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Schedule

This workshop includes both on-site and virtual sessions. Links to the virtual sessions will be provided to registered participants. To receive CEUs for the pre-workshop virtual sessions, participants must complete and submit Knowledge Check Exercises following each session.

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Pre-Workshop Asynchronous Virtual Sessions

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​General Characteristics of Higher Education: Mission, Administrative Structure, Faculty Roles & Handbook, Workload, and Promotion and Tenure  (1 hour)

Michael A. Pagliarulo, Deanna Lamb, Elise Ruckert
 

  • As an orientation to higher education, this session will address:

    • institutional and program missions (do they align with yours?)

    • features of  higher education administration (who's in charge here?)
    • faculty roles, workload, and process for promotion and tenure as described in the institution's Faculty Handbook (what's expected of me?)

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Technology in Physical Therapy Education  (1.5 hours)

Elise Ruckert
 

  • This will include a description and application of  technology across in person and hybrid/blended instructional delivery models in physical therapy education. Participants will analyze instructional technology tools for cognitive, psychomotor, and affective physical therapy learning goals.

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Accreditation  (1.5 hours)

Michael A. Pagliarulo and Deanna Lamb

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  • The purpose, types, and process of accreditation as pertains to physical therapy education programs will be addressed.  CAPTE Standards and Required Elements as applied to PT and PTA education programs will be included.

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On-Site Schedule


Day 1

 

  • 7:30-8:00 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

  • 8:00-9:15 am: The Journey Begins: Welcome to the Academy! Michael A. Pagliarulo, Deanna Lamb, Elise Ruckert

    • Welcome, Introductions, Challenges and Rewards; review of post-session questions from General Characteristics of Higher Education and Accreditation.

  • 9:15-9:30 am: Break

  • 9:30-12:30 pm (Includes Break): What’s My Color? What’s Your Color?  Janet Bezner

    • The management of human relationships and the appreciation of relating one temperament to another are crucial to success in higher education.  The Color Profile session provides a model for relationships at all levels, as participants will identify their color or personality type and explore the way in which their color spectrum influences their communications and behaviors.

  • 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch on your own

  • 1:30-5:30 pm  (Includes Breaks): Systematic Effective Instruction - Part I. Elise Ruckert and Jennifer Halvaksz

    • Participants will apply a systematic approach to instructional design that considers the characteristics, learning styles, and needs of the learner. Participants will develop objectives, motivational hooks, content boosters, and active learning strategies to engage learners and reinforce content. Participants will apply these concepts to their own teaching situations.

  • 5:30-5:45 pm:  Take Home Messages. All

  • 6:00 pm: Dinner on your own

 

Day 2

  • 8:00 am-12:00 pm (Includes Breaks): Systematic Effective Instruction - Part II. Elise Ruckert and Jennifer Halvaksz

    • This continuation of Systematic Effective Instruction addresses formative and summative strategies of assessment. Participants will link assessment to objectives and develop effective rubrics and multiple-choice questions. Participants will have multiple opportunities to integrate theory and application to the assessment process.

  • 12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch on your own

  • 1:00-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions:

    • PTs: Developing and Maintaining a Scholarly Agenda. Chris Sebelski

      • An important aspect of the "academic balancing act" for new faculty — understanding the role of scholarship in an academic career. Reviews strategies and tools for efficiently planning and intentionally engaging in scholarly work, work with students, and meeting disciplinary/institutional expectations.

    • PTAs: Case Studies of Issues Unique to PTA Education. Deanna Lamb​

      • This will be a discussion and Q&A session on issues unique to PTA education.

  • 3:00-3:15 pm: Break

  • 3:15-5:15 pm: Federal Laws that Impact Higher Education. Ellen Wruble

    • Federal laws that involve students and faculty will be reviewed to ensure compliance.

  • 5:15-5:30 pm: Take Home Messages. All

  • 6:30-8:30 pm: Fun with New Friends

    • Dinner and networking at Topgolf.

 

Day 3

  • 7:45-8:45 am: Q&A for Session on Technology in Physical Therapy Education. Ruckert

  • 8:45-9:00 am: Break

  • 9:00-10:45 am: How to Thrive in the Academic World: Stress and Conflict Management and Student Professional Behavior. Pagliarulo

    • This session will focus on applications of stress and conflict management techniques in academe, and means to improve student professional behavior.

  • 10:45-11:00 am: Break

  • 11:00 am-12:15 pm: Career Planning: Trends and Resources in Physical Therapy Education, and Faculty Development Plan. Lamb and Pagliarulo

    • This final content session will consider future trends and resources in physical therapy education and then apply workshop content to personal career growth through a faculty development plan.

  • 12:15-12:30 pm: Final Take Home Messages and Distribution of CEU Certificates. All

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Post-Workshop Virtual Session

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Application of Workshop Content (1 hour)
Pagliarulo, Lamb, Ruckert, past workshop participants
Synchronous, date TBD, recorded for those unable to attend

  • Current and past participants will share experiences in applying workshop content.

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