Welcome to the OTC Employee Development calendar where current employees can browse and register for available training opportunities. Events are added throughout the semester so please check back often.

Event Series First Friday ARTS

First Friday ARTS

Virtual Only

Are you a faculty or staff member with assigned advisees? Do you feel a bit nervous each time you receive an advising request? Attend a one-on-one session designed to build your confidence as an advisor! Your session will be customized to whatever advising needs you have. This can include, but is not limited to: Navigating…

Faculty First Friday 10/1/21

Virtual Only

Grab your lunch (or favorite beverage) and connect with your peers in an informal space to share how your semester is going, tales from the classroom, and all things teaching and learning. Join us via Zoom.

Book Club: The Spark of Learning

Virtual Only

Get your book, register to participate, and learn more at https://faculty.otc.edu/center/bookclub/ Fall 2021 Book Club Welcome to the Fall 2021 book club! This will be an active participation discussion community, meaning that you will be strongly encouraged to participate in discourse and activities presented during the book club meetings. Learn more about the book club…

Essential Conversations- Coping in Difficult Times -OTC Health & Wellness

Essential Conversations: A means to coping in difficult times
Meaningful conversations help humans connect and cope during difficult times. At the same time, conversations can induce greater levels of stress and diminish one’s ability to cope. Dr. Christine Arnzen will present on elements of conversations that will build resilience and connection during this unprecedented time of COVID.

Advisory Resource Training Sessions (ARTS)

Are you a faculty or staff member with assigned advisees? Do you feel a bit nervous each time you receive an advising request? Attend a one-on-one session designed to build your confidence as an advisor! Your session will be customized to whatever advising needs you have. This can include, but is not limited to: navigating the degree audit, assisting with course planning, advising students on academic probation, making appropriate and timely referrals, and assisting with transfer planning.

Bystander Intervention Training Overview

This session is part of our requirement to meet federally mandated Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) guidelines. By providing bystander intervention training to our faculty, staff and students, we contribute to a larger community initiative headed by the Community Partnership of the Ozarks in partnership with Drury, MSU, Evangel and OTC. Come and find out what Green Dot is all about and how you can become part of the national movement to prevent sexual and interpersonal violence.

What Everyone Needs to Know About Professor Flexibility, Philosophy, and Student Completion

This webinar provides an overview of a two-year project to determine if changes in teaching style and course materials increased overall student completion rates, as well as completion rates specifically for historically underrepresented groups. Course completion rates were collected for introductory and 200-level courses in psychology and sociology. Data were dis-aggregated by age, sex, race,…

P Card Overview

Virtual Only

New to OTC or want a P Card refresher? Look no further than this training with Finance!   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4791895557?pwd=b0xVQzRKcXRPZVQyckJiOHU0MWhndz09      

InstructureCon: A Free Canvas Conference

Virtual Only

Register today at https://www.instructure.com/events/instructurecon21/agenda?utm_medium=EM&utm_source=INST! What to Expect From the Event Professional learning for every level of edtech user and every kind of educator, from kindergarten teacher to university CTO. Some seriously cerebral keynote speakers Carefully selected educator-led breakout sessions Roundtable discussions, product news, and networking A fun, interactive online experience Top 5 Reasons to Join…