Lisa Bauman Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Greater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing work environment, I specialize in mindset coaching that equips individuals with the tools to thrive. My approach focuses on:Resilience Building: Helping clients develop a resilient mindset to effectively manage stress, adapt to change, and overcome challenges.Clarity and Focus: Guiding individuals to gain clarity on their goals and priorities, enabling them to make informed decisions and stay focused amidst distractions.Emotional Intelligence: Enhancing self-awareness and emotional regulation to improve interpersonal relationships and professional interactions.Growth Mindset: Encouraging a mindset of continuous learning and development, empowering clients to embrace opportunities and drive their career growth.Through personalized coaching sessions, I support professionals in navigating the complexities of the current working world, fostering a mindset that leads to sustained success and fulfillment. Let’s work together to unlock your potential and achieve your aspirations.

 Currently teach the following courses: CDEV1830 Career Success, CDEV8132 Career Management, CDEV1840 Career Discovery (in class, and hybrid) to students in certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and post graduate programs across the college; transitioned to full time in spring ‘23.  Provide coaching, constructive feedback, grading, and support to students in achieving course outcomes.  Use creative engagement strategies using BOPPPS methodology to deliver course content in dynamic ways. Podcast Host to a newly launched vodcast: Let’s talk Careers, sourcing 15 guests to be interviewed within a two-week period. Refreshed the CDEV1830, CDEV8130 and CDEV1820 after 3 years of successfully running the courses, including updates to content, assignments, and rubrics.  Provide feedback on the outcomes, instructional plans, and evaluation methods during annual reviews.

Creative vision for a new podcast called: "Let's Talk Careers". In this podcast series, we invite you to listen in as we explore the career paths of those in all different industries including nursing, post-secondary, business, teaching, trades, and so much more. Using the informational interview approach we will learn the different and unique paths each and every person takes to success.This is an opportunity for us to share how our guests got to where they are in their careers, the decisions they’ve made, how they navigated the ups and downs along the way, and provide advice to inspire our students to take with them on their own career journeys.

Kitchener, Canada Area

 Supported 150 part-time faculty though effective recruitment, selection, development, motivation, and evaluation.  Developed new programs from concept to implementation, ensuring pedagogically sound practices, including operational, budgetary, and human resources necessary for successful program delivery. Coordinated Program Advisory Committee activities including recruitment, stakeholder engagement, and feedback on the development and renewal of new programs.  Provided pedagogical support to chairs and faculty throughout the program renewal processes, including SWOT analysis, program evaluation, and operational efficiencies. Developed comprehensive breadth and general elective plans to senior administration and regulatory bodies (College Quality Assurance Services and Post-Secondary Education Quality Assessment Board). Supported continuous improvement through activities such as course outline review and adherence to college policies and procedures.

 Teach CDEV1830 Career Success, CDEV8015 and CDEV2150 Career Planning courses in the School of Liberal Studies and Business.  Provide constructive feedback, grading and coaching to support students in achieving course outcomes.  Authored four new CDEV courses (CDEV1840 Career Discovery, CDEV1830 Career Success, CDEV1820 Career Launch and CDEV8130 Career Management), including course outlines, content, and evaluations.  Liaised with instructional design team at D2L to author hybrid and fully online course materials for the new courses.  Sourced a narrative assessment tool (Who You are Matters Game Experience) for inclusion in the courses, inviting the developer to meet with decision makers.

Doon Campus

 Supported the development of new programs from concept to implementation, ensuring pedagogically sound practices, accurate systems set up, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders (MAESD and CVS). Provided pedagogical support to chairs and faculty throughout the major (5 years) and annual process.  Reviewed and implemented program design changes based on outcomes mapping and college policies.

Doon Campus

 Facilitated customized sessions specifically for Chairs and Program Managers on the Course Outline Module, highlighting the changes implemented by the outline committee.  Facilitated the workshop "PDEV0291 Understanding the Course Outline Module" to hundreds of faculty and coordinators customizing sessions to audience’s needs.  Facilitated customized training to Process Quality Engineering faculty on mapping course outlines to selected evaluation schemes, best practices in the development in course and unit outcomes.  Reviewed and edited course outlines for best practices in pedagogy, making recommendations to faculty. Supported the development of new programs from concept to implementation, ensuring pedagogically sound practices as well as accurate set up in SIS.  Supported the submission of programs to MAESD by collecting information needed for the Request for Approval funding form and then submitting through the Ministry’s PFAMM site.  Collected and tracked information for submission to MAESD on program suspensions as well as pending Release of CAAT Program Standards.  Researched issues related to program design, presenting solutions to meet faculty and student needs. Managed the activation process of newly approved programs by coordinating with internal departments including marketing, admissions, international, web services, scheduling and co-operative education Planned, coordinated and completed the collection of supplemental exemption data, ensuring accuracy of data and timely implementation into SIS.

