Professional Activity Days

The CTE coordinates college-wide professional development, called Professional Activity Days, twice per academic year as the MAHE Contract dictates.

Our goal is to engage our colleagues through various methods of professional interaction to inspire educational approaches that support creativity, agency, inquiry, and culture. We rely on our caring LCC community of scholars to help us achieve this goal. 

Professional Activity Days include general assemblies, keynote presentations, discussion panels, and breakout sessions both in-person and virtually. A website with detailed information is made available for participants for each event. 

We extend thanks to those who put time and effort into crafting presentations and discussions that spark interest for the Professional Activity Days. Likewise, we appreciate your open-minded participation. Lastly, a round of applause for all of us who show up and do our best not only for our students but for ourselves as well.

Upcoming Professional Activity Days:

May 2024 PA Days Information:

Wednesday’s half-day event will open with a welcome from Dr. Steve Robinson, and continuing with updates about the Student Success Committee, Culture of Care at LCC, Professional Learning Circles, and  LCC’s HLC Reaffirmation of Accreditation. Following, there will be a presentation about Inclusive Syllabi and First-Day Materials. To conclude, there will be face-to-face Culture of Care: An Appreciative Mindset sessions for all who registered to attend the Wednesday session in person.  

Thursday’s event will open with a talk on “Neurodiversity Inclusion” with Dr. Aliza Lambert, Center Services Manager of MSU’s STRIDE (Services, Training, and Research for Independence and Desired Employment) Center. Dr. Lambert’s talk will focus on Neurodiversity in class, at work, and in the community, as well as reviewing strategies to create inclusive spaces for neurodiverse students and staff.  Following the talk there will be two rounds of concurrent sessions. To conclude, there will be virtual Culture of Care: An Appreciative Mindset sessions for all who registered to attend the Thursday session virtually.

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Schedule:

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 8:00 am-12:00 pm (Face-to-Face)

8:00 am-8:45 am Breakfast in the Michigan Room, Gannon Building Lower Level
Breakfast for those who RSVP’d by 4/19/24

9:00 am-11:00 am General Assembly in Dart Auditorium
NOTE: For those faculty and staff who are not required to attend face-to-face, join virtually here

11:10 am-12:00 pm Culture of Care: An Appreciative Mindset Face-to-Face Sessions


Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:00 am-12:00 pm (Virtual)

8:00 am-9:00 am Neurodiversity Inclusion with Dr. Aliza Lambert, MSU STRIDE Center JOIN HERE

9:10 am-10:00 am Concurrent Sessions

10:10 am-11:00 am Concurrent Sessions

11:10 am-12:00 pm Culture of Care: An Appreciative Mindset Virtual Sessions

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More information is available on the May 2024 PA Days Website
In the event the site is not available, please refer to the May 2024 PA Days Printable Schedule