"CALL FOR PROPOSALS"

Event date : Thursday, January 14, 2016

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Deadline for proposals: Sunday, November 29th, 2015

We are inviting faculty and staff of the CUNY community colleges to submit proposals for our 3rd Annual Winter Conference. This is an opportunity to share your best ideas and practices about how to promote the success of our students a) within our classrooms with effective teaching that leads to active learning,  and b) institutionally with a campus environments that are both cohesive and supportive.  

Please complete the Proposal form below.   Thank you.

Select one of the six conference tracks and roles to focus your proposal on. (Please submit separate proposals if interested in contributing your expertise to more than one track/role.)

Examples:  Programs and student center pedagogy designed to yield greater student success (ASAP / First Year Seminars / Learning Communities / Pathways / etc.)

Initiatives that integrate effective course programming and management with student centered instruction that leads to active learning produce the best outcomes for our students. In this track, practitioners of effective programs describe what has worked for them and what challenges they have had to overcome to implement them. Examples of effective programs include ASAP, First Year Seminars, Learning Communities, etc.

Examples:  Student Centered Services & Support, Addressing Institutional Capacity, Growth & Transformation, and Implications for Student Centered Learning

This track addresses the following questions: How do we align institutional practices and capacities to serve our students better? Are we coordinating the functions and practices of our services to serve our students effectively while maintaining regulated protocols (HIPPA, ADA, Title IV, etc.)? How do we address the emotional as well as academic needs of our students? In this track, directors of administrative and service units can share their best practices that support student success.

Examples:  Flipping the Classroom, Experiential Learning, Student-Centered Learning, Integrating Librarians into Courses, Effective Use of Tutors, Distance Learning, eLearning

This track examines what happens in the learning environment and how it can be reimagined to improve student learning. What are the best approaches to engage students in the learning process? How do we build and expand the instructional toolkit for faculty? What is the role of technology in the classroom and are institutions investing enough? What are the opportunities and challenges of hybrid and online instruction?

Examples:  Radical Remedial Measures in Math, CUNY Start - A Strong Start in College, CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP), Block Scheduling

This track explores what radical measures have proven effective in remedial education. Can proven initiatives be scaled up while retaining their effectiveness? What are the roles of pre-college programs such as CUNY Start and CLIP in addressing the remediation needs of our students?

Examples:  Providing Essential Experiential Learning and Skills, Handshaking with Four Year Institutions—Aligning Curricula for better integration to CUNY’s 4 year institutions

Are we ensuring that our graduates will be ready to be successful for the next stage in their careers? Our community colleges must prepare our students to meet new challenges after they graduate, whether by providing experiential learning opportunities to improve their marketability and exposure to their chosen profession, or by ensuring a streamlined path to four-year degrees.

Examples:  Effective Key Performance Indicators and Metrics of Success, Assessment at All Levels (Institutional, Programmatic, Department and Classroom)

Mayor Ed Koch famously quipped “How’m I doing?” to any passerby on the streets of New York. He understood that constant feedback was essential to know what works and what can be improved. This track focuses on effective ways that data can be used to make decisions in guiding operations as well as in finding what particular obstacles impede progress and success.