Transformation Education LLC (TELLC) is excited to share the following invitation with our TELLC Newsletter subscribers and blog readers.

You are invited to join Dr. Kathleen P. King, professor of education at Fordham University and CEO of TELLC,  for her newest webinar series. This exclusive series focuses on the need for faculty to reflect on their current positions and ramp up their skills and strategies for success in the tenure process (now and in the future). The Faculty Mentoring Webinar Series on June 18, 2009 from 11am-12pm EST will be a very small group to afford specific discussion about your needs, and will share vital, models, strategies and resources from this award-winning expert in the adult and higher education fields.

Participation in the 1 hour "Faculty Ramp Up Time: Keys to Faculty Success" session is open to all college and university faculty members, and professionals seeking careers in academia. Seats are limited to only a handful of participants, therefore interested individuals are encouraged to register immediately by emailing kpking@transformationed.com.

Webinar participants will engage in this intimate discussion with Dr. King about

• The keys to  faculty success
• Time management strategies for life on the tenure race track
  • Templates to be used for academic time management
• A new paradigm for viewing professional relationships in the academy
• Free resources for continuing professional learning
• Inspiration and Strategy: Suggested readings for inspirational and strategic perspectives of the professoriate
• Two of the specific needs you face in your academic/professional career at this time:
  • perhaps within: research, publication, teaching, service, or other areas.

Registration and Cost

The cost of this exclusive session with the noted academic, researcher, author,  and mentor is the summer rate of $99 per person. All registrations are guaranteed. This essential and timely session WILL NOT be canceled.

Technology Connection
Participants have the choice of 2 modes of attending the online session.
1. Phone in to the designated conference call number and join in the presentation and discussion.
2. Access the presentation simultaneously online and use the phone to participate in the audio portion of the session.

About Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) King

“Theory is wonderful but if it remains by itself, it becomes stale. It gathers its lifeblood in research and practice.” - Kathleen P. King

Kathleen P. King, Ed.D. is President and CEO of Transformation Education, LLC. She is also a Professor of Education at Fordham University and former director of the university’s RETC Center for Professional Development. Dr. King has extensive experience designing multi-partner projects, innovative programs, distance learning, staff development and educational technology integration plans across grades and content levels k-12, adult education, training, higher education, and corporate organizations and settings.

Dr. King is recognized for her unique expertise in combining her knowledge of adult education with technology, online learning, digital media and publications for faculty and staff development, and educational innovations. Dr. King makes numerous invited keynotes and refereed presentations each year at local, national, and international conferences on the topics of distance education, new media in education, adult learning and training, faculty development, transformative learning, and instructional technology.

Dr. King has authored seventeen books (as of 2009) recently including,

• A Model for Planning for Effective Faculty Development: Using Adult Learning Principles (with P. A. Lawler, 2000),
• New Perspectives on Designing and Implementing Professional Development of Teachers of Adults (with Lawler, 2003).
• Empowering Women through Literacy (with Miller, 2009),
• Handbook of Evolving Research of Transformative Leaning (2009),
• Building Workforce Competencies in Career and Technical Education (2009) (with Wang)
• Fundamentals of Human Performance & Training (2009) (with Wang)
• Innovations in Career and Technical Education (2008) (with Wang),
• Podcasting for Teaching (2007; 2nd ed. 2009) (with Gura),
• Comparative Adult Education around the Globe (2007) (with Wang),
• Bringing Transformative Learning to Life (2005);
• Keeping Pace with Technology: Educational Technology that Transforms, Vol 2 (2003),
• A Model for Planning for Effective Faculty Development: Using Adult Learning Principles (with P. A. Lawler, 2000),
• New Perspectives on Designing and Implementing Professional Development of Teachers of Adults (with Lawler, 2003).

In addition, King is founding editor of the adult education journal, Perspectives; The New York Journal of Adult Learning. Kathy received her Ed.D. from Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She also has a M.Ed. in Adult Education from Widener, a M.A. from Columbia International, Columbia, SC and a B.A. from Brown University, Providence, RI.



Additional Sessions may be held as time permits in the summer.
However, Dr. King has a heavy speaking schedule and cannot release firm dates far in advance. Future topics will span a variety of key areas for faculty in higher and k-12 education. Participants in the first session (June 18) will secure their $99 per hr price for the duration of summer 2009 (June 18-Sept 1, 2009). Be sure to sign up for the Transformation Education LLC newsletter to be assured of receiving these future  announcements are delivered to your email in-box.