Institute Description
Leadership education of college and university students is an important and ongoing process within higher education institutions. Student affairs professionals play a quintessential role in coordinating, shaping, and evaluating this area through developing leadership courses and programs, creating co-curricular opportunities, and utilizing new technologies. The Leadership Educators Institute (LEI) is an innovative forum geared specifically towards new to mid-level student affairs professionals and leadership educators with these responsibilities.
Participants will learn from plenary speakers and educational sessions, as well as through engaging in active learning and dialogue with one another during roundtable sessions. The Institute will assist participants with program and leadership course development and provide opportunities to learn through participation in smaller group environments on leadership education across institutional type and identity groups.
The Leadership Educators Institute will provide a professional development experience where new and mid-level student affairs educators will discuss timely leadership topics. The Institute Planning Committee is seeking concurrent session proposals that are highly interactive and content driven to provide participants with new learning and information focused on the following topic areas:
- Leadership Development Theory and Models
- What are effective strategies for translating theory to practice for today's diverse student generation?
- How are institutions successfully using leadership development theories and models to successfully engage students?
- Leadership Curriculum and Programs
- What are innovative practices for both credit and non-credit courses with innovative syllabi, curriculum, effective teaching methods, and incentives for students?
- How are successful cohort leadership programs designed focusing on various groups (emerging leaders, multi-year programs, identity groups)?
- What are strategies for overcoming development issues and lack of funding for leadership programs?
- How do leadership curriculum and programs effectively incorporate service, service-learning, and experiential learning?
- What are ways leadership programs educate students about citizenship, ethics, and political engagement?
- Technology, Research, and Assessment in Leadership Programs
- What learning outcomes guide successful leadership programs and what are steps for their development? How are CAS Standards applied thoroughly in leadership?
- What are innovative uses of technology in leadership education such as virtual leadership portfolios, communities, and programs?
- What new research and scholarship guides our understanding of leadership?
The Institute Planning committee encourages program proposals that are proven practices with content that will intentionally engage participants in discussions and provide meaningful content to bring back to their campuses. Content should be geared specifically towards new to mid-level student affairs educators. Concurrent session presentations are 75-minutes in length.
Registration - Opens August 1!
Early Bird Registration Deadline - October 24, 2008
ACPA/NASPA Member $295
Non-Member $390
Regular Registration - After October 24, 2008
ACPA/NASPA Member $360
Non-Member $450
Purchase Orders:
Institutional purchase orders will be accepted but the ACPA office must receive full payment before Institute registration materials are received on site. (Please make note that onsite payment will incur a $50.00 late fee.) Purchase orders do not constitute payment. Registrations received without a purchase order number will not be registered. If full payment is not received by November 3, 2008, the individual will be charged a $50.00 late fee.
Cancellation Policy:
Refunds will be given for cancellations, received in writing by October 24, 2008, less a $35.00 processing fee. In addition, a processing fee of $35.00 per registration will be charged for credit cards declined or to change payment methods after the initial payment is processed. With prior approval, anyone registered but who cannot attend may send a substitute. Substitution information must come in writing from the registered participant. The membership status of the substitute must be the same as the registrant in order to have the same registration fee applied. Additional charges may apply if the membership status is not the same. The Institute may be cancelled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. In this case, fees will be refunded; however, ACPA, National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, and NASPA will not be responsible for additional costs, charges, or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines, hotels, and/or travel agencies.
Institute Hotels
UMUC Inn & Conference Center by Marriott
(Primary hotel for Institute; adjacent to campus)
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783
Reservations: Call 800-676-6137 or 301-985-7300
Single Room: $159.00 per night (no tax)
Double Room: $169.00 per night (no tax)
Reservation Deadline: November 5, 2008
Marriott Greenbelt
(Approximately 4 miles from the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Transportation provided)
6400 Ivy Lane
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Reservations: Call 800-228-9290 or 301-441-3700
$110.00 per night (not including 13% state and local taxes)
Reservation Deadline: November 13, 2008
Travel Information
The closest airports are Reagan Washington National (DCA) and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI).
Roundtable Discussions
A unique component of LEI is the chance for participants to engage in dialogue around numerous topics in leadership education. Small group roundtable discussions will be offered each day of the Institute to provide a more intimate environment for student affairs educators to share common challenges, new ideas, and helpful resources for enhancing leadership education efforts at their home institution. Some topics will be pre-determined and others may emerge during the Institute.
Attire
Dress for the Leadership Educators Institute is business casual.
Weather
Temperatures in the College Park area in December generally range in the early to mid 40s. Please dress warmly.
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