Building an Instructor Support System… MAB / 7-25-13 2013 Southern Regional Conference 1 MAB - 7/25/13 OLLI at Duke 1 Building an Instructor Support System…Piece by Piece Mike Bahnaman ([email protected]) OLLI at Duke University July 2013 MAB - 7/25/13 OLLI at Duke 2 OLLI Instructors In many ways, building an Instructor Support system is like assembling a puzzle…
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Building an Instructor Support System…
MAB / 7-25-13
2013 Southern Regional Conference
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Building an Instructor Support System…Piece by Piece
• To share the what and how of OLLI at Duke’s effort to assemble our instructor support puzzle…a 5-year journey to enhance our relationship with instructors and to help them “be all that they can be”
• To stimulate a dialog regarding how your OLLI supports your instructors
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Building an Instructor Support System…
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A Bit of a Disclaimer…
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• No single step we have done is particularly unique – your OLLI may have done something similar and perhaps even better
• However, the combination of steps have helped to move us forward…
…perhaps you will get an idea or two that you can use.
Topics
• Background – OLLI at Duke
• The genesis
• Deciding to start…and a false start
• Instructor Needs Survey & Focus Groups
• Starting to implement – first steps
• Moving forward…adding more pieces
• Measuring progress
• What’s next for us?
• What we’ve learned
• Your questions and ideas MAB - 7/25/13 OLLI at Duke 8
Background – OLLI at Duke
• History
– Founded 1977 as DILR (Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement) – 35th anniversary in 2012
– Joined OLLI network in 2004 – changed our name to OLLI at Duke in 2006
• 1,600 members – growing at ~ 5% per year
• Over 240 active instructors
• 300 + Courses per year in a full range of topics – fly fishing to finite mathematics
instructors of existing resources available to them (e.g., PowerPoint training).
4) Instructor Advocacy – act as an advocate for our instructor community with other
OLLI Committees and the Board of Advisors to ensure that instructor voices are heard
and needs are met.
Examples: Evaluate instructor satisfaction with existing resources and recommend
changes to the relevant OLLI committee (e.g., technical training changes recommended
to the Technology Committee).
5) New Instructor Integration – ensuring that our new and potential instructors know
what is expected and are aware of the resources available to them.
Examples: Develop a workshop for potential instructors as a way of answering common
questions and identifying emerging talent.
Chair: Mike Bahnaman will initially chair this committee.
Members: Additional members will be invited to participate as determined by the chair in
consultation with the OLLI Director. To ensure coordination between the Instructor
Relations Committee and the Curriculum Committee, at least one member will serve on
both and act as liaison.
Reporting: This is a standing committee that reports to the Board of Advisors.
*The role of the Curriculum Committee is…
… To provide and develop a broad array of interesting, stimulating and attractive courses.
… To recruit potential teachers, assist them in developing courses and scheduling classes.
… To support music education including performance groups and enrichment experiences while seeking to expand OLLI’s musical outreach to the community.
THANKS OLLI INSTRUCTORS!Our sincere thanks to all Spring Term Instructors!
Jane Andrews
Ron Barker
Dilip Barman
Anne Baugh
Henry Blinder
Jeannette Brossart
Betsy Bullen
Peter Burke
Vivien Burns
Joseph Caddell
Catherine Chandler
Bob Chernow
Margaret Clemen
Thomas Colley
Daryl Coston
Baz Cunningham
Kathy Davis
Karen Dold
Jay Dunbar
Gary Duncan
Ed Eastman
Sandra Eisdorfer
Dick Ellgen
Richard Ellman
Ann Evangelisto
Cynthia Ferebee
George Gopen
Thomas Hauck
Pat Hill
Christina Hinkle
Richard Hoffert
Sylvia Hoffert
Ken Hoover
Dick Isabel
Julie Kelly
George Lankevich
Jerry Lazarus
Nerys Levy
Leland Little
Anne Logan
Doug Longman
Bob Lynch
Tom Magnuson
James Marksbury
Patricia Mason
Louise Masurat
Sara McCreary
Marc Menetrez
Melissa Mills
Kathleen Morrison
Char Murphy
Wendell Musser
Joanne Napoli
Jodee Nimerichter
George Oberlander
Lois Oliver
Riverdave Owen
Fred Porter
Richard Prust
Carolyn Pumphrey
Patti Rieser
Julia Rose
Vicki Ryder
Harriet Sander
Margie Satinsky
John Sehon
Pete Selleck
JB Shelton-Spurr
Thomas Stumpf
David Suwala
Elias Torre
Barbara Tyroler
Laurina Uribe
Sonia Usatch-Kuhn
Rick Waechter
Anthony Waraksa
Ruth Warren
Susan Wartell
Rita Weimer
Ellen Weinstein
Jim Wise
Carolyn Wood
Billy Yeargin
Jeff Zentner
Jinxiu Zhao
New OLLI Instructors / Spring 2013
A Special Thanks to Our New Instructors!