Doon Campus

 Collaborated with the Peer Services Coordinator to streamline and tighten the processes and practices for Peer Services; boosting engagement, accountability and service offerings through the Tutor Rebuild Project. Devised and implemented structured policies and procedures, documenting steps for checks and balances to track and increase accountability on complex program development and management. Fortified the programs’ administration utilizing technology including selecting and customizing a new scheduling tool, WCOnline, dramatically reducing management time while boosting productivity. Created 34 program profiles documenting historical changes to support programs in the School of Engineering & IT and the School of Business to maximize the impact on services. Reinvigorated the Peer Services recruitment campaign eliminating time wastage, increasing hiring criteria to deliver a more driven, ambitious and conscientious hires.  Managed the hiring of Tutors for School of Engineering & IT and the School of Business, conducting 70 interviews in 6 weeks for new hire 30 positions in the 2013/2014 academic year, making final decisions on the candidates. Supervisory responsibility for 70% of the Tutors approx. 70-85 tutors. Strengthened faculty relationships, realigning student peers to their academic discipline to maximize peer resources. Heightened student and faculty awareness in Peer Services through a social media campaign encompassing Twitter and blog postings. Reinvigorated the English Conversation Partners Program matching native speaking with non-native speaking students for a full years operation, attracting a volunteer base of 27 students matched to 40 non-native students, with a measurement on the success and delivery. Worked in partnership with the Peer Services Coordinator to devise a 3 year strategic plan to shape the direction of the program with an emphasis on increasing program offerings for a diverse population.

 Assigned by the Manager of the Learning Commons, as the prime point-of-contact for the Student Assessment of Learning Project to document outcomes in student services and map them to Essential Employability Skills. Developed project charter including, scope, deliverables, timeline & milestones, stakeholder management plan to support the project. Specific project goals this project include: • Create and articulate student-learning outcomes• Map learning outcomes to Essential Employability Skills• Develop and implement assessment measures• Analyze and report assessment results• Use results to enhance student learning experiences and integrate academic learning and student development• Evaluate the assessment process and suggest improvements  Developed and delivered professional development training to the Learning Commons staff on writing learning outcomes for their service areas.  Liaised with the Curriculum office for guidance and to ensure the training is consistent with Conestoga College standards for Outcomes Based Learning and Essential Employability Skills.  Provided input into the 2015-2016 Work Study budget based on an analysis of historical service usage. Led a wide scale needs analysis, by coordinating interviews conducted by assigned teams.  Developed and designed the interview guide, analyzed the qualitative data for latent themes to inform future program supports and services.  Researched and developed the tutor competencies, including behaviour indicators for alignment in recruitment process, hiring, training and developing future student leaders.

Doon Campus

 Promoted to Peer Services Coordinator to cover short term parental leave within the first year of tenure within the learning commons.  Revamped the entire tutor training program to include context based learning for peer tutors, driven by specific learning outcomes using a blended approach, creating a comprehensive training program in Desire to Learn for PDEV0990 Peer Tutor Training.  Created and aligned new policies and procedures with the mission, vision and values of the Learning Commons to enhance the quality of the new peer service tutor appointment booking system. Used evidence collected from data, surveys and meetings with tutors to implement and improve the service upon the re-launch of the new service.  Collaborated with the Peer Services Coordinator to streamline and tighten the processes and practices for Peer Services; boosting engagement, accountability and service offerings through the Tutor Rebuild Project in a strict fiscal environment.

