Monthly Archives: March 2022

Virtual Forest Bathing Walk & Celebration of Sustainability!

The Faculty Sustainability Senate Committee invites you to the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Spring Gathering on Friday, April 8th starting at 10 am with a UH System-wide virtual forest walk!

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Friday, April 8th, from 10am to 10:30am for Virtual Forest Bathing

10:30am Spring Gathering for Sustainability Across the Curriculum.

All Welcome!

Bring a friend and enjoy an online forest walk together in support of sustainability education, resilience and connection with nature (virtually!).

 

Virtual Forest Bathing! Enjoy the healing benefits of the forest right from your desk or smartphone. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join. Take a break in nature with us. Learn more about virtual forest bathing HERE. Details for the Virtual Forest Bathing Walk (called shinrinyoku 森林浴) will be emailed prior to the event. The forest bathing experience will start at 10am. All welcome! Bring a friend.

Celebration of Sustainability let’s take a moment to celebrate the excellent work taking place across our many campuses. We will share an offering of gratitude and celebration for all, and highlight some of the amazing work taking place right here at Kapi’olani Community College.

Student Voices listen to our student leaders and hear stories of their excellent work!

Learn about KapCC’s innovative approach to sustainability across the curriculum. We will share resources for how to highlight sustainability in your courses from STEM to the arts and beyond! Click here to learn more.

Talk story with sustainability committee members and S-Designated faculty to find sustainability connections for your class. Learn what others are doing. Network and make new connections for cross-campus and cross-system sustainability collaboration!

Email Dr. Miku Lenentine at miku4@hawaii.edu with questions.

 

Share Your Story 🎉 Inform the Next Strategic Plan • Friday, April 8th • 11A-12P

Fast forward to April 1, 2028. We have created our Dream Kapiʻolani CC by collaborating and embodying the vision and strategies we established six years ago.

What targeted goals did we reach that made all the difference?

Join Pāoa undergraduate researchers in breakout sessions next Friday, April 8th from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. to learn about their preliminary focus group findings while sharing your own stories and observations. You will then brainstorm strategies and potential metrics that could lead to our preferred future.

Sign up here today! Or at least before next Thursday when registration closes.

Last Chance to Give Feedback on Ex in Ed Day 2022!

Mahalo for attending the 2022 Excellence in Education Professional Development Day (Mālama Kekahi i Kekahi ~ Taking Care of our Students, Each Other, and Ourselves) that took place on Friday, March 4, 2022.
👉 If you attended, please complete this event evaluation form. 👈
Session recordings will be available soon! You will be able to access them in the program.
Please complete the evaluation form by Friday 4/1/22.

Teaching Online? Add DE-Specific Questions to CES

Course Evaluation System (CES) is now open for faculty to edit their surveys until April 28, 2022. Please log in and make sure that there is a survey for each CRN that you are currently teaching, and also check the student roster for accuracy.

Course Evaluation System (CES).

IF YOU TEACH an online (DE) class, consider adding one or more DE-Specific questions recommended for DE classes.

Please email ecafe-kcc@lists.hawaii.edu if you have any questions. Mahalo!

TOPP Summer 2022 Applications Now Open

Ready to plan your summer? (Or know someone who may be interested in TOPP?) We invite you to join your colleagues from various UH campuses to grow your skills in course design, development, and facilitation in this summer’s Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) modules.

4 modules of TOPP in 2022.

For more details, see the TOPP Information Sheet.

✮ TOPP Module 2: COURSE PLANNING FOR ACTIVE LEARNING

May 23-June3, 2022 (2 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
Create a detailed plan for active learning that aligns with the course learning outcomes. This module will prepare you for the next step of creating an online/hybrid class in TOPP Building an Online Classroom. No prerequisites.

✮ TOPP Module 3: BUILDING AN ONLINE CLASSROOM

June 6-July 1, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Asynchronous
Build an online/hybrid classroom in Laulima with guidance from the facilitators and peers. Must have completed TOPP Course Planning for Active Learning or completed a Course Map.

✮ TOPP Module 4: APPLYING DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY

July 11-August 5, 2022 (4 Weeks) | Online Synchronous (1x/week) & Asynchronous
How do you apply the digital accessibility rules in your Laulima sites, Word, PDFs, and other resources you provide to your students? Learn during the weekly synchronous instruction and collaborate with your small accountability group colleagues to make your classes ADA accessible. No prerequisites.

