FCS FLASH ISSUE 106: August 18, 2009

September 8-11: Oakland: American Society on Aging (ASA) West Coast Conference
 September 14-16: Washington, DC: National Foundation of Credit Counseling (NFCC) Annual Meeting
September 17: San Ramon: PG&E Seminar, Designing the Green Restaurant
 September 18: Sacramento: FCS Statewide Advisory Board
September 25-26: Sacramento: CSA Western Region, 2009 Symposium, “Costume in the American West”
September 26: Redwood City: “Artistry in Fashion” Canada College
October 7-9: San Francisco:  Strengthening Student Success Conference presented by the CCC Research and Planning Group
October 9-10: Los Angeles:  CAEYC Training the Early Childhood Trainer Conference
 October 10: Downey:  So Cal Gas Co Seminar  “LEED for Foodservice”
October 11-14: Tucson,  AZ:  Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP) International Conference “Doing More with Less”
October 28-31: Bellevue, WA:  International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference
November 11-13: Phoenix, AZ:  Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
February 6-8, 2010: Albuquerque, NM : American Culinary Federation, ACF Western Regional Conference
March 11-14, 2010: Sacramento: CA-AAFCS State Conference Save the Date!
March 15-19, 2010: Chicago, IL: NCOA- ASA Annual Aging in America Conference
April 8-9, 2010: Sacramento: CCGG Annual Meeting, Save the Date!

Back to School
Just in time for the new semester, Lisa Ledeboer, Mt. San Antonio College, brings us “Successful Beginnings.” She offers a host of activities to start your semester off right and keep your students engaged.

Summer Splash!
Summer’s not over yet…but we wanted to connect with you before the fall bell rings. We thought you might want some ideas on how to get your classes off to a great start. To that end, here are some links to a few activities to get your students headed in the right direction.

√               To help your students get to know others in your class and build camaraderie have them try “ How Do We Connect”.

√               Have your students introduce themselves to the class by composing and sharing their bio poem.  

√               On a lighter note, students love 2 truths and a lie.                            

√               To set high expectations

√               This is one of our favorites to get students thinking about what they are going to DO to get good grades.

 

 FYI: The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato

This newsletter was brought to you by a grant from the California Community College Chancellor's Office Family and Consumer Science Collaborative Grant (#09-0160).
Please contact Joann Driggers (jdriggers@mtsac.edu) or 909/594-5611 x5203 with any questions.