Bio
Judi Rockey Bradetich, MS, MM, is Senior Lecturer of Human Development and Family. She received the Master of Science in Development and Family Studies from UNT, in 2007, and has a Master's degree in Music (Accompanying) from the University of Southern California.
Ms. Bradetich is passionate about teaching and helping people learn, and feels her most important, challenging, and rewarding goal is to engage students in critical, practical, and reflective thinking about course content. She has been recognized for her efforts, first in 2012, when she received the Outstanding Lecturer Award from the College of Education, and in 2016, when she received the UNT Exemplary Online Teaching and Course Award.
In addition to teaching undergraduates in classes ranging in size from 20 to 135 students, Bradetich was named CLEAR's first Faculty Fellow, to promote the active learning strategies of Team-Based Learning (TBL) at UNT. She regularly advises large numbers of undergraduate students, serves on multiple committees at all levels of the University, and participates in professional development opportunities to improve course design and student engagement. Such work reflects her overall approach to her life's work: to improve herself and others through engagement, innovation, and hard work.
She has received grants from CLEAR and UNT’s Office of Faculty Success. She is certified as a Trainer-Consultant through the Team-Based Learning Collaborative, and has presented at national conferences. She has presented many workshops at UNT to teach and mentor other faculty as they implement Team-Based Learning in their courses.
Ms. Bradetich is passionate about teaching and helping people learn, and feels her most important, challenging, and rewarding goal is to engage students in critical, practical, and reflective thinking about course content. She has been recognized for her efforts, first in 2012, when she received the Outstanding Lecturer Award from the College of Education, and in 2016, when she received the UNT Exemplary Online Teaching and Course Award.
In addition to teaching undergraduates in classes ranging in size from 20 to 135 students, Bradetich was named CLEAR's first Faculty Fellow, to promote the active learning strategies of Team-Based Learning (TBL) at UNT. She regularly advises large numbers of undergraduate students, serves on multiple committees at all levels of the University, and participates in professional development opportunities to improve course design and student engagement. Such work reflects her overall approach to her life's work: to improve herself and others through engagement, innovation, and hard work.
She has received grants from CLEAR and UNT’s Office of Faculty Success. She is certified as a Trainer-Consultant through the Team-Based Learning Collaborative, and has presented at national conferences. She has presented many workshops at UNT to teach and mentor other faculty as they implement Team-Based Learning in their courses.
Bio
Dr. Burns is a leader in faculty development promoting success in the evolving educational environment including both in person and virtual classrooms. He emphasizes preparing students for enduring professional careers by promoting life-long learning habits and linking underlying biomedical science knowledge to clinical skills. He has expertise in faculty development for collaborative learning across medical and health science school preclinical curricula, particularly facilitation, curriculum design, and leadership. He has honed his own facilitation skills using PBL/TBL for nearly two decades drawing inspiration from improv theater and jazz music.
