CollegeNow Conference

We require participation in relevant professional development each year that you teach for CollegeNow. As always, if you were not able to attend a session live, we ask that you view any sessions related to your discipline as well as sessions applicable to all instructors.
Above you will find the recordings and materials for the CollegeNow Conference.
Zoom sessions were recorded, except for Music (as that was a 1:1 discussion); there are separate Google Drive links for materials shared during those sessions.
Unfortunately, many of the recordings for the Campus workshop did not capture audio. Therefore, for Campus sessions, we are sharing recordings for those that had sufficient audio or captioning, as well as any slides and other workshop materials. While some disciplines may not have recordings for their sessions, please note that the Campus Plenary on Universal Design for Learning & Digital Accessibility, the Campus presentation on AI & Digital Literacy, and the Zoom session on Growth Mindset & Blooms Taxonomy, are applicable to all instructors and will count towards CollegeNow’s required annual PD.
How do you get credit for viewing a recording?
- When you watch anything in Zoom, you complete a registration form, allowing us to track that for your credit.
- If you go through any of the Campus content, you must complete this form so that we can track that.

About CollegeNow Professional Development

All CollegeNow instructors must participate in professional development that supports their TC3 courses each year they teach for CollegeNow. Attendance of at least one conference session, either live or by viewing the recording, meets the professional development for CollegeNow for the current year. CollegeNow provides CTLE certificates for attendance.
Sociology/Anthropology is holding its PD session on October 3 on-campus. Early Childhood is holding its PD at the Ithaca Sciencenter at a time TBD. You will receive emails from CollegeNow or your faculty liaison about those.
New CollegeNow instructors must complete an orientation before teaching for CollegeNow. Please set up a time to meet with Victoria Zeppelin remotely. This does not fulfill the professional development requirement.

Evaluations for the Conference

Last Year's Conference Recordings and Materials

Alternatives to the CollegeNow Conference

In addition to this August's conference, liaisons may organize other opportunities during the year or provide individual support. Over the school year, we will share information about additional sources of "approved professional development" (including an April conference that our college co-hosts, as well as offerings from SUNY and other colleges or organizations); when possible, these are recorded for later viewing and shared in the College's LMS (check with Rhonda if you are unsure how to access the LMS organization for your discipline).

CollegeNow understands that it may sometimes be difficult to attend our conference day in August. For that reason, we accept other forms of professional development to meet the program’s requirement. There is no minimum number of hours required; we are looking for quality professional development that you have identified as meeting your professional needs in support of your CollegeNow courses. Some examples of acceptable alternatives are below. In some cases, is required, as described below.

If you participate in any professional development activities that are not "live" with TC3 or your liaison, please complete this to document your activity. This same should be used if you are viewing professional development content that your liaison has posted to your Brightspace organization. Even beyond, COVID, the will be our way for instructors to report their participation in professional development in lieu of live attendance at a TC3 conference liaison workshop, or TC3 course. If you attend a TC3/CollegeNow conference, have a liaison meeting, or audit a TC3 course, we do not need the the report form.

Observe a course at �첥��Ƶ Cortland Community College. Contact the Director of CollegeNow or your Faculty Liaison to arrange.
Audit a college course in your discipline or a closely related area. �첥��Ƶ Cortland courses are tuition-free for CollegeNow adjuncts (sign up through the Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator).
Phone or video conference with your Faculty Liaison individually or as part of a group meeting.
Receive professional development as part of a site visit by your Faculty Liaison to your school. Let your Faculty Liaison know what areas you would like to focus upon.
Review content liaisons post in the Brightspace organization for your discipline.
Each April, �첥��Ƶ Cortland hosts a conference for community college faculty. This "Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating the Art of Teaching Conference" (known as CCCAT) is open to CollegeNow instructors. Victoria will email registration information in the spring.
Meet with a to discuss course materials, research databases, or academic integrity resources. Contact the Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator or the Library.
Attend or review webinars and other curricular resources from SUNY. In most cases, you will be asked to log in by selecting �첥��Ƶ Cortland as your campus and then entering your myTC3 username and password.
- SUNY's hosts high quality webinars regularly, recordings of which are shared in the . SUNY's also has a playlist of webinar recordings and other resources. SUNY has also compiled several , which includes discipline-specific resource collections, sources for labs, instructional design support, etc. If you are looking for still more support for your discipline, SUNY has "faculty/adjunct workgroups" organized by field: . These workgroups were created to provide a forum for all SUNY-affiliated instructors to connect as they move to remote instruction, share experiences teaching remotely, ask questions about specific courses, assignments, activities, etc., and share best practices, examples, or research.
Review journal articles on pedagogical trends or research in your field.
Work with our Campus Technology staff on remote/hybrid tools, such as Brightspace and OER, for your course. Recordings of any group trainings, as well as a host of other resources for online, blended, & remote teaching are available at the Brightspace page (use your myTC3 login when prompted). You may reach out to techsupport@tc3.edu for any specific help you may need in learning to use Brightspace. Please identify yourself as a CollegeNow instructor.
Attend a workshop at another college. SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, and Cornell University host several workshops on a regular basis (see links below). If you also teach concurrent enrollment with another college (such as Syracuse, Broome, Corning, Onondaga, or Mohawk Valley), you may be able to use attendance at that college’s professional development workshops to satisfy the requirement.

Other Sponsors of Professional Development

Some providers of CollegeNow approved professional development:

– Primarily biology and environmental studies, though may connect chemistry and computer science (bioinformatics); paid summer workshops are selective (CollegeNow instructors receive preferential consideration)
is a center located at the University of Texas at Austin that provides free teaching materials and resources for world languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and many more.
Cornell Center for Teaching Excellence
– All sciences, engineering, and technology
– Biology, environmental sciences, biotechnology; Saturday morning and summer workshops
– Physics, meteorology, and astronomy
– Foreign language, world history
– Communications courses, as well as media literacy in a variety of content areas
SUNY Cortland Central NY Teacher PD Network – Social sciences, sciences, and humanities; a list of offerings is posted on TST BOCES
: Live, interactive professional development webinars on compelling topics by leading scholars for humanities and social science educators. All webinars are free of charge. Archives of past webinars are available on the
– Branch site of the National Writing Project

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TC3 will be closed for Labor Day, September 1st.