I received professional development funding to attend an annual nursing conference, the California Colleges of Nursing Conference, in fall 2016 that was jointly sponsored by the California Association of Colleges of Nursing (CACN) and the California Organization of Associate Degree Nursing Program Directors (CO-A.D.N.) The Vanguard Nursing Program is a member of CACN and values…Read More
10 Professional Development Ideas for the Break
I have a tendency to over-estimate how much I’ll be able to get done during the break between semesters. After 12 years of teaching, I’m just now starting to figure out to keep my list of goals small and recognize the importance of rest and renewal during non-teaching seasons. That being said, I do revel…Read More
Adventures at the Online Learning Consortium Conference
Thanks to Vanguard’s professional development funds, I was able to attend the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Conference in Orlando, Florida, this week. This post will provide some resources related to the sessions that I presented in, as well as some other thoughts on the conference. Retrieval Practice Session I gave a workshop called: Leverage Three…Read More
Listen to Podcasts for Professional Development
One of the weaknesses in my teaching I regularly reflect on, is how easily I can get out of touch with what’s going on in my students’ lives. I easily forget what it is like to start something completely new. There are also contexts I can only do my best to empathize with, since I…Read More