Fall 2024 Flex Day Schedule

Navigating Burnout: Recognize Symptoms, Prevention Strategies, Personal Recovery

Laurie Bercasio 

| Room 503  | ↑ Back to schedule at-a-glance

Description: Are you exhausted? Do you feel like people are draining you? Do you go to work and doubt your ability and skills? You may be suffering from a phenomenon called burnout. Session leader will discuss the symptoms of burnout and ways to prevent, one way to prevent burnout is having a positive outlook on life, and share details of her own journey from burnout to a positive life with hope and joy.

Brief Outline: My research on Burnout began when I was a graduate student at UCSF. I will talk about my own personal journey from burnout to recovery. In my session, I will describe the definition of burnout, the stages of burnout and how to prevent and alleviate burnout. My research on burnout in dental hygienists was published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene in December 2020.

Targeting Language: Supporting Multilingual Learners Part 1

Dean Paul Pinza

| Room 196 | ↑ Back

Description: Intended for faculty and other instructional professionals. This will be a condensed version of the workshop presented on October 10 and 11. Do you notice your students' energy change when you ask them to read, write, or talk about your content? With a clear vision for how to use English, these learners can engage in the journey with a more positive outlook. Dean of Language Arts Paul Pinza will provide practical tools for building students’ capacity to navigate the academic English in your subject area.

Brief Outline: 
- Review the many variations of English Learners
- Categorize English learning tasks into three domains and seven functions
- Explore specific language supports based on each task

The Transformative Power of Mindfulness and Meditation

Juztino Panella

| Event Center | ↑ Back

Description: During challenging times filled with division, polarization, and uncertainty, there is a heightened need to find resources that can support us in maintaining our well-being, humanity, and compassion - for others, as well as for ourselves. Mindfulness and the practice of mediation offer a path to cultivate greater presence and to connect with the calm and clarity that reside within. The intention of this experiential workshop is to support participants in bringing greater awareness to our thoughts and beliefs, exploring ways they can give rise to our emotions and feelings, which can then manifest in the body – sometimes with ease and comfort, at other times with tension or pain. With continued mindfulness and meditation practice we can develop greater insight and feel more empowered to show up in meaningful ways for ourselves, in our relationships, and in advocacy for the social justice and societal changes we envision.

Brief Outline: 
- Brief overview of workshop
- Introduction of mindfulness and mediation
- Guided mediation to offer experience
- Partner connection to provide reflection and give and receive support
- Group check-in to integrate experience

Basic Self-Defense for Citizens: Part 1

Damon Gilbert

| Room 2910 | ↑ Back

Description: Self Defense. The trainer is the head Defensive Tactics Instructor at a local police department. 

Brief Outline: 
This is a two-hour Flex Day session with Damon Gilbert, a 30+ year veteran martial arts and defensive tactics instructor. With a wealth of experience teaching thousands of individuals, including police officers, professionals, and civilians, Damon will demonstrate essential techniques designed to help protect yourself during tense and conflictual situations. This course is perfect for college professionals seeking practical, effective self-defense skills tailored for real-world scenarios.

Driving Equity Forward at Chabot: Let's Roll with the New Standards

Carmen Johnston, Veronica Martinez, Monique Williams, and Mark Anderson

| Room 354 | ↑ Back

Description: We all want our students to have a positive experience at Chabot, and we have been striving to make equity a core driving force behind our work. In this session participants will explore a draft of the new proposed professional standards for faculty based on the Calfornia Community College Chancellor’s Office Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity and Accessibility requirements. Faculty will have the opportunity to give feedback on the standards before they become part of our next contract. Guided by the principles of Jon Gordon's *Energy Bus*,we hope this session will inspire educators to take charge of their "bus" and become positive leaders in creating equitable classroom environments. Together, we will review the new standards, offer feedback, and identify professional development opportunities to foster equity in our teaching practice.

Brief Outline: 
We will begin with an introduction to the DEIACT work, followed by a review of the proposed standards. Participants will use a QR code to give feedback on the standards. We will discuss the professional development plan to meet and evaluate the standards.

Safe Zone Training Part 1

David Irving

| Room 06-160 (Bldg. 600) | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: This session will be provided to Classified Professionals to help increase their engagement with working with the LGBTQ+ community

Brief Outline: 
Safe Zone trainings are opportunities to learn about LGBTQ+ identities, gender and sexuality, and examine prejudice, assumptions, and privilege

Equity Data with STEM Success Teams

Maria Rodriguez-Larrain, Na Liu, Emmanuel Lopez, & Najla Abrao

| Room 3902 | ↑ Back

Description: For all Chabot team members who work with STEM majors, please join us for a deep dive into our enrollments,  success, and throughput data in STEM track math and transfer science sequences. We'll specifically look at data disaggregated by race/ethnicity with a statistical analysis of disproportionate impact. Then success teams will break out by discipline to discuss opportunities for increasing access and equity for STEM interested students.

