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Community-Based Learning Conferences

Highlights of the 2011 conference include: Professional development opportunities for teachers, training for youth, an emphasis on service-learning for STEM education, an Administrators Academy for school and district leaders seeking to sustain service-learning, an exhibit hall showcasing schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, the Service-Learning Showcase and College Fair, the Fifth Annual Service-Learning World Forum, the Indigenous Service Forum, and Networking Opportunities.

The conference focuses on service-learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic skills and citizenship while addressing community needs in a genuine way. It convenes teachers and other service-learning practitioners, administrators, researchers, policy-makers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, national service members, community-based organization staffs, and corporate and foundation officers.

http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-professionaldevelopment­National_Service_Learning_Conference?oid=6463

AERA hosts a special interest group (SIG) on service-learning and experiential learning. The SIG's purpose is "to bring together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of SL and experiential  education for the betterment of the field. The theme of AERA’s 2011 Annual Meeting—“Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good”— is intended to encourage submissions that address the conceptual, methodological, policy, and pragmatic challenges and opportunities in re-imagining the promise and potential of education research.”

Take advantage of the Early Bird Rate and register by February 25, 2011. Rates increase after February 25. On-site registration will take place at the Sheraton, Napoleon Foyer Third Level.

Thursday, April 7, 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 8 – Monday, April 11, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 

http://www.aera.net/

Dates: April 27-29, 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
Proposals Due: October 26, 2010 

The 14th Annual Continuums of Service Conference will invite leaders from higher education, K-12 education, community-based organizations, government agencies, philanthropic organizations, businesses, and grassroots efforts to convene and discuss strategies to implement our shared leadership and responsibility to rebuild and strengthen communities across the region. Submit proposals by Oct 26, 2010.

Sponsor: Western Region Campus Compact Consortium c/o Washington Campus Compact Bellingham Washington 360-650-7312

http://www.wacampuscompact.org/cosconference/index.shtml

Date: May 16-20, 2011
Location: Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Proposals Deadline: March 1, 2011

This event is separated into two parts:
Service Learning Institute: Monday, May 16 to Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Curriculum development to develop high quality service learning courses
Led by Indiana Campus Compact                                           

Annual IUPUI Research Academy: Wednesday, May 18 to Friday, May 20 strengthening research on service learning and civic engagement Led by the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning   
Individuals can apply for one or both parts of the event.   
Notification: March 21, 2011

Cost: $150 per event; $250 for both events

Last year over 40 faculty from across the country and around the world attended this two part event.  This year we have added a "train the trainer" track for Community Service or Service Learning Directors and others who may support faculty on their own campuses in their curriculum development and/or research.

Information about both programs including links to applications for the events can be found at:
http://csl.iupui.edu/conferences.asp

This annual conference, launched in 2003, is designed for administrators of campus civic engagement efforts. The conference offers structured time for group gatherings, presentations, roundtable discussions, informal question and answer, and deep reflection about civic engagement work.  The 2010 conference was the largest to date with nearly 70 civic engagement professionals from 34 campuses in North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.

Registration Opens: March 8, 2011
http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/ceac.html

Dates: June 6-8, 2011
Location: New Orleans, LA
Proposals Due: November 1, 2010

Co-convened by the Corporation for National and Community Service and Points of Light Institute, the National Conference on Volunteering and Service is the world’s largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors. The annual event provides attendees with an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative plenary sessions, workshops, special events, service projects, exhibits and specialized business tracks.

Sponsor: Corporation for National and Community Service and Points of Light Institute

http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/

The mission of the Association is to support research on service-learning and community engagement.  The Association conference serves as a vehicle for disseminating new knowledge, rewarding excellence in research, and facilitating communication among scholars.  Researchers present findings from quantitative and qualitative research, share ideas derived from their work, and hear presentations by influential leaders in the field.  The conference does not feature presentations of program descriptions or evaluation reports.  However, practitioners and community partners are encouraged to attend the conference to participate in presentations of research on which they have collaborated and to gather useful empirical information that can be shared with their collaborators and used to shape program development and practice.  

The conference attendees are faculty, graduate students, academic administrators, and practitioners. The participants are primarily US-based, but beginning with the 2006 conference, the international participation was expanded to include a number of registrants from Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan and China.  Anticipated attendance is 350-400 people attending sessions

PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY 5:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010

Proposals must be submitted using one of the following delivery methods (e-mail is preferred): 7

By e-mail:  
Please send to Barbara Moely (moely@tulane.edu) and to the Association office (info@researchslce.org).  Include “2011 IARSLCE Conference” or "2012 IARSLCE Conference" in the subject line.  

By mail or express:
Barbara E. Moely
Conference Oversight Committee Chair 
Center for Public Service, 327 Gibson Hall 
Tulane University 
6823 St. Charles Avenue 
New Orleans, LA 70118 

All proposals submitted by mail must include an electronic version submitted on CD.

http://184.168.208.204/_Documents/Conferences/2011/IARSLCE_Conf_Site_2011_and_2012_RFP_1_21%202012.pdf