The NCREC 2022 Virtual Educators Conference

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission was excited to welcome real estate instructors and various education providers to its 2022 Spring Educators Conference on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. This year’s event was conducted via Zoom technology, and highlighted the theme, Wizard of Oz.

The registration for this virtual conference was limited to 150 participants. However, the entire day’s presentations were recorded and will be available for viewing in early April. Thus, even those who could not attend the live virtual event will benefit from the information shared.

Wendell Bullard, Commission Chair, opened the conference at 8:30 with a welcome to all the attendees. After the welcome, the day-long event featured the following presentations by Commission staff members.

• News from the Emerald City by Miriam Baer, Executive Director
• Click your Heels Together: The Yellow Brick Roadmap by Corean Hamlin, Director of Education and Licensing
• Glinda the Good One: Course Administration by Pamela Rorie, Continuing Education Officer
• Don’t be a Cowardly Lion: Course Content and Materials for CE Update by Kizzy Crawford Heath, Legal Education Officer
• Help from the Munchkins: Course Content and Materials for Post & Pre, by Deborah Carpenter, Education & Examination Officer and Beth McGonigle, Education Content Officer
• Don’t be a Flying Monkey: Learning Objectives by Corean Hamlin, Director of Education and Licensing
• If I Only Had a Brain: Communicating Correct Grammar and Vocabulary, Avoiding Criticism, and Identifying Key Concepts & Correcting Student Misconceptions by Deborah Carpenter, Education & Examination Officer, Len Elder, Education Development Officer, and Pamela Rorie, Continuing Education Officer
• You Don’t Need Ruby Slippers: Classroom Management by Corean Hamlin, Director of Education & Licensing, Kizzy Crawford Heath, Legal Education Officer, and Beth McGonigle, Education Content Officer
• Avoid the Poppy Fields: Instructional Techniques, Instructional Aids & Assessment by Len Elder, Education & Development Officer

The conference culminated with the presentation of the 2022 Larry A. Outlaw Excellence in Education Award to Dana Rhodes by Commission Chair Bullard. The Commission established the Larry A. Outlaw Excellence in Education Award in 2016 to honor the Commission’s late former Director of the Education and Licensing Division.  As this year’s recipient of the Larry Outlaw award, Mr. Rhodes demonstrated ongoing excellence in outstanding contributions to real estate education in North Carolina.

The conference concluded with a final wrap-up/Q&A session moderated by Ms. Hamlin. The Commission thanks North Carolina’s real estate education community for its continued interest and support, and congratulates Mr. Rhodes on his award.