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About HPD
Events Resources |
Mission
The mission of Highroad Professional Development,
LLC, is to organize and provide professional development events; to
create instructional multimedia and resources in support of professional
development; and to pursue, and assist others in pursuing, the ideal
of professional excellence.
Ideally, a professional development retreat should be held in a location
that inspires deep thought and self reflection. Several of our events
have been held at hotel and conference facilities near such natural
wonders as Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Zion Canyon in beautiful
southern Utah. However, just about any location can be adapted to meet
participants' needs.
Our consulting services are available around
the world. We have collaborated with institutions and organizations
to offer professional development workshops, retreats, and seminars
in their selected locations across the United States, and also in Canada,
Mexico, the United Kindgom, and China.
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Upcoming Events
Click the link
above to get event information.
Event Leaders' Credentials & Experience
Event Director: Gary Parnell has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Utah. He is currently a Professor of Education and the Education Department Chair at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he also served for ten years as the Faculty Development Director. Dr. Parnell teaches as an adjunct for Utah State University as well. In addition, he works as a private consultant and offers his valuable services to Highroad Professional Development as the director of various retreats. Since 1991, Dr. Parnell has been directing events that are based on the model of the Great Teachers Movement. He is an excellent facilitator, using his sense of humor to "break the ice" in a group, getting people to engage in useful "shoptalk," and effectively drawing all participants into an exchange of ideas.
Event Coordinator & Director: Tom Cunningham has a
Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University. He is
currently an Associate Professor of Education at Southern Utah University
in Cedar City. In 2002, he returned to full-time teaching after
eight years of service in the SUU Center for Faculty Excellence and
the Sherratt Library. In his former role as the SUU Faculty Development
Director, he met Dr. Parnell through the Utah Consortium of Faculty
Developers. When Dr. Cunningham attended his first great teaching retreat,
directed by Dr. Parnell, he was skeptical about its value but was soon
convinced that "well facilitated shoptalk" really is the highest form
of professional development.
In 1997, Dr. Cunningham invited Dr. Parnell to help offer a great teaching
retreat in southern Utah; and since that time, they have continued to
collaborate, offering workshops, retreats, and seminars for higher education
faculty, public school teachers, faculty/staff developers, librarians,
and other education professionals.
In 2001, Parnell and Cunningham both participated in the National Great
Teachers Leadership Colloquium (NGTLC) in Texas that was directed by
David Gottshall, who founded the National Great Teachers Movement in
1969. In 2005, Cunningham attended the NGTLC in North Carolina, also
directed by Gottshall, who continues to personally direct seminars across
the United States and Canada although he has retired from full-time
teaching.
Click the following link for more information about the National Great Teachers Movement.
Customized Events
Highroad Professional Development is available
to assist institutions and professional organizations in planning and
conducting customized workshops, retreats, seminars, conferences, and
other events to meet the specific needs of any group of professionals.
For more information, please feel free to contact Dr. Cunningham
by e-mail or regular mail.
Contact Us
Please send all inquiries to
Attention: Thomas H. Cunningham, Ph.D.
Highroad Professional Development, LLC
3941 North Hampshire Drive
Cedar City, UT 84720
E-Mail: Cunningham@HighroadPD.com
Institutional Disclaimer
As mentioned previously, Dr. Thomas H. Cunningham is a full-time employee of Southern Utah University. In accordance with the SUU faculty consultation policy (Policy & Procedures Code, 6.9, III. B. 6. a.), Highroad Professional Development, LLC, hereby advises any person, firm, or agency for whom consultation services are to be performed that Dr. Cunningham, in his role as a consultant, is acting solely as an independent contractor, and not as an agent or employee, or under the sponsorship, auspices, or control of SUU, and that SUU assumes no responsibility whatever, express or implied, for the actions or omissions of this employee in his role as a consultant.|
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Last Update: December 12, 2007
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