First Faculty Fridays
First Faculty Fridays provide instructors with consistent, dedicated time to tackle the evolving educational challenges and opportunities. These workshops offer practical strategies and fresh perspectives that can be immediately applied in the classroom, helping you stay ahead and make a lasting impact on your students.
11/1 Updating Emergency Contacts and Career Profiles in Workday
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Instructor: Scot Brown
Description:
This training session provides a quick demonstration on how to complete three critical updates in Workday. These updates are essential for accurate reporting and emergency preparedness at Montgomery College. It also supports classification and compensation actions, institutional reporting, and allows the College to identify employees with specific skills or experience.
The topics covered will include:
- Updating emergency contacts.
- Updating educational degree status.
- Updating and completing your career/talent profile.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this training, employees will be able to:
- Update Emergency Contacts in Workday: Accurately navigate to the “Contact” section in Workday and update or confirm their emergency contact information.
- Update Educational Degree Status: Successfully update or confirm their educational degree information, ensuring all qualifications are current and correctly listed.
- Complete and Update the Career/Talent Profile: Fully complete their career/talent profile, including adding certifications, trainings, and uploading a resume if applicable, to ensure accurate and comprehensive profile information
11/1 Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Instructor: Philip Bonner
Description:
Faculty often wish their quiet students would take a more active role in classroom discussions and activities. This workshop examines the reasons why some students do not participate, and what faculty can do to engage and encourage them to contribute their ideas in class.
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this one-hour class, participants will be able to:
1. Explain why students may be quiet in the classroom.
2. Define the instructor’s role in promoting participation in class.
3. Use best practices for helping quiet students participate in class.
11/1 Microsoft Bookings
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Instructor: Megan Calvert
Description:
This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to Microsoft Bookings, a web-based scheduling tool. Microsoft Bookings makes scheduling and managing appointments a breeze. It helps you schedule and manage meetings and appointments with your colleagues or students without granting others direct access to your Outlook calendar. Whether you need to book time to meet people or set aside time for different meetings, Bookings makes it easy and convenient for both you and your attendees. Bookings is highly customizable and can help you save time by reducing repetitive scheduling tasks.
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