Ybor City Campus Learning Council

The mission of the Campus Learning Council is as follows:

The mission of the Campus Learning Council is to focus on improving student learning outcomes on the campus by developing proposals to increase student learning, student retention, and student completion rates.  The Council will work with faculty to promote successful teaching strategies and faculty development.

Administrators

• Jack Evans  - Dean, AS program
• Dave Liller – Academic Assistant to the Campus President  
• Margaret Petway – Assistant Dean – Student Support

Full Time Faculty

• Linda Prescott – AS Faculty member  
• Leslie Eckstein – AA Faculty member
• Don Modesto - AA Faculty Member (Co-Chair)
• Margarita Ponce - AS Faculty member
• Jessica Olney - AA Faculty member
• Suzy DeVore - AA Faculty member
• Bobbie Harris - AS Faculty member

Adjunct Faculty

• Jody Weaver – AA Adjunct Faculty member (Co-Chair)

Counselors/Saff

• Ariel Gunn - Academic Success Center Coordinator

2013 Meeting Schedule

• 2/21/2013 3 pm in YADM 205
• 3/21/2013 3 pm in YADM 205
• 4/18/2013 3 pm in YADM 205

Minutes

• March 21, 2013 
• February 21, 2013
• November 30, 2012
• October 26, 2012
• July 13, 2012
• Jan. 28, 2011
• Sept. 17, 2010 
• May 21, 2010
• April 16, 2010

Updates

• July 2010

HCC Foundation Faculty Mini Grant

• The Ybor City Campus Learning Council received a mini-grant funded by the HCC Foundation during 2011-2012 to sponsor a webinar series for faculty development. The webinars offered a platform for faculty to discuss and brainstorm teaching techniques. Based on the results of the webinar series, the Learning Council will conduct faculty round table discussions during the fall 2012 semester.
• HCC Foundation Mini-grant Final Report
• Access the webinars on CITT through the following links:
• How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing? 
• How Do I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions?
• What are My Rubric Results Telling Me?
• How Can I Help Students Devlop Critical Thinking Skills?
• How Can I Promote Deep Learning through Critical Reflection?
• How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Student Learning?

Active Projects and Discussions

The Learning  Council has several projects planned for the 2012-2013 academic year, including:

• Spearheading campus efforts as part of HCC's involvement in The Completion Arch;
• Organizing and promoting the Ybor City Campus Teach-In;
• Supporting the educational acitivities of the Faculty Resource Center;
• Review and implementation of educational items from the pending revised Campus Visioning List

Ybor City Campus Learning Council Wiki