identity
models, these three sessions will address the
complexities of cultures and how they impact the
construction of knowledge. The value of diversity of
thought and building consensus based on shared
understandings and goals will also be explored.
Wednesday, August 23
9:00-9:45AM Data Sets
Presenter: Donna Bentley
Attendees will discover data sets subscribed to
through Wilson Library as well as a publicly available
data sets.
Wednesday (cont’)
10:00-10:50AM 40 Strategies for Professor-toStudent Feedback
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Research indicates that feedback is the most
powerful, single modification that enhances
achievement. Join us to explore how utilizing
this list can help empower your students to
assume responsibility for improving their own
knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
11:00-12:00PM 40 Strategies to End Your
Lesson Effectively
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Research indicates that we tend to best
remember, and be most influenced by the last,
or most recent, information that we hear and
see. Join us to explore how utilizing this list can
help students crystalize their thinking and
transform their memory from short term into
long-term.
12:00-1:00PM Lunch
1:00-1:50PM La Verne’s New Teaching
Evaluation System
Presenters: Christine Broussard & Sean Bernard
As we advance our teaching evaluation system,
guidelines and rubrics have been developed.
This session will describe the use of the new
guidelines and accompanying rubrics and how
they will impact the faculty tenure and
promotion portfolio.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
Wednesday (Cont’)
Thursday (Cont’)
2:00-2:50PM The Science of Learning
Presenter: Margo Greicar
Brain-based learning and brain-based research has
been discussed, but rarely has it been discussed in
terms of Liberal Arts education. Liberal Arts
classrooms and education are perfect for
maximizing learning through the principles that
brain based learning has presented. This session will
focus on examining how the brain learns best and
how this knowledge can be translated into sound
principles associated with teaching and learning.
10:00-12:00PM Advanced Use of Qualtrics
Presenters: Qualtrics Training Team
The advanced session for Qualtrics is geared for
the experienced user who wants to further
leverage the many features available. Topics
covered will include styling text, inserting media,
skip & display logic differences, randomizing
answer choices, adding default choices, using logic
sets, sending reminders & thank you’s, pausing
response collection, personalizing text, using piped
text, reading survey flow order, understanding
embedded data, capturing contact information,
randomizing elements, deleting responses, basic
filtering, partial completion, responses in progress,
exporting your data, understanding your exported
data, understanding question data, recoding
values, and managing reports.
3:00-4:00pm Return to Learn Practices
Presenters: Dr. Tricia Kasamatsu & Margaret Ha
This session will address how concussions affect
students’ learning and best practices for concussion
management in the collegiate setting. Interactive
activities and case scenarios will be used to enhance
attendees’ understanding of students’ experiences
during the recovery process and to provide practical
strategies for supporting students’ return to classes.
Learn about resources to support students and the
procedures already in place at the University of La
Verne.
Thursday, August 24
9:00-9:55AM Exploring the Use of Qualtrics
Presenters: Qualtrics Training Team
This sessions is ideal for the user who has had
limited experience with Qualtrics and would like to
expand his/her skills using the system. Topics
covered will include adding questions, standard
questions, specialty questions, advanced questions,
previewing, emailing your survey, editing an active
survey, organizing projects, sharing projects,
exporting projects, saving & restoring, changing the
survey ending, and sending an email notice.
12:00-1:00PM Lunch
1:00-1:50PM Give Pulse Training
Presenter: Founder George Luc
Join us for this interactive workshop that will
introduce you to the ways we are using technology
to track community engagement at the University
of La Verne. This platform makes it possible for
students, faculty, staff, alumni and community
members to list, find, coordinate, and measure our
impact in the community. Come be a part of the
giving.
2:00-3:30PM Program Review Tips & Tricks
Presenters: Mark Goor and Panel
What are program reviews and why do we bother
with them? This session will explore the purposes
for, benefits of, and best practices in a program
review system. Accomplished faculty will share
their strategies for making meaning out of the
program review process.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
Friday, August 25
9:30-10:15AM Embedding Library Resources in
Blackboard
Presenter: Karen Beavers
Create an electronic reading list for your course
with resources available at the Library. Save
yourself and your students time and money! In
this session you will learn how to include
electronic books, full-text articles, videos, and
other library resources in your Blackboard
course page.
