Professional Development Activities

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

In order to fulfill my professional responsibilities and to improve my knowledge in my field of studies, I attended the professional development activities, workshops, meetings, online forums and presentations.

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Here is a selected list:

  • Attended Webinars (Spring 2018- Present)

    • Attended. (June 4, 2016). Teacher Appreciation. Liberty Science Center, NJ.

  • Attended. (March 21, 2016). Science curriculum. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. Certificate.

  • Attended. (December 24-26, 2015). Yurt Dışındaki Türk Bilim İnsanları 3. Kurultayı. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Presidential Invitee (with prime minister Davutoglu and his wife)

  • Attended. (Dec 1-4, 2015). Middle States Conference and Pre-workshop "Assessment and General Education: Empowering Stakeholders to Enhance the Management of Student Learning" by Dr. McKitrick. Washington, DC.

  • · Attended: (May 23-26, 2014). Professional Development Week. Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended: (April 17 and 24, 2014). Microsoft Education Provider Program on www.piltrainer.com

  • · Attended. (2014, April 8). R Statistical Package workshop. ORSP, Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2014, March 27). Analytic Techniques SPSS workshop. ORSP, Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2014, January 29). Special invitation for Asian Studies Faculty. Chinese Art Connoisseur’s Day, Newark Museum, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2014, January 23). New Book Celebration “Death in Perspective” by Erika Hayasaski on Professor Norma Bowe's “Death in Perspective” course.

  • · Attended. (2014, January 13-17). Kean University.

  • · Yildiz, M. N. (2014, January 13-17). Assessment and Pedagogical Innovation and Technology Institute. Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2014, November 5). Organizational Meeting for Qualitative Researchers - by Dr. Pat Sherman, Social Work –Following Dr. Braithwaite's workshop Qualitative Research Design & Methods workshop. ORSP.

  • · Attended. (2014, October 29). NEH workshop, ORSP. Kean University.

  • · Attended. (2014, October 24). Dr. Christopher Bellitto, History and Dr. Constance Hassett-Walker, Criminal Justice. ORSP.

  • Attended and Presented. (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference.

  • Attended and presented. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference 2010, 20112012, 2013, 2014

  • Attended and presented. Northeastern Educational Research Conference (NERA) 2010, 2013

  • Attended and presented. Global Education Conference 2010, 11, 12, 13- Virtual- http://www.globaleducationconference.com/.

  • · Attended (May 2013), The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Database Training Seminar. Database Training Seminar Grant. Selected one of the twenty researchers to get trained on National Report Card.

  • · Attended and presented. (May 2013) Creative Mind Conference. Kean University.

  • · Attended. (2013, December 12). Writing Project. Hour of Code Extravaganza! Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2013, December 12). Qualtrics Advance Survey Creation workshop. ORSP. Kean University.

  • · Attended. (2013, November 19). Doctopus training. Professional Development. Kean University.

  • · Attended. (2013, November 14). Who are the Albanians? Besa, the Muslim religious belief of honor. Human Rights Institute. Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended. (2013, October 9) Mobile Learning Explorations webinar. Global Efforts to Understand the Potential of Mobile Learning: UNESCO Shares Its Insight.

  • · Attended. (2013, September 17). KEANLIFT: How to Conduct a Crowdfunding Campaign. ORSP. Kean University

  • · Attended. (2013, June 4). NJFEA Middle School Conference. Kean University, NJ.

  • · Attended (2013, June 3). The Governer's Women Conference. Trenton, NJ.

  • Attended post graduate studies in Statistics, currently attending Statistics and Sustainability courses online at coursera.org

  • Attended (August 2012). Connected Educator Month Presentations. http://connectededucatorsmonth2012.sched.org/

  • Attended “EdCamp Common Core.” (August 9, 2012). Kean University.

  • Attended “General Education Workshop on Rubric and Assessment.” (August 8, 2012).

  • Attended, chaired a session (April 13, 2012). NJWGSC “Through a Gender-based Lens: Celebrating Student Scholarship conference in Rider University, NJ.

  • Attended. (January 31, 2012). Perspectives on Muslim Engagement in the 21st Century: Why Should the US Care? Kean University.

  • Attended (March 2012). Google Conference, Kean University.

  • Attended (2012-Present) various webinars on teaching, technology, research provided by EdWeb.

