Campus Compact Submission Form

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15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference Proposal Submission Form Conference web site

Released Friday, September 23, 2011 Due: Thursday, October 27, 2011

    • Proposals cannot be saved once started, recommend preparing responses in a Word document and pasting in**

Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, Creating the New Vision for Higher Education, to be held April 11-13, 2012 in Seattle, WA. We truly appreciate your contribution to the conference as a potential presenter and active participant.

Please thoroughly review the Call for Proposals information included on the Continuums of Service website and email COS.Proposal.Question@wwu.edu with any questions about the proposal process.


Proposal Title

Your proposal title can be up to 100 characters long, and should be edited and ready for potential publication in the conference program.

Lead Presenter Information

The Lead Presenter will be the primary point of contact for this proposal unless an alternate contact person is identified below.

Contact Information: Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Telephone: Mailing Address (Street, City, State, ZIP): Cell Phone (in case we need to reach you during the conference): Lead Presenter's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select lead presenter's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years the Lead Presenter has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field. Alternate primary point of contact (optional): Please identify the best contact person (if different from Lead Presenter) for all communications related to this proposal (i.e., registration, audiovisual, etc.). Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Telephone: Mailing Address (Street, City, State, ZIP):



Co-Presenter Information

Please list all other presenters (if any) below. Only those co-presenters listed in this proposal will be included in the conference program.

Presenter #2 Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Presenter #2's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select presenter #2's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years Presenter #2 has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field. Presenter #3 Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Presenter #3's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select presenter #3's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years Presenter #3 has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field. Presenter #4 Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Presenter #4's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select presenter #4's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years Presenter #4 has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field. Presenter #5 Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Presenter #5's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select presenter #5's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years Presenter #5 has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field. Presenter #6 Name: Title/Position: Institution/Organization: Email: Presenter #6's Primary Role/Affiliation: Please select presenter #6's primary role/affiliation Years in Service-Learning/Community Engagement Field: Please select the number of years Presenter #6 has been in the Service-Learning/Civic Engagement field.


The Continuums of Service Conference is accepting proposals for interactive and poster sessions. Please indicate below all of the session types in which you are interested in presenting. Please note: selecting a specific format does not guarantee that your proposal will be accepted in that format.

Interactive Session (75 minutes): Presenters are expected to engage participants in stimulating discussion and/or other active learning opportunities. Interactive sessions should therefore be comprised of at least 50% active learning, and no more than 50% presentation/lecture. These sessions take place throughout the conference.

Poster Session (45 minutes): Presenters are expected to create posters (and optional handouts) to visually display projects, programs, courses, partnerships, etc. While the posters will be displayed for the entire conference, poster presenters will have the opportunity to showcase their poster(s) to conference participants on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 during a networking reception. Session Audience

Please indicate your primary audience(s) by checking the appropriate box (or boxes) below.

Introductory/Novice - These participants are often new to service-learning/community engagement, with less than three years of experience in the field. Session content within this category may include service-learning/community engagement foundations and best practices; the basics of starting, maintaining, and evaluating a program; how to build student, faculty, and community partner awareness; etc.

Intermediate - These participants have been in the service-learning/community engagement field between three and eight years. Session content within this category may include service-learning/community engagement innovations and best practices; exploration of assessing program impact, strategic planning, fund development, staffing, and administrative support; how to build student, faculty, and community partner leadership; etc.

Experienced/Advanced - These participants have over eight years of service-learning/community engagement experience. Session content within this category may include many of the areas listed above as “intermediate,” as well as exploration of next steps for the field, research, etc. Session Guiding Question(s)

The 2012 Continuums of Service Conference theme is Creating the New Vision for Higher Education, and includes five guiding questions.Each session (and related proposal) should integrate one or more of these guiding questions. Please select the guiding question(s) upon which your session will focus.

How does your program/project/course contribute to the public purpose of education?
What is your vision for your college/university?
How can we, as the civic engagement/service-learning leaders, help our colleges/universities create a new vision for higher education?
What changes are currently happening on your campus?
How can we use more of an asset-based model to create a positive future for our colleges/universities and communities?

Session Topic

Recognizing that your service-learning/community engagement initiative may simultaneously incorporate many or all of the following emphasis areas, please select one primary emphasis area from the following choices.


EMPHASIS AREA #1: Student leadership, voice, and mentoring initiatives
EMPHASIS AREA #2: Faculty leadership, development, and support initiatives
EMPHASIS AREA #3: Cross-departmental and institution-wide initiatives
EMPHASIS AREA #4: Reciprocal campus-community partnerships
EMPHASIS AREA #5: Service-learning/community engagement research and assessment



Initiative/Presentation Description

Please describe your program, project, or course, as well as the content of your proposed session.

INITIATIVE DESCRIPTION. Briefly describe your program, project, or course. Be sure to include the purpose, objectives, partners, and key stakeholders within your description. **Character limit: 1300**


THEME ALIGNMENT. Describe how, specifically, your initiative aligns with (a) the overall conference theme, (b) the guiding question(s) that you selected above, and (c) the primary emphasis area that you selected above. **Character limit: 1300**


ASSESSMENT/SUSTAINABILITY. Upon what research, assessment data, and/or other information is your approach based? What methods have you used (or do you plan to use) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of your approach and/or to measure impact? How have you shared (or will you share) this data with key stakeholders? What strategies are needed to assure the sustainability of your program, project, or course (e.g., integrating it into institutional policies, procedures, strategic planning, etc.)? **Character limit: 1300**


LEARNING OBJECTIVES/REPLICABILITY. Please identify and describe the learning objectives for session participants. What do you hope participants will get out of your session? How will you present your initiative as one that others can adopt? In other words, how will you foster post-conference adaptation and application of your program, project, or course to diverse institutional contexts (e.g., documentation, mentoring others, publishing)? **Character limit: 1300**


INCORPORATION OF DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. How will you incorporate diverse perspectives into your session (e.g., through sharing stories or anecdotes representing multiple voices, or offering perspective-sharing opportunities for session participants)? If you are proposing a 75-minute interactive session, how does your team of presenters represent multiple perspectives? **Character limit: 1300**


Program Abstract

Provide an abstract of no more than 750 characters. Your abstract should reflect the actual content of your proposed session, and should include specific ways conference attendees will gain knowledge and/or skills by participating in your session. Please have your abstract EDITED AND READY FOR POTENTIAL PUBLICATION in the conference program.