{"id":229,"date":"2021-06-10T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/?p=229"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:46:07","slug":"acs-professional-development-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/2021\/06\/10\/acs-professional-development-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"ACS Professional Development Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is offering several professional development opportunities this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.box.com\/s\/lcuvzkb1n41jrbhphdotoabb42m1w3rh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This flyer<\/a> provides information on 4 workshops (90 minutes each). You are welcome to attend any or all that meet your interests.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robust and Flexible Course Design in the Natural Sciences, Post-Pandemic (June 23, 1-2:30 pm EDT)<\/li>\n<li>The Benefits of Spending Time in Nature for the Well-Being of Educators (July 1, 10:30- 12 pm EDT)<\/li>\n<li>Developing the Mindset of an Academic Leader- for department chairs (July 27, 10:30-12 pm EDT)<\/li>\n<li>Crafting a More Inclusive and Learner-Centered Syllabus (Aug 4, 1:30-3 pm EDT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ACS has also facilitated the formation of seven working groups to develop resources to share by the end of summer. I will email when the materials become available on the ACS website.<\/p>\n<p>The resources to be developed include materials to address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enhancing the first-year experience<\/li>\n<li>Fostering a sense of belonging in the classroom<\/li>\n<li>Preparing department and program chairs for their leadership roles<\/li>\n<li>Advising of non-traditional students<\/li>\n<li>Study abroad in the post-COVID world<\/li>\n<li>Decolonizing the curriculum<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging digital pedagogies for learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Linda<\/p>\n<p>Director, Teaching and Scholarship Hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is offering several professional development opportunities this summer. <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/2021\/06\/10\/acs-professional-development-opportunities\/\">Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4628,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/facultyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}