Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,
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:
Service in a Civil Society: Transformational Leaders for
Shared Values and Collective Impact
For complete details on conference and Call for Proposal,
visit http://bit.ly/ThqM5U
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.
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
Watch+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.
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