Theme – Pushing the Envelope
November 20 & 21, 2015 Professional Development Day
Room Terrace 4, Radisson Edmonton South – 4440 Gateway Blvd
780-437-6010
Objectives:
– Professional Development
– To network with the FOAJ Family
– Education and Administrative Update
Please remember the FOAJ “No Scents” policy.
Contact: Sherilyn 780-977-8874
Agenda
| Date | Time | Item | Presenter | |
| Nov 20 | noon | Lunch available in Atrium | ||
| 1:00 pm | Welcome, introductions and housekeeping | Bev Decore | ||
| Greetings from the President | Barb Evans | |||
| 1:30 pm | New concepts and Elearning Update
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Deborah Howes | ||
| 2:30 pm | Coffee break | |||
| 2:45 pm | Story Telling & Marketing | Lana Tordoff, Boys & Girls Clubs – Big Brothers Big Sisters | ||
| 3:15 pm | Marketing
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Sherilyn Danis | ||
| 4:00 pm | Journals – Creative Expression
A mental break: How to incorporate into the classroom. |
The Collective Scribble | ||
| 5:00 pm | No Host Bar Available | Upper Terrace 4 | ||
| 5:30 pm | Photographs | Bonnie-Jean McAllister | ||
| 6:00 pm | Supper in Upper Terrace 4 | |||
| 7:00 pm | Comic Relief – Think on Your Feet
“Improv comprises crucial skills for effective teaching and workshop facilitation. Whether it is thinking on your feet in the classroom, switching tracks in the middle of a lesson to respond to a new subject that has been raised, maintaining poise in difficult situations or presentation skills to better engage your trainees, this workshop will introduce some ideas to help you better embrace the unknown. Be prepared to stand up and go through a number of dynamic exercises to improve your most essential instruction skills.” |
Bob Mann | ||
| Nov 21 | 7:30 am | Breakfast Available Connections Cafe |
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| 8:30 am Sharp |
Coffee News | Jacqueline Vizza | ||
| 8:35 am | Administrative Matters | Bev Decore | ||
| 9:10 am | Round Table Sessions | Bev Decore | ||
| 1. Ethical behavior is part of tribunal work. How do instructors trigger this? | Julie Durette | |||
| 2. How can Boomers engage with Millennials? | Dolores Herman | |||
| 3. Cultural Competencies for tribunals | Colin Baile | |||
| 4. Self-represented litigants and the obligations of tribunals | Carol Zukiwski | |||
| 10:35 am | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:45 am | Family Tree | Staff | ||
| 11:00 am | Curriculum Development | Deborah Howes | ||
| Noon | Lunch available in Atrium | |||