Ron Barker is teaching “The Soul Puzzle.” Ron is an inventor with 8 patents and has founded four tech companies. He was on the team that built the first US commercial laser, invented the first electronic publishing system and the first computer film-editing system.
Laurina Uribe is teaching “Your Hero’s Journey” with veteran OLLI instructor Joanne Napoli. Laurina’s 30 year career as a social worker and sociologist includes 15 years experience with the hero’s journey frameworks through her research, instruction, social group work and facilitation of psycho-educational groups.
Margie Satinsky is teaching “A Taste of Russian Opera.” Margie has been an opera devotee since 1976. She has attended more than 100 operas at the Metropolitan Opera and in Europe and has also traveled to Russia. As the owner of Satinsky Consulting, LLC, and a yoga teacher in Durham, she is an experienced teacher and presenter.
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis are teaching “American Dance Festival.” Jodee is the director of ADF. She has worked as an arts administrator for the past 20 years. Gaspard is the director of ADF’s Creative Movement Program.
Elias Torre is teaching “Insights into Architecture.” Elias is a licensed architect with a Master of Architecture from the College of Design at NC State and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Duke. She has practiced architecture in North Carolina for over 20 years.
Ellen Weinstein is teaching “Places to Live.” Ellen has degrees in architecture and landscape architecture and 25 years of experience collaborating on projects recognized with local, regional and national design awards. She frequently teaches at North Carolina State College of Design.
Carolyn Wood is teaching “Art & Society in 17th
Century Europe.” Carolyn has a PhD in art history with a specialty in Renaissance and Baroque art. She has taught art history and museum studies at Bowdoin College, the University of Georgia, and UNC-Chapel Hill. She worked at the Ackland Art Museum for many years.
Ruth Warren, Sara McCreary and Jeannette Brossart are teaching “Creative Reuse Mosaics” at the Durham Scrap Exchange. Ruth has been creating with reclaimed materials for over 40 years, including quilting and fabric mosaics. Sara worked as a creative reuse teacher and artist for more than 10 years, using a variety of mediums. Jeannette’s mosaic work focuses on nature themes and showcases the viability and beauty of reuse materials in a unique way.
Vivien Wushuan Burns is teaching “Introduction to Chinese Brush Painting.” Vivien is deeply passionate about Chinese brush painting and has studied with masters in China and Taiwan. She stills the mind, grinds ink on stone, draws wolf-hair brush across rice paper, creating prolific imagery.
Bob Chernow is teaching “Geocaching 101.” Bob is a retired techie from IBM. He has worked in many areas of computer technology and also loves the outdoors. He has been geocaching since 2006 and has located over 4000 so far.
Daryl Coston is teaching “The Future of Medicare & the Affordable Care Act” with OLLI veteran instructor, Gary Duncan. Daryl is a licensed insurance agent representing Medicare and other insurance plans for retirees. He is also a certified health coach and operates Customized Wellness Solutions.
Richard Hoffert is teaching “Inside the World of Symphony Orchestras.” Richard is a retired arts administrator. He was the CEO and president of the North Carolina and Indianapolis Symphonies as well as vice president of development and marketing for the St. Louis Symphony.
Sylvia Hoffert is teaching “American Women Behaving Badly.” A retired professor, Sylvia taught American women’s history at Texas A&M and UNC. She has published five books on women and gender, including biographies of Jane Grey Swisshelf, a 19th century newspaper editor, and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, a women’s rights advocate and philanthropist.
Bob Lynch is teaching “The World Today” along with a team of veteran OLLI instructors. Bob has taught and counseled students from the 7th grade to university level during a 44 year career in education. With two master’s degrees, he spent the bulk of his career as a high school counselor.
Patricia “Summer” Mason is teaching “West African Drumming for Beginners.” Patricia has been trained to teach djembe technique and West African traditional rhythms through the Tam Tam Mandique School in Winston-Salem. She has 17 years experience playing and performing and currently teaches drumming at Durham Tech.
OLLI at Duke Instructor News
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OLLI AT DUKE APRIL 2013 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4
Prospective Instructor Workshop – a workshop for prospective instructors will be
held on April 11 from 1:30 - 3:00 at the Bishop's House. This is a great opportunity
for prospective instructors to learn about teaching at OLLI and to get their
questions answered. If you know someone who is thinking about teaching at OLLI,
please tell them about this session, even if they are not an OLLI member. Contact
The OLLI at Duke Instructor News is published periodically throughout the school year by the OLLI at Duke Instructor Relations Committee. Contact Mike Bahnaman ([email protected]) if you have questions or comments about this publication.
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OLLI Instructor Website (www.olliatdukeinstructors.pbworks.com) – our instructor
website contains information on topics of interest to OLLI instructors. New content
is posted regularly. This website is open to all OLLI instructors and does not require
a password.
OLLI Member Website – we encourage you to visit the OLLI member website
(www.olliatduke.org, password: OLL!4-Me, note “!” not “I”) and consider sharing
some of your student’s creations with the rest of OLLI. We're looking for photos,
videos or pictures of class-created art work, poetry, or anything that would make
your course “come alive” to prospective students. For further information contact