Contract Faculty Roadmap

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TLX Conferences & Events

Back-To-School Keynote

Additional Learning Opportunities

Using course evaluations for refelection

Creating Engaging & Effective Assessments

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: FEEDBACK to FEEd-FORWARD

PLANNING EFFECTIVE & ENGAGING LESSONS

ACTIVE LEARNING in-PERSON & ONLINE

CO-CREATING a CLIMATE FOR LEARNING

Starts September 20th! Registration will be through Cornerstone. Sessions will take place through Zoom on Wednesdays (4-5:30 pm) and Fridays (11am-12:30pm).

Passport to Effective Teaching

Zoom Training

Resources for Contract Faculty

D2L Brightspace Training

Contract FAculty Orientation

Essential Start-Up Training

Who is my TLX Associate?

WhAT IS THE TLX?

Welcome from the TLX!

Microsoft Office 365

Technical Support (HelpDesk, iTac)

Request A DEvice

MultiFactor Authentication

Get a Photo ID Card

Your George Brown Email

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This resource provides an overview of TLX training, support and professional development opportunities for contract faculty.

Contract Faculty roadmap

All active full-time, part-time and sessional faculty and staff, with the exception of temporary and supply staff, contractors, continuing education instructors and student employees, are eligible to obtain the Staff Access/ID card. You will need an ID to access photocopying in person.

Get a Photo ID Card

Submit Your Photo Online:

• Use your Employee ID and password.

• Please check the website for criteria regarding the required quality and specifications for photos and then follow the 5 easy steps to upload your photo.
• Please make sure your image size is between 2MB to 5MB, and that your picture is cropped like a passport photo showing a single subject showing head/shoulders (only) view.
• The Photo ID-Office sends you confirmation when they receive your photo.Then write to accesscontrol@georgebrown.ca for a card request.
• Once you have received confirmation of your submission, please come to your campus Library Learning Commons to pick up your Staff Access/ID card. For verification purposes, please make sure you bring a government issued identification document with you when picking up your ID card.

Submit your photo Here

• Login: Employee#
• Password: Your GBC Password

George Brown College provides students and staff with free access to Office 365 - a tool that allows you to create, edit and share documents and projects in real time and on the go. The service can be used on your PC or Mac and on your Android, iOS or Windows device. With your account, you can install the Office 365 application on up to five devices. Students and staff can access Office 365 with your George Brown College login credentials:

Microsoft 365

• Sign In: Employee#@georgebrown.ca
• Password: Your GBC Password

register here

Description: In addition to learning about the features that make George Brown College a unique place to work, this Welcome/Orientation session will introduce you to important rules and policies that will affect your life as part of the college community. You will also find out about supports, resources and services that are available to all staff.

Lazarus (Laz) Simeon, TLX Faculty Facilitator, hosts welcome sessions to help onboard new contract faculty to George Brown College. There are several sessions offered in August, ahead of the start of the semester, as well as at the beginning of September–including some evening and weekend options. Please note, you must have your GBC credentials to login to Cornerstone. If you don’t have your GBC credentials yet or if you have questions about the training, please contact Laz directly at: lsimeon@georgebrown.ca

With Lazaros Simeon

Contract Faculty Orientation

August Session Dates:

• Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 AM & 1:00 – 2:30 PM

• Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
• Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
• Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 3:00 – 4:30 PM

September Session Dates:

• Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
• Tue, Sep 5, 2023, 9:00 – 10:30 AM
• Wed, Sep 6, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
• Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 11:30 – 1:00 PM
• Fri, Sep 8, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
• Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
• Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 11:00 – 12:30 PM

REGISTER HERE

At the end of each semester, we ask students to provide feedback on our effectiveness as teachers in the form of student feedback questionnaires (SFQs). But what can students tell us about our teaching? If we’re open to reflecting on them, the end-of-semester student feedback questionnaires contain valuable information and clues on how we can become better teachers. By the end of this webinar you will be able to:

• analyze course evaluations as a measure of teaching effectiveness,
• develop strategies to interpret your student evaluations, and think of ways to improve your scores on succeeding SFQs.

This session will also consider evidence-based research on the validity of SFQs as measures of teaching effectiveness.

90-minutes on Zoom

Using Your Course Evaluations to Foster Reflection

Wednesday, November 15 4:00-5:30pm Friday, November 17 11:00-12:30pm

The TLX hosts several college-wide professional development conference and events throughout the year.SAVE-THE-DATE: INTERSESSION WEEKWednesday, October 25th, 2023.

