Download the entire FINAL PROGRAM for the conference to see the latest additions and enhancements. You will need a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the downloadable brochure. The brochure in Portable Document Format is 2.4 MB. Home  •  Schedule  •  Reasons to Attend  •  Invitation Learning Objectives Highlights Invited Sessions Concurrent/Poster Sessions Networking Important Information Registration Options North Campus Walkway The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education	INVITED SESSIONS Sunday, October 2, 2005 Engaging Faculty and Students through Online ALNs (Asynchronous Learning Network)     Gary Miller and Anthony Picciano Gary Miller Associate Vice President for Outreach and Executive Director of Continuing and Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University Anthony G. Picciano Professor, Graduate Program in Education Leadership, Hunter College, Member of Doctoral Faculty in the City University of New York Graduate Centers Programs in Urban Education and Technology Pedagogy This panel discussion will describe online ALN program models that are evolving and are bringing faculty and students together in vibrant, interactive learning communities. These communities may exist in localities of a few square miles or across the globe. These programs serve a wide variety of students and organizations including:     1. adult learners looking to enhance/expand their professional credentials;     2. learners who are geographically distant from higher education and have little opportunity in their communities to advance their education;     3. public and private organizations seeking to provide on-going professional development opportunities for their staffs and employees. The work of the Alfred P. Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) will be highlighted in moving forward the development of these models. The fundamental mission of Sloan-C is to help learning organizations continually improve the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time. A special focus of the consortium is to work in collaboration with public agencies and private corporations to enhance/expand the skills and expertise of their employees/staffs via on-going training and development. Among their active members are institutions such as University of Maryland University College, Penn State World Campus, Rio Salado College, University of Texas Telecampus, and the University of Illinois, all of which have worked diligently to develop online programs that meet community needs especially with regard to facilitating the credentialing/certification of professionals in high-need areas. Putting Engagement into Scholarship: Blurring the Boundaries Across Teaching, Research, and Service University of Florida Alyson Adams Coordinator, Lastinger Center For Learning Ellen Amatea Professor, Counselor Education Elizabeth Bondy Professor, School of Teaching and Learning Mary Ann Clark Assistant Professor, Counselor Education Nancy Fichtman Dana Professor and Director, Center for School Improvement Catherine Emihovich Dean, College of Education Dorene Ross Professor, School of Teaching and Learning Fran Vandiver Director, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School Diane Yendol-Hoppey Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Learning The purpose of this session is to share specific ways engaged scholarship has been actualized and embedded within the College of Education at the University of Florida (UF). Participants will learn about charting an engaged scholarship agenda for an entire college, as well as explore in greater depth five areas where UF faculty have blurred the boundaries across teaching, research, and service. These five areas include: Building Intentional Communities through Counselor-Teacher Partnerships, Creating Opportunities For Teachers To View K-12 Reading Research in Action, Examining Teacher Knowledge and Learning in High Poverty Schools, Creating Powerful Contexts For Preservice Teacher Learning, and Providing Opportunities for Practitioners to Generate and Make Public New Knowledge About Teaching, Learning, and School Improvement. The session will conclude with discussion of issues and trends related to outreach scholarship, including the ways UF is documenting the impact of outreach scholarship. From Left to Right: Nancy Fichtman Dana, Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Fran Vandiver, Dorene Ross, Elizabeth Bondy, Alyson Adams, Catherine Emihovich, Mary Ann Clark, Ellen Amatea Responding to the National Need for Nurses: How to implement a Career Lattice Program Diana Bamford-Rees Associate Vice President, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) CAEL has just published a guidebook on "How to Implement a Nursing Career Lattice Program." The guide is designed for Colleges, Healthcare Alliances, Employers and Workforce Investment Boards. In 2003, the Department of Labor funded CAEL to implement a nursing career lattice apprenticeship model in five demonstration sites. The guidebook has been developed based on our experience in the design and start-up of these programs and draws heavily on lessons learned. In this session, we will share the model, discuss the benefits and challenges, and describe the crucial role played by educational institutions in replicating this model. A Statewide Approach to Leadership Development J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership, University of Georgia        David Mills, Louise Hill and Kim Anderson David P. Mills Director Louise Hill Community Leadership Development Specialist Kim Anderson Youth Leadership Development Specialist The focus of this workshop is a case study of Georgia's statewide-integrated approach to building community capacity through leadership development. Participants will examine the major components of the initiative, the design process utilized, implementation strategy, funding and program outcomes. Participants will also discuss the relationship between leadership development and community and economic development; how to build stronger partnerships and support for leadership development; and the advantages and challenges to a statewide integrated approach. The Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network: Redefining Higher Educations Role in Business Outreach Erica Kauten Managing Director, Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network, State Director, Wisconsin Small Business Development Center In September 2004, the Wisconsin Department of Commerce sought proposals from organizations to provide business services and technology commercialization assistance to Wisconsin entrepreneurs. Erica Kauten led the winning team, a group of four major organizations committed to developing an integrated system that complements existing resources, creates new services, and serves the information needs of the state's entrepreneurs. Their idea — the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network (WEN) — formally debuted on June 1, 2005. WEN partners are experts in business, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and tech transfer. Kauten will showcase the importance of the post-secondary institution partners and their role in providing linkages to local business, industry, and entrepreneurs. Monday, October 3, 2005 The ABC Project: Acting to Build Our Children's Future     Beverlee Baker and Mary Gruenewald Beverlee Baker Associate Professor, Department of Family Development, Family Living Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Racine County and Planning Coordinator, Burlington Community ABC Project Mary Gruenewald Professor, Department of Family Development, Family and Community Development Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Extension Family Living Programs, and ABC Project Co-Director Learn how University of Wisconsin-Extension county-based educators provide research-based systems planning assistance to Wisconsin communities who desire to ensure that all their young children have all the early health, family, and learning experiences they need to enter school healthy and ready to succeed. Throughout the planning process, sponsors, parents and many other key community stakeholders have opportunities to participate in diverse ways. The ABC Project: Acting to Build Our Children's Future is a joint project of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Family Living Programs and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Human Development and Family Studies. The Community Engagement Classification, Assessment and Benchmarking and the Implications for Your Institution Amy Driscoll Amy Driscoll Assessment Consultant and Senior Scholar, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Facilitated by: Lorilee Sandman Associate Professor and Co-director, Clearinghouse and National Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement, University of Georgia Karen Bruns Leader, Outreach and Engagement, The Ohio State University The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, developers of the leading typology of American colleges and universities, is creating an Outreach and Community Engagement classification. The new classification will allow higher education institutions an additional optional framework to describe and represent their work. In addition, a number of regional and national organizations are developing assessments and benchmarks for engagement. This session will weave together the reclassification, accreditation and benchmarking issues to look at the implications for your institution and will feature discussions with representatives involved in the Carnegie reclassification and national benchmarking discussions. The Engaged University: Transforming the Outreach Organization        Craig D. Weidemann, Ted Krichels and Gary Miller Craig D. Weidemann Vice President for Outreach, The Pennsylvania State University Ted Krichels Associate Vice President for Outreach and General Manager of Penn State Public Broadcasting Gary Miller Associate Vice President for Outreach and Executive Director of Continuing and Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University In 2003, Penn State Outreach implemented a strategic positioning process to advance Penn State's engagement with the Commonwealth and address economic and social issues critical to Pennsylvania. The process included Outreach staff and many strategic partners within Penn State, including faculty and associate deans. The result was a vision of Outreach that reflects the principles of the Kellogg Commission's engaged university, mobilizing the University's educational resources to transform the quality of life for individuals and communities in Pennsylvania and beyond. To achieve the vision and advance the agenda required a broad strategic and holistic effort involving many elements of the University. These organizational changes provide Penn State Outreach with the opportunity to re-examine its direction, build stronger internal and external connections, and re-focus its resources. This session will examine the philosophy, institutional drivers, challenges and opportunities, and lessons learned behind this organizational transformation. Linking Scholarship and Communities: Findings and Recommendations of the Commission on Community- Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions Sarena D. Seifer, MD Executive Director, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in October 2003 convened the Commission on Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions to take a leadership role in creating a more supportive culture and reward system for health professional faculty involved in community-based participatory research, service-learning and other forms of community-engaged scholarship. In February 2005, the Commission released a report, "Linking Scholarship and Communities," that outlines a national strategy for closing the gap between the promise of health professional schools as community-engaged institutions and the reality of how faculty members are typically judged and rewarded. The report, available at www.ccph.info, contains detailed recommendations for action by health professional schools and their national associations that can support community-engaged scholarship and cites promising practices that illustrate their implementation. The Commission also sponsored the development on an online Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit designed to assist community-engaged faculty members in developing strong portfolios for promotion and tenure reviews, available at www.communityengagedscholarship.info. Most recently, the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) awarded CCPH a 3-year grant for the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative. The Collaborative is a group of 10 health professional schools that is working to implement the Commission's recommendations to significantly change faculty review, promotion and tenure policies and practices to recognize and reward community-engaged scholarship — in the participating schools and their peers across the country. This invited presentation will present the Commission's findings and recommendations and highlight promising practices for recognizing and rewarding community-engaged faculty members — in health professional schools and university-wide. For more information about program content, contact: www.outreachscholarship.org nosc@georgiacenter.uga.edu
	Patricia (Trish) Kalivoda Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach The University of Georgia tlk@uga.edu 706/542-6125 Robert (Bob) Leiter Director, Georgia Center for Continuing Education The University of Georgia Robert.Leiter@georgiacenter.uga.edu 706/542-3451 For more information about registration, contact: Melanie Baer Meeting Planner Georgia Center for Continuing Education The University of Georgia Melanie.Baer@georgiacenter.uga.edu 706/542-6638