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What is a webinar?
A webinar is an interactive seminar conducted over the web and is typically 1.5 to 2 hours long. 
 
  • What is the process?  Webinar participants log into the webinar site with a username and password sent via email.  Participants can print handouts, as we send you a link to the presentation via email approximately 2 days prior to the event. Once logged in, you are able to see the PowerPoint slides, ask questions and make comments via chat, very similar to instant messaging.   For the audio portion, participants call in using a toll-free number.  
  • Is there a recording available?  Approximately one week after the conclusion of the webinar, you will receive a link to the recording which is yours for one year and can be forwarded to all faculty and staff at your institution for viewing anytime, anywhere. 
  • What equipment is required? A phone line and an Internet connection.  If there will be a large group present, you will need a speaker phone and LCD projector.
 
What are the benefits of a webinar?   
  • Cost-Effective:  No travel required.  An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price!  The more you train – the more you save, as the registration fee is per institution, not per person.
  • Easy:  You will receive a detailed list of instructions via email a week prior to the event.  And if you run into any problems, we’re always here to help.
  • Interactive:  Chat online with presenters, participate in online polling questions, discuss specific situations with your colleagues, and receive implementation strategies for your campus (included when appropriate).  You can even join a discussion group to continue the discussion with the presenter and webinar participants.  Join discussion groups at www.weeklyinnovations.org.
  • Practical:  Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today.  Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
  • Top-Notch Speakers:  Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.  
  • Value Added:  When you purchase a webinar, you also receive access to the recording, which is good for one year.  You can use it wherever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to your faculty and staff.

How will we use these trainings? 


 

  • Flexible Training: 
    • Live-Promote and attend a live webinar and debrief immediately following.
    • Hybrid- Distribute a recording to all faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
    • On-Demand- Distribute On-Demand trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere.  Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org, and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.

  • In-Service Training:  Plan an in-service around a live webinar or schedule a day and time to show the recording in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend – brainstorm and discuss implications for your college.
  • Staff Recognition:  Develop a program around the webinar with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
  • Team-Building:  Utilize these webinars to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
  • New Employee Training:  Include these webinars and the free recording as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency. 
  • Implementation and Follow-Up:  Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement, and track your progress. 
 
Upcoming Webinar Series


768
Free Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers
Available On-Demand!
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n this engaging hands-on workshop, we'll examine just a few of the most useful, clever, cool, and basic thing you ought to know about when using computers in education. From basic keyboard shortcuts, to useful little utilities, to jaw dropping resources, we'll run the gamut. You may have seen some of these, and you may not want others, but we guarantee you'll take away something of use.

 

Complimentary Webinar
805
Designing a Successful Service-Learning Course: A Practical Approach

Wednesday, March 10th (1-2:30 EST)


Join us for a nuts-and-bolts presentation that will guide service-learning faculty through the complicated, but rewarding process of building a service-learning experience that benefits students, the community and their futures.  A practical, step-by-step approach will be presented.



Our Price: $345.00
788
Providing Quality Services to Veterans' Family Members: The Hidden Students on Our Campuses
Thursday, March 11th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST

A major focus has been directed toward serving veterans on campus. While those services are essential, campuses are often failing to provide needed services for those significant others who are attending college and impacted by military service. This presentation will demonstrate how campuses can organize to provide quality services for military families and their significant others.  Participants will learn which specific services and activities are best suited to serve these individuals.



Our Price: $345.00
778
Controversies and Research in Developmental Education: Planning for the Future
Friday, March 12th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST

Developmental education is perhaps the most controversial area of post-secondary education. This program will review research related to developmental education controversies and make suggestions about future directions for research and practice.


Our Price: $345.00
760
Training Academic Advisors: Conceptual, Relational, & Informational Issues

Wednesday, March 17th ~ 1-3:00 EDT


In ACT's most recent national survey of training for all types of advisors, training was rated as one of the least effective components of campus advising programs. Training for staff advisors was found to be lacking in both conceptual understanding and relational skills.  And, Brown (2008) found that that most faculty advisors believed that they had inadequate training and preparation before beginning to advise.  
 
Effective academic advising is dependent on three critical components: comprehensive pre-service and on-going in-service advisor development; assessment of the advising program and individual advisors; and recognition and reward for exemplary performance. Training is the initial component in this process.  Without setting expectations and offering skills training, there are no benchmarks for assessment.  And, without assessment there are no quideposts for improving.  All advisor development program have common elements whether participants are faculty, staff advisors, or counselors.



