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Professional Development

I have an ongoing commitment to life-long learning and professional upgrading in order to maintain subject matter expertise, and I create a love of life-long learning for my students. 

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TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

2024

2023

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  • Focus on Changemaking Event

    • Georgian College​

  • Future of Belonging project participant

    • YMCA of Simcoe Muskoka and Georgian College’s Department of Social Innovation​

  • Flourishing Business Model

    • Georgian College Micro-credential

      • Change the Now & Ashoka ​

      • Coach - Kate Collins

  • Focus on Teaching Conference 2024

    • Georgian College​

  • Diversity Hub Speaker Series - Critical Social Thinking

    • Simcoe County - Gillian "Rawberri" Scobie​

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  • Indigenous Reconciliation Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators Webinar 

    • Candace Linklater​

  • Becoming (Good) Kin​

    • Emma Greenfield & Jill Esmonde​

  • 90-minute Cultivating Safe Spaces Presentation

    • ​Elaine Alec

  • Decolonization Café

    • Emma Greenfield

  • GC@3: Well-being Wednesday​

    • CTL​

  • Coordinator Bootcamp​

    • by Tammy Dawson and Brad Delion​

  • Banner and MyPath Training​

    • by Tammy Dawson and Brad Delion​

  • Read the article "Switching from Bloom to the Medicine Wheel: creating learning outcomes that support Indigenous ways of knowing in post-secondary education"

    • Marcella Lafever. (2016). Intercultural Education Journal. 

  • Design OER Digital Course Pack for ECED 1039: Creative Expression

    • Jessica Jones & Jennifer Shelswell​

  • Read the book "Medicine Wheel Workbook: Finding Your Healthy Balance" 

    • By Carrie, Kelly, and River Armstrong.​

  • Read book Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools​

    • by Pamela Rose Toulouse

  • Anti-Bias Curriculum in Early Years Enjoy 1.5 hours of professional development in this self-paced online workshop for Early Childhood Educators and Childcare Professionals

  • Give Race Its Place: An Anti-racism Knowledge-sharing Initiative for Early Childhood Educators in Ontario​

  • “Be Kind to Your Mind” modules

    • by Mike Masse​

 

Pending:​

  • Read article Global Report on Equity and Early Childhood

    • The Consultation Group on Early Childhood Care and Development Click here​

  • Read book The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for k-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff

    • by Kryss Shane​

  • Read book Indigenous Methodologies

    • by Margaret Kovach ​​​

  • Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years

    • A Film by Debbie LeeKeenan, John Nimmo, & Filiz Efe McKinney

  • ​CONNEXIONS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Anti-racism as part of your Continuous Professional Learning MARCH 15, 2021

    • by the College of Early Childhood Educators​

  • ​Viewpoint. Creating Anti-Racist Early Childhood Spaces by The National Association for the Education of Young Children

    • by the NAEYC

  • 10 TIPS AND RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AN ANTI-RACIST CLASSROOM

    • by George Brown College​

  • ​Creating Anti-Racist Early Childhood Spaces (Webinar)

    • by Pyramid Model​

  • Early Childhood Anti-Racism Resources: Webinars​

  • Anti-bias Education in the Early Years | Talking Race & Kids Webinar

    • by EmbraceRace​

  • Ensouling Our Schools: A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation

    • ​by Jennifer Katz​​​

  • “How to Beat Burnout, Exhaustion, and stress”

    • LinkedIn Learning Course​

  • "Reduce Stress and Anxiety by Managing Your Nervous System"​

    • LinkedIn Learning Course​​

2022

  • Academic Development Program

    • Kelly Fox​

  • Reconciling Identity: A discussion about Two-Spirit people within the LGBTQ2+ communities Webinar

    • CCDI Consulting Inc.​

  • Blackboard Ultra Training

    • Faith Visentin & Liam Squires​

  • Learning & Planning Engagement: Design Sprint

    • Facilitators Joanne Renaux  & Alexis & Design Team Tennent (CCSI)​

  • Cultivating Classroom Climate: Reaping the Bonuses of Increased Engagement and Decreased Academic Misconduct by Design

    • ​Facilitators Kelly Fox, Samantha Sullivan-Sauer, Tracy Mitchell-Ashley

  • AODA 1 for Faculty

    • Saba TalentSpace Georgian College

  • Social Media Policy Training Module

    • Saba TalentSpace Georgian College

  • Cyber Security Awareness Training Module

    • Saba TalentSpace Georgian College​

  • Virtual Reality Educator - Pending

    • Facilitator Rob Theriault

  • United Nations Decade Of Indigenous Languages Opening with Dr. Anton Treuer

    • Lakehead University​

  • RISE Symposium 2022

  • Natural Curiosity's self-guided professional learning program

  • Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Community of Practice  (CoP)

    • ​Council on Quality Assurance

  • Georgian College Change Circle Community of Practice  (CoP)

