Delivering the Mission: Educational Development as a Site of Institutional Strategy

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: LeDroit Park - Level M3

Presenter(s)

Danielle Gabriel

Executive Director
POD Network in Higher Education
Jonathan Iuzzini

Associate Vice President, Faculty Development and Learning Innovation; President-Elect, POD Network in Higher Education
Howard Community College
Carl Moore

President, POD Network in Higher Education
Executive Fellow for Learning Innovation, PROPEL Center; President, Youniversal Luv Unlimited, United States
Christine Rener (she/her/hers)

Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation; Past President, POD Network in Higher Education
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan, United States

Pre-registration is required.

As higher education faces mounting pressure to demonstrate value and restore public trust, success demands intentional alignment between mission, practice, and strategy. This interactive workshop invites participants to resituate educational development as a core driver of institutional capacity building, providing the infrastructure that sustains and advances mission-critical work. By leveraging educational development as strategic infrastructure, institutions can address urgent priorities such as retention, instructional quality, and curricular relevance while strengthening institutional identity and the value of a degree. Participants will connect teaching-centered initiatives to institutional strategy, analyze campus challenges through an educational development lens, and identify opportunities aligning academic innovation with institutional missions and goals. Together, we will explore leading from the center, where teaching and learning power institutional purpose and progress.