Conferences & Events

Past CONFERENCES & Events

TLX Services & Supports Include:

• one-on-one coaching and consultation
• workshops, events & college-wide conferences

• instructional design support
• support integrating educational technology into teaching (e.g., Brightspace, Zoom, and ed tech apps)
• development of digital curricular assets, such as videos, graphics, podcasts, and immersive learning experiences (VR/AR/XR)
• professional learning opportunities including teaching certificates and micro-certificates

The Teaching and Learning Exchange (TLX) serves as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all full-time and contract faculty at GBC in support of their teaching and learning-related needs. The goal of the TLX is to foster a culture of teaching innovation and excellence, from in-class to hybrid to fully online learning, by providing ongoing professional learning opportunities, support for teaching innovation, and ‘just-in-time’ teaching resources and training.

What is the TLX?

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The TLX, OAREHRS & Student Success invite you toIntroduction to Disability Justice and Accessible Education Thursday, August 31st10:00 AM - 11:30 AMReflection Session:11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

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Back-to-School Keynote

LOGIN TO GBC IDENtITY MANAGER

Your George Brown Email

1. You will receive an email from HR (hr@georgebrown.ca) with your employment offer and all the information and instructions to accept and submit your documents by email.
2. If you are a new employee, submit your documents/information requested on the HR email promptly to the Payroll office. Delays in sending documents will delay access to College systems and payment.
3. You will be notified when an email account and temporary password have been created for you. New hires: This email notification will be sent to the Associate Dean/supervisor and then be communicated to you.
4. Once you have your UserID (staff ID #) and temporary password, go to George Brown's Idenity Manager (https://service.georgebrown.ca) and create a new password. Once this step is done, you should be able to access your GBC email, StuView and Brightspace.

REGISTER HERE

Active Learning is an approach to teaching and learning that builds on a learner-centered focus. It can be contrasted to more conventional modes of instruction where teachers do most of the talking (usually in lectures) and students learn passively. This workshop will explore the ways that we can start our teaching by thinking about what our students will be “doing” in class. We will look at developing and incorporating appropriate techniques to foster student interaction in the classroom.

90-minutes on Zoom

Active Learning In-Person & Online

Wednesday, October 4th 4:00-5:30pm Friday, October 6th 11:00-12:30pm

It may sound redundant to say that the key to planning a good lesson plan is to plan. A good lesson plan can make the job of teaching easier, and it can facilitate a deeper, more rewarding learning experience for your students. This module will introduce you to the Learning Cycle and help you to create a lesson plan in which the objectives and activities are closely aligned with your course outcomes. We will also look at ways you can utilize Brightspace to help make your classroom time a time of discussion and exploration rather than one of just content delivery.By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• integrate appropriate teaching activities that will help the learning process and
• create lesson plans that allocate enough time for the practice and application of new knowledge for learners during a class.

REGISTER HERE

90-minutes on Zoom

Planning Effective & Engaging Lessons

Wednesday, October 11th 4:00-5:30pm Friday, October 13 11:00-12:30pm

REGISTER HERE

Developing interesting assessments can provide your teaching with greater effectiveness, and it can help to increase your students’ engagement. It can also become an important medium of communication in the classroom and help to create an important dialogue between you and your learners.  After this session, participants will be able to understand the connection between assessment and student engagement; how to define authentic assessments; and how using rubrics can save time and enhance the quality of your feedback. You will also be able to understand the importance of alignment between your assessments and your course's learning outcomes.

90-minutes on Zoom

Creating Engaging & Effective Assessments

Wednesday, November 1 4:00-5:30pm Friday, November 3 11:00-12:30pm

• Login: Employee#
• Password: Your GBC Password

All faculty must use GBC protected computer devices for work purposes.

• Complete the asset request form after signing your contract.
• Please return your borrowed laptop device to GBC at the end of your contract.

Request a George Brown Device

Request a device

Register for Brightspace Basics

Login to your Brightspace course by going to learn.georgebrown.ca. Use the same credentials to access Brightspace as you do when logging into a computer at the college.

