Lasallians are invited to attend our Regional webinar series as continuing formation. Led by Lasallian educators from across the Region, these webinars provide opportunities to discuss current trends in Lasallian Catholic education. The webinars will offer resources to bring back to the classroom, office and educational community. Consider registering for these learning opportunities below!
AT A GLANCE
Educating the Algorithmic Generation, Jan. 20, 2025
The Importance of “Grace” in Vocational Healing, Feb. 18, 2025
Educating the Algorithmic Generation
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Michael Ratajczyk, Ph.D., program director – M.S. & B.S. business intelligence and data analytics and associate professor, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved from a niche technological concept to a force reshaping nearly every sector of society. From education and health care to business, art and ethics, AI now plays a visible and often transformative role in how we learn, work and make decisions. This webinar explores AI’s growing influence across society, emphasizing how today’s students are both witnesses and active participants in this technological shift. AI represents one of the most profound technological shifts of our time, simultaneously inspiring innovation, disrupting norms and challenging our understanding of human creativity and knowledge. This webinar explores the good, the bad and the ugly of generative AI (GenAI) through the lens of education and society.
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The Importance of “Grace” in Vocational Healing
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Dr. Nelson Tung, chief of clinical operations, Martin De Porres Schools, Elmont, NY
This will be a Lasallian-inspired/trauma-informed webinar, designed to help all educators reconnect with their sense of vocation and explore sustainable self-care practices. We are all aware that education is more than a job — it is a calling, a ministry rooted in faith, zeal and the transformative power of human relationships. Due to the vast demands on educators, time, passion and dedication are all areas that can be compromised due to an array of professional and personal reasons. This webinar offers “opportunity” — opportunity to be in community with all Lasallians, to reflect, to learn, to share and to join one another to facilitate “grace.” The power of grace, especially for ourselves, is extremely healing. However, it can be very difficult to do sometimes. Therefore, we will explore the spiritual/clinical impact that burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma stress and vicarious trauma can have. In turn, we will provide for spiritually directed/evidence-based practices to be able to combat it. The ultimate goal is to organically allow for grace, so that the whole person is cared for, and that a renewed direction/sustainability toward vocation, as well as spirituality, is reestablished.
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Looking for more?
Check out our archived webinars that have already taken place here.
Questions? Contact Sarah Laitinen, director of education and formation, at slaitinen@cbconf.org or 202-529-0047 x109.