It is extremely important as educators to keep educating ourselves. I have earned a top certification for Information Security professionals, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional. I earned the CISSP in November, 2011. Because of this, it is mandatory to earn 120 hours of training in a three year cycle to keep up the credential.

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The envelope to the left connects to my Credly Acclaim site which shows badges for all of the certifications that I currently hold.

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Another industry-standard certification I earned in May, 2017, is the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician.

 

These and  copies of the Ivy Tech online teaching certification, IC3 certification, and other training certificates that I have received can be found in the buttons to the left.   

I have attended training specific to improving teaching.  These are through the professional development seminars offered by Ivy Tech held at the beginning of each semester.  I have attended: Leadership in the Classroom, Virtual Library and Noodle Tools, CLC Podium Technology, Voice in PPTs (PowerPoint presentations), Live Webcast, Academic Regurgitation versus Academic Digestion, How to Manage Job Related Stress, Blackboard I and II, 9.0 and Learning Styles – Thinking Styles.

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I was a lucky participant in the Master-Teacher seminar and the supervisor education courses and have graduated the Leadership Institute, which focuses on skills for those who want to move into higher administrative positions like Dean.

 

I have attended sessions on Classroom management and student feedback and the two hour short session on Quality presented by the Disney Institute. I have taken the Quality Matters Rubric and Peer Review training so I can be a better online course developer.

As a program chair, I also have to know how to work with the financial and student systems of Ivy Tech.  I attended the finance training, adjunct faculty assignment and pay process, Higher Markets, and Banner training in order to keep up with the new technologies.

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