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<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Instructional Deans and Department Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">We’ve got a great group of folks already registered for the 1<sup>st</sup> Convening of the Pro D CoP on November 29<sup>th</sup> at Tacoma Community College (in Building 9, Room 101).
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<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">You’ve still got time . . . the registration deadline is November 23<sup>rd</sup>!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Questions? Please contact Analea Brauburger!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">PS-- </span>
<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">When you click to register, please choose OTHER as your type of payment and 9101 for the INVOICE number (any number will work, but that is the room we will be in).
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<p class="xmsotitle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">System Level Community of Practice (CoP)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">for</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsosubtitle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Instructional Deans & Department Chairs</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Join Us for the 1<sup>st</sup> Convening!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">November 29th, 2018, from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Tacoma Community College</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bit.ly/2yv8as9" id="LPlnk470202">Register Now</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Cost</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">:
$19 (the cost of a per diem lunch)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Calling Instructional Deans and Faculty Department Chairs . . .
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<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Do you have a wisdom circle of people you trust among your peer group to turn to for problem solving and idea generating?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Are you interested in building a community of SBCTC Instructional Deans and Chairs who focus on support and continuous improvement for your role at your college?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Could you benefit from sharing ideas and seeking effective solutions to systemic problems of practice?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">If these questions, and the potential they imply, excite you . . .
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Join your colleagues from around the system for inquiry into all of the above!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Tell me More, Please . . .
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">We intend to build a strong network of peer support for our Instructional Deans and Chairs throughout the SBCTC system.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">We have used the Transparency Framework from the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (<a href="http://bit.ly/2JrAccf" id="LPlnk389244">TILT Higher Ed</a>) to design
the overall model, and we will use the generative structure of Purpose/Task/Criteria to plan future gatherings.
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<h2><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Purpose</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Provide structured, supported time and space for Instructional Deans and Chairs to unite, share, grow, and build through the framework of a Community of Practice (CoP).
This first meeting will initiate community building for this group of professionals within our system.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Knowledge</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">This first meeting will introduce participants to the following concepts and practices:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Transparency Framework</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Double Confidentiality,
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Norm Setting,
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Problems of Practice,
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Step Back Consulting.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Skills</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Instructional Deans and Chairs will gain
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">skills to apply useful frameworks to their practice (ex. Using the Transparency Framework to set agendas for meetings & Step Back Consulting)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">communication skills through sharing and learning from specific scenarios shared by others in “the field”</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">support and connection (and provide it, as well) to one another.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Criteria for Success</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Attendees will provide feedback regarding the first CoP gathering and the feedback will be shared with the group as well as VPIs in the system. Attendees will spread
the CoP through word of mouth and active participation as a member. Attendees will feel a greater sense of job satisfaction given the support they find from this CoP.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">I Still Need to Know More!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Please peruse the attached the Invite and Agenda.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">I Have Questions, Comments, Concerns . . .</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Please contact Analea Brauburger [she/her/hers]</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://bit.ly/2q629xy" id="LPlnk143562"><span style="color:#0070C0">Dean of Organizational Learning & Effectiveness</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Tacoma Community College</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">(253) 566-5124- Office</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">(337) 692-4377- Cell</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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