Mark Dorsey

Experience

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  University of Guelph

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Teaching Assistant

  Evaluated assignments, communicated regularly with professors and students, invigilated exams, coordinated with course instructor, and conducted writing skills seminars for the following courses:•20th Century Global History•Science and Society from 1500

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  York University

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Teaching Assistant

  Prepared weekly seminars for two sections of students each semester. Duties included preparing lesson plans on historical topics, leading group discussions, facilitating group work, invigilating exams, evaluating assignments, and conducting seminars on essay composition and editing for the following year-long courses:• War, Revolution, & Society• Survey of United States History• Canadian History

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  Georgian College

  May 2014 - now

  • Provide leadership to the academic portfolio in the planning and development of program pathways and credit for prior learning (CPL) initiatives• Coach, advise and support academic areas in the proactive and consistent approach to planning and developing credit transfer pathways, precedents and assessment approaches, block transfer pathways, diploma-degree pathways, multi-credential stacking, prior learning assessment recognition (PLAR), transfer articulation agreements• Lead and coordinate internal discussions relating to planning and developing program pathways and credit for prior learning initiatives, including the process for assessing opportunities that are desirable, feasible and viable, as well as supporting academic areas to complete curriculum mapping• Collaborate with internal partners including academic areas, International Centre, Registrar’s Office (RO), Office of Academic Quality (OAQ) and Credit for Prior Learning Office• Collaborate across the college to continuously improve processes for timely, effective and responsive implementation of transfer agreements and credit for prior learning projects• Provide expertise in guiding and supporting the development of college policies and initiatives involving credit for prior learning and credit transfer articulations• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop consistent approaches to academic pathways and credit for prior learning development, documenting best practices in procedures, toolkits and resource materials• Develop, publish and maintain a repository of instructions, toolkits and resource materials to support academic areas in planning and developing academic pathways and assessing credit for prior learning• Develop relationships with ONCAT and other governing/influence bodies to participate in advancing student mobility strategies system-wide and leveraging best practices Show less Position involves coordinating the Liberal Arts General Education courses and facilitating the planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes that adhere to the requirements for General Education courses as determined by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development.Specific duties include, but are not limited to:• Providing leadership for curriculum, student advising, marketing, and promotions• Coordinating the delivery of the courses, communicating regularly with program faculty, staff, college services, and Dean• Assisting with student orientation, academic advising, and course selection process• Participating in consultative committees, curriculum design and revisions• Liaising with a variety of college staff (Program Coordinators, Office of Academic Quality, Office of the Registrar, etc.). Show less Courses Taught:Communication Essentials, Virtual Communication, Media Communication, Dynamic Presentations, 20th Century World History, Social Impact of Technology, Sports and Society, Conflict Resolution• Employ the college-mandated learning outcomes to develop and deliver engaging content and meaningful assessment. Apply an assortment of active learning teaching methods, formative and summative assessments, and timely and consistent feedback to engage a variety of learners;• Design learner-centered online courses in accordance with the OntarioLearn requirements for usability and academic excellence. Online courses are built using student-friendly pacing, interactive multimedia elements, a sense of community, and appeals to different learning styles; •Utilize numerous online and classroom technologies to support student learning such as learning management systems (BlackBoard), Articulate Storyline, YouTube, PowerPoint, student response systems, etc; • Significant contributions to department and college-wide initiatives including:  Department representative during the Program Quality Assurance Process Audit; Administering the Communications Placement Assessment pilot testing process to correctly place students in courses appropriate to their language levels; Contributions to the Communications Handbook which outlines the processes for curriculum review, as well as criteria for the development of new courses and course materials of the Communications Department;  Revisions to the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) criteria for exemptions for four Communications courses; Creation of a student handout, faculty resource document, and Powerpoint for the Dual Credit Skills Modules Tool Kit; Involvement in the 2013-2015 Strategic Plan focusing on the college’s strategic priorities; Member of the Georgian College 2016 CALL Conference Committee. Show less • Consulting, guiding, and project-managing Subject Matter Expert (SME) throughout the course design process;• Selecting and applying instructional design models and learning theories appropriate to each course development project;• Choosing the appropriate instructional strategies and media that support teaching and learning outcomes for blended and online courses;• Ensuing the quality of course design by adhering to the OntarioLearn rubric for quality of higher education online courses;• Integrating course materials into the Learning Management System (Blackboard);• Supported the development of six Ministry-funded high-tech enabled courses utilizing advanced e-learning assets such as Articulate Storyline and Camtasia. Show less

  • Academic Lead, Pathways Planning and Development

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Coordinator - General Education

    Aug 2018 - now

  • Professor

    Aug 2012 - now

  • Faculty Mentor, Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Excellence

    May 2014 - Aug 2016
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  Seneca College

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Adjunct Faculty

  • Employ the college-mandated learning outcomes to develop and deliver the content, assessment, and evaluation for College English (EAC 150). College English is an introductory college reading and writing course that satisfies the mandatory English skills requirement;• Utilize a variety of assignments and classroom activities to teach students the rhetorical and analytical skills necessary to demonstrate essential employability skills;• Evaluate student progress on a consistent basis and tailor lessons accordingly. Show less

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  College Association of Language and Literacy

  May 2018 - May 2021

  President

  www.callontario.org• Responsibilities: Enforce the CALL by-laws; preside at all membership and executive meetings and decide points of order and procedure; ensure that all board members perform their assigned duties; communicate regularly with Board and membership as a whole; liaise with other organizations; be the spokesperson representing the organization to the members and public.

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  OPSEU Local 350

  Nov 2019 - Nov 2021

  President

  -Oversees healthy functioning of the LEC and the local-Keeps the union visible and credible with employer(s) and in theworkplace(s)-Represents the local to the rest of OPSEU, the labour movement and thecommunity-Shares leadership roles with other LEC members-Encourages and mentors new and diverse leadership in all parts of thelocal-Works with the treasurer to maintain financial health of the local 1-Maintains and encourages communication between stewards, units, regional office and executive board members Show less