Volume 1, Issue 2 - Spring 2009 - Saskatchewan Institute of Applied ...

ILDC News Instructional
FCP graduates are presented certificates from SIAST and the U of R. Front row, left to right: Dr. James McNinch, dean, University
of Regina, Faculty of Education, Sharon McDonald, Jodi Thompson, Ryan Galbraith and Dr. R.G. (Bob) McCulloch, SIAST president
and CEO. Second row, left to right: Joan Traves, Janet Galbraith, Jennifer Shrubsole and Travis Hilton. Third row, left to right:
Jason Johnston, Cal Horudko and Dom Flegel.
SIAST FACULTY GRADUATE FROM
Faculty Certificate
Program
➡➡ IN THE SUMMER OF 2008, 10
SIAST instructors completed the Faculty
Certificate Program (FCP). Six of the 10
accelerated through the FCP, completing
the program in two years, instead of
three. A graduation luncheon was held
on August 15 at the Hotel Saskatchewan
with representation from the University
of Regina, SIDRU and SIAST.
The Advanced Summer Institute ran
from July 28 to August 15 with two
weeks at SIAST Wascana and one week
at SIAST Kelsey. In the institute, participants
expressed positive views about
their experiences in the program. All participants
noted the value in networking
and forming relationships with colleagues
across the SIAST campuses.
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& Leadership
Development
Centre
Volume 1, Issue 2
Spring 2009
Inside
New academic
director appointed
for ILDC 2
Great Teachers
Seminar 3
PLAR and transfer
credit for FCP helps
many students 3
Staff Directory 4

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➡ SIAST FACULTY GRAD… CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Their personal and professional growth
as educators and leaders was displayed
in the Advanced Summer Institute.
The graduates are SIAST FCP ambassadors.
As mentors and role models,
these individuals will enrich the instructional
and academic leadership of SIAST
by advancing the values, norms and
practices of a quality teaching and learning
culture.
The certificate program includes two
summer institutes, four additional courses
and a personal development portfolio.
Participants earn credit toward the bachelor
of Adult Education and Training degree
at the University of Regina.
Congratulations grads!
--
➡➡ FCP graduate, Cal Horudko has this to say about the program: “I
entered the FCP program after my ninth year as an instructor with SIAST.
Although I found the FCP to be challenging at times, I also found it to be
very rewarding. The FCP has increased my awareness of the needs of my
students and has encouraged me to be conscious of my own teaching
philosophies. The FCP has also connected me to other instructors
throughout SIAST with whom I have become friends. I have been able to
share ideas, experiences, as well as the similarities and difference of our
chosen disciplines with these different instructors, and this awareness has
made me more open to other styles of teaching. SIAST’s commitment to
increase the quality of its instructors is mirrored within the FCP, and I feel
blessed to have participated in this endeavour.”
- Cal Horudko is an instructor at SIAST Kelsey Campus for the Automotive Service Technician program
➡➡ Janet Galbraith, another recent graduate, shares these words about
her experience: “The Faculty Certificate Program allowed me to expand my
toolbox of instructional strategies and to reflect on my current practices.
The knowledge I gained transformed my perspective on adult education
and learning, it was a very valuable experience.”
- Janet Galbraith is a Basic Education instructor at SIAST Wascana Campus
New academic director
appointed for ILDC
➡➡ ON MARCH 17, Barb Bremner, associate
vice president of Educational
Services, announced that Rod Goertzen
has accepted the position of Instructional
and Leadership Development Centre
(ILDC) academic director effective May
4, 2009.
Rod is currently a program head for
Basic Education at SIAST Kelsey Campus
and has held that position since 1995.
Rod joined SIAST in 1984 as an instructor
and has contributed significantly in
areas of teaching and learning, research,
program development, train the trainer
and leadership. Rod has been instrumental
in the provincial Basic Education
redesign project, is well renowned for his
Are you aware of the variety of services available to you as a SIAST instructor?
The Instructional and Leadership Development Centre was created to support
continuing education and leadership development within the organization.
