NEED - Nursing Education Educator Development
Course Description
FALL 2025 DATES POSTED
The revised Standards for the North Carolina Board of Nursing (NCBON) specify that “nursing faculty who teach in a program leading to initial licensure have preparation in teaching and learning principles for adult education, including curriculum development, implementation and evaluation.” This preparation can be completed prior to or within the first three years of employment.
In an effort to meet this requirement, the nursing faculty at East Carolina University, College of Nursing developed the Nursing Education Educator Development (NEED) program. The program was offered to our faculty in fall 2006 and is approved by the NC Board of Nursing through July 2030. We now want to broaden the reach by sharing the program with our colleagues across the state.
When available, we offer a 45-hour, 10 week NEED program online to existing and potential nursing faculty in North Carolina. The program is designed to:
- Fulfill the new NCBON requirement for nurse instructors
- Offer flexibility and convenience to faculty members as they increase their repertoire of valuable teaching skills, and
- Save on travel and hotel costs normally associated with participation in face-to-face professional development activities.
Both novice and seasoned faculty members will gain “pearls” of knowledge which will include down-to-earth practical approaches for didactic and clinical teaching, available technology to support teaching, and plain talk regarding effective uses of evaluation outcomes.
Topics To Be Covered
- The 21st Century Nursing Student and Future Nursing Leader
- New Trends and Perspectives in Nursing Education and Beyond
- Curriculum Designs Promote Effective Program Outcomes: Connecting the ‘Dots’ from Needs Assessment to Evaluation
- Constructing Learning Objectives to Achieve the Desired Outcomes
- Teaching and Learning for Adult Education
- Teaching Strategies in Nursing Education
- Facilitating Students to Achieve Critical Thinking Skills
- Strategies to Match Learning Styles with Teaching Methods
- Didactic Classroom Teaching: Considering Students in the Strategy
- Test Construction as an Assessment of Learning
- Online Teaching and Evaluation
- Clinical / Laboratory Teaching and Evaluation
Location & Format
On-line, Discussion
Cost/Registration Fee
$599 and includes tuition and a certificate verifying completion of the course along with the credits earned.
Contact Hours & Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Contact Hours = 45
You may refer to 21 NCAC 36.0318 and 36.0232 on the NCBON.org Web site for additional information. Contact hours have been approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
Instructors
Dr. Shannon Powell & Dr. Elizabeth De Jesús Toderick will lead instruction for NEED. Overall, you are in for a great educational experience.
Cancellation Policy
Requests for refunds must be made in writing 10 days prior to the start of the course. Email Continuing Professional Education at cpe@ecu.edu. You can read more about our cancellation policy here.