D2L Brightspace is the Learning Management System (LMS) at George Brown. Faculty are expected to use this software to deliver course content, share course information and communicate with students on course-specific matters. Student assignments can be submitted, marked and returned electronically via Brightspace.Session Description: In this session, we’ll run through some basics, where you’ll learn to navigate Brightspace and become familiar with key terminology. Brightspace Basics will provide an overview of navigating the Brightspace Learning Environment and learning ways to personalize your course home page and learn more about the settings available to you.We will cover the following:

• Getting started on your Brightspace course creation by learning how to access, identify, and navigate the global settings and navigation bar
• Create a basic module for your course and uploading a file for students to view
• Email a student or your entire class
• Create an announcement

Brightspace Basics

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Determining your purpose for assessment of your students is key to becoming an effective teacher. However, not all assessment needs to be an assessment “of learning.” This webinar will explore practical and easy-to-use strategies we can deploy to find out how much our students are learning, what they’re learning, and how our teaching can change to improve their learning.

90 minutes on Zoom

Formative Assessment: Feedback to Feed-Forward

Wednesday, October 18th 4:00-5:30pmFriday, October 20th 11:00-12:30pm

Instructional Technology Assistance Centre (iTAC) provides support for classroom and event computers, projectors, screens, microphones, and more. If you are teaching on campus, contact iTAC from your classroom:416-415-5000, ext. 4822 • Press "1" for St. James • Press "2" for 290/300 Adelaide St. East • Press "3" for Casa Loma • Press "4" for 341 King St. East • Press "5" for Waterfront Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 9:30pm Friday: 7:30am - 7:00pm

Technical support for faculty and students for all software including Brightspace, Zoom and Microsoft 365 goes through the GBC Help Desk:

• Email helpdesk@georgebrown.ca
• Phone 416-415-5000 ext. 4357
• Include your First Name, Last name, and Employee ID [or for students: Student ID] and Course CRN information in your request.

HelpDesk

Technical Support

iTAC

Center for Prepraratory & Liberal Studies (CPLS): Joanna Friend & griffin epstein Centre for Arts, Design, and Information Technology (CADIT): Anna Bartosik & Blair Smith Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies (CCET): Jason Inniss & Elena ChudaevaCentre for Continuous Learning (CCL): Agnes Orzechowski & Blair Smith Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (CHCA): Joanna Friend & Agnes Orzechowski Centre for Business (CfB): Jason Inniss & Anna BartosikCommunity Services and Health Sciences (CSHS): Elena Chudaeva & griffin epstein 

New faculty often seek assistance during the semester on a “just-in-time” basis when questions arise. Members of the TLX team are available to support you throughout the semester. We’re happy to book one-on-one consultations to chat about your course, lesson planning, facilitation, assessment and feedback or other related questions. Please contact the TLX Associate designated to your department or tlx@georgebrown.ca, and we’ll connect you somebody who’ll be happy to help you.

Who is my TLX Associate?

TLX Associates:

George Brown has deployed a new security feature called Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is a cybersecurity best practice and is widely used by organizations around the world to protect systems and users. Simply put, you will be asked to authenticate on your mobile phone through the Microsoft Authenticator app in addition to logging in to college applications online as an extra layer of security.

Multi-Factor Authentication

SET UP MFA

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This webinar will cover the principles behind effective classroom management. Effective classroom management is much more than simply administering corrective measures when students misbehave. It has to do with developing and implementing proactive ways to prevent problems from occurring in the first place while at the same time creating a positive learning environment. We will discuss such topics as:

• working with learners to create a classroom environment that fosters student engagement.
• developing and implementing proactive strategies that build a community of learners.
• and reflecting on our assumptions about student classroom behaviour and how these affect our teaching.

90-minutes on Zoom

Co-Creating a Climate for Learning

Wednesday, September 20 4:00-5:30pmFriday, September 22 11:00-12:30pm

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register for Zoom Basic Training here

10 Tips to Zoom Like a ProAs a hybrid workforce, many of us use Zoom as our main video conferencing tools; This session will share with you tips and tricks that will enhance and upgrade your experience.I'll be sharing Zoom hacks, including keyboard shortcuts, non-obvious settings, integrations, and general video chat tips.You’ll learn:

• How to save time with shortcuts (e.g., invite someone to a meeting in less than 2 seconds)
• Little-known integrations that can make scheduling meetings seamless
• How to actually look better in your video meetings

Session Dates:

• Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
• Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Zoom Basics Training

• This training session with live Q&A will provide a high-level tour of Zoom and cover the basics you need to get up and running.

Topics covered:

• Sign-in & Review Web Portal
• Schedule a Meeting
• Invite Others
• Use Basic Host Control

Session Dates:

• Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

1 hour online training

Zoom Training