Brief Outline:
-Presentation of an example science course sequence enrollment, success, and throughput data
-Breakout discussion by discipline success teams (math/cs, bio/chem, phys/engr)

Biology: Benchmark Assessments 

Megan Jensen

| Room 3201 | ↑ Back

Description: Continue the work we began last semester to develop and refine benchmark assessments for skills seen across the biology lab courses

Brief Outline: Last semester we were able to use one of the sessions at FLEX Day to determine what skills we want students to develop in each of the lab courses. This year, we want to revisit the assessments to write common rubrics and get feedback from our peers on implementation and scaling up to expand to all sections of a course offered.

Partnering with Counselors to support student success

Antionio Gomez, Reena Jas, Emmanuel Lopez, Katie Messina-Silva,  and Celia Rodriguez-Ramirez

| Room 352 | ↑ Back

Description: How do counselors partner with discipline faculty, classified professionals and administrators to support students to reach their goals? What can students expect when they meet with a counselor? How does this fit in with the Guided Pathways model and Student Success teams? Learn about ongoing pathway work and how to get involved and connect students with counseling resources. 

Brief Outline: 
Introductions and Activity
Counseling Overview 
Pathway Model Example 
Collaborating with Counselors 
Referring students to Counseling Resources 
Questions

Energizing Your Classrooms and Meetings

Veronica Martinez

| Room 353 | ↑ Back

Description: Communication classes are often fueled with the energy of interaction and presentations. But how do we recreate that energy in other spaces? There are many answers to that question. In this workshop we explore the starting places for creating the atmosphere you need to lead and/or participate in groups or in front of an audience. Please bring your communication questions – we will either address them directly or they will help us determine the next workshop topic.

Brief Outline: 
• Climate – Creating a positive atmosphere, in any space
• Communication – Your verbal and nonverbal choices
• Addressing your small group and public speaking questions

Basic Self-Defense for Citizens: Part 2

Damon Gilbert

| Room 2910 | ↑ Back

Description: Self-Defense. The trainer is the head Defensive Tactics Instructor at a local police department. 

Brief Outline: 
Self-Defense Training (Basic) for staff by a 30-year veteran who has extensive training and experience as a defensive tactics' instructor.

Need More Fuel for your Energy Bus? How to work with the Grant Development Office

Yvonne Wu-Craig & Nicole Albrecht

| Board Room (Bldg. 200) | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: Are you looking for some ways to get a little more oomph in your bus? Come to this session and learn how to work with the Grant Development Office (GDO). How do I get help looking and applying for funding? How can the GDO help me? What are grantors looking for and how do I make sure my proposal is competitive? Bring your questions and your ideas for the next great proposal!

Brief Outline: 
The session will include a presentation about how to work with the Grant Development Office (GDO): how do I get help looking for funding? applying for a grant? how can the GDO help me? What are grantors looking for and how do I make sure my proposal is competitive? We will also talk about the benefits of the grant development process. The session will end with a brief Q&A session.

Safe Zone Training Part 2

David Irving

| Room 06-160 (Bldg. 600) | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: This session will be provided to classified professionals to help increase their engagement with working with the LGBTQ+ community

Brief Outline: 
Safe Zone trainings are opportunities to learn about LGBTQ+ identities, gender and sexuality, and examine prejudice, assumptions, and privilege

Retirement Benefits (Classified)

Rosalyn Tucker

| Room 804 | ↑ Back

Description: The HR/Benefits Dept will review benefits and retirement resource information such as, CALPERs, CALSTRs, Social Security and HRAs.

Targeting Language: Supporting Multilingual Learners Part 2

Dean Paul Pinza

| Room 196 | ↑ Back

Description: Intended for faculty and other instructional professionals. FOLLOW-UP to Targeting Language (AM session or Oct 10-11): Come and share the types of language tasks and/or support you've incorporated into your instruction (or plan to). We'll expand our vision to include a culturally responsive framework for integrating all the different types of tasks within a lesson or unit.

Brief Outline: 
- Review three domains and seven functions of language tasks
- Discuss strategies already employed in classes
- Explore how all seven can fit within a culturally responsive framework
- Provide reflection and work time for updating lessons or units

AI Is Here. What Now?

Michael Thompson

| Room 557 | ↑ Back

Description: AI is here. Frustrated? Curious? Intimidated? All of the above? Come together to explore and discuss the current landscape of AI, its impact on education, and its implications for our campus. Let's deepen our knowledge of AI's challenges and potential in order to make the right choices for our students, our classrooms, our offices and ourselves.

