Great Professional Development from NISOD!

NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) is a long-standing organization that offers a variety of resources for educators. NISOD originated in 1978 from the American Association of Community Colleges’ annual conference, with a mission to provide best practices and professional development opportunities. LCCC is a NISOD member; request login credentials from CET to access member benefits and content.

On Wednesday October 17, NISOD will be offering a Virtual Conference from 7:00 AM -4:00 PM MDT. The CET will be hosting this series of 50-minute sessions in EEC 224, and we invite you to come join us for either one, or all of these presentations! You can view the descriptions of these session topics from this online schedule of the virtual conference.  

NISOD offers many other resources that provide valuable information for faculty and staff. This includes a series of upcoming webinars, as well as a link to an archive of past webinars. Since LCCC is a NISOD member, all these webinars are free for faculty and staff, but require registration to attend by using their college email address. The next webinar is entitled “Keeping Students Engaged”, which occurs on October 4 at 12:00 PM MDT.

In addition, NISOD provides a number of publications, including various professional papers and weekly Innovation Abstracts. These topics cover a wide range of educational endeavors such as formative assessment strategies, flipped classroom practices, group-work techniques, and student engagement methods. Members can also sign-up for NISODirect, which is a weekly communication that provides news about current abstracts, monthly webinars, and other professional development materials.

Lastly, NISOD is providing the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence from May 25-28 in Austin, TX and encourages presentation proposals for that event.