Doon Campus

 Handpicked by influential stakeholders to tackle time-sensitive, high profile projects involving proactive participation with demanding mandates.ESSENTIAL SKILLS SPECIALIST – Workforce Development 2010 – 2012 Assigned by the Dean, School of Career Development, as the prime point-of-contact and Conestoga College influencer on the Pan-Canadian ACCC project working directly with students in health and business programs. Conducted research on specific controls for the measurement of skills using TOWES. Collaborated across the College to market the program, create individual lesson plans and execute the successful initiative, receiving notable positive feedback from the Director of Essential Skills at ACCC. Appointed a champion of the “Retooling for the Trades” project, a pilot initiative designed to assist Apprentices and prospective Apprentices validate their skills against trade standards. Utilized TOWES testing and PLATO Web learning platform, developing enticing marketing strategies and materials to gain maximum impact while building constructive dialogue and connections with the target program demographic. Achieved unparalleled success driving program engagement from the initial 60% to 90%. Invited by the faculty at Douglas College in British Columbia to participate and audit several online, leading-edge courses on skills and career development. Selected to manage the Colleges’ PLATOWeb system, an online training application for skills enhancement, accountabilities include developing the ongoing management structure and facilitating end-user training. Migrated and updated the system, establishing a procedure for peers to maintain and amend program. Appointed to part-time faculty to create and deliver the 12 week Essential Skills Program for the Enhanced Language Training Program for Engineering Professionals

Waterloo, Guelph Campus And Offsite Fergus

 Acquired a reputation as a forthright instigator of change, maintaining a unique and collaborative approach to skills enhancement, personal empowerment, individual coaching and mentoring.CAREER AND WORK COACH – The School of Career and Academic Access 2008 – 2010 Requested to provide job search and career coaching to a diverse clientele utilizing a deep understanding of personality types and developing the coaching strategies to enable the client to maximize their potential. Identified client issues and areas for improvement, setting defined expectations and creating a safe environment utilizing Socratic questioning. Gained a reputation for exemplary follow through, connecting with clients as they transition through their career, providing multiple options for advancement. Updated and rewrote numerous workshops in resume writing, social media and career development for Employment Ontario Employment Services. Relocated between campuses in Waterloo, Fergus and Guelph to fulfill academic obligations as dictated by work volume, utilizing project management, project analysis, outcome measurement, and objective testing. Played an active and constructive role on The School of Career and Academic Access Social Media Committee providing opinion and feedback on the strategies to maximize the impact on various social media platforms. Facilitated compelling memorable and interactive workshops career management and personal branding presentations for Continuing Education, enticing the adult audience to engage and fully participate.

Guelph And Cambridge Employment Services Offices

 Hired after a 6 week practicum as the intern component of the Career Development Practitioner Diploma to direct the Job Connect case management program assisting disadvantaged individual’s secure long-term employment sponsored by the Ministry of Colleges, Training and Universities. Developed the program training curricula encompassing tapping into the hidden job market, personal branding and resume/cover letter preparation.

Waterloo, Ontario

 Conducted talent sourcing using the firms’ existing database, networking and various online applications to uncover viable candidates in the materials management and supply chain management sectors, in both retained and contingency format. Acquired a deep understanding of industry-specific language and acronyms combined with matching skill sets with job requirements. Built and maintained rapport with the talent base conducting in-person and telephone interviews to extract information pertinent to the clients’ demands. Authored and edited specific job notices for publication in local print media.

Waterloo, Ontario

 Contracted to cover for a maternity leave with a mandate to coordinate the academic operations and multifaceted undergraduate business schedule for the School of Business students. Interacted between faculty and administration to create individual time tables for 2,500 students while maximizing class management and flow. Calculated the 4 year future enrolment for students graduating as a result of the double cohort initiative. Delivered career and academic individual advice and workshops to a multicultural business school population. Allotted to various committees as the Recording Secretary to ensure curriculum revisions were executed and positioned on the business schools’ calendar. Acted as the prime point-of-contact to update the undergraduate business programs office Intranet.

Kitchener, Canada Area

 Employed initially part-time transitioning to full-time as a result of displaying exemplary work and a commitment to working alongside the students to develop their career plans. Displayed initiative, energy and motivation to strengthen adult career changers attitude towards their future employment, presenting numerous workshops on job search strategies, informational interviewing, networking, and career collateral development. Influential in planning and organizing the College’s first Career Resource Centre, considered a major leap forward in career management. Designed, built and launched the IT-based career “Tool Kit” for new graduates, facilitating a launch with guest speakers and invited employers.

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