Spring Development Day Archive
2024 Spring Development Day Post-Event Summary
Spring Development Day 2024 was a tremendous success! The 2024 theme, “The Power of Love: Inspiring Change and Innovation,” invited all employees to explore how love, empathy, and compassion could be powerful catalysts for positive change and innovation in both personal and professional contexts.
The event took place on Friday, January 12th, and featured a day full of synchronous online workshops and a hybrid (online/in-person) keynote address delivered by Austin Community College (ACC) Chancellor, Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart. The keynote address took place in-person at the ACC Highland campus with watch parties held at the ACC Round Rock and ACC Hays campuses. Three hundred people attended the keynote online and over 80 attended in-person at one of the three campuses.
There were over 480 registrants for Spring Development Day 2024 workshops. Workshop topics included purpose and belonging, emotional intelligence, artificial intelligence, course design, and much more. The workshops presented attendees with the opportunity to improve their creativity and wellness, develop new technical talents, teaching techniques, and interpersonal skills, and also provided opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Here is some of the workshop feedback from fellow attendees:
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- “I appreciated the opportunities to talk with other faculty.”
- “This was the best SDD I’ve ever attended.”
- “I enjoyed hearing the common support efforts and learning about the perspectives of others and how we can work together to help our students persist more effectively and efficiently.”
- “I am so glad I attended the morning sessions you all presented. I actually learned a lot about myself.”
- “Overall, amazing job! Thanks, everyone for your amazing work!”
- “Loved the sessions I attended and will go back to see recordings of the ones I missed.”
Thank you all for attending and for helping make SDD24 a resounding success!
Recordings are available below in case you missed SDD and/or want to rewatch Chancellor Russell’s Keynote and/or any of the wonderful workshops presented by our ACC colleagues.
Note: You may need to use your ACC credentials to access the links below.
Archive
Spring Development Day 2020, held on Friday, January 17, welcomed all ACC faculty and staff to a new spring semester with a full day of inspiring sessions to enhance their practices and processes, improve personal productivity, technical talents, teaching techniques, and interpersonal skills. The 2020 theme, “Recharge and Reinvent,” invited all employees to focus on renewing their passion in the New Year, and developing new, innovative approaches to their work.
555 participants attended 44 different workshops organized in 6 themes – Accessibility, Equity, Teaching and Learning Strategies, ACC Resources, Technology, and Staff Development. 98 employees participated in equity-focused workshops.
In addition to the workshops, the Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED) also provided participants with food and free chair massages in the faculty/staff lounge and arranged for food trucks to offer lunch options.
Spring Development Day 2021
Remote Delivery, Meaningful Learning
Friday, January 15, 2021
TLED’s Faculty Development team hosted ACC’s annual Spring Development Day on Friday, January 15, 2021. The 2021 theme, “Remote Delivery, Meaningful Learning,” invited all employees to discover meaningful ways to support student learning, even when our teaching and services are delivered remotely. The year’s event boasted 1,379 registrations and 504 unduplicated participants who shared glowing feedback about the experience:
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- “I sincerely appreciate all of the information I gathered. The leads were strong and very open to sharing ideas.”
- “Best PD day ever”
- “This was great information and directly transferable to my classes, thank you so much for this!”
- “I already started to tinker with the programs suggested in the workshop and I am super excited to share with my students.”
- “Loved this and learned a lot of new things to try out. Thanks so much!”
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Featured speakers included keynote Dr. Katharine Brooks, Evans Family Executive Director from Vanderbilt University, and many fellow ACC faculty and staff who shared their expertise with colleagues.
Thank you to all who attended!
Spring Development Day 2022: Light Your Fire
Friday, January 14, 2022
Spring Development Day 2022 welcomed all Austin Community College (ACC) faculty and staff to a new spring semester. A full day of inspiring sessions were offered to enhance employee practices and processes, improve creativity and wellness, and develop new technical talents, teaching techniques, and interpersonal skills. The 2022 theme, “Light Your Fire,” explored professional development topics designed to fuel purpose and a sense of belonging.
450 registrants attended over 30 different workshops on topics such as Accessibility and Universal Design, Active and Engaged Teaching, Adobe Tools, Assessment Techniques, Austin Community College (ACC) Resources, Creativity, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and Wellness. The feedback for this virtual event was overwhelmingly positive.
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- “Thank you for ALL you do to help us become better professors and create a collaborative, caring community!”
- “I appreciate how willing people are to share their expertise. We all benefit greatly from this.”
- 96% of survey respondents for all workshops believed the information learned would make them more effective in their role
Featured speakers included keynote Dr. Sam Echevarria-Cruz, ACC’s Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Initiatives in Instruction, and many fellow ACC faculty and staff who shared their expertise with colleagues.
The Office of Faculty Development & Evaluation is working to award professional development credit in Workday Learn. Attendees will be notified when this process is complete. We appreciate your patience as we learn how to use this new system. Questions can be directed to facdev@austincc.edu.
Contact
If you have any questions about Spring Development Day, please email the Office of Faculty Development at facdev@austincc.edu or call (512) 223-7216.