    • Ashoka Canada​

  • The Path of Peace, Friendship, and Respect: Honouring the Two-Row Wampum

  • Teaching-Focused Changemaking Community of Practice (CoP)

    • ​Facilitator Tracy Mitchell- Ashley

  • TESL Niagara March Webinar Series - Certificate of Participation

  • Gindaasdaa Book Club

    • ​Facilitator Emma Greenfield

  • Chapters4Change Book Club

    • ​Facilitators Jennifer Shelswell & Janice Desroches

  • Together/Ensemble 2022

  • Mary Two-Axe Earley Film Screening & Panel Discussion

    • ​Georgian College Truth & Reconciliation Trail Committee Event

  • Uplift Black Cultural Awareness Training

  • Sexual Abuse Prevention Program

    • ​Ontario College of Teachers

  • Changemaking Faculty Community of Practice (CoP)​

    • Facilitator Tracy Mitchell- Ashley

  • Justice & Equity in the Classroom: Creating Cultures of Belonging (CoP)

    • Facilitator Jill Esmonde, Emma Greenfield, Greg Rodrigo, & Clement Bamikole​

2021

  • OECM Offerings for Professional Learning for Ontario Educators 

    • Indigenous Technology through the lens of the Wiigwaas Jiimaan

    • The "How-To" of Reconciliation Confirmation

    • Connecting Curriculum to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 

    • Getting back to Land-Based Learning

    • Growing Your Anti-Racist, Anti-Colonial Practice Confirmation

  • Changemaker in Residency Week

    • Innovator's Journey: Chapter4Change

    • Innovators' Journey: MUVE

  • Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence Policy Module

  • Digital Storytelling COP

  • Gindaasdaa Book Club

  • Universal Design Learning (UDL) (CTL Online Modules)

    • Part 1: Introduction to UDL

    • Part 2: UDL in Course and Assessment Design

    • Part 3: Selecting Technologies to Facilitate UDL

  • Designing Rubrics (CTL Online Modules)

    • Part 1: Introduction to Rubrics

    • Part 2: Designing a Simple Rubric

    • Part 3: Building an Assignment Rubric

  • Open Education Resource Design Lab (Facilitator Alissa Bigelow)

  • Me & White Supremacy Learning Circle (Facilitator Jill Esmonde)

  • Roots of Empathy Symposium

  • H5P Session       

    • Facilitator Anthony Tilotta

  • Let’s Talk About Race: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace            

    • LinkedIn Learning Event

  • Faculty Coaching Sessions #CTN

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • #ChangehteNow Pitch Workshop

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • #ChangehteNow Prototype Workshop 

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • #ChangehteNow Ideate Workshop

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • #ChangehteNow Define Workshop 

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • #ChangehteNow Empathize Workshop 

    • Facilitator Laura Koza

  • Indigenous Resurgence: Through the Arts

  • Four Seasons of Reconciliation

    • First Nations University of Canada

  • Colonization & the health of Indigenous communities

    • Facilitator Dr. Darrel Manitowabi

  • Creating Safer Spaces: Trans Inclusion in the Classroom

    • Facilitator Tristan Katz: Breath for Change

  • Digital Storytelling Community of Practice (CoP)

    • ​Facilitator Tracy Mitchell-Ashley

  • Universal Design Learning (UDL) Modules    

    • Part 1: Introduction to UDL

    • Part 2: UDL in Course and Assessment Design

    • Part 3: Selecting Technologies to Facilitate UDL

  • Designing Rubrics (CTL Online Modules) 

    • Part 1: Introduction to Rubrics

    • Part 2: Designing a Simple Rubric

    • Part 3: Building an Assignment Rubric

  • Focus on Teaching Conference

    • Fostering Connections and Community in Online Classes (Keynote Flower Darby)

    • How to Increase Student Engagement and Other Impossible Feats (Speakers Nicole Norris, Laura Koza, & Adam Dagenais)

    • A Mindful Approach to Building Community in Your Classroom (Speakers Bert Slessor & Rosanna Corvo)

    • Exploring the (hidden) potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) (Facilitator Alissa Bigelow)

    • Panel Discussion: “Me and White Supremacy”, a 28 Day Challenge to Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become Good Ancestors (Speaker Jill Esmonde)

    • Extending the Classroom with Social Annotation (Speaker Iain Robertson)

  • #ChangetheNow Faculty Community of Practice (CoP)

    • ​Facilitators Tracy Mitchell- Ashley & Laura Koza

  • 1.0 New-to-Changemaking Community of Practice (CoP)

    • Facilitators Tracy Mitchell- Ashley & Laura Koza

  • Changemaker in Residency Week #ChangetheNow Workshops

    • Discover Your Character Strengths Workshop (Facilitator Tammy McDowell)

    • How to Empathize (Facilitators Ross McIntyre & Adam Dagenais)

    • What is ‘Define’ (Facilitators Ross McIntyre & Adam Dagenais)

    • How to ‘Ideate’ (Facilitators Ross McIntyre & Nicole Norris)

    • How and What to Prototype (Facilitators Ross McIntyre & Adam Dagenais)

    • Preparing Your Pitch (Facilitators Ross McIntyre & Adam Dagenais)

  • World Café #2: Exploring the “art of the possible” in teaching and learning (Facilitators Kyra Jones & Eric McIntosh)

  • Open Education Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning                              (CTL Online Modules)

    • Part 1: Open Educational Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning

    • Part 2: Why Use OER?

