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The Implications of a More Competitive Field in Online Education
During this presentation we will discuss the implications of a more competitive field in online education, resumes that stand out, key words to use to communicate experience to hiring committees, and how to highlight effective strategies for student centered practices. We will share our experiences on several hiring committees over the pandemic and the difficulties in trying to tease out exactly what online experience applicants had based on their curriculum vitae (CV). By sharing these experiences, we hope to provide some helpful tips on how to describe your work experience and share resources to help bolster your online teaching and development skills accurately and effectively.
Here are a few questions what we’ll address:
- How do you make your online teaching experience stand out in a job market flooded with educators that have online experience?
- What specific skills, trainings, and expertise should you highlight in your CV?
- How do you communicate to the hiring committee that you are the right person for the job?
- If you are an administrator, how do you promote effective online teaching and development experience to your faculty and instructors?
We encourage participants to come with questions and ideas about the future of the higher education landscape.
Mandy Weirich
MSW ONLINE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM COORDINATOR, AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
Mandy Weirich is a graduate of the MSW program at West Virginia University and she received her B. A. in Criminology at St. Leo University, Norfolk Campus. Ms. Weirich’s entire college career was spent as a non-traditional student, attending evening and online classes, while working and raising a family. Ms. Weirich has over a decade of experience in the rural aging field, including Adult Protective Services, Statewide Trainer for Adult Services and Adult Protective Services, and Program Manager for Healthy Home--an innovative supportive housing and health model for low-income Seniors.
Ms. Weirich has been the recipient of several awards in her field including: the inaugural WV NASW Karen J. Glazier Award for Social Work in Gerontology, David K. Brown Scholar, Hartford Fellow through the Mountain State Partnership at WVU, Adult Protective Services Worker of the Year. She has co-authored several publications on topics of social isolation and rural service networks, contributed to the NAPSA Adult Protective Services Abuse Registry National Report, and was interviewed about formal and informal caregiver roles for an issue of NASW Social Work Advocates. Her primary interests are in the field of gerontology, policy, health care, and the use of technology in education and social work.
Lindsey Rinehart
FIELD EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
Ms. Lindsey Rinehart is a graduate of the MSW program at New York University. She completed her BSW at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV. Lindsey has over a decade of experience working for community organizations to meet the needs of underserved populations, primarily focusing on mental health, substance abuse and homelessness. She has experience in nonprofit management, Assertive Community Treatment, and housing first modalities. Lindsey has focused on community engagement across disciplines through active partnerships with community stakeholders.
Rhonda Hayes
ONLINE INSTRUCTOR, MSW PROGRAM
Rhonda Hayes received her M.S.W. from West Virginia University’s School of Social Work, at the Wheeling extended campus and currently holds an Independent Clinical Social Work License. She earned her bachelor’s degree with University of Maryland University College online while living overseas. She taught early childhood and elementary education and carried her passion for families and children into social work.In social work Rhonda worked in the field of domestic violence as the Director of the YWCA Family Violence Prevention Program, served on the WV Board of Directors for Family Protection Services, held a WV Domestic Violence Advocate Certification, and served on the West Virginia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team. She then moved to WV DHHR as a Child Protective Service Worker and later to community corrections where she earned an Advanced Drug and Alcohol Certification while counseling with the Lee Day Report Center. Rhonda later, developed and implemented a recovery/reentry program for women through the YWCA. Rhonda is a certified trainer for Love and Logic parenting, as well as, High Conflict Parenting Education. After working with abuse, addiction, mental illness, and violence, she desires to bring understanding of the complex dynamics of these social issues and quality intervention that will break the cycles of abuse and oppression.