International Education Professional Training
The IE-Pro Training Program seeks to elevate learners’ understanding of international education and global engagement and works toward creating an equitable provincial approach to international education. The training program includes 3 distinct courses that can be completed as a comprehensive program or as standalone courses, depending on participants’ knowledge and experience.
IE-Pro: Operations & Best Practices
Training Overview
This training leads participants through concepts and skills that form the core services in international education. Participants will build upon their understanding of how the critical service and program areas of international education interlock and advance comprehensive internationalization throughout the institution. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to examine and understand the strategic benefits of international education for the institution.; identify ethical standards and best practices in specific service areas of international education; and develop a skill set to address specific challenges or opportunities by understanding key components in the day-to-day operations of the international office.
Intended Audience
This course will expose participants to key facts of internationalization such as partnership development, student recruitment, student mobility, risk management, faculty engagement, and internationalization of the curriculum. This course is open to practitioners who have responsibilities pertaining to student recruitment, international student services, study abroad support services and/or areas of internationalization on campus.
Program Delivery
This program is facilitated by qualified instructors. During four live workshops (three hours each) the instructor will guide participants through the material, moderate discussion and case-study activities, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning. Additional resources will be available through CBIE’s online learning platform.
IE-Pro: Comprehensive Internationalization
Course Overview
his training introduces participants to key concepts and considerations within international education and internationalization, all through an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) lens. Participants will learn key concepts and definitions in international education and evaluate how global, national, and regional influences interact within their own institution; recognize the context and dynamics that affect internationalization efforts at their institution; and understand the importance of intercultural competence and ethical practice within the international education sector.
Intended Audience
This course will expose participants to key facts of internationalization such as partnership development, student recruitment, student mobility, risk management, faculty engagement, and internationalization of the curriculum. This course is open to practitioners who have responsibilities pertaining to student recruitment, international student services, study abroad support services and/or areas of internationalization on campus.
Program Delivery
This program is facilitated by qualified instructors. During four live workshops (three hours each) the instructor will guide participants through the material, moderate discussion and case-study activities, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning. Additional resources will be available through CBIE’s online learning platform.
IE-Pro: Leadership and Advocacy
Training Overview
This advanced training brings to the forefront the issues and challenges that higher education senior leaders face today, including increased levels of scrutiny, the rapidly changing and increasingly globalized nature of academia, technological advances, as well as the need to be both nationally and globally competitive. This course will further participants’ global competencies and leadership skills to address these and other issues. The course is designed to equip participants with contemporary leadership techniques for world-class education administration and governance.
Intended Audience
This course is designed to enhance the capacity of new managers or directors who aspire to move into a more senior position. The course focuses on advocacy and leadership in this new socio-political context and changes to international students and immigration policies.
Program Delivery
This program is facilitated by qualified instructors. During two live workshops (three hours each) the instructor will guide participants through the material, moderate discussion and case-study activities, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning. Additional resources will be available through CBIE’s online learning platform.