  • Creating a Positive Learning Environment (CTL Online Modules)   

    • Part 1: Creating a Positive Learning Environment

    • Part 2: Classroom Management Issues

    • Part 3: Setting Expectations

  • AODA 3 – For Faculty

2020

  • Liquid Syllabus: The First Step to Making Connection and Reducing Anxiety Workshop (Facilitators Marie Rutherford & Lisa Koster)

  • Export & Archive in Blackboard (Facilitator Anthony Tilotta)

  • 3 in 30: Deskside Manner and Cultivating Empathy in your Course Climate (Facilitator Tracy Mitchell-Ashley)

  • Screen-cast-o-matic Workshop (Facilitator Bert Slessor)

  • Wikis Training for Blackboard (Facilitator Matt Garwood)

  • Sharing is Caring? Exploring academic integrity and file-sharing behaviour        (Facilitator Kelly Fox)

  • Introduction to WebEx (Facilitator Anthony Tilotta)

  • WebEx Tests in Blackboard (Facilitator Matt Garwood)

  • MS Forms Workshop (Facilitator Bert Selessor)

  • Learning Online to Teach Remotely (LOTTR) (Facilitators Amy Goruk & Kim Reid)

    • Module 1: An Overview of Remote Teaching and Your Role

    • Module 2: Building Your Course

    • Module 3: Preparing for Semester Start

    • Module 4: What to do During the Semester

  • Adding Interactive Elements to Bb Using H5P ~ Facilitator Greg Rodrigo

  • Turnitin Assignments (Facilitator Bert Slessor)

  • Introduction to MS Forms (facilitator Tracy Mitchell-Ashley)

  • Using Your Smartphone as a Document Camera/Second Camera (Facilitator Greg Rodrigo)

  • Humanizing in our Remote Learning Environments (Facilitators Kim Reid & Tracy Mitchell-Ashley)

  • Humanizing your Syllabus and Academic Integrity (Facilitator Tracy Mitchell-Ashley)

    • Making Connections Early

    • Syllabus and academic integrity

    • Creating inclusive spaces

    • Connecting students early in the semester

  • Humanizing Remote Learning: Connecting Student Early in the Semester (Facilitator Tracy Mitchell-Ashley)

  • Humanizing Remote Learning: Creating Inclusive Spaces (Facilitator Jill Esmonde)

  • Creating screencasts with Screencast-o-matic (Facilitator Alissa Bigelow)

  • Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence Module

  • Strategies to Humanize Remote Learning (Facilitator Bert Slessor)

  • Exploring the new APA 7th Edition Workshop (Facilitator Bert Slessor)

  • Introduction to Poll Everywhere & Word Cloud Workshop (Facilitator Bert Slessor)

  • Foundations of Teaching and Learning

    • Planning Instruction

    • Designing Meaningful Assignments

      • Part 1: Return on Investment (ROI) and Student Engagement

      • Part 2: Learning Effort and Integrated Learning Design

      • Part 3: Structuring Assignments for Success

  • Teaching @ Georgian: Orientation to Teaching and Remote Learning

    • Module 1: Orientation to WebEx (synchronous), Orientation to Blackboard (asynchronous)

    • Module 2: Getting Started

    • Module 3: Instructional Design

    • Module 4: Assessment and Academic Integrity

  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System – Canada 

  • Preventing Harassment and Violence in the Canadian Workplace

  • Health & Safety Orientation

  • Job Specific Health & Safety Checklist

2011-2018

2018

  • Mental Health First Aid Certification      

  • We Are Stronger Together Conference

 

2017​

  • Teaching Practice Credential

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2016

  • Cultural Diversity Training

  • Design for Online Tools

  • Planning Instruction (On-line Module)

  • So You’re Thinking About Developing an Online Course?

  • Online Assignment Design

  • Online Course Design

  • Designing Meaningful Assignments (On-line Module)

  • Learning Theories & Teaching Online

  • Introduction to Post-Secondary Assessments (On-line Module)

  • Blackboard – Tools for Online Learning

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2015

  • AODA 1 – Training for Support Staff

  • AODA 2 – Integrated Standards & Human Rights Training

  • Blackboard – Assignment Series Part 1

  • Blackboard – Grade Center

  • Lockdown Procedure Training

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2012

  • Preventing Harassment and Violence in the Canadian Workplace

  • Health & Safety Orientation 

  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System – Canada

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2011

  • Student Development & College Learning

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