Professional Development

BCLDI was created in 2005 as a way to offer a leadership curriculum for staff, faculty and administrators that is both comprehensive and rigorous, and provides and fosters a strong network of support and cooperation amongst the participants.

CACP is a year-long professional development program at Butte College designed to assist faculty and staff in better understanding and fully meeting the needs of culturally diverse students and colleagues. The seven once-a-month sessions focus on:

• Exploring critical concepts related to race, gender, sexuality, ability, and class
• Providing practical strategies for supporting students and colleagues at the intersections of marginalized identities.

 

Registration happens in late spring for this seven-workshop, year-long commitment.

The FAIR Classrooms Program provides a unique opportunity for faculty to:

• Access data about how different groups of students are performing in your specific courses
• Develop and use inquiry processes to improve student engagement and completion
• Learn equity-minded classroom practices used by other educational leaders
• Build a community of support with like-minded faculty

Year Long Program

The Butte College Great Teachers Seminar, offered every August before the fall semester begins, is both inspiring and rejuvenating. It brings together teachers from all disciplines, counselors, librarians and other faculty, both full-time and part-time, to explore successes and innovations and solutions to problems.

The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) offer a practical approach to the improvement of the teaching and learning process. The ISW is an intensive four-day workshop conducted by community college educators for community college educators.

Workshop participants will explore concepts such as (1) participatory learning, (2) diversity of learning, (3) responsive and inclusive teaching, and (4) building a classroom community in which students of all backgrounds can thrive. Participating faculty will also determine how these concepts can be implemented in their classrooms.

For more information, please contact instructor Thomas Cox at coxth@big5vn.com. 

This program explores bias and how it impacts our decision-making and shares specific strategies for mitigating bias in the recruitment and selection of faculty and staff.

The mission of the Safe Zone training program is to challenge homophobia, transmisogyny, cis-and heterosexism on the college campus and community by encouraging welcoming and inclusive environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer or Questioning, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) students, faculty, staff, and community members. The Safe Zone program is a 3 hour introductory training that invites participants to learn about LGBTQIA+ issues, provide resources, and create a supportive environment for LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff exploring issues of sexual identity, gender identity, and gender expression.

This workshop assists staff, students and faculty in understanding laws governing the legal and educational rights of undocumented, AB 540, DACAmented, and Dreamer students and provides a variety of ways that we can serve as allies to these students.

BC Helping Academy

The BC Helping Academy is an intensive full-week seminar aimed at bringing together faculty and staff to develop a shared understanding of mental health awareness from an DEIA2 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Anti-racism, and Accessibility lens to support all members of our campus.

Facilitator: Dr. Juni Banerjee-Stevens, Deer Park Counseling & Consulting

If you would like more information, please email Tray Robinson.

CASA & Dash To Success

Light to Inspire

Speaker and Workshop Facilitator: Diego NAVARRO

Join us on an inspiring journey to foster an equitable and compassionate environment at Butte College! 

Discover the power of experiential affective-based professional development offered by Diego Navarro, designed to empower educators like you to create a culture of dignity and belonging.  A series of professional development institutes and workshops will be offered in the Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 to help you amplify a culture of dignity on campus. Find out more at Light to Inspire - Butte College

 

Workshop Series “Constructs for Creating a Culture of Dignity”

Three On-Line Workshops, 10/13, 10/27 & 12/8 2023, 12:00-4:30

Community of Practice Meeting: 11/17/2023 12:00-2:00

Participate: Spring FLEX Session: TBA

 

Workshop Series “Developing Gravity and Glue to Empower Students in the Classroom & in On-Boarding”

Prerequisite: Culture of Dignity

Three Online Workshops, 1/18, 1/19, 1/26 2023, 12:00-4:30

Community of Practice Meeting: 3/1/2024, 12:00 -2:00

Participate: Spring Showcase & Poster Session: TBA

 

Five-Day Experiential Learning Institute (FELI)

There is no prerequisite.

In Person Institute:  5/28-6/1, 9:00-5:00

Register Here

*Flex or Stipend will be offered for faculty, including associate faculty  

Each workshop series is 16 stipend/flex hours.

The FELI is 40 stipend/flex hours

 

Diego Navarro: Speaker & Workshop Facilitator

Diego Navarro is an Emeritus Professor at Cabrillo College and founded the Academy for College Excellence (ACE) in 2002, which has now been studied and replicated by numerous colleges around the country.

Diego’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and others. He currently serves as a Coach in the Aspen Institute and National Center for Inquiry and Improvement implementation project serving 11 community colleges, 5 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and 5 public four-year Hispanic Serving Institutions. He also serves on the selection committee of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

For more information, please contact: montgomeryam@big5vn.com or guzmanli@big5vn.com