Saturday, June 27, 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
Colloquia: Leadership in a Crisis By Dr. Jim Jeremiah
A crisis can occur in any of our circles of influence, regardless of how large or small our circle of impact may be. How can we handle the crisis? How can we have a strategy to weather the storm and come out of the clouds with solutions and a clear perspective? Leadership in a Crisis can help.
Jim's business background includes CEO/CFO, Vice President of Marketing, Director of Business Development, Controller, Auditor, and Business Consultant. His educational experience includes Interim President, Provost, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Director of Curriculum, Department Chair, and faculty member. Jim's education includes a BA in Business (accounting emphasis), MBA, and Ed. D in Organizational Leadership.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Friday, September 6, 2019
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Lean on Me: Developing a Virtual Professional Learning Community
Title: Lean on Me: Developing a Virtual Professional Learning Community
Description or Abstract: The research team surveyed Associate (Adjunct) Faculty within the Master of Arts in Education program at Ashford University to identify their perceptions of how they fit within the program, their interests and needs for professional development, and whether or not a virtual (online) professional learning community would be valuable.
Your Motivation for Doing the
Study: A significant percentage of all courses in the Master of Arts in Education (MAED)
Program are delivered by Associate Faculty, and since previous research
suggests that adjunct faculty are seeking a closer connection to their full-time
peers and institutions, it is appropriate that a study was undertaken to
identify if and how virtual professional learning communities could be a
possibility. By attempting to improve
the perceived lack of connectedness that Associate Faculty have to the
institution, program, and students, the researchers hoped to develop mechanisms
to connect Full Time Faculty with Associate Faculty.
Bio: Kelly Olson Stewart, Ed.D., is the Program Chair and Assistant Professor for the MAED program in the College of Education at Ashford University. She researches support systems for beginning teacher retention and developing associate faculty support practices. Kelly is also a member of the Faculty Support and Development Committee, focusing on mentoring associate faculty, as well as providing high quality feedback to instructors. She earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership and Innovation with a specialization in Curriculum and Policy from Arizona State University, a Master of Education with a specialization in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with an endorsement in K-12 Reading from Indiana University.
Contact: kelly.olsonstewart@ashford.edu
Alan Belcher is Professor in the College of Education at Ashford University. He has a BA in Secondary Education, an MA in School Administration, and an MS in Information. He earned a PhD in Professional Studies in Education from Capella University. He taught French at the junior high school level before moving to the college level to teach in computer information systems. He began working in faculty development, curriculum development, and as a university registrar. He later took responsibility for student services for admissions, financial aid, registration, and student accounts. He has served as an assistant vice president and an assistant provost, supporting academic leadership in curriculum, faculty development, policy, enrollment management, and initiative development.
Contact: alan.belcher@ashford.edu
Description or Abstract: The research team surveyed Associate (Adjunct) Faculty within the Master of Arts in Education program at Ashford University to identify their perceptions of how they fit within the program, their interests and needs for professional development, and whether or not a virtual (online) professional learning community would be valuable.
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| Dr. Olson |
Bio: Kelly Olson Stewart, Ed.D., is the Program Chair and Assistant Professor for the MAED program in the College of Education at Ashford University. She researches support systems for beginning teacher retention and developing associate faculty support practices. Kelly is also a member of the Faculty Support and Development Committee, focusing on mentoring associate faculty, as well as providing high quality feedback to instructors. She earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership and Innovation with a specialization in Curriculum and Policy from Arizona State University, a Master of Education with a specialization in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with an endorsement in K-12 Reading from Indiana University.
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| Dr. Belcher |
Contact: kelly.olsonstewart@ashford.edu
Alan Belcher is Professor in the College of Education at Ashford University. He has a BA in Secondary Education, an MA in School Administration, and an MS in Information. He earned a PhD in Professional Studies in Education from Capella University. He taught French at the junior high school level before moving to the college level to teach in computer information systems. He began working in faculty development, curriculum development, and as a university registrar. He later took responsibility for student services for admissions, financial aid, registration, and student accounts. He has served as an assistant vice president and an assistant provost, supporting academic leadership in curriculum, faculty development, policy, enrollment management, and initiative development.
Contact: alan.belcher@ashford.edu
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Using Social Media to be a More Effective Leader in the 21st-Century Classroom
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| Dr. Michelle Post |
Subject: There lies an intersection or a “sweet spot” between social media, an effective leader, and the 21st-century classroom. Each sphere separately does not lack for research in the body of knowledge; however, when combined to create the “sweet spot” the knowledge is limited. Social media is no longer a nice to have; instead, it is a must use or lose out. For a leader to be effective, he or she must embrace the use of social media, and this includes the classroom. The world’s population has become digital citizens, and 54% of that population are social media users. This workshop proposal offers a glimpse into each sphere before postulating the importance of using social media to become a more effective leader in the 21st-century classroom.
Dr. Michelle Post Bio: Dr. Post has taken her 30+ years of business design, system engineering, and information architecture and combined it into her role as a Certified Social Media Strategist and a Social Media Systems Engineer™. As part of Dr. Post’s life mission, she knows every person is uniquely gifted and she hopes to help them use those gifts to make a lasting impact on our world. Dr. Post is passionate about helping businesses to start where they are, with what they have, and do what they can. Each request for social media help leads Dr. Post on a journey to find what a business already has in place, analyze how they are using it, learn where they want to go, and then provide simple strategies and solutions for their long-term business and social media success.
Dr. Post offers teaching, training, coaching, consulting, and speaking on subjects as diverse as social media, leadership, generations in the workplace, and technology in education. Dr. Post is Founder/CEO of The Post Institute: Center for Life-Long Learning. She is an award-winning Teacher, Leader, Speaker, and a Fellow of the Beta Phi Scholarly Society at Exeter College, University of Oxford, England. Dr. Post has been a 3-time guest on The Networking Diva Hour and has appeared on Colorado’s Best Morning Show.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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