Workshop Series
Early Morning Sessions
9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Session 1 – Designing and assessing curricular and co-curricular programs for learning with Dr. Patti Clayton
This session will offer participants a hands-on opportunity to explore the integration of reflection and assessment into curricular and co-curricular service-learning activities. The facilitator will support participants in considering the desired learning objectives associated with such activities on their campus and then in designing those activities to include a corresponding reflection and assessment strategy that is capable of generating and documenting that learning. We will give particular consideration to the possibilities of designing such activities developmentally, so that student learning (as well as community impact) builds over time, and with a focus on leadership development.
Session 2 – Effective best practices for strategic and community partnerships with Dr. Marshall Welch
Dr. Welch will facilitate a workshop designed to offer advice and suggestions on the development of community-campus partnerships that are effective and mutually beneficial.
Late Morning Sessions
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Session 3 – Curricular incorporation of effective reflection techniques with Dr. Marshall Welch
Utilizing six highly effective reflection techniques, participants will be engaged in activities that focus on student learning outcomes and best practices for maximizing those outcomes through reflection.
Session 4 – How to build campus infrastructure without a budget with Dr. Patti Clayton
Join Dr. Clayton to explore creative solutions to growing and expanding your campus program in the face of a shrinking or nonexistent budget.
Full Morning Sessions
9:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Session 5 – Chief Academic Officer dialogue with Dr. Barbara Holland
By invitation only, Chief Academic Officers are invited to dialogue with Dr. Barbara Holland regarding international trends in engaged scholarship and community-based learning strategies.
Session 6 – Utilizing engagement activities to achieve QEP/SACS/AAU/Carnegie and other standards of excellence with Dr. Steven Jones
Having been a QEP evaluator for SACS, Dr. Jones will share with participants information and examples of utilizing engagement activities to achieve various standards of excellence.
Session 7 – Civic engagement and graduate education with Dr. Tim Stanton
Over the past couple of years, Dr. Stanton at Stanford University has led a California Campus Compact program that helps Research I institutions (Carnegie 1994 classification) implement civic engagement and service-learning programs to meet the needs of their local communities. This workshop will gather graduate-level faculty, administrators, and student leaders to explore how graduate and professional education can prepare future academics and professionals for effective civic engagement.
Session 8 – Earning good media, avoiding bad press and effectively marketing your efforts... with Dan McLaughlin, former news editor, press secretary and now Communications Director in the Office of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson.
Afternoon Sessions
Practical Reflections ... Focus on Florida's Future
Participate in reflective, yet practical, applications of the content presented during the morning workshops series. Ask questions of our expert facilitators, share ideas with your colleagues, and learn from other successful programs.
Reflection #1
Focus on your QEP: Engaging Your Campus at its Core
Reflection #2
Focus on the Future: Preparing Future Academics and Professionals
Reflection #3
Focus on Reflection: Maximizing Learning Outcomes through Reflective Practices
Reflection #4
Focus on Media: Getting the Word Out
Reflection #5
Focus on Community: Developing Partnerships in Your Community
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