Dr. Jessica Kendorski
PCOM recently honored two faculty members for their innovative approach to education with the 2017 Innovative Teacher Award: Jessica Kendorski, PhD, associate professor, psychology, and Lori Redmond, PhD, associate professor, anatomy.
As director of the MS Program in School Psychology, Dr. Kendorski championed the development of PCOM’s first accredited online certificate program for Applied Behavioral Analysis, which launched in 2016. She envisioned, promoted and supported the program, working with many constituents in offices and departments across the College. The program has grown such that an additional offsite cohort was needed to accommodate more students. That began in winter 2017. Since its launch, the online certificate program has become a model for online education at PCOM.
Dr. Kendorski also established a unique business model for the ABA certification program, partnering with organizations that support individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, to train their employees in order to provide professional development and improve services to their clients.
“This was a complete collective team effort involving a group of amazing and talented professionals across the entire PCOM organization,” said Dr. Kendorski. “I am very proud of the program we have created, and its potential to educate outstanding behavior analysts who help support and provide services to children and families.”
Read more here about GA-PCOM's honor of Dr. Redmond.
Award winners were selected on three criteria: (1) the degree to which the innovation varied from standard teaching methods, (2) the level of active engagement for the learners, and (3) sustainability of the teaching method.
The winners were chosen by a diverse committee on each campus, led by Erik Langenau, DO, chief academic technology officer and associate professor, family medicine. The nominating committee also wished to recognize the innovations of several other faculty members:
“We congratulate this year’s Innovative Teacher of the Year recipients, and we look forward to seeing what great innovations emerge during the 2017-2018 academic year,” said Dr. Langenau. “We urge them—and our entire faculty—to keep innovating and sharing ideas.”
For the past 125 years, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a “whole person” approach to care—treating people, not just symptoms. PCOM, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (PCOM, PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. PCOM students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, PCOM provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
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