  • Attended (September 10, 2012). Webinar. Global Education. Kean University.

  • Attended post graduate studies in Statistics, Health, History, currently attending Statistics and Sustainability courses online (part of A massive open online course (MOOC) at coursera.org (2012-Present).

  • Attended (June 21, 2012). Learning Disabilities And Support For College Students. Kean University.

  • Attended (March 22, 2012). Supporting ELL Achievement of the Common Core State Standards. Kean University.

  • Attended (March 21, 2012). Conversations about Effective Practice. Learning Forward Annual Conference.

  • Attended Webinar by Edweek.org (Sep 15, 2011): The Power of Mobile Broadband to Enhance Teaching and Learning. www.edweek.org/go/webinar/mobile

  • Attended "How to Encourage Our Students to Think Critically: Close Reading in the Classroom" workshop. (June 1, 2011)

  • Attended, “Academic Plagiarism and Non-native English Speakers” workshop. (June 6, 2011).

  • Attended, “Classroom Assessment: Empowering Instructors and Students” workshop. (June 9, 2011).

  • Attended, “Teaching Undergraduate (and Graduate) Courses: Creating Active Learning Classrooms” workshop. (June 13, 2011).

  • · Attended New Jersey Women and Gender Studies Consortium (NJWGSC) retreat. Raritan Valley Community College, NJ. (June 3, 2011).

  • · Attended (April 26, 2011). Research Day Lecture- Dr. Jules Irving Schwartz.

  • · Attended (April 14, 2011). Film Viewing of Waiting for Superman. STEM Building.

  • · Attended (April 7-8). Where in the World? Department of History Symposium. Liberty Hall Campus.

  • Attended (April 7, 2011). Faculty Seminar- Public Intellectuals in the 21st Century.

  • Attended (Spring 2011). Writers Group led by Dr. Bellitto.

  • · Attended (December 8, 2011). Managing Your Academic Career. Kean University.

  • Attended Common Core Standards Webinar http://www.corestandards.org/ (June 2010)

  • Attended OppNet and the basic behavioral and social sciences research initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Dec 9, 2010).

  • Attended US UK Education Symposium- Lesson Learned from Across the Pond (Dec 7, 2010).

  • Attended focus group discussion Teacher Work Sample EDUC 4900 course (Dec, 3 2010). Organized by Teacher Performance Center.

  • · Attended Professional Development Network presentation (Nov 12, 2010).

  • · Attended, presented and moderated Global Education Conference (Nov 15-19, 2010).

  • · Attended virtual training session (Nov 10, 2010). Global Education Pre-conference training.

  • · Attended Business and Business Education for the Common Good by Anders Aspling, Secretary General of Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative www.grli.org & www.emfd.org (Nov 8, 2010).

  • · Attended new faculty orientation and each of the bi-weekly professional development sessions for members on the following topics:

  • o Colleague/Datatel Student System Training

  • o Academic Integrity Policy/Process

  • o Office of Student Conduct Policy/Process

  • o Service

  • o Academic Advising

  • · Attended NSF workshop at Princeton University. (I am planning to write an International Collaboration grant as soon as our program approves). (Nov 3, 2010)

  • · Attended Stitches in Time Fashion Show, October 2010.

  • · Attended sessions by both ORSP and Center for Professional Development

  • o Qualtrics training

  • o Google Forms/ Surveys (my students in Research and Technology using google forms to conduct their research and collect data)

  • o IRB orientation (working on my IRB for RTR project)

  • o Grant writing workshop (I was the convener of the session)

  • · Attended and presented at Research Day 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Kean University.

  • · Attended Classroom 2.0 technologies weekly virtual presentations.

  • · Attended College of Education Video conferencing at CAS organized by College of Education.

  • · Attended and volunteered. (March 2010). Creative Mind Conference. Kean University.

  • · Attended (Nov 9, 2010). Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program Webinar.

  • · 8th Northeast Media Literacy Conference 2010, University of Connecticut.

  • · Attended and presented. (2010). Oguzname Conference, Academy of Sciences, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

  • · Attended. Ed-Media International Conference 2010

  • · Attended. Global Learn: Asia Pacific 2010: Virtual

  • · Attended. International Society for Technology in Education 2010, 2011 Conferences.