Volume XLIV, No. 16 | October 6, 2022 The Use of Crucial Conversations to Teach DEI in Today’s Classroom As educators, one of the challenges we face is how to make historic content relevant for today’s students and the current crucial conversations they engage in. When Chief Justice Earl Warren read [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 15 | September 22, 2022 The Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses: What Every Educator, Staff Member, and Administrator Should Know With the initial onset of psychological disorders occurring around 24 years of age on average, the mental health needs of students have always been a concern on [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 14 | September 8, 2022 On the Way to English Proficiency: Language Acquisition Through Culturally Relevant Pedagogical Practice Language acquisition necessitates active learning and student engagement. To emphasize this point, the learning theories on which language acquisition is anchored argue that learning a new language requires opportunities for [...]
The NISOD Papers Issue No. 26 • September 2022 In this edition of The NISOD Papers, “Hudson County Community College’s Hudson Scholars Project,” Dr. Christopher Reber, President, Hudson County Community College, explores a best-practice student success model with mission-centric retention and completion outcomes Download the article below:
Volume XLIV, No. 13 | August 25, 2022 Post-Covid Community College Online Instruction: Applying Lessons Learned The term “unprecedented” has been overused in the last year and a half. What was unprecedented is now precedented. Students, faculty, staff, parents, and administrators experienced a major disruption in all education sectors, and this [...]
learn.nisod.org: NISOD's New Membership and Learning Platform Learn how to set up your learn.nisod.org account, the benefits it provides to you and your college, and how it will help NISOD facilitate offering CEUs going forward. Please note that learn.nisod.org and nisod.ce21.com are interchangeable. Raquel Mendoza, Education Programming Manager, NISOD Cody Bowie, Publications and [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 12 | June 23, 2022 Achieving the "Ah-Ha" Moments Thanks to Reflective Journaling Define the Issue As an instructor, I often struggle to know whether my students really understand the information I teach. I believe students should not only be given an opportunity to master the class, but [...]
PRESS RELEASE: NISOD’S 2022 Conference Celebrates and Inspires Community and Technical College Educators For Immediate Release NISOD’S 2022 Conference Celebrates and Inspires Community and Technical College Educators Austin, Texas—June 8, 2022— Over Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) welcomed more than 600 community and technical [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 11 | June 9, 2022 Tech Tools to Support Student Learning Technology was already ubiquitous before the pandemic, but with the shift to online learning and the increased prevalence of online instruction going forward, technology should be embraced by instructors to better support student learning. Not all technological [...]
Plan for Your Future: Your Social Security Benefits Note: This webinar is part of NISOD's Financial Literacy Series. This session addresses various aspects of the well-known social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. Note: This webinar is not CEU eligible. Glenn Kent works as a financial advisor with Ameriprise. He [...]