The Community College National Center for Community
Engagement is happy to announce it is now accepting pre-conference and workshop
proposals for its 22nd Annual International Conference to be held on May 22
- 24, 2013 at the
DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.
The theme for the conference is:
The theme for the conference is:
Service in a Civil Society: Transformational Leaders
for
Shared Values and Collective Impact
For complete details on conference and Call for Proposal,
For complete details on conference and Call for Proposal,
please visit our website at http://www.mesacc.edu/other/engagement/2013Conf/ConfInfo.shtml
CALL FOR PROPOSALS DUE: February 8, 2013
Keynote
Speaker:
Mr. Jeff Cohen, Director FSG, Inc.
Shared Value, Collective Impact, and Postsecondary Attainment: New
Approaches to Familiar Challenges”
In
his keynote, Jeff Cohen will frame the challenges that low postsecondary
completion rates pose for individual students, for institutions of higher
education, for companies and regions, and for the nation as a whole. He will discuss
how increased student engagement and faculty development are key levers for
raising completion rates. Jeff will then describe two new approaches to social
change that are transforming the landscape, shared value on the corporate side
and collective impact in place-based change efforts, and present some examples
of each. Finally, Jeff will discuss the implications of these developments for
the work of Community Colleges that are trying to promote service learning and
civic engagement.
Pre-conferences will include:
Ms Gail Robinson, Senior Advisor to the Community
College National Center for Community Engagement and Ms. Lori Moog, Director of
Service Learning and Community Outreach, Raritan Valley Community College will
be conducting a pre-conference on
Preparing for the 2015 Elective Carnegie Classification on Community
Engagement *If your college is planning to apply
for the 2015 classification, this is a don't-miss opportunity.*
Since 2006, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 311 colleges and universities for its elective classification on community engagement. The classification provides an established level of legitimacy, accountability, public recognition, and visibility. It can be a catalyst for efforts to improve teaching and learning through curricular connections to community-based problem-solving, as well as a tool for institutional benchmarking, self-assessment, and self-study.
This workshop features some of the 20 community colleges that have received the designation. Learn how much time you need to plan for the process, including meetings, data- and information-gathering, and organizing and writing the application itself. Discover why and how to use the classification to benefit your service learning and community engagement initiatives. Consider how to improve your practice in assessment, reciprocal partnerships, faculty rewards, and integration and alignment with other institutional initiatives. Presenters will work with workshop participants to help craft competitive applications.
Since 2006, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 311 colleges and universities for its elective classification on community engagement. The classification provides an established level of legitimacy, accountability, public recognition, and visibility. It can be a catalyst for efforts to improve teaching and learning through curricular connections to community-based problem-solving, as well as a tool for institutional benchmarking, self-assessment, and self-study.
This workshop features some of the 20 community colleges that have received the designation. Learn how much time you need to plan for the process, including meetings, data- and information-gathering, and organizing and writing the application itself. Discover why and how to use the classification to benefit your service learning and community engagement initiatives. Consider how to improve your practice in assessment, reciprocal partnerships, faculty rewards, and integration and alignment with other institutional initiatives. Presenters will work with workshop participants to help craft competitive applications.
Colleges intending to apply for the 2015 classification may request an application between May 1, 2013, and July 1, 2013. Applications are due on April 14, 2014. An application fee of $300 must be paid when requesting an application. Colleges that received the classification in 2006 or 2008 will need to reapply to maintain the classification. Colleges that received the classification in 2010 retain their status until 2020. *The next opportunity to apply for the community engagement classification will be in 2020.
Interested
in Design Thinking? Mr. Ralph King,
Filmmaker - Film Production Hawkview Pictures, Portola Valley, CA in
collaboration with some Stanford University students will prepare you on how to
combine Design Thinking strategies with service-learning and civic engagement
opportunities.
Watch+Design:
Participants will engage in a fun, fast-paced set of exercises that will
introduce them to the power and joys of Design Thinking, a
problem-solving method that promotes creative confidence, collaboration, and
empathy. Interspersed among the exercises are clips from an hour-long
documentary film, Extreme By Design, about Stanford students who create
products that meet basic needs of the world’s poor. Our "Watch+Design"
Workshop combines the screening of an inspiring film with participation in
hands-on activities similar to those depicted in the film.
We look forward to receiving your proposals and most of all seeing you all in May in sunny Arizona.
--
Lyvier
Lyvier Conss, Executive Director
Community College National Center for
Community Engagement
145 N. Centennial Way, Suite 204
Mesa, AZ 85201
480-461-6281 - office
480-461-6284 - fax
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