NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

  

The New Norm: A Year of Challenges
The NCCCSPA 2011 Conference

was held in Hickory, NC, November 3-4, 2011.

 

            

 

        

The New Norm

Thank you to everyone who presented and supported this conference, especiallly our keynote speaker, Dr. Garrett Hinshaw,

our friends in the textbook industry:

  • Cengage Learning
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • McGraw-Hill

and personnel at LaQuinta Inn & Suites-Conover and at Catawba Valley Community College who made all of our events run smoothly and plesently.

 

Thursday, Nov. 3 (La Quinta Inn & Suites Conover)

The New Norm: A Year of Challenges
The NCCCSPA 2011 Conference


Hickory, NC
November 3-4, 2011


 

 

 

The New Norm
4:00-6:00 p.m. - Hotel Check In / Dinner on Your Own
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. - Registration
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. - The New Norm: A Year of Challenges - Dr. Garrett Hinshaw, President of Catawba Valley CC
7:00 – 7:30p.m. - When the Challenges Hit Home: Living with the New Norm - Johnny Underwood, Carteret CC
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. - Come Meet Norm at Cheers: Reception
Friday, Nov. 4 (Catawba Valley Community College)
7:30 – 8:15 a.m. - Good Norming: Breakfast Provided by Hotel
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. - Opening & President’s Welcome - Bobbie Brannon, Catawba Valley CC

8:45 – 10:15 a.m. - Y B Normal? New Instructional Possibilities - Kelly McEnany, Asheville-Buncombe Technical CC

Click here to download Kelly's PowerPoint presentation from this fascinating presentation!

 
10:15 -10:30 a.m. - Break
10:30 -11:45 a.m. - Normalizing Our Core Concepts:  Psych/Soc Working Groups - Peter Wooldridge, Durham Technical CC; Toni Sacry, Robeson CC; &  John Gray, Brunswick CC
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon - Our Normal Break: Textbook Browsing
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. - Eating Out of the Box: Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. - Our Normal Break: Textbook Browsing
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. - Not Just a Another Normal Student Panel - Johnny Scott and Ashley King-Brown, Catawba Valley CC and CVCC student panelists
2:30 -2:45 p.m. - Break

2:45 – 4:00 p.m. - New Norms, New Tricks (Psych/Soc Tricks of the Trade* Breakout Sessions) - Brenda East (Psych), Durham Technical CC and Nancy White (Soc), Coastal Carolina CC

Click here to visit our Facebook page and share your Tricks of the Trade or see oteher submissions!

 
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. - Our Normal Conference Closing: Evaluations & Goodbyes
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. - Executive Board Meeting

*Tricks of the Trade. A popular event at every NCCCSPA conference in which participants share teaching ideas. We ask that you bring at least 35 copies of a teaching activity or assignment that works well in your courses, or that you be prepared to share other strategies that you have found to be effective.