Create digital flyers and QR codes
Book, coordinate, facilitate planetarium field trips
Assisting admin staff in summer school office
Field any questions from incoming students/guests who walk in to visitor center
Connecting students w/ counselors
Meet w/ dean: weekly communication
Promote the college by tabling at career fairs
System antagonizer
Create tracking sheets on ClockWork for all new EOPS/GSP-EOPS/NextUP students
Assist EOPS and DA students to the right dept/programs/offices/staff ... in person/phones/emails
Submit PT and FT contracts for several departments
Submit staff reqs on Cornerstone – TEA classified
Provide friendly and helpful support to tutors and students who need 1:1 tutoring
Building up partnerships w/ different orgs
Using Adobe Sign to submit payment requests, reassign, etc. – digital submission
Assist new students in picking classes and guide them to their classroom
Tabling at career fairs connecting w/ URM of students promoting resources
We work towards providing equitable services to students needing textbooks and also calculators, iPads, laptops and other items needed for classes at De Anza.
We provide a safe space for students to study on campus and to meet/work with their teammates and friends to be successful in their classes.
We work towards getting enough funding to meet students' needs.
We work to create policies that are equitable and ensure funds are used to meet students' needs.
We answer questions and help students find answers and resources.
We listen to students.
We lend and provide resources to students.
We train students and employees and provide jobs.
We have acquired more textbooks, calculators, laptops in the past year than ever before to support students for the whole quarter/year, rather than just short-term.
Due to additional funding/promises, we are able to serve students without charging fines.
We have been able to successfully advocate and get funds to increasing student needs for quarter-long checkouts.
We got funding for MESA grant.
Bringing underrepresented students in MESA under one umbrella for support
Adobe Sign for online approval of documents
Embedded tutoring in more classes
We have many classes to offer our students.
We are providing open labs to support students.
State reporting
Helping students to find information, biology models, books
Suggest to students how to approach challenging situations
Organize equipment/rooms/studio spaces
Student training and mentoring
Work with online ed team to further develop online courses toward increasingly higher standards in overall design, accessibility, course navigation and interaction
Design/create, edit, maintain Canvas courses
Help students
Fix and maintain equipment
Participating at staff development days
Trouble-shooting software, create lists for future equipment purchases
Hazmat and safety responsibilities
Work with Facilities, ETS and faculty
Research for Perkins funds, place orders for B-budget, support animation and screenwriting programs, learn and demo new equipment
Assisting instructors and helping students
Hazmat inspection
Helping students, contacting with teachers, setting up the HTEC labs, ordering supplies, contacting Philips if we have any problems with the Philips equipment
Work with students and instructors
Trouble-shoot software, create lists for future equipment purchases, research for Perkins funds, place B-budget orders, support other departments, learn and demo new equipment. Manage up-to-date studio rooms, ETS requests
Serve as Peer Online Course Review (POCR) lead to make De Anza a certified POCR campus for CCC Exchange
Budgeting
Academic support for students
Operations staff are excellent liaisons between the campus and district
Board submissions
Being a small group of staff, we work well together
The use of Adobe Sign
More individual decision making– less micro-management
Website
Quick News
Prepare daily revenue deposits for cashier: process and instructions are clear and consistent
DASG
Connect students to campus resources
Calm anxiety and stress of students and parents
Students using our services
Processing financial aid apps
Counseling students on financial aid
Teamwork
Disburse grants and loans
Student resources
Service in office and online
Process student fin aid
Help students w/FAFSA applications and Dream Act applications
All docs received from Veteran Services
Serve students online or in person
Better staffed with admin assistant
Wonderful students, thought leaders, open-minded, welcoming
Find/source surplus computers
Tutoring on Zoom
Email responses with students and staff
Flea market open to public
Create a dynamic and compassionate, multilingual and cultural community
Website communication
Student support
Hosting new students
Food Pantry
Student programs
Finding resources for student need
Process financial aid and disburse grants and loans to students
Review and verify students’ FAFSA files
Teamwork
Process student accounts
Hybrid model serving students online and in person
Guiding students through the veterans' benefits process
Working with other departments
Guiding students through the financial aid process
Answering students questions about financial aid
Professional judgment
Verification
Photo ID Cards
VTA SmartPass Clipper Cards
Student leadership training
Staff is mission-focused
Bus passes issued
Photo IDs issued
Enrollment
Counseling support
Outreach events
Referring any concerns with supervisor
Mentor students
Work one-on-one with students
Work as a team
Make students smile
