Overview of the Educational Activities Department Douglas Gorham Managing Director
EPP. IEEE Expert Now. Overview of the Educational Activities Department Douglas Gorham Managing Director. Certification. TISP. February 2008 Louisville, KY. Accreditation. Educational Activities Department. Overview A total of 20 positions make up EAD
Overview of the Educational Activities Department Douglas Gorham Managing Director
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EPP IEEE Expert Now Overview of the Educational Activities DepartmentDouglas Gorham Managing Director Certification TISP February 2008 Louisville, KY Accreditation
Educational Activities Department • Overview • A total of 20 positions make up EAD • 3 new positions were approved for 2008 • 5 unexpected vacancies occurred at the conclusion of 2007 • We are currently in the process of filling 3 open positions • Many people in EAD serve cross functions
Overview of the Department/OUResponsibilities (Mission & Goals) • Pre-university education • Tryengineering.org • Teacher in Service Program (TISP) • “So you want you to be an engineer” • Outreach to teachers and school counselors • University education • Accreditation in the United States • Global accreditation • Accreditation.org • Development of Model Curricula • Student retention: Real World Engineering Projects
Overview of the Department/OUResponsibilities (Mission & Goals) • Post-university education • Continuing education • IEEE Education partners, IEEE Expert Now, Education about Standards • Certification • Biometrics • Women In Engineering • EAB Support • Department Management
Department Management • Douglas Gorham, Managing Director • Sharon Strock, Projects Administrator • Chris Salicco, Business Manager and staff lead for EPP • Mirelle White, Promotion Manager (joined EA on 4 February)
Educational Activities Board Support • Rae Toscano, Sr. Manager EAB Administration • Karen Kleinschmidt, Sr. Administrator EAB and Awards support
Pre-University Education • Carole Levy, Director, Educational Outreach (joined IEEE on 2 January 2008) • Yvonne Pelham, Education Outreach Program Manager, provides support for many of our portals • Jennifer Callow, Projects Administrator (joined IEEE on 11 February 2008)
Women in Engineering Committee • Keyana Tennant, Program Administrator • WIEC reports directly to the IEEE BoD • Operational implementation of WIEC activities are carried out in Educational Activities • WIE became part of Educational Activities in April 2007
University Education • Director, University Programs • New position • Currently interviewing candidates • Carolyn Solimine, Sr. Administrator, Accreditation Activities (US accreditation • Sadiq Mitchell, Education Program Manager, University Programs (will join IEEE on 25 February 2008)
Continuing Education • Marsha Eileen Fitzgerald, Certification Director– new position (Eileen joined IEEE on 11 February 2008) • Director, Continuing Education and eLearning- will be filled in 2008 • Product Manager, Continuing Education and eLearning– currently recruiting for this position • Jennifer McClain, Standards Education Program Manager, new position (Jennifer will join EA on 19 February). She will also contribute to content acquisitions for Expert Now
Continuing Education Cont’d • Jill Bagley, New Product Development Manager (Expert Now production) • Tara Gallus, New Product Development Manager (Expert Now acquisitions) • Celeste Torres, Administrative Assistant, lead staff member for CEUs