Lifetimeoflearning–callforproposals

A LIFETIME OF LEARNING Service-Learning, Civic Responsibility & Higher Education Birmingham-Southern College September 25, 2009 Call for Proposals The Alabama Poverty Project invites college and university faculty members, administrators, and students from our Higher Education Partnership and their community partners to submit presentation proposals for A Lifetime of Learning: Service Learning, Civic Responsibility & Higher Education. The following will find active participation in this conference to be particularly beneficial: • Faculty members who are incorporating service learning into their courses; • Administrators of campus offices of community involvement, service-learning, and civic engagement; • Representatives of community partners participating in service-learning courses and projects; • Students with experience in service-learning courses or projects. Proposals should describe curricular or co-curricular projects, programs, initiatives, or plans that engage students in service-learning and/or outreach in order to help them learn about and/or improve their local community or, more broadly, the state of Alabama. Presentations will be made during 50-minute breakout sessions. The work or plans described should address one or more of the conference themes, which are: • Service-Learning and Democratic Engagement Innovative implementation of service-learning towards the cultivation of caring and creative democratic citizens and the advancement of democracy in educational institutions, communities, and society. • Community-University Partnerships Best practices in engaging and sustaining reciprocal, collaborative partnerships focused on addressing community issues. • Think Globally, Act Locally Incorporating lessons from global poverty-reduction programs into service-learning courses and projects that address local needs. The proposal should be clear and concise and must include the following: • A session title that accurately reflects your session content. • A brief session description to be printed in the program (75-100 words). • A detailed workshop description (500 word maximum). • A brief biography in paragraph form for each presenter (150 word maximum). They will be printed in the program. • Contact information for each presenter, including name, title, address, phone number, and email address. • AV needs for your presentation. In your proposal description, you should: • Discuss the content that you will address and how it relates to the conference theme; • Indicate the learning objectives for your presentation; and • Describe the strategies you will use to engage participants in discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and applying the information you will share. Proposals are due by June 30, 2009, and should be submitted in PDF form to the APP Office via email. Potential presenters will be informed of decisions by August 1. Conference presenters should register for the conference and will receive a discounted registration rate. All correspondence should be sent to [email protected]