Our Price: $345.00
786
Assessment of Student Learning: How to Improve Instruction and Satisfy Accreditation Demands

Friday, March 19th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT


In this workshop, faculty and assessment administrators will understand how to combine the two purposes to gain the information needed for accreditation as well as the information needed to improve student learning. Clearly defined outcomes, which are necessary to identify valid measures for either purpose, will be discussed.  The importance of designing and aligning the curriculum, teaching strategies, and assignments to foster these outcomes also will be discussed.


Our Price: $345.00
758
Maximizing the Impact of Advising on Student Success

Tuesday, March 23rd ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT


This session focuses on critical conceptual components and organizational imperatives for a successful advising program.  Concepts include advising mission, definition of advising, the relationship between advising and teaching, the relationship between advising and career/life planning, and the relationship between advising and student persistence. Organizational elements include the centrality of advising, campus collaboration and cooperation, active outreach to students, and the importance of training, assessment, and recognition.


Our Price: $345.00
771
Student Retention through an Academic Lens

Wednesday, March 24th, 1:00-2:30 EDT


To yield significant retention outcomes, any institution must strike at the heart of the educational experience—the academic enterprise. How students learn, the services that support their learning, the availability of learning opportunities, and the relevance of learning experiences are all central to academic integration and ultimately, student success. In this webinar, proven models for each will be shared. Furthermore, strategies for engaging the academic community with these models will be discussed.




Our Price: $345.00
782
Developmental Students: Using Hybrid Coursework to Improve Electronic Literacy
Thursday, April 1st, 1:00-2:30pm EDT
Developmental students – underprepared or misprepared – need strategies for navigating and using screen-based mediums as much as they need to learn how to handle traditional print.  Using blended learning in classes that meet both face-to-face and online, we can help nontraditional students enter the world of academic discourse, as well as engage them by utilizing current technologies.

 

Our Price: $345.00
787
Driving Student Success through a Culture of Evidence
Tuesday, April 6th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

This session will focus on how an institution can positively impact student success by implementing a ‘culture of evidence’ to drive strategy development, assessment, and resource allocation/re-allocation. The session will demonstrate how one community college has utilized a culture of evidence to transform how the institution addresses student success issues.



Our Price: $345.00
761
Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Academic Advising Programs

Wednesday, April 7th ~ 1-3:00 EDT


In times of shrinking resources and greater accountability in higher education, it is imperative that proponents of advising justify the claim that advising makes a difference in the lives of students.  This session will introduce the processes involved in the assessment of academic advising. It will include rationale for assessment and definition of assessment terminology. In addition, a five-state model for assessment will be discussed.
 


Our Price: $345.00
779
The Nature of Developmental Writing: Insights on Instructional Strategies for Student Success
Thursday, April 8th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

This session will offer fresh, specific, research-based, and research-proven perspectives on the teaching of developmental writing.  Its foundational content is a body of cognitive research that includes the presenter’s extensive twenty-year research program and captures the nature of developmental writing.  The presenter will summarize the research, offering clear descriptions of what developmental writers know and do when they compose text and how they differ from at-level writers.  This information points not only to what developmental writers need to achieve but also to how they can exceed all expectations for writing improvement and success, including the retention and application of skills studied, through appropriate learning activities.


Our Price: $345.00
797
Using Peer Review to Promote Learning, Collaboration and Student Success
Friday, April 9th~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

In this workshop, student affairs and assessment professionals will understand how to combine the two purposes to gain both the information needed for accreditation and information needed to improve student outcomes. Clearly defined outcomes, necessary to identify valid measures for either purpose, will be discussed.  The importance of designing and aligning programs, delivery methods, and measures to foster these outcomes also will be discussed.


Our Price: $345.00
799
A Practical Guide to Developing Powerful International Service-Learning Programs
Tuesday, April13th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

International service-learning, when it is done well, can connect the best of study abroad with the best of volunteerism to create a powerful experience for students and an activity that leaves something useful behind in the host-country.  This webinar will develop a rationale for international service-learning and present some possible models for implementation.  The presenter will also identify the common obstacles and ethical issues that are related to international service-learning, as well as how to address them.


