Educational Leadership - Navigating the process in the early stages of your career

Visiting Speaker: Dr. Gregory duManoir, Instructor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
When: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 (2 p.m. - 3 p.m.). Reception to follow.
Where: South Academic Building (SAB) 321

Educational Leadership - Navigating the process in the early stages of your career
A necessary consequence of academic employment is the need to teach. Undergraduate students, graduate students, colleagues, and community members are all part of the teaching process. However, teaching focused positions including non-tenured instructors, tenure track instructors, educational leadership stream, as well as research faculty are required to show leadership in education. What is educational leadership? How is it measured? Quantified? How do I find time to do it? Dr. duManoir will share his experience deciphering the evolving definition and metrics associated with education leadership as he's navigated his early career and tenure process as tenure track instructor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. Specifically the incorporation of educational leadership into current activities through the successful UBC Okanagan ASPIRE Learning & Teaching Fund grant for incorporation of 3D imaging and rapid prototyping in undergraduate education.

Dr. Gregory duManoir
Dr. Gregory duManoir is a tenure track instructor within the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Dr. duManoir holds a BSc (Kinesiology) & MSc from the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. duManoir has held a number of teaching-related positions including Sessional Instructor at the UofA (PER) and College Professor in the Human Kinetics Diploma Program at Okanagan College. Dr. duManoir's training is in cardiovascular physiology, but has taught across all areas within Health and Exercise Sciences including the development of second year curriculum at Okanagan College.

Dr. duManoir teaches across all years of the Bachelor's of Human Kinetics degree applying innovated approaches within his classroom including: lecture capture and mobile phone based response systems. Recently his innovation in teaching was recognized by UBC Okanagan as a recipient of the inaugural ASPIRE Teaching and Learning Fund Award for incorporation of the use of 3D imaging and rapid prototyping in undergraduate education.

In addition, Dr. duManoir serves as the applied sport science consultant for UBC Okanagan Heat Athletics directing athlete health, player load monitoring and physiology testing for multiple varsity teams.

Sponsored by:
The Physical Activity and Diabetes Laboratory
Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Visiting Speaker Grants