Fall 2025 Professional Development Week (PDW): Full Schedule

Welcome to the Fall 2025 Professional Development Week (PDW)!

Theme: Level Up Your Teaching: Building Foundations

We’re excited for you to join us for professional development week! This event is CETL’s pre-semester conference where you can gain the professional development you need for the upcoming semester. PDW focuses on teaching techniques and tips that you can try this semester, technological trainings to help you gain the skills needed to utilize software and apps that support teaching, and networking to connect our campus community.

As you prepare your schedule, focus on the workshops that best suit your professional development goals and schedule. A wide range of offerings is provided, so pick the ones that will benefit you the most.

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9:00am MDT

President's Address (CC Theater and Webinar)

Monday August 11, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am MDT

Centennial Campus Theater

There's a lot happening around PPSC's campus community! The President's Address will keep you in the know! The President's Address will be held in the Centennial Campus Theater as well as via a Zoom webinar. Coffee will be available in the stairwell near the theater next to the F-Building.

Speakers

Dr. Lance Bolton

President, Pikes Peak State College

Monday August 11, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am MDT
Centennial Campus Theater

President's Address

10:30am MDT

Q&A w/ President Bolton (CC Theater and Webinar)

Monday August 11, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am MDT

Centennial Campus Theater

Speakers

Dr. Lance Bolton

President, Pikes Peak State College

Monday August 11, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am MDT
Centennial Campus Theater

Leadership Q&A

9:15am MDT

We Teach Because We Love: Guiding Students to Reach Their Full Potential Keynote w/ Dr. Bryan Dewsbury

Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am MDT

Centennial Campus Theater

Teaching is an act of belief — belief in our students’ potential and their ability to grow. In this inspiring keynote, Dr. Bryan Dewsbury explores how teaching students as whole individuals requires fostering both their technical competencies and personal growth. Through the lens of equity-minded education, he will challenge us to rethink how we engage, encourage, and empower students in meaningful ways. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on the transformative role of love in teaching and its impact on student success.

CETL Volunteer

Enrique Romo

VP Student Experience and DEI, Pikes Peak State College

Speakers

Dr. Bryan Dewsbury

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Florida International University

Bryan M. Dewsbury, PhDI was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, and pursued a Bachelor’s degree at Morehouse College, and a Masters and PhD from Florida International University (FIU). At FIU I explored a number of interesting questions in marine ecology and ecological economics... Read More →

Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am MDT
Centennial Campus Theater

Keynote with Dr. Bryan Dewsbury