Resources
This page provides links to a variety of professional development resources for both faculty and staff. Some of these are subscriptions the college has purchased for your use, materials available for checkout to MCC employees, and links to organizations that provide development materials or hold development conferences.
NISOD Webinars: (Username: Your MCC Email Password: create your own unique password)
- NISOD webinars are offered at no cost to individuals at NISOD Member Colleges. McLennan Community College is a member college.
Online Learning Consortium: MCC has an institutional membership with Onine Learning Consortium.
- Please visit: https://my.onlinelearningconsortium.org/ and use your MCC email to create a profile.
LinkedIn Learning: MCC has an institutional membership with LinkedIn Learning.
- Please visit https://lnkd.in/gbH4XV27 and enter your MCC credentials to log in and take available trainings.
- Please visit https://www.pryor.com/training-seminars/to review all available seminars. Seminars range from $149 to $299+. Full time faculty and staff are welcome to apply for PD funding in your department is unable to cover the cost.
Starlink : This is a service subscribed to by MCC and available to all MCC employees. The login information will be disseminated via the POD Newsletter. Starlink offers a variety of video-streamed webcasts each available for a limited time. They also keep a Library of webcasts for your use. These include:
- Monthly Streaming Videos: Twelve previously broadcast STARLINK programs (60-90 minutes) that are available on-demand at the desktop for an entire month.
- Annual Streaming Videos: The best of STARLINK's program library (60-90 minutes programs).
- Ideas: Three to seven minute classroom teaching tips available on your computer until August 31, 2008.
Starlink is an agency of the Texas Association of Community Colleges and the oldest satellite and Internet-based educational network in the country. The Starlink network currently provides regular professional development programs to MCC and 140 member colleges and universities in twenty-four states and Canada. To access the Starlink webcasts, you must have either Windows Media Player or Real Player on your computer.
Reminder: Faculty may apply for PD credit for outside Professional Development activities by submitting the Professional Development & Step-Credit Form available on the PF Forms page. The link is also here: https://www.mclennan.edu/professional-and-organizational-development/pdforms.html.