Our Price: $345.00
762
It's All About Change: Negotiating the Culture for Improved Advising

Wednesday, April 14th  ~ 1-3:00 EDT
The presenter will deconstruct the complex process of change by sharing insights on the tasks to be accomplished, the structure in which those tasks are accomplished, the people who are involved in the process, and the strategies used to accomplish the tasks.  The presenter will also discuss the personal characteristics needed for individuals, regardless of their campus role, to play a leadership role in bringing about change.This session will focus on the process of change and the roles that individuals play in leading change in academic advising on campus.



Our Price: $345.00
780
Identifying and Reaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Creating Success in the College Classroom
Thursday, April 15th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

A national research study found that almost half of first-time students who leave their initial institutions by the end of the first year do not return to higher education. Identifying and engaging with these students is crucial to their persistence. Participants in this session will learn teaching strategies and techniques for engaging unprepared students, allowing them a better chance at success in the college classroom.



Our Price: $345.00
833
Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence

Thursday, April 15th:  3:30-5:00 PM EDT 




During this session, John Nicoletti will focus on two main phases in violence prevention:  the downward and inward phase which involves detection of early warning signs; and the upward and outward phase which involves interrupting and/or responding to a violent incident.  John Nicoletti is a Clinical/Police Psychologist who specializes in identifying, assessing and defusing attack related behaviors and violence in various workplaces and schools. 



Complimentary Registration:
783
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment with Universal Design for Learning
Wednesday, April 20th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

This session will explore UDL’s three principles and how they benefit a wide range of learners, including students of different ages, life experiences, cultural backgrounds, abilities and disabilities, and learning styles.  Participants will gain a deeper understanding of UDL, including what it is, who benefits from it, how it can be implemented, and how it can be institutionalized for lasting benefit.


Our Price: $345.00
792
A Collaborative Model for Student Success: Joining Instructional, Information Technology, and Student Services
Wednesday, April 21st ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

This presentation will highlight the collaborative model Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) used to develop and then execute a college-wide effort to improve the retention and success of at-risk students (defined as those placing into one or more developmental reading or English courses). This project, funded in large part through a Dept. of Education Title III Improving Institutions grant, resulted in significant increases in student success and retention for this student population.


Our Price: $345.00
791
Bullying in Academia: Proactive and Reactive Initiatives and Strategies

Thursday, April 22nd ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

Considerable attention has been paid in recent years to bullying in the workplace.  Academia is not exempt from this problem and in fact has characteristics that make it even more susceptible. Many college and university personnel such as human resource specialists, supervisors, ombudsman, and other administrators - deans, directors, and department chairs find responding to alleged or actual bullying behavior an extremely difficult challenge – especially when it involves colleagues who bully.  This webinar will help participants recognize bullying, identify options to respond to it, and develop strategies for promoting a non-bullying climate.


Our Price: $345.00
793
Including Faculty Training as an Integral Part of Your Student Success Plan
Tuesday,  April 27th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

This will highlight the collaborative efforts of faculty members, student services staff, and administrators in the development and  implementation of a faculty training series which serves as an integral part of a college-wide effort to improve the retention and success of at-risk students (defined as those placing into one or more developmental reading or English courses). This project, funded in large part through a Dept. of Education Title III Improving Institutions grant, resulted in significant increases in student success and retention for this student population.


Our Price: $345.00
806
Helping Underserved Students Gain Access to and Succeed in College

Wednesday, April 28th (1-2:30 EDT)


College For Every Student (CFES) will lead a discussion on how to tackle the greatest issue facing our country today: helping underserved youth get to our colleges and to be successful there. CFES is a national leader in facing this challenge, through three core practices of Peer Mentoring, Leadership through Service, and Pathways to College. Over the last four years, 95% of our high school seniors (more than 3,500) have gone on to college.


Our Price: $345.00
798
Developmental Education: Using Assessment and ROI Models to Improve your Program
Thursday, April 29th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

This webinar will introduce participants to how and why they need to assess their developmental education programs, including how to adjust for individual variables, such as self-selected students, only using “star” faculty and counselors, and various specific program components. It also demonstrates how to calculate the true cost of the program, which may be much lower than previously thought or even turn a profit! Finally, participants will learn their next steps in determining if, how and when to scale up programs, especially when no additional funds are available to support the program.


