The Student Success Center is pleased to offer a variety of professional development opportunities for Virginia’s Community Colleges faculty and staff. Investing in our employees is essential to Opportunity 2027 and to the success of our students.
Chancellor’s Leadership Academy
Upcoming Academy information forthcoming
Awards
Each year, outstanding faculty, staff and administrators are recognized for their contributions to Virginia’s Community Colleges. Award recipients are announced at the New Horizons Conference.
Career Coach Certification Courses
Virginia Career Coach Certification
The Virginia Career Coach Certification (VCCC) program provides coaches at Virginia’s community colleges with the frameworks and tools needed for effective career coaching based on the 12 competency areas outlined in the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Career Development Facilitator curriculum. The 40 training hours earned through VCCC count toward the requirements of the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) course and the Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) certification offered by VCCS. Learning modules are provided which offer rich content and resources. Participants move through the modules at their own pace. 10 face-to-face training hours are required. This requirement will be met through 5 interactive Zoom meetings.
VCCC training is offered several times a year at a cost of $102, which covers the cost of a seat in the learning modules.
To learn more and register for a course [link to calendar topic]
Facilitating Career Development
The Facilitating Career Development (FCD) certification course provides coaches at Virginia’s Community Colleges with the framework and tools needed for effective career coaching. All coaches and staff who have completed the Virginia Career Coach Certification (VCCC) are eligible to enroll. The FCD course consists of 80 additional hours of training comprised of 14 hours of face-to-face instruction and discussion provided through interactive Zoom sessions, reading, assignments, research, and project-based learning.
FCD training is offered several times a year at a cost of $150 which covers the cost of the training manual.
To learn more and register for a course [link to calendar topic]
Trauma Certification Courses
An estimated four in ten children in the U.S. face a traumatic event in childhood, but trauma can happen at any time in our lifespan. Many individuals struggle with the impact of this trauma and it often shows up in our offices as difficulties with connections or behavior concerns. Research has shown that building resilience can help a person overcome these traumas from the past and help us all build communities that are better able to manage the impact of stress and thrive.
All VCCS employees working with students are invited to participate in the course presented by Virginia’s Community Colleges Student Success Center. Come learn the science behind trauma and resilience strategies when working with individuals whose trauma history may not be known. This training is mission critical as we operate in and through the pandemic environment.
The cost for the courses is covered by the Student Success Center for all VCCS employees.
Course 1 – Trauma Informed Campus and Classroom: A 6-hour trauma-informed certification course to help us learn how to deal with the impact of trauma and build resilience, and open another vital path to creating equity for our students. More training dates to be announced.
To learn more and register for a course [link to calendar topic]
Course 2 – Creating a Trauma Supportive Campus and Classroom: This dynamic, 2-part, 6-hour course will help to transform your classroom, office, department, or family through resilience-based strategies. Using trauma-informed principles, the course teaches individuals to create the positive environment that is essential to lasting success systematically. Dozens of strategies and promising approaches utilized by some of the nation’s finest trauma-informed practitioners will be shared.NOTE: Attendees must first take, complete, and be certified as Trauma Informed through Course 1 before taking Course 2. All those eligible to take Course 2 will be sent an invitation email when new training dates become available.
Coach, Advisor, and Navigator Support
The VCCS Student Success Center team offers monthly collaboration meetings with Coaches, Advisors, and Navigators for added support, sharing best practices, technical assistance needs, and timely professional development.
Conferences
New Horizons
The New Horizons Conference is the premier teaching and learning annual conference of the Virginia Community College System, attracting almost 1,000 Virginia college faculty, staff, and administrative leaders. The conference serves the scholars, teachers, and practitioners of Virginia’s community colleges by enabling and supporting their professional development and interests in teaching, learning, and technology. The conference features 200 hours of programming, 40+ exhibitors, and honored award winners from across the state.
Go2Knowledge
The Student Success Center is pleased to offer all VCCS faculty and staff free, unlimited live webinars and on-demand training through Go2Knowledge. Learn more at Go2Knowledge.org/vccs with your MyVCCS credentials or click on the Go2Knowledge tile on your MyVCCS dashboard. Learn More
Inquiry
Inquiry, the Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, offers faculty and staff an outlet to publish professionally, to share research and ideas, and to engage in broader conversations about issues and concerns that impact higher education and community colleges.
Do you have pedagogical strategies to share? Are you developing a redesign or community project at your institution? Have you recently completed graduate work? Inquiry is interested in publishing your work in our peer-reviewed journal. Submissions are reviewed by editors on a continuous basis as we have a rolling deadline, so we encourage you to submit any time. Inquiry is published at least once per year.
Feeling overwhelmed by technology? Help is here! The VCCS eLearning and Educational Technology committee organizes and conducts webinars on various technology and pedagogical topics, such as the use of different tools in Canvas, Zoom and Google. These webinars are Live and recorded.
Learn more about eLET webinars.
ALICE Workshops
Engaging our Under-Resourced Students: Serving under-resourced students will be a key to creating the future, skilled workforce required by the Commonwealth. By building equity we can help change outcomes for students most at risk at our colleges. Are you ready to meet this challenge on your campus? Join this interactive workshop series. Get to know this population and discover strategies that help assist them on their educational and training journeys. Each session will be offered Live via Zoom twice during the fall semester. No registration required. Simply come as you are able.
The VCCS Student Success Center is pleased to announce upcoming professional development training/conferences/workshops at any of the Virginia’s Community Colleges so long as they are open to all VCCS faculty and staff.
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The VCCS Student Success Center is pleased to announce upcoming professional development training/conferences/workshops so long as they are open to all VCCS faculty and staff.
Contact Us about your event