11th Annual MLK Breakfast
Data, Feedback, & Assessment PD
11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
January 15th, 2026 from 9am-11am
9am Breakfast/Gathering, 9:30am Opening Remarks, 10am Blackness at the Intersection Panel
HYFLEX
Room: J.W. Student Center 212
Zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/my/culturaldiversitygcc.
Organization: Cultural Diversity Lecture Series. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX. Please list External Presenter: Multiple.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Student Center 212.
Engaging Students Deep Dive
Engaging Students PD
This four-day workshop invites faculty to explore strategies to deepen student engagement. Each day will include design-time to develop classroom-ready strategies to help scaffold student independence and agency in learning. Two days will be devoted to addressing the challenges and opportunities that AI bring to student engagement.
Organization: Professional Development. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/gccdeepdive. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Tiffany Ingle. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Monday, January 26, 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center.
Engaging Students Deep Dive
Engaging Students PD
This four-day workshop invites faculty to explore strategies to deepen student engagement. Each day will include design-time to develop classroom-ready strategies to help scaffold student independence and agency in learning. Two days will be devoted to addressing the challenges and opportunities that AI bring to student engagement.
Organization: Professional Development. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/gccdeepdive. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Tiffany Ingle. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center.
Engaging Students Deep Dive
Engaging Students PD
This four-day workshop invites faculty to explore strategies to deepen student engagement. Each day will include design-time to develop classroom-ready strategies to help scaffold student independence and agency in learning. Two days will be devoted to addressing the challenges and opportunities that AI bring to student engagement.
Organization: Professional Development. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/gccdeepdive. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Tiffany Ingle. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Monday, February 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center.
Engaging Students Deep Dive
Engaging Students PD
This four-day workshop invites faculty to explore strategies to deepen student engagement. Each day will include design-time to develop classroom-ready strategies to help scaffold student independence and agency in learning. Two days will be devoted to addressing the challenges and opportunities that AI bring to student engagement.
Organization: Professional Development. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/gccdeepdive. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Tiffany Ingle. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center.
Authentic Assignments on Social Explorer
Data, Feedback, & Assessment PD
This is an interactive workshop about using Social Explorer through the GCC Library to help students understand data and geographical information systems. Erin will present how she has created assignments in public health classes which require students to integrate theoretical concepts with actual data presented in the Social Explorer maps. Using Canvas studio, students can present their own understanding and analysis of the data in an authentic way. Becka will further explain how data can be found and used in Social Explorer to create comparative maps and "stories" for course content and assignments.
Organization: Library. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Becka Cooling, Erin Calderone.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Zoom.
Incorporating DEIA and IDEAA in STEM
Engaging Students PD
As part of the 2026 Winter Warmer week, this presentation will examine how incorporating DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility) and IDEAA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, Accessibility) principles in STEM curriculum can help improve the success of underrepresented, underserved STEM-majoring students at GCC.
Participants will do the following at this session:
Understand that a disproportionate number of impacted student groups are underrepresented in STEM majors and discuss possible reasons for this underrepresentation.
, Identify areas in the course outlines and programs, such as the course description, methods of instruction and course content, where language can be revised according to DEIA and IDEAA principles
, Review inclusive, equitable and anti-racist language STEM language.
, Practice strategies for revision.
, Discuss how can instruction can be modified according to DEIA and IDEAA principles.
Organization: Curriculum & Instruction Committee. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Alexandra Evans. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Administration Building 232G - Learning Center Workshop Room.
A Conversation with the Stars - Planetarium Presentation
Growing Your Potential PD
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A fun evening, with a chance to converse with a professional astronomy about their area of expertise. While this event is free, space is limited, so registration is required. Please register at brown paper tickets.
Organization: Planetarium. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Faculty and staff. Please list External Presenter: Not yet known.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Cimmarusti Science Center 257*.
UNDOCU-Advocate Training - HyFlex
Building Belonging PD
Discover actionable strategies to support Undocumented and Mixed-Status students across offices, classrooms, and the broader campus community. This session will emphasize the importance of interdepartmental collaboration to better serve undocumented students. Participants will explore how departments can move beyond silos, foster synergy, and collectively work toward becoming UndocuReady Together.
Organization: Dream Resource Center, Multicultural & Community Engagement. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Please list External Presenter: UndocuScholars LLC.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Student Center 212.
Faculty Meeting
Building Belonging PD
Faculty meeting: Required for full time faculty. FLEX is available for adjunct faculty.
Organization: Academic Senate. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Zoom Meeting Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/3903645817?pwd=dkk3ZWJMZVI2ek56aUZtVzg4SEViZz09&omn=83837411896 Meeting ID: 390 364 5817 Passcode: GCC. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Cameron Hastings.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:30 PM.
San Rafael Building 138 - Kreider Hall.
A Conversation with the Stars - Planetarium Presentation
Growing Your Potential PD
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A fun evening, with a chance to converse with a professional astronomy about their area of expertise. While this event is free, space is limited, so registration is required. Please register at brown paper tickets.
Organization: Planetarium. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Faculty and staff. Please list External Presenter: Not yet known.
Friday, March 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Cimmarusti Science Center 257*.