The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) has announced that it will host aseries of nine virtual “lunch-and-learns” throughout the 2024-25 school year. Offered during the noon hour on weekdays via the SOCHE Zoom platform, these events are open to everyone interested in education-focused professional development.
Designed to showcase the institutional knowledge that is present across SOCHE’s 22 member campuses, this webinar series offers broad professional development opportunities for anyone involved in education. Topics covered include ways to increase student engagement; artificial intelligence (AI); effective communication; cultural competence and belonging; inclusive classrooms; providing career guidance to students, and more. This is the fifth consecutive year that SOCHE has hosted a series of virtual lunch-and-learns for its members.
Dr. Cassie Barlow, president of SOCHE, remarked, “The SOCHE lunch-and-learn series offers valuable training on pertinent and timely topics, all designed to enhance the expertise of our member faculty, staff, and administrators. We are delighted by the sustained interest in our program, both from presenters and attendees. This year, the number of presentation proposals submitted surpassed that of any previous year.”
