Adventures in Staff Education

WHO?  The Student Personal Finance Planning Committee, the Staff Association, and The Teaching and Learning Initiative are coordinating this event.
WHAT?  We’ll have four 50-minute workshops in various classrooms; you sign up for the ones you want!
WHEN?  April 26, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (come for all or part!)
WHERE?  Dalton Hall
WHAT NEXT?  Check out the blurbs below, select the classes you’d like to attend, and RSVP by April 25 with your selections to dattardi@brynmawr.edu or through campus mail to Darla Attardi, Canaday.  Spaces are expected to go quickly!

___"How Should I Invest?  Passive vs. Active Investments” – Jeff Broadhurst, Broadhurst Financial Advisors, Inc  – Come learn the difference between passive and active investments in this lecture and Q & A session.  (10 a.m., Dalton 212A)

___"Budgeting & Money Management” – Elena McClelland, Citizens Bank – Come to learn strategies for managing your money and creating an effective budget.  (11 a.m., Dalton 6)

___"Good Credit: Get It” – Kevin Edmond & Kurt Levan, American Educational Services (AES) – This interactive presentation will focus on what you need to know about credit cards, your credit score, identity theft, and more.  (Session 1: 11:30 a.m.; Session 2: 1 p.m., Dalton 1 – specify your preference)

___"Paying for College: The Investment in Education” – Fred Amrein, Amrein Financial – Whether you're a parent planning for your child's education or simply interested in learning more about planning financially for college, this workshop will be informative and have plenty of time for your questions. (2 p.m., Dalton 212E)

The information provided in these workshops is presented by The Student Personal Finance Planning Committee, The Staff Association, and The Teaching and Learning Initiative as a service to our community.  Presentation of this information should not be construed as endorsement of the organizations offering the workshops.
 

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After three semesters of our fun EW3 (Email and the World Wide Web) class, we decided it was time to create a follow-up program for graduates of EW3 and staff members with comparable computer experience.  This spring we have added a basic Microsoft Word class to the Teaching and Learning Initiative’s staff-student programs, and it is a blast!

Every week for ten weeks, I get to collaborate with Elliott Shore, Chief Information Officer and Director of Libraries, on planning and teaching the course.  Staff members have the opportunity to use and reinforce the basic skills they learned in EW3 for two hours a week while learning how to explore and use the different functions in Word. Three students, Emily Somach (’10), Jaclyn Fleming (’08), and Maeve O’Hara (’08) partner with the five participating staff members (Karen Hickman and Lillie Morgan from Dining Services, Tanisha Powell and Georgia Harris from Housekeeping, and Patty Hardy from the Copy Center) in mentorship relationships, working together both during our one hour class as well as an extra hour a week in small group meetings.  

Why Word?  When we first started talking about what the next level would be for EW3 graduates, Word seemed like a logical choice.  As the most commonly used word processing program these days and a relatively simple program to learn, Word is in many ways a gateway software program.  We hope that learning to use the menus, short cuts, and toolbars in Word will empower the staff to branch out to explore other software programs with confidence.

Have any ideas about other classes we should have?  Want to get involved?  Leave a comment!

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