Our Price: $345.00
794
Leveraging Internet Technology to Facilitate Student Success
Tuesday, May 4th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

This session will highlight the collaborative efforts of faculty members, student services staff, computer programmers/web developers, and administrators in the development, implementation of an Online Student Profile system which serves as an integral part of a college-wide effort to improve the retention and success of at-risk students (defined as those placing into one or more developmental reading or English courses). This project, funded in large part through a Dept. of Education Title III Improving Institutions grant, resulted in significant increases in student success and retention for this student population.


Our Price: $345.00
807
Assessment of Service Learning Courses in Higher Education: Understanding the Rationale and Techniques

Wednesday, May 5th (1-2:30 EDT)


In this age of accountability, service learning course assessment can provide needed information on the importance of active and engaged learning. Specifically, assessment of service learning courses can show evidence of the multiple and layered learning outcomes that are embedded within this pedagogy.

This presentation will provide a general overview of assessment theory, followed by beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques.  Specific examples will be provided for a variety of disciplines. Preparation, resources and outcomes for various strategies will be offered.


Our Price: $345.00
401

Wednesday, May 5th (1-2:30 EDT)


In this age of accountability, service learning course assessment can provide needed information on the importance of active and engaged learning. Specifically, assessment of service learning courses can show evidence of the multiple and layered learning outcomes that are embedded within this pedagogy.

This presentation will provide a general overview of assessment theory, followed by beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques.  Specific examples will be provided for a variety of disciplines. Preparation, resources and outcomes for various strategies will be offered.


Institutional Access: $395.00
836
Retention in Online Education: Return on Investment in Four Steps
Friday, May 7th and Thursday, June 3rd ~ 3:00-4:30 EDT

Participants will measure the cost of lost tuition at their institution due to their online student drop rates. We will review key reasons an online student leaves school.  The information is based on an award winning dissertation on this topic, written by the speaker.  Lastly, you will create an individualized action plan to increase the ROI at your institution and have the opportunity to review and refine the plan in the second part of this 2-part workshop.



Our Price: $545.00
816
Developing A Career & College Center: Nuts, Bolts & Assembly
Tuesday, May 11th & Wednesday, May 19th ~ 12:30-2:30on EDT

The Career & College Center has become a viable mechanism in secondary schools, colleges and organizations for serving the information needs of students in their transition from school-to-college and school-to-work. This two-part webinar will examine all aspects associated with the planning, design, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of a Career & College Center. Participants will walk step-by-step through a series of planning, design and implementation steps that, if followed, can lead to the creation of a quality Career & College Center. They will also learn how to evaluate the effectiveness of the Center and move forward with maintenance and growth activities.


Our Price: $545.00
843
Beyond Transfer Orientation: Engagement Initiatives within a Transfer Year Experience
Tuesday, May 11th ~ 3:00-4:30pm EDT

This session will highlight the importance of a transfer year experience, the effects it can have on building campus community, and how audience members can create a unique and tailored program appropriate for their specific student population at their respective institution.
 


Our Price: $345.00
837
New Perspectives in Learning Center Management: Planning, Structuring and Integrating Your Center on Campus
Wednesday, May 12th ~ 1:00-2:30 EDT
This webinar is designed to assist post-secondary learning center managers and aspiring learning center managers with the stategic planning, organization and integration of  their learning centers on campus.  Participants will learn how to assess their centers, plan services, train staff and promote their center's programs and services.  Finally, participants will be guided through the process of evaluating their own skills and their center to determine the next steps that they need to take in order  to improve both.


Our Price: $345.00
804
How to Promote Your Service-Learning Programs to Key Audiences
Thursday, May 13th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

This webinar will help participants learn how to communicate consistently, effectively and to the right people.  It will take attendees through the critical steps of establishing strategies for use on campus, with the media, and with other important groups; developing messages; defining audiences, setting objectives, preparing budgets, structuring assessments and creating timelines.


Our Price: $345.00
808
The Cat Herder Does Marketing: How to Create An Aggressive Marketing Campaign for a Tutoring Program

Tuesday, May 18th ~ 1-3pm EDT


The presenter (the director of an award winning learning center) will guide participants in how a tutoring center can apply contemporary advertising techniques to the recruitment of busy, distracted, millennial freshmen by creating branding that works, replacing their newsletter with more up-to-date communication techniques, marketing to freshmen before they ever step foot on campus, how to win over faculty and staff, and more. 