Helping ESL students gain and regain confidence in the new language environment
Tutoring Zoom but need more students
Create and facilitate leadership development for student leaders
Meet with students to troubleshoot accommodation issues
Student (patient) care/wellness
Patient care
Driving students to and from classes (DSPS)
Offer content workshops for students
Help anyone that comes to S43 for tutoring
Purchasing, Accounts Payable, HR and district forms using Adobe Sign
Create a welcoming, respectful and encouraging environment for students in their fitness goals
Coordinating everything in our program
Hire tutors and provide tutoring services to the students
Help support students with disabilities in the computer lab and classroom instruction
Process and complete requisitions
Assist in development of program creation, direction and evaluation
Disseminate information
Provide guidance of how to navigate the higher education system at De Anza
Serve as Guided Pathways liaison
Coordinating events
Academic advising
Work closely with the director of Mental Health and Wellness Center regarding incoming students
Maxient reports of concern to best assist students and their needs
Program Canvas page
Supervise and mentor paid student interns
Statewide network representative (UndocuLiaison)
Provide access to free services
Checking and responding to emails
Cleaning and adjusting workout equipment
Assist students with workouts, stretching, and monitor swimming
Assist with needs of instructors and supervisor
Proving services and helping students
Practicing CLIA standards
Student recruitment for CTE programs
Academic advising
Assist student and tutors with questions they have in regards to their classes , drop-in tutoring, weekly individual tutoring
Evaluate tutor performance throughout their employment with us and offer advice in areas that need improvement
Create promotional material to raise awareness of our services
Develop workshops
Hire, schedule, mentor, and evaluate peer tutor student employees
Collect and manage data for Food Pantry
Investigate and analyze usage data for trends and summarize for reports
Keep department and center websites updated with recent and relevant information
Hire, mentor, evaluate and supervisor tutors
Provide equity training to all student employees at De Anza College
Recruit tutors for incoming quarters for our center
Create safe environment for tutors and students to study and even share their difficulties
Draft proposals and gift agreements
Build community - among professionals and students
Collaborations
Provide support to district office regarding emergency health-related issues
Assist students with their financial aid applications
Direct the "live broadcast" from a place where only I see all the cameras
Accountability
Equity Core Team
Problem-solve
Be available when students, faculty or staff are having a bad day – Empathy
Putting out fires
Discipline
Anticipating
Parenting
Monitoring progress
Other duties as assigned
Listening
Writing reports
Serving as liaison to rest of campus
Advocacy for staff, faculty, admin, students, policy, procedures; initiatives, grants programs, services
Support students where they are with what they need
Taking action
Organize meetings, retreats, events, people, resources, the institution
Assist students
Answer questions
FASFA and Dream Act applications
Serve Comptech students
Approve timesheets for staff and students
Financial aid
Food vouchers
Serving CalWorks students
One-to-one counseling
Moved away from a paper-based system
In-person and online services
Uploading Canvas
Accessibility - notes and videos
Preparing and updating slide sets/course notes for new term materials
Make/grade exams
Instruction: Counseling 5 for ISP
Manage/create course content
Offering weekly make up exams to Precalculus students
Better communication with students via email/texts/announcements
Reminders, help students with booking appts.
Content development for two online courses
Canvas development and revision: modules, discussions, assignments, accessibility, videos
Develop OER materials for classes
Weekly dept meetings
Department meetings
Course content
NSF grant work
Finding TAs for dept.
Leading field trips - required for articulation
On a tenure review committee and giving feedback
Office hours - super accessible locations encourage participation (not in personal office)
Student interaction in the lab and lecture
Support students
Office hours
Meet with parents to discuss tool program/prices, etc
Teach math
Meeting with senior faculty for my training and direction assignments
Creating group activities
Creating canvas pages and organizing them
Preparing class work to prepare students for the class
Working with senior staff for my training and preparation
Post lecture videos on YouTube
Making extra videos to help students understand concepts
Create Canvas course and update it
Send out emails to students with information before quarter starts
Research current applications of course content
Develop lessons
Teach students engineering concepts
Increase max enrollment in class to avoid add codes
Participate in professional development
Canvas set-up
Create accessible PDF, PPT files
Create online classes
Learn new things and improve
Make up for shortcomings of knowledge from previous quarters' material
Stay current such as workshops, training, conferences
Attend professional conferences
Make quizzes and exams
Grade
Give students feedback
Provides resources for research and development of classes
Having senior faculty help newer faculty
Quarter system is great!
