Christopher Ayafor
CISCO Networking
FIPP is a wonderful vision. It has equipped me with the pedagogical tools I need to transition from the corporate world to a community college instructor.
Aspects of the FIPP program such as the classroom assessment learnshop, the instructional skills workshop (ISW), and the resume writing workshops have been extremely helpful learning opportunities, and one reason I think FIPP was a well conceived idea.
Al Battle
CIS/PBC, Business Administration, Management
This program has changed me completely, from knowledge base to attitude. It has allowed me to become a better instructor by way of becoming a better student.
Jacque Beale
Counseling
The Faculty In Progress Program (FIPP) internship has granted me options for my future endeavors. Not only am I refining my current skills as a counselor-teacher, but I am becoming successful in many other facets of faculty life, thanks to the exposure and professional training provided through FIPP. This has been an excellent experience and I would definitely recommend this program to anyone pursuing a career as a faculty member with MCCCD.
Diana Breed-Williamson
Nursing
I had started here as adjunct faculty without any formal orientation with my own class and a łgood luck--let me know what you need.˛ Since I had never taught a class, it was only by making mistakes that I learned what I needed. With students, other faculty, and my director watching me make those mistakes, it was a rude awakening to the education arena.
The FIPP is a program that I believe should be instituted whenever new faculty arrive. I have learned different coping methods to cover everything from testing skills, hiring practices, and even student grievances. My mentors were able to devote time to my learning and involve me with different committees I had only heard about before this internship.
Clarissa Davis-Ragland
Business Management and Marketing
Being a part of FIPP has given me the opportunity to learn more about the community college organization, its employees, and the wide range of services we provide to the corporate and public community.
Specifically, I value being back in the classroom, facilitating and assessing student learning. I love engaging students in critical thinking and challenging them to form and communicate their ideas. FIPP is an opportunity to do what I love.
Rachel Hollingsworth
Physical Education and Occupational Fitness
As a FIPP intern I have had the opportunity to gain new experiences, learn new skills, and meet a wonderful group of talented and caring current and future faculty. Two of the most rewarding experiences in the program so far have been dialoguing with current faculty and participating in the Instructional Skills Workshop. I've been fortunate to share in-depth conversations about the scholarship of teaching with both distinguished faculty in my own field, and in disciplines such as Philosophy, Math, Geology, Communication, and Biology. Being a FIPP intern also gave me the opportunity to pilot and make adjustments to new teaching techniques through the 32-hour Instructional Skills Workshop. These two examples are only a small portion of the wonderful experiences I've had during one semester as a FIPPer.
Roy Janisch
Criminal Justice and Public Administration
FIPP is a program that makes good political, economic, and strategic sense from an organizational perspective. It has been a wonderful experience. The management of the program has been superb, which is to say that the program schedule, activities, personnel, and information have been extremely useful in assisting me in learning how to better myself. My benefit translates to the benefit of both the organization and the student learner because if I can do a better job of teaching then they should do a better job learning. The group of people selected for this academic year's FIPP have proven to be an excellent group of people and the diversity it stimulates is provocative.
Bahman Maneshni
Economics
My inclusion in FIPP has given me the following:
1. A sense of belonging to a community (residential faculty) which I always dreamed about. Although I know this inclusion is not a GUARANTEE for a residential faculty position, it has boosted my morale very much.
2. The feeling that all my efforts and dedication to work have not been ignored by MCCCD, and that this institution cares about its outstanding faculty, who have been nominated as Who's Who Among America's Teachers four years in a row.
3. The FIPP has provided me with a great platform to share my ideas and expertise with other outstanding faculty who have the same aspirations as mine.
4. The FIPP has provided me with quality training to increase my competency in what I LOVE to do, TEACHING.
Barbara McClarrin
Computer Information Systems
The largest reward for me during the FIPP experience has been the introduction to different teaching styles and instructional skills. I have had the opportunity to observe Business Law, Statistics, Management, System Analysis, Object Oriented Programming instructors, each of whom provided me new ways of presenting information that I will use to enhance my BPC / CIS students' learning experiences.
Participating in council and committee meetings gave me the opportunity to talk, listen, and reflect on the approach to the business side of the academic world. I was able to observe such things as how initiatives are introduced and approved, how problems are resolved, and how higher education institutions are accredited.
Pamela Tracy Osback
English
Being a FIPP Intern, for me, is very much like having a mentor open the door and formally introduce me to all the personalities, either human or resource, at the community college. As part-time faculty, I spent most of my previous six years sequestered in a classroom. As the 2002-2003 FIPP representative for Glendale Community College, I've been ushered into a whole new realm. The best part of the program is the possibility of getting all types of questions answered, and I mean questions I never knew to ask. Being a FIPP Intern put me in contact with other faculty hopefuls who are seeking similar goals. They, in many ways, are my teammates even though they work at different locations. They act as both a cushion and an anchor.
James Quintero
Computer Information Systems
The FIPP internship has been a wonderful learning experience. The many learning opportunities and resources provided by MCCCD through FIPP have helped me strengthen existing skills and develop new skills for use in today's evolving and diverse learning environment. I was very fortunate to serve as an intern with a highly dedicated faculty mentor, at an equally dedicated community service oriented campus. The FIPP experience has been inspirational and I am certain that I will reflect on these experiences through the rest of my career.
Donna Roach
Computer Information Systems
The FIPP has given me the best opportunity to observe and teach with quality teachers from the District. But what I liked most of all, was the opportunity to work with students. It is such an awesome experience to see the growth of the student from the beginning to the end of the semester!! What better job is there?
Vanessa Sandoval
Communication
The Faculty In Progress Program is the opportunity to enhance the scope and depth of teaching and learning. As adjunct faculty for the last eight years, I have made consistent efforts to increase my skills and knowledge about my content and method of teaching, but this program gives structure and support to professional development, while allowing individual goals to be accomplished. In addition, the sense of belonging and connectedness to the Maricopa County Community College District and the specific college is reinforced by the commitment of resources to those who are focused on becoming the top notch instructors.
Carolyn Wesley
Mathematics
The FIPP program has opened many windows of opportunity to share my experiences with others, learn, observe other faculty members, and interact and share learning experiences with others in the program, as well as learning to become an effective teacher.
 Maria Harper-Marinick, Ph.D., mcli
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