Brief Outline: 
Interactive survey on AI knowledge and perceptions
Open discussion on feelings about AI in education
Brief overview of Large Language Models (LLMs)
Hands-on experience with an AI-powered Tutor bot
Where do we go from here? Developing your compass

Print Requests Made Easy

Craig Shira, Sarah Flores, & Tina Crawford

| Zoom Link | ↑ Back

Description: This session will make producing print media easier by reviewing solutions to common issues, demonstrating how to request complex items, showing how to find commonly requested items (such as business cards and letterhead), and reviewing the reader/lab manual ordering process.

Brief Outline: This session will make producing print media easier by reviewing solutions to common issues, demonstrating how to request complex items, showing how to find commonly requested items (such as business cards and letterhead), and reviewing the reader/lab manual ordering process.

DSPS Accommodate

Renato Ramento

| Room 352  | ↑ Back

Description: Learn the basics of the newly launched DSPS student information system Accommodate. We will cover how to log into MyPortal and Accommodate, view accommodations letters, handle alternative testing, and navigate the note taker portal. We recommend that you have access to either MyPortal or your Chabot email in order log into Accommodate and follow along.

Brief Outline:
Introduction
Explanation of Accommodate
Logging into Accommodate
Viewing and explaining the Accommodations Form
Alternative Testing
Note taker portal
Resources

Intentionally Serving Black Students with Excellence Part 1

Dr. Tracey Coleman & Lakesha Stewart

| Room 06-160 (Bldg. 600) | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed specifically for building foundations to strengthen the service of Black students in Higher Education. This workshop is designed to give you the skillsets to foster a sense of belonging, resilience, and empowerment to our Black student populations. This workshop aims to create a supportive environment where participants can explore their identities, learn and explore the identities of others, and develop skills to navigate academic and personal challenges that may be barriers to the overall success of Black students.

Brief Outline:
Introduction: By facilitators
Ice Breaker activity: Group
Presentation: By facilitators
Q and A from audience
Closing

Retirement Benefits (Faculty)

Rosalyn Tucker

| Room 804 | ↑ Back

Description: The HR/Benefits Dept will review benefits and retirement resource information such as, CALPERs, CALSTRs, Social Security and HRAs. 

Boost Engagement with Discuss-It: Interactive Asynchronous Conversations in LibreTexts' ADAPT

Cristina Moon

| Zoom Link | ↑ Back

Description: Bring asynchronous discussions to life and boost student engagement. Explore Discuss-It, the newest question type in ADAPT, the LibreTexts OER homework platform! Learn how Discuss-It fosters student interaction using threaded text, audio, and video student responses that are auto captioned. With seamless Canvas integration, ADAPT can be fully integrated into your course with automatic gradebook syncing.

Brief Outline: Discover how Discuss-It, the newest ADAPT feature, enhances asynchronous discussions with text, audio, and video responses—all auto-captioned. Seamlessly integrate it into Canvas with automatic grade syncing.

Campus Safety Awareness

Ron Billy & Nate Moore

| Room 455 | ↑ Back

Description: Campus Safety Awareness (See Something Say Something)

Brief Outline: 
Campus Safety Services
Office Safety
Parking Lot Safety
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Evacuation
Campus Safety Preventive Measures

Curriculum Updates -- Positive Vibes Working Session

Robert Cattolica, Shannon Stanley, Kay Fischer, Kristina Perkins, & Mark Anderson

| Room 130 | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: Do curriculum updates have you bummed out? Come work on your proposals in an upbeat and friendly environment. Knowledgeable Curriculum Committee members will answer questions and help with all those many details that are synonymous with curriculum. Let's make the process painless by working together!

Brief Outline: 
Curriculum Committee members will respond to faculty-driven requests for help in writing,
reviewing, updating curriculum, in accordance with new state guidelines.

Missing an "e?" Improv-ing Our Way to Positive Energy and Enthusiasm

Gabe Chaparro

| Room 1224 | ↑ Back

Description: No, an "E" isn't missing! We may be improvEing relationships, but we're doing it through IMPROV! Join us and dive into games you have seen on shows like "Who's Line is it Anyway?" or "Upright Citizens Brigade." We're building community, we're smiling, we're laughing, we're hoping to see you there!

Brief Outline: 
5 min: intro
5 min: Explain First Improv Activity
15 min: Execute Activity
5 min: Explain 2nd Improv Activity
20 min: Final Activity
10: Debrief

Intentionally Serving Black Students with Excellence Part 2

Dr. Tracey Coleman & Lakesha Stewart

| Room 06-160 (Bldg. 600) | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed specifically for building foundations to strengthen the service of Black students in Higher Education. This workshop is designed to give you the skillsets to foster a sense of belonging, resilience, and empowerment to our Black student populations. This workshop aims to create a supportive environment where participants can explore their identities, learn and explore the identities of others, and develop skills to navigate academic and personal challenges that may be barriers to the overall success of Black students.