Applications for TOPP Modules 2&3 are now open. 📆 Deadline: Monday, April 18, 2022. (Module 4 application will be coming soon.)

Upon completion, all participants will receive digital badges and Kapi‘olani CC participants will receive a $200 stipend for each completed module.❶❷

NOTES:

❶ Eligibility for the stipends: Any 9-month Kapi‘olani faculty/lecturer, NOT teaching during Summer Session I.
❷ Total stipend amount for each person may not exceed $600.
❸ Each module has a limited number of seats. Although the program is open to faculty from any UH campus, priority will be given to Kapi‘olani CC faculty. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 25th.

Questions? Please email us at kaptopp@hawaii.edu.

Title III Kūkalahale Prof Dev Opportunity – 2022-2023

Aloha nui kākou, 

The E Hoʻi Nā Wai Indigenous Education Professional Learning Program is now recruiting for new members for the 2022-2023 academic year!  
He aha ia mea ʻo E Hoʻi Nā Wai – What is E Hoʻi Nā Wai?
 

E Hoʻi Nā Wai is a one-year, Professional Development program that is funded through a Title III collaborative grant between Honolulu Community College and Kapiʻolani Community College, named Kūkalahale: Building an Indigenous-Serving Institution through Professional Development. The overarching theme of this collaborative project is indigenous education frameworks in professional development. The goals of this project are: 1) To increase HonCC and KapCC’s capacity to implement indigenous education frameworks and to support student success on each campus; and 2) To increase access to training on indigenous education methodologies to other campuses in support of the University of Hawaii’s mission to become a model indigenous-serving institution.

E Hoʻi Nā Wai is built upon the solid foundation of the Hoʻāla Hou Culture & Place-Based Professional Development program that was implemented at Honolulu Community College. Like the Hoʻāla Hou professional learning program, E Hoʻi Nā Wai will expand the ala ʻike from ʻike pilina (relationships with one another), ʻike honua (relationships to places)  and ʻike pīkoʻu (personal growth and development) and explore additional ala ʻike from the Nā Honua Mauli Ola educational framework. 

Participation in this year’s cohort will also include in-person huakaʻi, or field trips, and face-to-face meetings.
 
Please see flier and link to register below for more details and information. Recruitment will be limited to 25 participants.

***Please work with your supervisor if you wish to participate in any training or workshop that takes you away from performing your normal work duties. For sessions that are two hours or more, a training request should be submitted to your supervisor.  Note that this does not apply to instructional faculty.***

OER Office Hours (open educational resources)

We have a three session line-up!

Don’t miss our textbook heroes Carl Polley and Sheryl Shook talk about their work with OER.

4/1/22, Friday, 9:00-10:00am – OER Creation Project Spotlight

Topic Description: Tune in to hear Carl Polley talk about his CHN 102 course and Windward Community College’s Christian Palmer talk about his OER project on sustainability.

After that,

4/8/22, Friday, 9:00-10:00am – Let’s Make OER: UH Pressbooks and OER Commons Hub

Topic Description: Have you been waiting for the right moment to start making OER? Presenter Billy Meinke-Lau (OER Technologist, UHM Outreach College) introduces authoring platforms Pressbooks and the OER Commons Hub. Stop by and share with us your OER creation questions.

4/22/22, Friday, 9:00-10:00am – Your Sustainable OER Journey

Topic Description: A presentation by Sheryl Shook (Assistant Professor in Natural Science/Biological Science at Kapiʻolani Community College) concludes our spring 2022 sessions with a reminder that there’s always a place for you in the landscape of OER. Sheryl will share her own inspired OER journey as we discuss together how to align our professional values with OER opportunities for sustainable impact.

Zoom link:  go.hawaii.edu/VPZ

Here’s a flyer to remind you!

OER Office Hours is a project of the UHCC OER Team. Each session includes a topic presentation and discussion, as well as open time for questions related to OER and open education. If you have any questions, please contact Jason Yamashita (Leeward CC Library) at jasonty@hawaii.edu or by phone at 808-455-0674.

Tell Us What You Thought of Ex in Ed Day 2022

Mahalo for attending the 2022 Excellence in Education Professional Development Day (Mālama Kekahi i Kekahi ~ Taking Care of our Students, Each Other, and Ourselves) that took place on Friday, March 4, 2022.
👉 If you attended, please complete this event evaluation form. 👈
Session recordings will be available soon! You will be able to access them in the program.
Please complete the evaluation form by Friday 4/1/22.