Practioner-Scholar Forum - New Pre-Conference Session Added

[Announcement from IARSLCE]

September 3, 2015 2015 Conference - New Pre-Conference Session Added - Practitioner-Scholar Forum  Practitioner-Scholar Forum Full-day Pre-Conference Cost: $70 (discounted from the typical $125 IARSLCE full-day pre-con due to the generous contributions of our PSF sponsors*) Facilitator: Lina Dostilio, Duquesne University Held annually, the Practitioner-Scholars Forum (PSF) offers a dialogue and development space for community engagement professionals who see IARSLCE as a critical venue through which practitioners activate their scholarship and scholarly identities. This year, the PSF will be held as a full-day pre-conference, generously supported by PSF sponsors. The 2015 PSF session's theme is Advancing an Inquiry Stance. After the morning's introduction to inquiry stance, the distinctions between evaluation and research, and cultivating a practitioner-scholar identity, participants will choose between two emphases: 1) structuring and advancing a researchable question concerned with engagement practice or 2) honing skills to analyze and critically consume existing research that is related to one's practice. The session will conclude with an overview of the Campus Compact's Project on the Community Engagement Professional, involving participants in validating and complicating the findings of review of practice literature.  Note: coffee and tea will be available from 8:00 am - 10:00 am.  *PSF Sponsors include: Kansas State University, DePaul University, Rollins College, Loyola University Chicago, University of Georgia, Drexel University, and Tulane University  To register, please visit our website. Early Bird Deadline 9/13/15...Register Today for the IARSLCE 2015 Conference Registration is underway for the 2015 Conference! This year's annual research conference will be held November 16-18, 2015 in Boston and will visit the theme Revolutionary Scholarship: Innovation of Community Engagement Models. We are excited to bring researchers, teachers, students, and community members to Boston to reflect on the history of the field of service-learning and community engagement, while expanding the depth and breadth of the field to highlight cutting edge methods and practices. The conference will highlight the historical foundations of modern innovation to reveal how past research inspires original research questions and innovative methods to advance the field into the 21st Century. The opening address will be delivered by Congressman Joe Kennedy. The keynote will be a panel discussion with the topic of Tradition Meets Innovation: The Past, Present, and Future of Community Engagement featuring Shelley Billig, Lorraine McIlrath, and Tania Mitchell and will be moderated by Dwight Giles. In addition to a what is shaping up to be a fantastic program, there will be space for networking and affinity group discussion. For all things conference - including the link to register, hotel information and more - please visit our conference website .