Join us online to learn how Lehigh University has increased the effectiveness of their young alumni volunteer program, and take away strategies to better engage this critical audience and cultivate generations of future givers. Our speaker, Shannon Jaeger, will cover: Tracking strategies for progress and behavior Motivating and engaging volunteers on their level Aligning volunteer goals with advancement priorities Recognizing volunteers and sharing the impact of their efforts These strategies have improved involvement, retention, and giving habits amongst Lehigh’s young alumni. While the core examples will focus on this audience, many of the strategies and methods can be adapted for other volunteer groups you work with and manage.
Over the past few years, hundreds of institutions have considered creating and launching a new competency-based education (CBE) program. Launching these programs can be overwhelming – successful programs require new knowledge and rethinking the way we do business. In this online training, your instructor will walk you through the important steps to create and launch a CBE program. The discussion will concentrate on the four stages of development and will provide an outline of each stage, including the tasks associated with each, with particular attention to the initial effort.
Without key support structures in place, many students are likely to get discouraged in their STEM work after receiving a poor grade. North Hennepin Community College has developed an incentivized STEM mentor program that has resulted in an unprecedented pass rate for students who did not pass their first exam. Join us for this webcast and hear from our expert, Lisa Smith, who will share the structure, budget, and other important components for an effective incentivized STEM mentor program. The success of this program resulted from the combination of a shared vision to never give up on students based on a low grade, a student incentive that complements their natural motivation, and faculty involvement.
As instructors, we owe it to students to make classrooms as engaging as possible. There is a new, and welcome, attention being given to doing more to maintain student interest, to engage students in new and different ways, and to ultimately retain and graduate more students, especially those who are at-risk and may already feel disengaged from the college experience. Join us for this online training and hear from Joni Dunlap, Faculty Fellow for Teaching, who has seen growing success from encouraging faculty to incorporate elements that diverge from traditional lecturing into their classrooms. During this webcast, you will engage in a variety of activities and discussions to give you ideas for providing multiple avenues for learning with students.
It can be argued that developing strategic plans is an easier feat than pulling off a successful implementation. But, that doesn’t have to be the case. We’ve created this informal assessment to help you gain a better understanding of your institution’s readiness for strategic implementation by helping you identify strengths and potential pitfalls. This informal assessment is organized around 6 key areas of implementation: Alignment, Decision Making, Organizational Discipline, Collaboration, Culture, and Engagement and Inclusion.
Predictive modeling is one of the most impactful and widespread methods that institutions are using to become more data-driven in their decision-making. Join us for an example-based webcast that will walk you through three different predictive models that one institution uses to predict yield at various stages of the enrollment funnel. Our expert instructor will walk you through an Inquiry to Enroll model, an Applicant to Enroll model, and an Admit to Enroll model. For each, we will discuss the following aspects: Rationale and strategy behind the model Analysis used Implementation Outcomes and results
Learn how your institution can implement an enhanced, evidence-supported faculty mentorship program with network-based mentoring. This training will provide you with a high-level view of network-based mentorship as well as concrete examples, resources, and guides to help you operationalize on your campus. After this training, you will be able to take what you learn and use the resources provided to significantly improve your faculty mentorship program. This program is specifically designed for academic leaders who oversee Centers for Teaching Excellence, deans, department chairs, faculty developers, and other academic leadership.
Learn how to develop an assistance animal compliance policy that is appropriate for your institution. With the help of our instructors’ institutional and legal expertise, you will learn the fundamentals of addressing individual requests for assistance animals through structured policies and procedures. This webcast will help you avoid legal liability and subsequent lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act.
A trauma-informed investigation takes into account different conditions such as shock, denial, memory loss, or withdrawal that may interfere with the interviewee’s ability to clearly articulate their experience. Investigators are missing the opportunity to solicit the most objective version of a reporting party’s story if they do not consider developing a fact-finding strategy that is also trauma-informed. Join us online to learn how to create a safe space for all parties in the high stakes of a trauma case. Creating this environment through carefully chosen words and actions will help you elicit better responses that lead to more productive investigations.
Effective academic leadership requires a deeper awareness of ways both introverts and extraverts are motivated. This goes beyond common generalizations based on talkative or quiet natured professionals. Join us for this online training and learn the strengths introverts bring to the table and the adaptive skills so that as an introvert, you can lean into your strengths to lead more effectively, or as an extravert, you can be more sensitive to the dynamics of your team.