ILDC staff provide continuing education through regularly scheduled workshops,
customized training and one-on-one discussions with faculty. ILDC staff is also
there to assist you in your professional development goals. Stop by for a visit!
commitment to literacy and is a strong
community supporter.
Rod holds bachelor of science and
bachelor of education degrees, a certificate
in business administration, a postgraduate
diploma in education and a
master’s of education. Rod brings a
wealth of knowledge to the ILDC
through his certification in cognitive
coaching and essential skills profiling as
well as his facilitation of excellence leadership
training. In addition, Rod’s master’s
program focused on adult learning
and professional development.
Please join us in welcoming Rod to the
ILDC. He will be located at SIAST Administrative
Offices (SAO) Saskatoon.
In her announcement, Barb thanked
Deb Mervold for her role as acting director.
Deb will continue in this role
through May 2009.

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Great Teachers Seminar
➡➡ THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES of the
Great Teachers Seminars have remained
basically unchanged since the original
Illinois Great Teachers Seminar (GTS) in
1969, founded by David B. Gotshall.
1. To celebrate good teaching.
2. To cause educators to venture beyond
the limits of their own specializations and
environments in search of transferable
ideas and the universals of teaching.
3. To promote an attitude of introspection
and self-appraisal by providing
a relaxed setting and straightforward
process whereby participants can seriously
review and contemplate their attitude,
methods and behavior as teachers.
4. To practice rational analysis of instructional
problems and to develop realistic,
creative approaches to their solution.
5. To stimulate the exchange of information
and ideas by building an expanding
network of communication
among teachers in higher education.
The GTS is based on four premises.
1. In the long run, teachers learn to
teach best from one another. Properly facilitated
shop talk can be the highest
form of staff development.
2. Creativity in teaching is enhanced
by mixing teachers of diverse fields, experience
levels and interests.
3. If properly tapped, the collective
wisdom, experience and creativity of any
group of practicing educators far surpasses
that of any individual expert of
any stature or fame.
4. The key to success in teaching is
simplification (less is more).
The focus of the seminar is not on the
teaching of specific fields, but rather on
the art of teaching as such. The emphasis
is on the nature of a great teacher. It
is a quest for The Great Teacher and as in
the case of any quest, the questers learn
much about themselves.
GTS is held the beginning of May at the
Elkhorn Resort Spa and Conference Centre
adjacent to Riding Mountain National
Park located one hour north of Brandon,
Manitoba. It is a three-day, intensive seminar
that provides an opportunity to learn
about and reflect on the challenges faced
by educators in post-secondary institutions.
The format, which is purposely unstructured,
evolves from an ongoing assessment
of participants’ needs.
PLAR and transfer credit for Faculty
Certificate Program helps many students
TOTALS: Transfer credits
Total awarded: 25
Total pending: 3
Grand total:
(as of 30 March 2009)
28
TOTALS by department: Transfer credits
Awarded or pending
NEPS*: 12
Basic Education: 4
Assoc. Studies: 4
Library Services: 1
Career Enhancement: 3
Plumbing: 1
Virtual Campus: 2
Practical Nursing: 1
Grand total: 28
* Note: NEPS includes NEPS & NEPS SDEO
TOTALS: PLAR
Total awarded: 17
Total pending: 3
Grand total:
(as of 30 March 2009)
TOTALS by department: PLAR
Awarded or pending
20
Corrections: 1
ILDC facilitator: 4
Basic Education: 3
LINC: 1
Career Enhancement: 1
Medical Diagnostics: 1
CST: 1
Nursing: 3
Chem. Dependency: 1
NEPS*: 4
Grand Total: 20
➡➡ The following people will
be attending the GTS in Riding
Mountain National Park, May 4 to 8,
2009; Duane Friesen, Shirley
Disain, Cheryl Brunoro, Scott
Kucharyshen and Roger Stalwick
from SIAST Kelsey; Ida Sadowski
and Tamra Allen from SIAST
Wascana; Jennifer Ryan, Holly Rivet
and Barb Gustafson from SIAST
Woodland; and Sherrie Pohl and
Moe Fortier from SIAST Palliser.