Assignment
Add or drop students
Write and edit problem sets
Set up and maintain Canvas page
Teach labs
Deliver lectures
Write syllabi
Provide emotional support to students
Share lecture notes with students
Participate in campus activities
Evaluate colleagues
Planning events with other faculty/staff as part of a Village
Attend conferences
Create lecture videos
Submit census
Post students' final grades
Discuss ideas with colleagues
Drive to campus on time
Advise students
Write syllabus
Write letters of recommendation for students
Work with the dean
Hold office hours
Talk to students
Teach
Set up Canvas
Write exams/quizzes
Participate in department meetings
Prepare lectures
Grade papers
Sign census
Present and facilitate discussions
Stay up to date with course content
Create course assignments
Communicate with students in-person, via e-mail, in office hours
Grade assignments
Add/drop students from roster
Attend department/division meetings
Design lesson plans
Help students who missed class
Answer questions and teach during office hours
Student-athlete successes
Be available and responsible to students concerns at odd hours
Sports program success (W/C Record)
Developing and updating Canvas shells
Teach/lecture (topics) that are directly relevant to their career field
Serving students across the board
Ability to meet with students in-person and online
Teach. My Canvas shells rock!
Prepare class, deliver class material
Canvas
Student interaction, attend lab, form relationships with students
We are bad-ass at field trips!
Faculty are providing field experiences
Syllabus preparation
Course materials
Tenure meetings
Mentoring students
Student crisis management
Recruiting students
Starting new programs
Student advising and personal support
Open dialogue with fellow instructors
Student externships and open dialogue with students
Teaching
Clubs and student activities
Canvas navigation for students
Work force and student communities
Community and welcoming atmosphere
Teaching and student success
Our teaching
Student motivation and achievement
Transition to online courses
Forming communities among faculty and students
Increasing the numbers of online and remote courses
Teaching
Student transfers
Mental health resources
Teaching
Creative, out-of-box thinking.
Passion
Recommendation letters
Transition to online courses
Forming great communities with faculty and students
Students are transferring spectacularly
Student show was excellent last year
Student clubs are strong
Live concerts (especially Choral) at VPAC
Our teaching
Incredible transfer success
Student film quality and attendance
Increased flexibility and quality of online courses
Community building and reengagement post-pandemic
Our instruction was kick-ass, until Chat GPT
Evaluating teaching methodology / editing because constantly thinking
Communication with the team (other faculty members in the department and our dean)
Fostering empowerment and confidence in self and others
Hold space for interpersonal connection ("venting" or trauma dumping")
Build community in the classroom – creating engagement and interest with each other
Department collaboration on low/zero cost materials. Work in progress but love the initiative
Responding and corresponding via email and discussion boards
Creative/engaging course activities.
Nurture / support students and colleagues
Prerequisite clearances
Certificate of Achievement in Spanish is driving enrollment
Gives students lots of chances to discuss and share
Talk with EPS counselors to help retain students
Ensuring ADA accessibility
Attending department and ESL meetings
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) member and Association for Asian Studies (AAAS) member – I love being a part of professional orgs.
Study Abroad – love that De Anza supports this
Being a facilitator and consultant for my colleagues
Writing research articles
Mindfulness practice to achieve better work/life balance
Currently a student learning about AI and strategic planning
Working with generative artificial intelligence
Working with embedded counselors
Nurture/support students and colleagues
Onboarding new FT colleagues
Prerequisite clearance
Certificate of Achievement in Spanish is driving enrollment
Addition of intro ESL classes
Zoom department meetings!