Brief Outline:
Introduction: By facilitators
Ice Breaker activity: Group
Presentation: By facilitators
Q and A from audience
Closing

Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride...and Keep Your Change in a Safe Place (Leather Coin Purse Crafting)

Gabe Chaparro

| Room 1012 | ↑ Back

Description: Imagine: You jump on The Energy Bus and the driver looks to you, patiently waiting for you to drop a few quarters in the till. You reach in your pocket, pull out nickels, pennies, and can't find your quarters mixed in this array of change! All the other passengers look at you with expectation, you feel heat building in your bones from embarrassment as you ruffle through your pockets desperate to find minted George Washingtons, but there are too many Jeffersons and Lincolns in the way! This Flex Day, let's create a solution together! Session participants will walk through creating their own Leather Coin Purse. This pocket-sized bag is great for holding coins, bills, credit cards, or whatever you can fit! Participants will learn some basics of leather working including how to saddle stitch, use a die press, and leather punching. In the end, everyone takes their project home to forever remind them to Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride!

Brief Outline:
5min: Intro
5 min: Demonstrate Die Press (all pieces will already be precut) - analogy: cut away Energy Vampires
5 min: Demonstrate Leather Punch - analogy: create/write down/focus on your vision
10 min: Everyone punch their leather
5 min: Demonstrate Saddle Stitch - analogy: Navigate adversity and Potholes
20 min: Everyone start Stitching (people may not finish, they can finish at home with written directions)
5 Min: Demonstrate final clasp installment
5 min: Clean up

CODAP: Free Web-based Statistical Analysis Platform

MIng Ho

| Room 1705 | Zoom link | ↑ Back

Description: CODAP is a free web-based statistical analysis platform that can be used to replace StatCrunch to reduce material cost for MTH 43, BUS 19, and PSY 5. We will go over basic features that you will use in your assignments.

Brief Outline: 
Graphs and charts
Descriptive statistics functions
Inferential statistics functions 

Plasma Cutting, Welding, and The Power of Us

Liisa Pine-Schoonmaker

| Room 1416 | ↑ Back

Description: Got some pent-up energy? Let the Welding Department help you express it using our own high energy industrial equipment to create a personal keepsake and a collaborative project. No experience necessary - we want to see people from every department!  REQUIRED: close-toed shoes and jeans/heavy pants in NATURAL FIBERS. We'll provide the rest of the safety gear and sufficient training. This session has limited seats - first come first served until we reach a safe maximum.

Brief Outline: 
Participants will use industrial plasma cutting and welding tools to create a keepsake and a collective art piece. Sufficient training and protective gear will be provided. All participants MUST wear close-toed shoes and jeans/heavy pants in natural fibers, (cotton, wool, hemp).

Booking a Space For Your Event and 25Live

Bernadette Fife

| Room 352  | Zoom link |↑ Back

Description: There appears to be many questions coming from our internal clients on how this process works.

Brief Outline: 
We will go over the process to book your events. Although this will primarily address the spaces that the PAC manages, we will be happy to answer any questions on other spaces on campus. This will include some tutorial on 25Live.

Setting SMART Goals For a Positive, Fulfilling Life!

Talley Caruso

| Room 505 | ↑ Back

Description: Set and achieve meaningful goals using the SMART goal-setting framework.

Brief Outline: 
In this interactive workshop, participants will practice creating and encouraging others to set achievable goals that are relevant to a vision they have for themselves or department using the SMART* goal framework. Setting SMART goals with one another helps individuals and teams Focus on their Vision, Drive with Purpose, and Invite Others on the Journey to ongoing, sustainable success and a positive, fulfilling life! *SMART = Specific, Measureable, Achieveable, Relevant, and Time-bound

Classified Open House

Classified Senate

| Room 504 | ↑ Back

Description: In this informal session, Classified Senate will host an “open house” for all Classified Professionals to enjoy. We will have coffee and donuts, do a meet and greet and get to know each other. We will engage in brainstorming on our Flex Day sessions and activities and discuss what people enjoyed about the earlier multi-part sessions dedicated to supporting Classified Professionals. We’ll also devote some time to going over specific professional development opportunities for Classified.

Brief Outline: 
o Informal coffee klatch
o Meet and greet
o Get to know each other
o Brainstorming about earlier Classified Flex Day sessions – what we enjoyed
o Connections – supporting one another
o Overview: Opportunities for Classified (conferences, workshops, classes)