Professional Development Day for Faculty and Staff 

Presentations on topics including Mindsets, Mental Health, Student Services, Heritage Months, and social networks for both faculty and staff. Presenters include John Fox, Melanie Hale, Erin Ortiz, Denise Swett, and Bryan Dickerson.

The Growth Mindset Teaching Style
Bryan Dickerson, from The Heroic Imagination Project
Room 3401
8:30 - 9:50 am

Back by popular demand!  Bryan gave an excellent, engaging and interactive workshop on opening day about how you can adopt a growth mindset teaching style and inspire a growth mindset among students.  Students’ mindsets are a critical psychological factor that both classified staff and facu­lty can benefit from understanding.  A belief that their abilities are expandable can help students persist and succeed.  Bryan will give many more practical tips for how you can incorporate this material into your classes and interactions with students on campus.

Student Services Matter: Learn How You Can Connect Students to Services They Need
Denise Swett   
Room 3401
10 - 11:10 am

Student Services at Foothill College has made many changes in the past few years.  Learn how to help students connect to these services!  Join us to learn the latest developments and plans to provide those services and programs for our students that complement the classroom experience and create context for the greatest potential for student success.

Community Matters: Promoting the Heritage Month Series
Erin Clifford Ortiz
Room 3402
10 - 11:10 am

The unique 6-month long Foothill College Heritage Month Series is now the one-of-a-kind year-round Heritage & Health Series. Attend this workshop and get the update about how during the whole Academic Year there is a celebration where students can earn units and faculty/staff earn PAA/PGA for planning and or attending meetings and events. Learn about how diversity and leadership are in action housed in the Student Affairs & Activities Department.

Ask a Question Save a Life: How to Help Someone Contemplating Suicide
Melanie Hale
Room 3401
11:20 am - 12:30 pm

This workshop is designed to teach life-saving skills known as QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer).  This training is not a form of counseling.  QPR training will teach you practical skills for saving lives and is easily learned. You will learn how to recognize warning signs, question a person about suicide, persuade the person to get help and refer the person to the appropriate resource.  Upon completion, participants will become a certified suicide prevention gatekeeper and receive a QPR certificate.

Social Networks, Racial Inequality and the Role of Foothill College
John Fox
Room 3402
11:20 am - 12:30 pm

This is a workshop for both classified staff and faculty.  Many people get hired at jobs from recommendations from friends.  John will explain how segregated social networks (along racial or income lines) may create hidden systematic biases in hiring practices and job opportunities.  He will also explore potential solutions we can accomplish here at Foothill to mitigate this bias.  p.s. This workshop is not about Facebook.