This 4-day training will offer an overview of the following TBR High Impact Practices: Undergraduate Research, Service Learning, Technology Enhanced Learning, Global Cultural Awareness, Honors Education, Learning Communities, and Work Based Learning. Attendees will learn about the minimum definitions required for a course to be coded as a HIP, as well as the 8 Quality Dimensions of HIPs done well. Participants will begin the process of revising a course to be offered as a HIP Fall 2025.  This training applies to all course delivery modes including traditional face-to-face, online, hybrid, virtual, and dual enrollment.  

Training will be held on Monday-Thursday, July 7-10 from 9am-3pm, daily via CCEN 243 and Teams. Virtual participants will receive a link via WS email to the session prior to the event. You will need a computer with an internet connection to attend virtually. If you attend in-person, please bring a device. Please only register for one day of the event. Registration is linked. Registering for one day will register you for the entire event. 

All staff are welcome to attend this professional development but cannot be compensated for the event. Only faculty who have taught Fall 2024, Spring 2025, or are currently teaching may receive pay for this training.  Faculty members who have completed this training before must receive permission to be compensated for it from the Executive Director of IDEAS: Candace Justice (candace.justice@ws.edu). Faculty members who attend and complete an assessment of the training will receive extra compensation of $300 (pre-tax) paid according to payroll's established deadlines. If you have questions about the training, please contact Angie Elkins (angie.elkins@ws.edu) or Jessica Mills (jessica.mills@ws.edu). If this professional development opportunity is full, you may register for the waitlist. You will be contacted closer to the training date if space is available.