Educational Sessions from the 2012 AFC Annual Convention

Please enjoy these presentations from the 2012 AFC Annual Convention. They will be accessible to non-members for a limited time only. Once they are archived, you must be a member of AFC in order to access them.

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Career and Professional Employees Commission Exemplary Practice and Education Session

Exemplary Practice: Social Media

Presenter: Josh Murdock, Instructional Designer and Associate Faculty, Valencia College

Presentation: Exemplary Practice: Social Media (Blog) - Video 

Description: Social media is growing - So how do we keep up? A brief overview. A C E P T V

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Educational Session: Social Media: It's Here

Presentation: Social Media: It's Here (Blog)

Description: It's here! Social media is a growing resource for networking, communication, and learning in both education and our personal lives. Why be left behind not understanding how to take advantage of these tools? Learn more about Facebook Groups, Facebook Pages, Google+Hangoouts, and Twitter to enhance your social media skills beyond posting your favorite food photos. C P T 

Educational Session: Creating Your Leadership Growth Plan

Presenter: Evelyn Ward, Publications Coordinator, Chipola College and Certified College Professional Participant

Presentation: Creating Your Leadership Growth Plan

Additional Handouts:  Leadership Skills Scoring Sheet          Leadership Skills Survey          Personal Leadership Growth Plan

Description: No matter what your level of leadership experience, this session has something for you. There are as many leadership styles as there are leaders. Whether you manage a team at work, chair a committee, or lead an institution, this study of leadership styles and the traits most used in them, will help aspiring leaders decide which approach is best. Understanding these styles and their impact will help you develop your own, personal leadership style – and help you become a more effective leader. In this highly interactive session, you will survey your own leadership behavior and determine personal areas for growth. Then you will create a Leadership Growth Plan that includes your leadership goals, and activities to help you achieve them. The session will include an overview of the new AFC Certified College Professional Program and how AFC can help you reach your leadership potential. A C P

Educational Session: Connecting Students and Learning: Enhancing Student Engagement and Persistence 

Presenter(s): Melanie Morgan-Jackson, Director, Electronic Learning and Dr. Kimberly Batty-Herbert, Dean of Arts and Sciences, South Florida State College

Presentation: Connecting Students and Learning: Enhancing Student Engagement and Persistence

Description: They are history’s first always connected generation, on course to become the most educated generation in American history, a trend driven largely by the demands of a modern knowledge based society and economy. Join us to learn active instructional methodologies which engage students and have achieved astonishing results, such as a 94% persistence rate in an interactive and integrated online course.   I T

Educational Session: The Foundations of Servant Leadership

Presenter: Mercedes Clement, Chair of Library Sciences, Daytona State College and Certified College Professional Participant

Presentation: Servant Leadership

Description: Servant Leadership is leadership from a different vantage point, where the leader is someone who encourages, inspires, and supports those around him/her. Mercedes provided an interactive servant leadership discussion that explored the following: The true meaning of servant leadership. How servant leaders connect with others. Why is it important for servant leaders to influence those around them. A C P S

Educational Session: Methods of Academic Advising

Presenter: Barbara Austin, Director of Academic Advising & success, Gulf Coast State College

Presentation: Methods of Academic Advising

Description: Good academic advising has a direct impact on student persistence and satisfaction. Methods and delivery of advising differ; however, when choosing an advising method, it is important to focus on the needs of the students along with the needs of the faculty and staff delivering advising. This presentation discussed five methods of advising along with the theories supporting them.  A S

Educational Session: Educate, Collaborate and Motivate: Building Partnerships that Work

Presenter: Lourena Maxwell, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator, Student Affairs, Tallahassee Community College and Certified College Professional Participant

Presentation: Educate, Collaborate and Motivate

Description: Learn the basics of building and fostering strong internal and external educational partnerships that work. With these partnerships, you will sustain college readiness, enrollment, achievement, and attainment. A C S

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Career and Professional Employees Commission Exemplary Practice

Presenter: Josh Murdock, Instructional Designer and Associate Faculty, Valencia College

Presentation: Social Media

Faculty Commission Presents: 2012 Professor of the Year Award for Teaching Excellence Competition

Presenter(s):

Patricia Campbell, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, English, Broward College

Carl Creasman, Professor of History, Valencia College

Jerry Shawver, Professor of Mathematics, Florida State College at Jacksonville

Presentation(s): 

Understanding Shakespeare's English Language - Patricia Campbell

Splitting the Founding Brothers - Carl Creasman

Is there a "Linear Regression" in our State's Tuition? - Jerry Shawver

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Student Development Commission Exemplary Practice

Presenter(s): 

Deborah Lynch, Director of Counseling, Seminole State College of Florida

Alvin Mitchell, Seminole State College of Florida

Presentation:

First Time in College Group Advising/Parent Orientation

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