Supportive and wonderful colleagues
Noncredit classes
Participating in meetings remotely
Track attendance
Listening to student concerns and help them deal with difficulties
Attending conferences
Providing counseling and guidance to students
Helping students feel confident in their skills and daily lives
Give students feedback for improvement and guide them in using tools that help them become independent learners
New certificate – increasing enrollment
Increasing enrollment by offering multiple formats for teaching
Making students feel welcome in our classrooms
Create instructional videos for assigned work (how to)
Change, modify curricula for student centered and meaningful projects
Help students understand life in the U.S. and give them a chance to share ideas about cultural and social aspects of immigration
Following up on students in class who seem to be struggling
Being available to students to help them navigate college
Using Canvas
Record lesson videos and audios
Advise students about college, transfer, and employment opportunities
Encouraging students to pursue what they are good at
Create samples of assignments
Individualized feedback to students
Enlighten and inspire minds
Evaluating teaching methodology
Prepare Canvas shell for teaching and teach
Teaching a course
Teaching on canvas
Teaching
Emotional support for students
I have to hire and mentor students
Mini-sims and case studies accurately assess students
Research and prep new workshop topics i.e "Using AI Tools Wisely"
Hire and mentor instructors
Building rapport with students
Collaboration from other departments
Flexibility for students and staff
Support from faculty members and administrators (deans)
Decent kind, dedicated professionals who want to maintain excellent standards
Teaching online - my classes are awesome!
Academics and student success (retention/transfer rates)
Community and networking
Strong leadership from dean
Networking and faculty collaborate with other departments to support others' efforts
Financial - database, technology, texts, student resources
Financial support for purchasing learning resources and technology (Library)
Building a new class
Researching relationship
Developing relationships with students
Interact/help with my tutors. Hopefully we will keep them
Establish crime lab
Equity related work in student voice
Everything students need to do well in my course
Mentoring students (Puente program)
Teaching
Canvas editing and making more accessible
Make clear to students that diversity of opinions is ok / good people can disagree
Teach students to critically think about intentions and unintended consequences of public policies
Group activities in classroom - foster teamwork
Discussion forums in online courses (+ feedback)
Academic Senate
Explaining the significance between Social Sciences and Humanities and STEM
Years later students identify that I was "the one teacher" for them
Creating transformative courses
Get to know students in first two weeks
Maintain office hours
Explain how each assignment has value or utility in the business or everyday world
Update my syllabi regularly based on student questions and comments
Provide supplemental visual and written examples of course materials
Creating various assessment tools to get specific information from students
Write and create different lecture presentations
Constantly exploring different ways to say or explain things to students
Exploring numerous and different media sources
Training
Writing and editing
Major document production
Graphic design
Social media analytics
Analyzing and implementing latest trends in social media, including video
Social media
Advertising
Communications campaigns
Maintain the website
Media relations
Consult and advise
Major event production
Oversight and support of Community Education
Major event planning
Event promotion and information
Create road map and ed plans for students
Review Financial Aid extensions as part of Financial Aid Extension Committee
Assist students with career, academic and personal concerns
Engaging students
Prepare Canvas webpage
Update and prepare example exercises
Elumen – learn how to use
Email students to tell them to get ready for the quarter
Prepare syllabus that students can refer to from the beginning to the end of the quarter, so that they know exactly how to succeed. Especially for the students who might be struggling
Students writing to me they learned and enjoyed the class
Students complete assignments early because they love the material they are learning
Serve on committees as needed
Keep up with deadlines and requests
Direct and refer students to different services
Participate in villages and new initiative
Address academic, career and personal issues with students
Accommodate different requests from students and colleagues
Learn and apply new policies and technologies
Respond and reply to students’ questions and issues
Assist with different needs in division
Assist with retention and probation
I like when students have questions and attempted the homework.
I like Bookstores and I enjoy going to De Anza Bookstore though some issues since new management.
I like that it’s a learning environment for me as it is for students. I learn from all, good and bad.
I like that in teaching I learn more about the subject matter I teach – I do well at learning and love learning and those who are excited to learn.
I could be a lifetime student and feel I’m one as an instructor – I like the learning environment.
Grading
Lesson planning
Outreach to students to become tutors
Update Canvas resource sites (non course, for students)
Interview tutors
Update websites
Weekly outreach to students via Canvas, Instagram
Schedule workshops
Conference and evaluation of tutors
Schedule tutors
Schedule staff to cover SSC centers (online and on campus)
Prep tutor training course to stay relevant
Prep a course to be taught in a new quarter
Participate in shared governance, especially at the department level
Update a course for a new edition of the textbook
Help with SLO ACs as needed
Help on hiring committees as needed
Help with PT faculty evaluations as needed