Instructor Development Day 2024 Agenda

10:00 AM ET

7:00 AM PT
8:00 AM MT
11:00 AM AT

10:05 AM ET

7:05 AM PT
8:05 AM MT
11:05 AM AT

10:15 AM ET

7:15 AM PT
8:15 AM MT
11:15 AM AT

Embracing AI

Josh Ballem – Director of Sales at Pearson Canada
Master of Educational Technology

Vince Liardi, PhD – Manager – Content Marketing, Strategy & Insights at Pearson Canada
Adjunct Professor – California State University, East Bay
Adjunct Professor – Western University

Session Summary

GenAI has the power to enhance creativity, streamline workflows, and solve complex problems in ways we’ve never seen before. By teaching students how to harness these technologies we’re preparing them to be valuable contributors and giving them a real advantage in an increasingly competitive job market.

Come and learn more about how you as educators can bring GenAI into the classroom to enhance your student’s learning experience and better prepare them to take their career to the next level.  We will also review what tools and new AI technology Pearson has to offer.

11:15 AM ET

8:15 AM PT
9:15 AM MT
12:15 PM AT

11:30 PM ET

8:30 AM PT
9:30 AM MT
12:30 PM AT

Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practices in the Classroom

Renee Joslin

Session Summary

Studies estimate that up to 85% of post secondary students have had some form of traumatic experience in their lifetime such as a death, violence or sexual assault. About 1 in 5 post-secondary students experience trauma during their post- secondary school experience. Trauma experiences are linked to unemployment, racism, poverty, gender, inequity and other social issues.

In this interactive session, we will review the six principles of trauma informed practice and explore how we can implement these to support post- secondary learners while they are in our collective care. We will engage in small group discussion to find practical ways to put trauma informed practices in place immediately in our work with students.

Speaker Biography

Renee Joslin has worked as a psychologist since 2012. Before that she spent 18 years in Education working as a special education teacher, school counselor and behavior consultant. She supports youth and adults with depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns. Her private practice, Thrive Psychology Inc, is located in Central Alberta. Renee also teaches part time at Red Deer Polytechnic in the Educational Assistant Certificate and Early Learning and Child Care Diploma programs and has been there for 8 years. Her goal is to help clients thrive in their life and she uses various modalities to help them achieve more overall wellness. She specializes in depression and anxiety and uses CBT, mindfulness, positive psychology and other therapies to help clients achieve their goals. She loves supporting clients in a collaborative approach and has been told that her “down to earth” approach puts people at ease.

12:30 PM ET

9:30 AM PT
10:30 AM MT
1:30 PM AT

12:45 PM ET

9:45 AM PT
10:45 AM MT
1:45 PM AT

1:15 PM ET

10:15 AM PT
11:15 AM MT
2:15 PM AT

Promoting Student Retention by Managing Student Loans

Dmetri Berko
Vice-President, Education Support at Enriched Academy

Session details to be announced!

Speaker Biography

Dmetri is passionate about Education and People. With over 15 years in leadership roles, he helps organizations find their WHY by bringing a holistic, company-wide approach to problem-solving.
Taking a consultative approach to process improvement initiatives and using data-driven decision-making a priority, he has worked on private (BC, AB, ON, USA) and public (AB) post-secondary institution operations in enrolment management aspects spanning from Recruitment & Admissions to Career Services. The institutions where his skills have been deployed vary from public studio-based Art + Design and Liberal Arts Universities to Business, Technology, and Healthcare private vocational institutions. His current focus is championing Financial Literacy Education with K-12 schools, Colleges, and Universities via Enriched Academy to make financial freedom accessible to everyone continuing a path of constant growth and improvement reaching over 350,000 Canadians.

Dmetri holds a Masters of Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelors of Science in Geography from the University of Calgary. His education is further enhanced by the professional designations of Strategic Enrolment Management Endorsed Professional (SEM-EP) from AACRAO, Strategic Human Resources Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), Certified Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) from HRIA, Certified Management Professional (CMP) from IPM, and Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.

2:15 PM ET

11:15 AM PT
12:15 PM MT
3:15 PM AT

2:30 PM ET

11:30 PM PT
12:30 PM MT
3:30 PM AT

MaxKnowledge: NACC’s New Instructor Certification Program

Tarlon Moghadam, CHEP
Chief Learning Officer, MaxKnowledge Inc.

Session Summary

Tarlon will providing an overview of the NACC Instructor Certification Program, the Certified Higher Education Professional Program and will provide a full demo of the NACC Online Training Center from purchase to sign up to enrollment.

Speaker Biography

Tarlon Moghadam is the Chief Learning Officer at MaxKnowledge, Inc., a cloud-based solution to maximize performance for career education institutions. At MaxKnowledge, Tarlon has developed and implemented innovative initiatives to help build the capacity of career education institutions with the goal of increasing student retention and success. She works closely with over 50 associations serving the career and technical education community to enable them to provide online professional development opportunities for their membership. Tarlon also manages MaxKnowledge partnerships with accrediting agencies to support their efforts in increasing the quality of the institutions they serve.

3:30 PM ET

12:30 PM PT
1:30 PM MT
4:30 PM AT