CollegeNow Conference

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Contact

Email
CollegeNow@tc3.edu
Phone
607.844.6503
Fax
607.844.6535
Text
607.367.6828

Tompkins Cortland Community College
170 North Street, P.O. Box 139
Dryden, NY 13053

Location

Main Campus
200

Hours

  • MON   8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • TUE    8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • WED  8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • THU   8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • FRI     8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • SAT   Closed
  • SUN  Closed

August 18-21, 2026

Choose which sessions to attend, whether on-campus or online or both!

  • This year's on-campus sessions are targeted towards Business, Science, Technology, Math, and Arts instructors, though All are welcome to attend.
  • Within Zoom, we will feature sessions for Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as several sessions suitable for All instructors and counselors.
  • Professor Anna Regula will be hosting a meeting for Early Childhood Education (ECHD) instructors on Thursday, August 13 at 10:30am on-campus; check for email from her.

All instructors must attend at least one professional development activity that supports their role as a CollegeNow instructor each year that they teach a TC3 course.

  • Attending a conference session or another PD activity promoted by CollegeNow, either live or by viewing a recording, satisfies CollegeNow's PD requirement.
  • Live attendance is preferred to provide a robust discussion and meaningful experience for all involved. 🙂
  • In late October (to provide time for viewing recordings), CollegeNow will email you a certificate with our CTLE provider # and total PD hours (your live attendance + recordings) to use for reporting CTLE hours.

Schedule & Registration

View the CollegeNow Conference Schedule & Register

  • For campus sessions, register by Aug 13. CollegeNow will email attendees details closer to the conference.
  • Each live online session has its own registration link. Once registered, Zoom will email you a unique meeting link to add to your calendar.

All online sessions and most on-campus sessions will be recorded in real-time and shared after the conference.

  • Do not pre-register for recordings because recording links will be different from the registration links. CollegeNow will share links to recordings after the conference via email and on this page.
  • Note that we cannot guarantee the audio/video quality of recorded campus-based sessions. 

New CollegeNow instructors must attend a CollegeNow program orientation before teaching their first TC3 course.

  • Orientations take place in Zoom over the summer, before each term, and by appointment with Victoria (vcz@tc3.edu).
  • The orientation does not count towards the CollegeNow PD requirement.

All CollegeNow instructors and students have free use of our Library resources and services for their TC3 courses.

Past Conference Recordings and Materials
Alternatives to the CollegeNow Conference

In addition to this August's conference, liaisons may organize other opportunities during the year or provide individual support. Over the school year, we will share information about additional sources of "approved professional development" (including an April conference that our college co-hosts, as well as offerings from SUNY and other colleges or organizations); when possible, these are recorded for later viewing and shared in the College's LMS (check with Rhonda if you are unsure how to access the LMS organization for your discipline). 

CollegeNow understands that it may sometimes be difficult to attend our conference day in August. For that reason, we accept other forms of professional development to meet the program’s requirement. There is no minimum number of hours required; we are looking for quality professional development that you have identified as meeting your professional needs in support of your CollegeNow courses. Some examples of acceptable alternatives are below. In some cases, documentation is required, as described below.

If you participate in any professional development activities that are not "live" with TC3 or your liaison, please complete this online form to document your activity. This same form should be used if you are viewing professional development content that your liaison has posted to your Brightspace organization. Even beyond, COVID, the form will be our way for instructors to report their participation in professional development in lieu of live attendance at a TC3 conference liaison workshop, or TC3 course. If you attend a TC3/CollegeNow conference, have a liaison meeting, or audit a TC3 course, we do not need the the report form.

  • Observe a course at Tompkins Cortland Community College. Contact the Director of CollegeNow or your Faculty Liaison to arrange.
  • Audit a college course in your discipline or a closely related area. Tompkins Cortland courses are tuition-free for CollegeNow adjuncts (sign up through the Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator).
  • Phone or video conference with your Faculty Liaison individually or as part of a group meeting.
  • Receive professional development as part of a site visit by your Faculty Liaison to your school. Let your Faculty Liaison know what areas you would like to focus upon.
  • Review content liaisons post in the Brightspace organization for your discipline.
  • Each April, Tompkins Cortland hosts a conference for community college faculty. This "Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating the Art of Teaching Conference" (known as CCCAT) is open to CollegeNow instructors. Victoria will email registration information in the spring.
  • Meet with a Tompkins Cortland Librarian to discuss course materials, research databases, or academic integrity resources. Contact the Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator or the Library.
  • Attend or review webinars and other curricular resources from SUNY. In most cases, you will be asked to log in by selecting Tompkins Cortland as your campus and then entering your myTC3 username and password.
    • SUNY's Remote Teaching Institute hosts high quality webinars regularly, recordings of which are shared in the SUNY RIT Playlist. SUNY's Remote Teaching Clinic also has a playlist of webinar recordings and other resources. SUNY has also compiled several resources for remote teaching, which includes discipline-specific resource collections, sources for labs, instructional design support, etc. If you are looking for still more support for your discipline, SUNY has "faculty/adjunct workgroups" organized by field: Workplace Groups for Remote Teaching. These workgroups were created to provide a forum for all SUNY-affiliated instructors to connect as they move to remote instruction, share experiences teaching remotely, ask questions about specific courses, assignments, activities, etc., and share best practices, examples, or research.
  • Review journal articles on pedagogical trends or research in your field.
  • Work with our Campus Technology staff on remote/hybrid tools, such as Brightspace and OER, for your course. Recordings of any group trainings, as well as a host of other resources for online, blended, & remote teaching are available at the Transitioning to Remote Education Brightspace page (use your myTC3 login when prompted).  You may reach out to techsupport@tc3.edu for any specific help you may need in learning to use Brightspace. Please identify yourself as a CollegeNow instructor.
  • Attend a workshop at another college. SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, and Cornell University host several workshops on a regular basis (see links below). If you also teach concurrent enrollment with another college (such as Syracuse, Broome, Corning, Onondaga, or Mohawk Valley), you may be able to use attendance at that college’s professional development workshops to satisfy the requirement.

Other Sponsors of Professional Development

Some providers of CollegeNow approved professional development: