The SIM Communications Committee is excited to share a message from our Curriculum Committee Chair, @Sheldene Simola and @Jennifer Griffin, with updates on current Curriculum Committee events.
The SIM Curriculum Committee, in collaboration with the SIM Doctoral Students Committee, was delighted to warmly welcome so many members of SIM, as well as from additional AOM Divisions, to our first two virtual PDWs of the year!
In November 2025 and January 2026, distinguished scholar-educators, Drs. Jennifer Leigh, Joy Beatty and Kathy Lund Dean facilitated workshops on Developing Your Teaching Portfolio and Developing Your Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
Thank you to our global community - it was wonderful to meet with colleagues from 29 different countries during these workshops!!
In March, we introduced our first "SIMply Teaching Conversation Hour": The Soul of the Classroom - Reclaiming the Human Element, with a focus on Navigating Conflict, AI and Human Dignity. This session featured three distinguished panelists, Drs. Tara Ceranic Salinas, Sharda Nandram, and Danaë Huijser, who shared insights from teaching, coaching, and research, explored how engaging with SIM topics can be approached with sensitivity, inclusivity, and care in the classroom. SIMply Teaching Conversation Hours are envisioned as opportunities to connect for informal conversation about SIM-related teaching.
Watch for the upcoming releases of our "SIMBytes Teaching Moments" (1 minute video clips) through which viewers can meet and learn a teaching insight from a fellow SIMian or AOM colleague!
We look forward to greeting members of our global community for the inaugural SIM Division Teaching PDW in Philadelphia for AOM 2026!
We are thrilled to welcome internationally renowned scholar educators Drs. Donna Hicks, Matthew Lee, Michael Pirson, and Sandra Waddock to lead our Teaching PDW on "Transforming Management Education."
Please join us for a timely and actionable boost of inspiration, rejuvenation, and acquisition of practical tools and skills for cultivating flourishing at individual, group, institutional, and societal levels. This workshop features two parts:
• Part 1 (open to all) is an interactive panel discussion with Drs Donna Hicks, Matthew T. Lee, Michael Pirson, and Sandra Waddock on topics of dignity, love, humanistic management, and flourishing.
• Part 2 (pre-registration is required, stay tuned!) involves focused rotations among facilitated breakout circles for sharing resources, developing teaching skills and tools, and supporting teaching efforts to advance and amplify system flourishing.
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Nabi Ebrahimi
Doctoral Student
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell MA
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