Presented by: Beth Harper, Executive VP of Student Services and Donna Patchett, Associate, Office of Legal Affairs

NOVA, Medical Education Campus, Room 152

March 30, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Open to all Faculty and Staff

Do you know what protected student information is under the law? Do you know what you can and cannot discuss with a student with a suspected disability? Protect your liability and learn the fine points of FERPA and ADA.

Cosponsored by NOVACares and the NOVA Counseling and Student Development Work Group, this is part of a monthly staff development series. Send workshop topic suggestions to: novacares@nvcc.edu.

NOVA makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation at a NOVA event, please submit your request in advance to disabilityservices@nvcc.edu.

Please sign up for the training through the NOVA Academy. Keyword: NOVACares

MaryAnn Raybuck: maraybuck@nvcc.edu.

September 10, 2014 is World Suicide Prevention Day. You can find materials to help you plan and implement activities for this important occasion on the International Association for Suicide Prevention website.

Webinar to Discuss Threat Assessment Strategies for Schools and Higher Education

On September 23, 2014, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP, in collaboration with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) will present “Threat Assessment Strategies for Schools and Higher Education.” During this Webinar, presenters will provide an overview of threat assessment programs for both K-12 schools and higher education campus settings, discuss school/campus threat assessment strategies and programs, and provide resources to meet standards of practice in threat assessment. Register for this free Webinar.  Learn more about IACP/OJJDP online school safety training courses

Inside Higher Education invites you to join in a free webinar on educating nontraditional students. The webinar is September 11 at 1 p.m.

“Insider Higher Ed editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman will discuss the issues related to the way colleges recruit and retain non-traditional students in higher education.”

To register, go to https://events-na3.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1002564123/en/events/event/shared/default_template/event_registration.html?sco-id=1408757316&_charset_=utf-8

I’m taking a MOOC (massive open online course), The Science of Happiness. There are over 90,000 students enrolled in the course. We are introducing ourselves, posting videos, sharing favorite URLs, mapping ourselves on a world map, and taking a happiness survey. Feel free to enroll with me!

The instructors are UCBerkeley professors Dacher Keltner and Emilaina Simon-Thomas. This course is free and available through edX, https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-gg101x-science-happiness-1497#.VAiJGGPTd8E

I’ll be away from NOVA starting Tuesday, April 8 through Friday, April 11, attending the VCCS New Horizons Conference.

On Wednesday, April 9th, from 4:15-5:15, I’ll present a session, No Tech Ways to Engage Students. This session is in Roanoke G

On Friday, April 11, I’ll make a presentation, “Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning” with Cheryl Huff, Germanna Community College, and Cindy Miller, Northern Virginia Community College. This session is in Brush Mountain

Google now has a free countdown timer. Go to Google Search and type in “Set timer for x minutes.” You can turn off the alarm.

Nice tool for presentations and group work.

For more information, go to http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/google-now-releases-free-countdown-timer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

I’ve been selected to serve as the chair of the Northern Regional Center for Teaching Excellence (RCTE) for the Virginia Community College System. The northern region includes Germanna Community College, Lord Fairfax Community College, and NOVA. This appointment is for the 2013-2014 academic year.

To  learn more about this center, check out the new blog, http://blogs.nvcc.edu/teachingexcellence/