Our Price: $345.00
838
Marketing to Hispanic Students: Speaking to the Heart as well as the Intellect

Tuesday, May 25th, 1:00-3:00pm EDT
Marketing to Hispanics is complex, but not complicated. In this webinar you will learn about the cultural and linguistic nuances that can make the difference between just marketing to Hispanics and effectively transcending your brand/institution into the Hispanic market.  Learn how to avoid the common marketing pitfalls and mistakes that can impede your success in attracting qualified students.




Our Price: $345.00
845
Beyond Retention: An Appreciative Approach to Optimizing Student Learning and Engagement
Thursday, May 27th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT

Although student retention rates are important, they do not adequately capture the essence and stories of the individual students these numbers represent. Students are retained one student at a time and it is crucial that administrators, staff, and faculty partner together to optimize student learning experiences. This webinar will introduce an exciting concept that has been proven to positively impact student retention, GPAs, and satisfaction in and out of the classroom.  Based on the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry and the positive psychology literature, Appreciative Advising provides a flexible framework for professionals seeking to optimize student success.  The webinar will first explore the six phases of Appreciative Advising – Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle.  We will also showcase successful adaptations of this appreciative approach in first-year and retention program.  Participants will then learn how each phase can be adapted to use in a wide variety of in-class and extracurricular venues, including residence life, career counseling, financial aid, University 101 courses, Greek affairs, admissions. Data will be presented that underscores how the Appreciative Advising can be used to impact student retention rates and much more.


Our Price: $345.00
841
Proven Enrollment Management Principles and Practices for Community Colleges
Thursday, June 3rd ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

As the enrollment management phenomenon permeates the higher education landscape and increasingly emerges as a strategic issue on community college campuses, it is important to have a common understanding of enrollment management concepts and models, the uniqueness of community colleges as it relates to enrollment management, and related strategies. Key concepts such as the relationship continuum, integration, the enrollment funnel, branding, marketing, student recruitment, student retention, and student services will be addressed. Participants will gain a broad understanding of enrollment management along with best practices in community colleges.


Our Price: $345.00
839
The Top Ten Strategies for Recruiting on the Cheap
Tuesday, June 8th - 1:00-3:00 EDT

As colleges and universities struggle with dwindling budgets and pressure to incorporate technology-driven solutions in recruitment efforts, administrators often seek solutions they can implement quickly and inexpensively.  Penny Bouman  and Craig Westman, who have a combined 40+ years in higher education, offer 10 strategies that institutions can implement quickly without impacting the budget.



Our Price: $345.00
770
Study Abroad: Best Practices that Can Help Your Programs Survive During Tough Economic Times
Thursday, June 10th- 1:00-2:30 EDT

Many colleges are struggling to save their study abroad programs by emphasizing short-term programs.  Others are looking at combination programs that merge on and off campus instruction.  Many are looking for various ways of collaboration as a tool for basic survival.  Join us to discover best practices in the field and learn pitfalls to avoid.  While the emphasis of the presentation will be on education abroad at community colleges, all institutions of higher ed will benefit from the information presented.



Our Price: $345.00
773
Undocumented Students: An Overview of Policies, Myths and Best Practices
Wednesday June 16th ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

Based on six years of research and practice with college-bound undocumented immigrant students, this webinar will offer participants insight into best practices for improving the college access and success of this growing population.  The presenter will share information to dispel the myths about college-going, immigration and educational rights for undocumented immigrants across the nation.  In doing so, she will provide up-to-date information about policies and practices to provide undocumented immigrant students with greater access to higher education.


Our Price: $345.00
842
Building Bridges to College Success with Latino First Generation College Students
Wednesday, June 23rd ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

This webinar will focus on the unique needs of Latino first generation college students in order to help educators better understand and serve this population. Participants will learn about research and recommendations for increasing college access, retention, and achievement for Latino first generation college students.


Our Price: $345.00
840
Community College Student Success: Programs, Interventions, and Outcomes
Thursday, June  24th - 1:00-3:00 EDT


This webinar will highlight statistics and trends regarding how community colleges have provided access to success.  The discussion will include how to identify the threats to success and analyze student outcomes.  Finally, ideas on how community colleges can use policies to better assist students as they pursue success will be presented.

Our Price: $345.00
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