The CTL@SCC

Center for Teaching and Learning
at
South Central College

Today's Teaching Tip

At The Bell: 1, 2, 3, Go!

There's no button to push to make all their minds come to order and get onto the right track when the bell rings. Many teachers don't even try: they simply begin, hoping the material will serve as the catalyst for the miraculous transformation of a swarm of minds into one lean, mean learning machine. But the machine runs better if started with care. Just three or four minutes can make a difference.

Robert Magnan
Used with publisher's permission: 147 Practical Tips for Teaching

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Workshops & Conferences

Realizing Student Potential Conference 2006
CTL Conference
Location: Minneapolis Community and Technical College
February 24, 2006, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System invites all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty, staff, and students to Realizing Student Potential. This year’s conference focuses on defining and fostering student success.

Agenda: Opening welcome and keynote panel, best-practices, concurrent sessions; discipline and topic meetings, extended discussions and workshops, and poster sessions.

This Year’s Conference Discussion Sub-topics include:

Inclusion and diversity
Motivation and retention
Establishing partnerships
Goals and barriers

Registration: A registration fee of $50 will be collected from ALL who register after February 16, 2006 and from all non-system participants.

Full workshop descriptions are available at http://www.ctl.mnscu.edu/events/ws/index.html

The Center for Teaching and Learning will reimburse 1/2 of
necessary lodging costs for systemwide participants in travel
status. CTL Weekend Seminars are part of the Learning That Lasts program, a faculty development initiative of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Bush Foundation.

Center for Teaching & Learning - CTL
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55108-5227
Phone: (651) 649-5740
Fax: (651) 649-5749
Web: www.ctl.mnscu.edu
email: ctl@so.mnscu.edu

$$$ Grant Money $$$

Instructional Development Grants:
Call for Proposals (Word or PDF format) is now available. Proposals are due on or before February 27, 2006. Notification of awards should occur in early April. If, after reading the call for proposals, you have additional questions or comments, please contact Richard Brown in the CTL office (richard.brown@so.mnscu.edu).

Here are some grant writing RESOURCES: