Faculty Give All Thumbs Up for CAAD Mid-Semester Forum

Faculty Give All Thumbs Up for CAAD Mid-Semester Forum On Thursday, March 4, NOVA’s Council of Academic Associate Deans (CAAD) hosted the Adjunct Professional Development Mid-Semester Forum. The event consisted of 12 presentations and interactive discussions that allowed faculty to connect, share best practices and new approaches to teaching and navigating challenges of teaching remotely, exchange ideas on discipline-specific topics, and explore student engagement techniques. More than 150 people were in attendance!

The planning committee and all in attendance thank Dr. Kress for her welcome message to kick off the mid-semester round of professional development sessions. As always, Dr. Kress provided positive and supportive words of appreciation to our adjunct faculty.

Participant feedback indicated attendees found the discussion sessions informative and helpful, and they look forward to more professional development activities. The planning committee would like to thank all attendees for their participation and would especially like to recognize all the guest facilitators listed below:

● Holly Abbe, ENG faculty

● Breana Bayraktar, ESL Faculty

● Teresa Bell, Office of Wellness and Mental Health

● Jessica Gardner, ART faculty

● Susan Idziak, CST faculty

● Susan Johnson, CHD Faculty

● Diane Kearney, Librarian

● Kerry Kotter, Librarian

● Celia Leckey, ESL/RUS faculty

● Dr. Olga Livshin, Lecturer, Poet, Co-Founder and Organizer, “From Across the Waters”

● Emily Miller, Tutoring Coordinator

● Meena Nayak, ENG faculty

● Bridget Pool, ENG faculty

● Heidi Redmond, Canvas Support Services

● Lauren Reyna, Tutoring Coordinator

● Nancy Severe, IET Associate Dean

● Laura Young, ENG faculty

If you attended this event but have not yet provided your feedback, please do so here.

For more information about the event, contact Vashti Bryant.

Submitted by:
Vashti Bryant, vbryant@nvcc.edu