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Title: Amala Education, Refugees/Displaced Persons, and Their CIS and NEAS&C Accredited Global Secondary Diploma

Description: A number of organizations are working to provide educational opportunities to refugees and other displaced persons. Amala Education has developed schools and programs leading to formal educational credentials as well as courses in leadership, peace-building, and other areas. They are an organization with CIS and NEASC accreditation, and their graduates are looking to go on to further education. The presenters will discuss their credentials, particularly the Global Secondary Diploma. Evaluating this diploma and its transcript may prove challenging to credential evaluators; the presenters will share examples and discuss with attendees ways to evaluate it.

Presenters: 

Polly Akhurst is the Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Amala, a social innovation organisation which aims to transform lives through education for refugees and displaced youth.  Amala created the first accredited global secondary education programme for out-of-school displaced youth and offers courses in Ethical Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, and Peace-building, serving over 4,000 students to date. Polly’s background is in international education, having previously worked for the UWC (United World College) group of schools and she is an alumna of UWC Atlantic.

 

 

Lizzie Bray is the Director of Education Programmes at Amala. After more than 25 years as a teacher and educational leader at United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) in Singapore, Lizzie returned to Canada where she lives on the windy coastline of Nova Scotia.  She was delighted to be able to support Amala’s journey to accreditation with CIS and NEASC before becoming a full time member of Amala’s global team working with inspiring educators in Kenya, Jordan, Greece, the UK and Singapore who share in Amala’s ambition to make high quality, lifeworthy secondary education available to refugee youth around the world.

 

 

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 10:30 to 11:30 AM US Eastern/4:30-5:30 PM CET

Registration: Free. Open to TAICEP members and non-members. Register via Zoom

Title: Exploring the World of AI: From the Basics, Through Ethical Horizons, to Credential Evaluation Use Cases

Description: TAICEP aims to advance knowledge about AI in credential evaluation. In alignment with TAICEP’s commitment to advance knowledge and standards of practice, we are proud to announce our initiative to address the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) in our field. This initiative reflects our dedication to supporting global mobility through fair, ethical, and high-quality credential evaluation practices. As AI continues to shape the landscape of global education and credential evaluation, TAICEP is committed to ensuring our members are prepared to navigate this transformative shift. As part of this initiative, TAICEP is developing: 1. A Policy Paper on Ethical Guidelines for AI in Credential Evaluation, addressing issues such as academic integrity challenges, accountability, data privacy, non-discrimination, sustainability, ethical labour practices, explainable AI and humanity-centered design. 2. Education and Training on AI for Members, by offering webinars to enhance members’ understanding of AI tools, providing use cases and enhancing ethical application.

Presenters: TBA

Date: TBA

Registration: Free. Open to TAICEP members and non-members. Register via Zoom

Spring Webinar Series

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If you would like to present or co-present a webinar or suggest a topic, please contact Professional Development Committee Chair Staci Berhard at sbernhar@fiu.edu.  

Webinar Archives

As a benefit of TAICEP membership, past webinars are available to TAICEP members on the TAICEP wiki.

Here is an example of the webinars in the wiki:

Title: Evaluating International Professional Degrees

Description: Take a break from the summer heat! Cool off with a virtual gathering to learn how professional degrees differ from academic degrees, and discover what your TAICEP colleagues are thinking about the challenges involved in evaluating professional degrees for the international recognition and admissions environments. This refreshing break features sample credentials in law and dentistry and the opportunity to give your input virtually on successful evaluation approaches. Everybody into the credential evaluation pool!
Presented by:   
 
Margaret Wenger, Senior Director of Evaluation, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. Meg has worked at ECE, a non-profit credential evaluation agency, since 1990. As Senior Director of Evaluation, Meg leads evaluation policy development, new evaluator training, and coordinates quality assurance efforts. She regularly presents at international conferences as well as contributing to publications in the field. She serves as chair of the Digital Student Data Task Force of TAICEP, as well as co-chairing the Groningen Declaration Network Task Force on Verification Policies and Best Practices.
 
Ann Koenig, International Associate Director, AACRAO.  Ann has been with AACRAO since 2002.  Her career path spans 30+ years, including foreign credential evaluation in professional evaluation services, campus-based work in international admissions, student records management, academic advising and transfer credit evaluation in Wisconsin, California and Germany.  Ann’s country education system research, along with her writing on best practice in international admissions, document review and fraud awareness, have been published by AACRAO and NAFSA.  She has been an active leader and trainer in professional development activities sponsored by AACRAO, NAFSA NAGAP, EAIE, TAICEP and other organizations in the U.S. and Europe. 
 
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