Source:
Gottshall, D. (1999). The spirit and intent
of the national great teachers movement,
Retrieved from http://
www.ngtm.net/pdf/DGSpiritIntent.pdf
Submitted by Faye Desjardins, an instructor
with Associated Studies at
SIAST Woodland Campus. Faye attended
the GTS as a participant in 2004 and has
returned each year as a facilitator, along
with Barb Robinson, program head from
SIAST Woodland Campus.
Contest: Can you find
the ILDC facilitator?
➡➡ THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE to find and
identify the ILDC facilitator at the International
Society for the Scholarship of
Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) 2008
Poster Session in Edmonton will win a
valuable and coveted ILDC pen. Send
your guess to Sharon at sharon.eckmire@siast.sk.ca.

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A view of Learning Commons at SIAST Woodland Campus
More than 250 visit the Learning
Commons for the 2008 open house
➡➡ MORE THAN 250 faculty and staff visited ILDC Learning Commons on all
four campuses during the 2008 open house in December. The SIAST Palliser
Learning Commons took the top prize for the best decorated small office.
Staff directory
➡➡ THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND LEAD-
ERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (ILDC)
delivers programs for faculty at the
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science
and Technology (SIAST). Learning
Commons, located at each SIAST campus,
provide space to promote collegiality and
faculty mentorship. For more information
about ILDC programs contact:
• Rod Goertzen, academic director after
May 4, (306) 659-3864, SIAST Administrative
Offices
• Garry Ayotte, faculty advisor, (306)
659-4110, SIAST Kelsey Campus
• Sharon Eckmire, administrative assistant,
(306) 659-3865, SIAST Administrative
Offices
• Deborah Mervold, campus facilitator
(306) 765-1540, SIAST Woodland
Campus
• Ron Smallwood, campus facilitator,
(306) 691-8432, SIAST Palliser Campus
• Pat Tymchatyn, campus facilitator,
(306) 659-4364, SIAST Kelsey Campus
• Karen Wightman, campus facilitator,
(306) 775-7680, SIAST Wascana Campus
Alison Pickrell and
registrars conduct an
academic regulations
workshop
➡➡ ALISON PICKRELL associate vice
president, Student Affairs, and registrars
from all the campuses gave a three-session
series of workshops on academic
regulations on all the campuses.
Did you know?
➡➡ TWO ONLINE CLASSES for Faculty
Certificate Program (FCP) were offered
in intersession (April–May)
• Each Learning Commons offers a series
of noon hour sessions open to all faculty.
• In 2008–09, there were seven New Instructor
Orientation (NIO) sessions
for new staff.
• In 2008–09, more than 80 faculty attended
NIO sessions.
• In 2008–09 more than 110 faculty
registered in the four online courses.
• At the December open houses more
than 250 faculty and staff dropped in
to the Learning Commons at the four
campus locations.
• Approximately 30 people have received
PLAR or transfer credit for online
courses in FCP.
• Each of the four Learning Commons
has a sympodium.
• Each of the Learning Commons has a
set of 15 clickers that can be borrowed
to try out in your classroom.
• ILDC facilitators will provide customized
training for program areas.
FCP Recognizes Prior Learning:
SIAST faculty enrolled in the Faculty
Certificate Program have a number of
options when it comes to completing
the program. In addition to taking the
courses on-line through our WebCT/Blackboard
delivery, faculty can
take advantage of recognition of prior
learning for previous related course
work and/or educational experiences.
Each of the four online FCP courses
can be assessed for prior learning, either
through PLAR or transfer credit.
Any planned courses can be chosen to
match the FCP offerings. In all of
these cases, faculty should contact
Garry Ayotte at 659-4110 or their local
ILDC facilitator. They will be
happy to discuss these options.
The next New Instructor Orientation
workshops will be held in August at
SIAST Wascana and SIAST Kelsey
campus locations. Program heads
with a new faculty member should
contact the Instructional and Leadership
Development Centre office to discuss
eligibility. For more information
on the August sessions, please contact
Sharon Eckmire, ILDC administrative
assistant at (306) 659-3865.