Faculty Development Workshops

As more programs developed, there grew an increasing demand for more instructors, not only in Textile/Surface Design but in the entire school of Art and Design as well as Business and Technology with the ability to teach CAD and other business applications. I welcomed the opportunity to share my enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject with my peers. In conjunction with Desiree Koslin of The Center for Excellence in Teaching, I developed and conducted Faculty Development workshops offered to the FIT community in U4ia, Tex Design, Fashion Studio, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Power Point to help satisfy this need.

 

Continuing Education Seminars

The industry itself also had a tremendous need to learn these types of CAD programs. Designers who have been out working, needed to be “re-tooled”. Together with Joan Volpe and my good friend Ray Kinlock,

we assembled a lab of 10 workstations, complete with Industry-specific software and launched specialized seminar programs in CAD for the Office of Professional Training at FIT in 1999. I have taught various sessions of SX224-"CAD Basics" and SX234-"Portfolio Upgrade with CAD"

 

Most recently, I assisted in developing a Certificate program in Product Development Essentials. One of the five week sessions in which I taught is entitled SXP100- "Design and Product Development Technology Made Easy"

 

Click the link below for more information on this program of study.