The Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning has a new blog

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has a new blog. According to Anniqua Rana, one of three faculty coordinators for CEITL, the blog is designed to keep faculty up-to-date on the latest professional development opportunities.

CIETL is dedicated to innovation and excellence, initiated by the Vice President of Instruction (and validated and supported by the administration), as an institutionalized place for directed focus on issues of teaching and learning. The center is committed to the college’s core mission of helping students move successfully through their academic plan, including basic skills, transfer, and career/technical education courses. CIETL does this by piloting, evaluating, and supporting innovative teaching and learning practices that encourage collaboration and community building and increase the retention, success, and persistence rates of our students. CIETL promotes sharing of this scholarship of teaching and learning among faculty here and elsewhere.

Current blog entries include a description of the workshops offered this fall by the San Mateo County Genealogical Society; a review of the recently completed orientation sessions for new faculty hires; and a preview of upcoming instructional design and technology workshops.

Rolling Drops Begin Aug. 6

Beginning today, August 6 (two weeks before the start of the fall semester) students will be dropped at midnight the day following their registration for non-payment of any unpaid fees. This will continue until the start of the semester. If you had paid your fees in full by August 1, but then added classes, you must pay for these classes by midnight the day following your registration. You will only be dropped from the classes that you have added and not paid for.

 If you need assistance in paying your fees you may:

·         enroll in an inexpensive payment plan via WebSMART by 11:00 p.m.

·         complete the Board of Governors Fee Waiver via WebSMART 24 hours prior to the drop date and submit additional documents if required within that timeframe.  Check your student account on WebSmart to make sure the BOGW was automatically posted.

·        complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. A minimum of five (5) business days processing time is required to ensure receipt of the FAFSA to prevent your drop for non-payment (school code required: 006973 Cañada, 001181 CSM and 007713 Skyline).

Take any of the above actions to prevent being dropped from classes.

If you still need financial assistance after exhausting all options listed above, please contact the Vice President of Student Services.