Opened Practices Users Named: Pace
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Curriculum Vitae
Deborah A. Pace
dpace@wnec.edu
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EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin – Stout 9/2010 – Present
M.Ed. Cambridge College, Boston, MA 1989
Education Administration and Finance
B.S. Southern New Hampshire University 1982
Counseling and Human Services
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Currently pursing a certificate in on-line instruction.
Curriculum Vitae
Deborah A. Pace
dpace@wnec.edu
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EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin – Stout 9/2010 – Present
E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate
Certificate Program
Ph.D. Northcentral University – Online 2007 – present (on hold)
E-Learning and On-line teaching
University of Oklahoma 1999 – present
Continuing Education Credits in Diversity
Training
M.Ed. Cambridge College, Boston, MA 1989
Education Administration and Finance
B.S. Southern New Hampshire University 1982
Counseling and Human Services
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Western New England College 2007 – Present
Springfield, MA.
School of Arts and Science - Lecturer
Communication – two courses, per semester
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of basic ideas and practices used in the field of communication. By combining theoretical approaches with applied activities, student will learn valuable skills that are desired in the contemporary job market. Students will be expected to participate in a variety of activities, discussions, readings, and assignments to successfully master the content area.
Class activities provide numerous opportunities for students to become active learners. Active learning requires students to do something, to think about what they are doing, and to understand why their decisions and actions result in certain outcomes. In addition to the communication assignments, the ultimate test of active learning includes numerous in online activities, discussion questions, and assessment instruments, survey(s), writing assignments, test and the evaluation of a paper and power point presentation from topics provided by the instructor. It examines the principles of communication by exploring the process of human communication, perception, active learning, critical thinking, integrated theories, methods, tools, the verbal and nonverbal codes, listening, conflict and negotiation, ethics and communication and relationships in process. In addition, communication contexts such as interpersonal, individual, organizational, intercultural, public, mass communication and the new technologies are discussed, and analyzed.
Bay Path College 2005 – 2010
Longmeadow, MA
Adjunct Professor
Inter-cultural Communication
Course Description:
This interdisciplinary required course is for adult learners; Professor is solely responsible for the content & class. This course draws upon and extends skills learned in previous courses in the CIT sequence to focus upon communicating effectively in a culturally diverse world. Students receive a solid grounding in Cultural Anthropology combined with Interpersonal Communication theory and practice to develop knowledge and skills essential for communicating effectively across cultural borders. Through lectures, small group discussions, research projects, videos links and on line websites, students learn first to identify other people’s cultural patterns and then to analyze strategies for adjusting their own communicative styles to resolve and to
avoid intercultural conflicts. Students demonstrate proficiency in intercultural theory and practice through writing assignments, including a formal cross-cultural research paper, online presentations, and a variety of class activities and assignments.
Prerequisites: ENG 114 and ENG 124
Springfield College (Wilmington, Delaware campus)
Springfield, MA
Adjunct Professor Summer – 2005
Career Development and Counseling - Undergraduate Students PSYC/643
Dates: Saturday, 5/21, 6/18, 7/16, 8/13
Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Course Description:
This course provides a framework for career development interventions across a variety of professional settings. Theory and research perspectives related to career development over the life span are offered as a basis for individual and group work in career planning, guidance, and employment counseling. Current issues such as college counseling, employment trends, assessment, multiculturalism, and the use of technology in career advisement are addressed. Credits: 3
Advocacy Techniques - Undergraduate Students
Class Dates: Fridays, 5/14, 6/25, 7/9, 8/13 – 2004
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn theory and experiences necessary to develop an understanding of two board types of advocacy 1). Individual Advocacy and 2). Systems Advocacy. Students will gain the necessary skills to introduce, understand and evaluate advocacy models the effect human service organizations. Such understanding and skill will be applied to a variety of group situations, such as educational, personal growth, social change, and/or organizational.
Credits: 3
Power & Accountability – Graduate Students
Class Dates: Saturday, 9/25, 10/16, 11/20, 12/18 - 2004
Time: 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Course Description:
This course examines power from a number of perspectives, including individuals that have been in key power positions and their accountability in relation to board members and stockholders i.e., The Michael Milkins and Ivan Boaskey's of the 80s have been replaced by the Ken Lays of the 90s. We will examine how they are so insulated from the rest of us and they don't even care to know we exist. To that end, they are willing to steal our money to keep their corporations afloat.
This course is also designed for students to review and discuss agencies, and communities, as well as the power relationships found between individuals within organizations. It includes how to develop power as a resource, how to use power to develop other resources, the accumulation of power through coalition building, and the accountability of power. Other areas to be examined include the power dynamics within organizations, the ethics of power. It will also examine the impact of power and accountability focusing on human services. Credits: 3
Policies and Alternatives - Undergraduate Students
Class Dates: Saturday, 5/15, 7/10, 7/17, 8/14 - 2004
Class Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn theory and experiences necessary to develop an understanding of policy and alternatives in relation to government policies that effect human service organizations. Students will gain the necessary skills to introduce, understand and evaluate individual policy issues and alternatives by exploring the possible choices, the effects and the implications of each alternative, and the factors that influence each choice. Such understanding and skill will be applied to a variety of group situations, such as educational, personal growth, social change, and/or organizational. The course is intended to give the student instruction on organizational dynamics, personal leadership, commitment to change, and individual change strategies to equip students with the knowledge and skills to change their own agency workplaces. Credits: 3
CV of Deborah A. Pace
Foundations in Leadership – Undergraduates
Foundation 1: Leadership: A Life-Long Journey
Class Dates: Friday, 1/30, 2/27, 3/26, 4/23 Spring 2004
Class Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Course Description:
The purpose of the leadership course is to give students the opportunity to explore the subject of leadership and its role in individual and organizational change. It will also provide students with the opportunity to consider the contemporary workplace and the leadership skills that are imperative to move people in new directions. The ethical and spiritual nature of leadership will be woven throughout the course and students will be challenged to consider these concepts in conjunction with other leadership attributes as credibility, authenticity, self-discovery, and power.
Credits: 3
University of Massachusetts 1994 - 1999
Amherst, MA
Instructor - Career Planning
Course Description:
Taught the theory and research perspectives related to career development over the life span are offered as a basis for individual and group work in career planning, guidance, and employment counseling.
Springfield Technical Community College 1985 - 1989
Springfield, MA
Instructor – Gender Equity Training, Diversity and Sexual Harassment
HONORS/AWARDS/TELEVISION SHOWS
Leaders Institute Recipient 2001, Diversity Group/UME, WGBY Water Cooler Program