Friday (continued)
2:45-3:45PM Exploring Publishing
Opportunities
Presenters: Jennifer Cady and Liberty McCoy
Looking to find more publishing opportunities,
or just looking to evaluate the journals you are
interested in submitting to? Come to our
strategy session on Cabell’s, a database that
evaluates publishers and journals in the
business, education, psychology, computer
science, and health administration disciplines.
10:30-12:00PM Diversity
Presenters: Beatriz Gonzalez and panel
Providing support in cultural competence in
teaching, research, student advisement, identity
models, these three sessions will address the
complexities of cultures and how they impact
the construction of knowledge. The value of
diversity of thought and building consensus
based on shared understandings and goals will
also be explored.
12:00-1:00PM Lunch
1:00-2:30PM Launching & Refreshing Your
Teaching
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Nesnick
Intended for both new and veteran faculty
members, this session will explore common
tendencies when teaching. These will be
compared and contrasted with research-based
best practices in pedagogy.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
About the Presenters:
Dr. John Bartelt teaches for the La Fetra College of
Education.
Donna Bentley is a Research and Instruction
Librarian/Professor at Wilson Library for 24 years
with an interest in copyright issues in academic
libraries; she has also presented workshops on
data sets in face to face sessions and via WebEx to
University of La Verne graduate students and
faculty for several years.
Dr. Linda Gordon is a Research and Instruction
Librarian/Professor at Wilson Library providing
resources to faculty and students regarding higher
education copyright issues at the University of La
Verne for 16 years.
Dr. Beatriz Gonzalez serves as our Chief Diversity
Officer and Vice Provost. She has taken leadership
roles on many issues related to diversity in higher
education. She has also built a network of
professionals to collaborate on such efforts and
these CAFÉ Week sessions are an example of this
collaboration.
Erin Gratz and Bryan Best work with La Verne
Online and support the training and use of
Blackboard.
Dr. Victoria Nesnick has been transforming subject
matter experts, particularly at the higher
education level, into highly effective
educators. She helps faculty and administrators,
individually and in groups tackle the day-to-day
concerns and problems associated with the
teaching-learning process. Her academic products
and services enable the people with whom she
works to meet their classroom challenges.
Dr. Nesnick facilitates professional growth of new
and practicing faculty and administrators by
providing interdisciplinary:
Faculty Development Workshops
Instructional Tools and Resources
Consulting Services
Assistance and Support to Develop a Certificate
of Teaching in Higher Education Program
We are privileged to have her as a guest presenter
during CAFÉ Week 2017.
Drs. Christine Broussard and Sean Bernard have
led the effort to improve the evaluation of
teaching at our university. Through much
collaboration with faculty across the entire
institution, they will have very helpful insights and
guidance.
Dr. Margo Greicar’s focus in higher education has
involved creating and improving athletic training
Amy Jiang is the library technology coordinator
education programs while advocating high
and has been working with faculty from many
educational standards, leadership, dynamic
different disciplines incorporating making into
learning strategies, and professional development.
classroom teaching and learning.
With regard to dynamic learning strategies, her
focus has been on cultivating classroom
experiences centered on a brain-based learning
approach specifically to engage the millennial
learner.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL
CAFÉ Week August 2017
About the Presenters (cont’):
Dr. Tricia Kasamatsu is an Assistant Professor of
Kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton.
Building upon her experience as an athletic trainer
and secondary school teacher, her research
explores concussion management practices,
primarily the academic support provided to
students following concussions.
Jennifer Esteron Cady is the Coordinator of
Resource Development. Liberty McCoy is the
Research and Instruction Librarian liaison to CPBM.
Liberty and Jennifer have extensive experience
with Cabell’s and can help you fully utilize this tool
in the road to successful publication.
Margaret Ha is an alumnus from La Verne and a
graduate student at California State University,
Fullerton. She became interested in concussion
management while helping students through the
recovery process and completed her
undergraduate thesis on return to learn.
Dr. Mark Goor has served as our Accreditation
Liaison Officer for several years and has helped to
facilitate the program improvement process
through program review management. He has
assembled a panel who will provide good
examples for effectively managing program
reviews.
Karen Beavers is the Coordinator of Research &
Instruction at Wilson Library and is the Library
Liaison to the College of Arts and Sciences.
S e s s i o n s w i l l b e O f f e r e d i n t h e C a m p u s
C e n t e r B a l l r o o m s B , C , & D ( u n l e s s
s p e c i f i e d o t h e r w i s e )
Lunch will be served each day of the week. Please register for these sessions, including lunch at the
following link: https://laverne.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXMbFOAsVdoMrPL