Cerritos College Hosted Integrative History and Welding Workshop

NORWALK, Calif. - May 17, 2013 - PRLog -- These workshops were created to engage instructors, improve student learning, and increase educational effectiveness. The workshops are funded in part by the Chancellor’s Office, California Community Colleges Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grant.

Workshops are organized by the CTE Counselors and Teacher TRAC staff. The workshops focus on integrative teaching and learning on campus and in the classrooms. The recent event was held on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in the ME 2 building and the Welding Department Laboratory. Michael Medina, Instructor from Cerritos College Welding Department and Julie Davis, Instructor from Cerritos College History Department presented the topics from their respective disciplines.

To collaborate between disciplines and combine various learning strategies, Mike and Julie discussed the integration between History and Welding from a labor standpoint. They shared their personal experiences, discussed safety from a historical standpoint, the blue vs. white collar careers, and how skilled labor built our modern society. After the lectures, welding students from Teacher TRAC gave live demonstrations on three of the major welding processes in the laboratory. The demonstrations were on Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW).

Over fifteen faculty and staff members attended the History and Welding workshop. “These Integrative Workshops help us be better teachers and helps increase our student engagement and success,” said Cerritos College Counselor Thu Nguyen. Through the workshops the faculty members explored connections between knowledge base, methods, and students, as well as shared teaching strategies, skills and knowledge.  

To learn more about Cerritos College Teacher TRAC, visit the website at http://cms.cerritos.edu/teachertrac/. To learn more about Cerritos College Counseling Department, visit the website at http://cms.cerritos.edu/counseling/.

The Cerritos College Welding Department is California’s largest welding program. The 12,000 square foot lab areas holds seventy-six welding stations which allows students practical welding experiences on ferrous and non-ferrous plate, pipe, and sheet metal using the SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW, and OAW processes on state of the art equipment. Instruction is also offered in pipe layout, print reading, and welding code classes. The program is fully approved and licensed to administer AWS, ASME, API, and state welding certifications and specializes in the Los Angeles City Welding Certifications.

If you are interested in attending Cerritos College for Welding, visit our website at http://cms.cerritos.edu/welding/ or call us at (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2947 or visit us at the Welding Department in the Metals Building, 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk CA 90650.