Professional Development Program
Strategic Links
The CCBC Strategic Plan LearningFirst has a number of emphases which facilitate student learning -- the basis for all that we do as a College. Some links to these strategic emphases are given below. If you know about additional good links which relate to the focus areas, please let us know so that we may add them to this page. Please use the contact us to pass along these suggestions.
The National Association for College Admission Counseling is an education association of secondary school counselors, college and university admission officers and counselors and related individuals who work with students as they make the transition from high school to postsecondary education.
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers -- AACRAO is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional association of more than 9,300 higher education administrators who represent more than 2,400 institutions and agencies in the United States and in thirty-nine other countries. The mission of the Association is to provide leadership in policy initiation, interpretation, and implementation in the global educational community. This is accomplished through the identification and promotion of standards and best practices in enrollment management, information technology, instructional management, and student services.
ERIC Digests are short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community. They are designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. The full-text ERIC Digest database contains 2,001 digests published through December, 1999. The database is updated quarterly.
Integrated Learning Garden is a feature of The Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI) at the Maricopa Community Colleges. As an environment for continuous learning; experimentation; and systemic, professional, and personal change. MCLI represents a comprehensive and collaborative model for educational leadership, learning innovation, and institutional transformation. Learning Communities are its center of focus.
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development -- Created in 1978 with initial grants from the Kellogg Foundation, NISOD is a non-profit consortium of colleges and universities who share a philosophical commitment to support excellence in teaching and learning. Located at the University of Texas at Austin.
ERIC Clearinghouse Sponsored by the U.S.Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and the National Library of Education, the ERIC network consists of 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, five adjunct clearinghouses, and four support components which collect and disseminate information on specialized fields in education.
The World Lecture Hall This site contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials (course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.)
The U.S. Department of Education publishes a wealth of information for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and others with a stake in education. Many of these publications are available on this WWW Server.
Collaborative Learning. Research shows that the opportunities for learning are greatly increased when students work together in groups towards a common goal. Collaborative learning is finding a place in more college classrooms as the necessity in the 'real' world for people to work and collaborate in groups increases. These articles and links should help you with new ideas for adding collaborative learning activities to your curriculum.
Learning Resources Network (LERN) -- LERN is an international association in lifelong learning, providing information and consulting resources to organizations offering lifelong learning programs, including classes, courses, seminars, conferences, and training. They have 4,000 members in 12 countries, including associations, colleges and universities, schools, businesses and community organizations.
Faculty Development/Faculty Guidebook -- This guidebook attempts to present selected rules, regulations, teaching tips, policies, procedures, and other information of use to the HCC faculty. Such information as assessment, teaching techniques, icebreakers, preparing a course syllabus, preparing a lesson plan, course design, motivating students and dealing with difficult behaviors is included. The guidebook is not meant to be all-inclusive. It should be used as a ready reference.
New Designs for Learning: New Designs for Learning is a comprehensive approach to educational reform and revitalization. The aim of New Designs is to significantly enhance learning results for all students through their life spans. New Designs for Learning incorporates insights from research and development and best professional practice; variations in organizational structures and settings; strategies used in other countries; imaginative ideas by futuristic educators; and collaboration among innovative teachers, policy makers, and community representatives into its comprehensive approach.
Microsoft's Higher Education site features a web page devoted strictly to community college issues that features articles, model programs, news about training and certification, special grants and offers, new technology solutions, and links to other community college web sites.
Suggestions for Web Page Authors about various elements which make up an above average institutional home page. Maintained at the Community and Technical College of The University of Toledo. Also links to related sites.
The Center for Women and Information Technology: The Center for Women and Information Technology, established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July 1998, seeks to address and rectify internet gender gap and under representation of women in information technology problems and to enhance our understanding of the relationship between gender and IT.
All-in-One Search Page: This site is a compilation of various internet search tools. It includes web publications, technical documentation, and general reference.
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) -- NACUBO is a nonprofit organization representing the interests of chief administrative officers at nearly 2,100 institutions of higher education. The association promotes sound management and financial administration of colleges and universities through publications, continuing education seminars, information programs, and research and provides information to members concerning government activities affecting higher education.
Society for Human Resource Management -- SHRM Online features daily news updates, an interactive bulletin board and in-depth information on human resource management.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education -- CASE is the international organization serving alumni relations professionals, communicators, and educational fund raisers at colleges, universities, and independent K-12 schools throughout the world.
The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the oldest, largest and strongest Civil Rights Organization in the United States. The principal objective of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States.
The mission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as set forth in its strategic plan, is to promote equal opportunity in employment through administrative and judicial enforcement of the federal civil rights laws and through education and technical assistance.
The Department of Justice ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Home Page. The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, programs and services provided by state and local governments, goods and services provided by private companies, and in commercial facilities.
The U.S. Department of LaborWomen's Bureau has links to statistics, programs, news and other features plus an extensive list of links to other related sites of interest to women.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators. NAFSA is a leading organization in the field of international education.
Diversity Database is another University of Maryland site which indexes multicultural, multiracial, and multigenerational diversity resources.
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is an independent, non-profit, scientific research organization incorporated in the District of Columbia, established in 1987 to rectify the limited availability of policy relevant research on women's lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance for women. The Institute also works in affiliation with the graduate programs in public policy and women's studies at The George Washington University.
Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, contains numerous bibliographies, core lists of women's studies books, the catalog of the UW System Women's Studies AudioVisual Collection , a resource page for UW System Women's Studies Distance Education courses, and more.
US Department of Labor, Women's Bureau Home Page -- Created by Congress on June 5, 1920 to "promote the welfare of wage earning women," the Women's Bureau has championed the concerns of working women through the tenures of 13 directors and the efforts of dedicated national and regional staff. To ensure that the voices of working women are heard, and their priorities represented in the public policy arena, the Women's Bureau: Alerts women about their rights in the workplace; Proposes policies and legislation that benefit working women; Researches and analyzes information about women and work; Reports its findings to the President, Congress and the public.
gURL, a commercial [for profit] site, with information for and about teens and young women.
Minority Resources Center -- The Minority Resources Center is the American Association of Community Colleges'(AACC) focal point for all issues relating to minority education in community colleges. Its principle roles include: projecting at every opportunity the importance of effective and sensitive minority education programs in our colleges, collecting information on quality programs and disseminating it to the membership, working with other national associations and organizations to strengthen the voice of such efforts to federal managers and policy makers, and taking on action itself and encouraging new initiatives and program innovation throughout the national network of community colleges. The scope of the center includes all ethnic and national groups.
NOW-National Organization of Women (Baltimore Chapter): NOW is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. Founded in 1966, NOW's quarter of a million members and hundreds of chapters make a difference. Baltimore NOW has been a leader in the local and national struggle for women's rights since it was formed in 1972. The women and men of Baltimore NOW actively advocate women's equality in all areas of life. Other issues such as eliminating racism, health and medicine, women's herstory and childhood development that fall into the wide-ranging category of women's rights that NOW champions, can also be found at this website.
The Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach: CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach, is based at the University of Michigan School of Information. The goal of CHICO is to make cultural heritage materials accessible to a broad array of audiences. CHICO seeks to define, implement and evaluate the unique ways in which digital access to cultural heritage materials can extend and enhance outreach.
National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) is the nation's largest center engaged in research, development, dissemination and outreach in work-related education, and is funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education of the U.S. Department of Education. Headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley since 1988, NCRVE has played a key role in developing a new concept of workforce development. The Center's mission is to strengthen school-based and work-based learning to prepare all individuals for lasting and rewarding employment, further education, and lifelong learning.
