Contact Us:
Center for Innovation and Learning
cilgwc@cccd.edu
Dr. Erin Craig, CIL and Flex Day Coordinator
ecraig4@gwc.cccd.edu
Uyen Tran, Training and Development Specialist
utran@gwc.cccd.edu
Monday, December 15, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenter: Beatriz Rodriguez Vaca
Intended Audience: All GWC Employees
Location: Zoom
The GWC Mobile App is an all-in-one campus hub that helps students stay informed, connected, and supported by providing access to Canvas courses, campus resources, events, messaging, notifications, and tools like maps and service directories.
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Start the new year with purpose by joining our Winter CIL programming designed to prepare you for a strong and student-centered Spring semester! This January, we’re offering hands-on sessions focused on inclusive pre-semester strategies, practical tools for understanding student data through pivot tables, and effective techniques for presenting and facilitating with confidence. You can also explore how to gather meaningful real-time student feedback to refine your teaching throughout the term. Whether you’re updating your courses, preparing for the Spring Summit, or simply looking to reenergize your practice, our Winter Refresh lineup offers something for everyone.
We wish you a restorative winter break and hope to see you soon!
Full-time and part-time faculty will be paid a $100 stipend for each session they attend.
Wednesday, January 21st
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenter: Uyen Tran
Intended Audience: Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
Location: Zoom
Curious what your student data is really telling you? Please join us for a hands-on session on using Excel pivot tables to quickly summarize, explore, and visualize student data. In the training, participants will learn the basics of Excel pivot tables, are guided through step-by-step building of pivot tables, and learn to spot trends in data within their subject and how it compares to campus-wide data. Whether you’re brand new to pivot tables or have dabbled before, you’ll leave with practical skills, sample data sets, and ideas you can apply right away to support student learning and equity-minded decision making.
Note: Paid for full-time and part-time faculty
Friday, January 23rd
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenters: Erin Craig and Sacha Moore
Intended Audience: Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
Location: Zoom
The Inclusive Instructional Innovations (III) series centers on practical strategies for creating welcoming spaces, supporting student learning, and identifying and deconstructing academic and interpersonal barriers in and beyond the classroom. Full-time and part-time faculty participants from across the campus will encounter updated techniques for fostering community, revamping syllabi, and self-reflecting with intention. This session will support faculty with tangible pre-semester strategies and policies to implement that will build an inclusive community in your future classes.
Note: Paid for full-time and part-time faculty
Monday, January 26th
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenters: Erin Craig & Sacha Moore
Intended Audience: All GWC employees, including those presenting at Spring 2026 Summit!
Location: Zoom
What makes a dynamic presenter and an engaging session? Which strategies should presenters use to organize material, collaborate with colleagues, build their confidence, and manage the crowd? Learn the answers to these questions and many more at the next installment of the Inclusive Instructional Innovations (III) series: How to Present to Your Colleagues!
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Thursday, January 29th
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Presenters: Erin Craig and Sacha Moore
Intended Audience: All GWC Employees
Location: Zoom
What if your students could help you improve your class while it’s still in progress? In this collaborative two-hour workshop, we’ll explore practical ways to gather and respond to student feedback throughout the semester, not just at the end. You’ll discover straightforward, equity-minded strategies to listen for patterns, adapt instruction in real time, and communicate changes transparently so students feel recognized and valued. Leave with a personalized “Student Voice Plan” and ready-to-use tools (surveys, exit tickets, and reflection prompts) to make listening to your students a natural part of your teaching practice all semester long.
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