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A FESTIVAL FOR LEARNER-CENTERED
EDUCATORS! Get ready for the 4th annual On Course National Conference...April 17-18, 2009, in Raleigh, North Carolina! Back by acclaim...a variety of full-day pre-conference workshops on April 16 (details below). During the past 14 years, thousands of college and university educators have attended On Course Workshops at conference centers and campuses across North America. At these innovative professional development events, they experienced an immersion in learner-centered strategies that empower students to become active, responsible learners. Informed and inspired, participants took On Course strategies back to their students to use and creatively adapt. At many institutions, these strategies became the foundation for courses and programs that have dramatically improved student academic success and retention. (View the data.) Join us to exchange and celebrate best practices in student success...from immediately usable instructional and counseling strategies to campus-wide programs that increase retention and student academic success. Learn great new strategies from educators who are changing the lives of their students and transforming their colleges into learner-centered institutions. Best of all, you won't just hear about how to empower your students to become active, responsible learners. You'll experience it! Please register early--spaces limited to first 500 participants.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Whether you've been working with On Course strategies for years or just care deeply about the success of your students, attend this powerful professional development event. Expect to experience and learn proven strategies you can implement to help your students reach more of their potential in college...and in life. The National On Course Conference is ideal for...
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT A PROPOSAL? If you're an experienced On Course educator or an educator with a favorite learner-centered strategy, please submit a proposal to share your idea with colleagues from across the United States...and beyond! We're seeking proposals that introduce your colleagues to...
Click HERE to access the Call for Proposals and the online submission form (deadline October 27, 2008). Presenters will be invited to a hosted celebration dinner on Friday evening, April 17, 2009, where they will meet and exchange ideas with some of the most innovative minds in higher education today. Questions? Click to send an email.
YOUR CONFERENCE HOSTS
The National On Course Conference is hosted by the On Course Ambassadors. This group of outstanding educators has a mission to transform their colleges and universities into learner-centered institutions that empower students to become active, responsible learners. The specific goal of the OCAmbassadors is to bring about significant increases in student academic success and retention. Members of the 2009 On Course National Conference Steering Committee will be announced shortly. Members of the 2009 On Course National Conference Steering Committee are...
Does your college or university have an On Course Ambassador? View the entire roster HERE.
SPONSORING COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES The On Course Steering Committee would like to acknowledge our local college hosts for the 2009 On Course Conference in Raleigh, N.C.:
Thank you for your support! THREE FULL-DAY
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS--April 16, 2009
All pre-conference workshops have THREE
things in common: 1) Schedule: 8:45 to 4:45 on April 16, 2009, 2) Location: Hilton
North Raleigh Hotel (conference hotel) and 3) Limited
Enrollment: Please register early to get the session of
your choice. OPTION 1: The
One-Day On Course Workshop If you're new to On Course, this full-day
workshop will provide a foundation to help you get even greater value from your
experience at the On Course National Conference. If you've already attended the
On Course I Workshop (and even the On Course II Workshop), you'll get a great
review of On Course Principles plus a whole new batch of empowering
learner-centered strategies to add to your tool box. If you are Interested in
innovations that promote active, responsible learning across student success
courses, all academic disciplines, and student services...then this is the
session for you! Led by a certified On
Course Facilitator, this is the same one-day On Course Workshop presented on
college and university campuses across North America! To see a detailed agenda
for this pre-conference workshop, click HERE
(and scroll down until you come to the One-Day Workshop). OPTION 2: The Great Teachers of On Course
Seminar Designed for educators with previous experience
using On Course strategies, this special session, modeled on the Great Teachers
Seminar, is designed to: celebrate good teaching; guide educators to look beyond
their own discipline for effective best practices; promote an attitude of
introspection and self-appraisal; develop realistic, creative, learner-centered
and empowering approaches to instructional challenges; stimulate the exchange of
information and ideas among educators who have been using On Course strategies
with their students (and themselves!).
OPTION 3: The On
Course Leadership Seminar Management is doing things right; leadership
is doing the right things. -–Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis This seminar offers participants the opportunity to identify and enhance campus leadership skills. It is designed to support your efforts to develop and implement campus programs/practices that will significantly increase student success. If you’ve been using On Course with your students, and have been taking a greater leadership role on your campus (or have the desire to do so), you’ll have the opportunity to share and assess best practices in campus leadership; learn new strategies for the design of On Course student success programs; identify and address leadership challenges; clarify goals, intentions and values; become more effective at getting things done; and brainstorm and share solutions to student success and retention challenges. Participants will examine and experience recent innovations in communication strategies, change management, principle-based and service leadership, student leadership, and other powerful leadership tools and practices that promote institutional and individual change and effectiveness. This workshop will be led by Jonathan Brennan, a certified On Course facilitator. 2009 Conference Registration Form
SEE YOU IN ... OUR HOTEL: The 2009 On Course National Conference will convene at the Hilton North Raleigh Hotel, located at 3415 Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, NC 27609 (919-872-2323). The hotel is just a few miles from the state capital of North Carolina, great shopping, upscale restaurants, and Raleigh attractions. The hotel is located two blocks north of the I-440 beltline which offers easy access to I-40, I-85 and I-95. The Hilton North Raleigh has recently completed an extensive $13 million improvement which includes newly renovated guest rooms, Hilton Serenity® Beds, Wireless high-speed Internet, indoor pool and whirlpool, and a Precor® Fitness Center. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle transportation to and from Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU), and for those who drive to the conference, parking is free. For maps and driving directions, click HERE. RESERVE A ROOM: Call 919-872-2323 and identify yourself as a participant in the 2009 On Course National Conference. In that way, you'll qualify for our special conference rate of $149 single/double, plus tax. This special rate can be extended to 2 days before and 2 days after the conference, based on availability. You can also reserve a room online by clicking HERE. IMPORTANT NOTE: You may make reservations at our special room rate through Sunday, April 5, 2009, or until all hotel rooms are reserved, whichever comes first. We expect a great demand for rooms, so make your reservations early! Last year rooms sold out at the conference hotel. FUN IN RALEIGH: To access information on entertainment options in Raleigh, click HERE. The three links above will take you to external web sites. Use your "Back" button to return here.
A GREAT VALUE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The conference registration fee includes:
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: (For the detailed schedule, with session descriptions, click here)
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