20th
National HBCU Faculty Development Network Conference
Relevance
● Pedagogy ● Assessment ● Sustainability
October
24-26, 2013
859 Convention
Center Boulevard · New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Call for Proposals
Dear
Colleagues:
The HBCU Faculty
Development Network is hosting its 20th
National Conference October 24-26, 2013 in
New Orleans, LA. We cordially invite you to submit a proposal for
presentation. Our theme this year Relevance ●
Pedagogy ● Assessment ● Sustainability encompasses the missions and strategic plans of many
universities. Your proposal submissions should reflect the
following:
·
programs
that address the relevance of institutional curricular offerings in a global
society;
·
effective
teaching and learning strategies that you are currently involved in at your
institutions;
·
effective
assessment of student learning outcomes, and
·
innovative
or model academic programs that are sustainable.
Presentations
should relate to any one of the following strands:
(1)
Collaborative Models of Teaching; (2) Assessment and Evaluation; (3) Active
Learning and Engagement; (4) Curriculum Design and Revision; (5) Learning
Across the Curriculum and Learning Communities; (6) Instructional/Educational
Technology; (7) Civic Engagement and Social Justice; (8) Diversity and
Globalization (9) and Special Topics that include a variety of academic
disciplines.
For
additional information on the strands and on how to submit your proposals,
please visit the website at http://www.hbcufdn.org.
Session Types
The Network welcomes proposals for a variety of session
types, including the following:
Workshops
2.5 hour interactive workshops
Concurrent Sessions
75 minute interactive sessions
Roundtables
75 minute discussions
Poster Presentations
Guidelines for Proposals
Guidelines for Proposals
Eligibility
All are welcome to submit a proposal.
Once a proposal is accepted, all presenters must pay registration fees.
Number of proposals per person
Each
attendee may propose up to one workshop as either the primary or
co-presenter.
Each
attendee may also propose up to two concurrent sessions where he/she may be
the primary presenter for only one of these sessions. For the second session, he/she must be listed as a
co-presenter. Please note that interactive sessions, roundtable
discussions, and posters presentations
are included in this two-session limit.
Example #1: An attendee may submit one concurrent session proposal as
the lead presenter and a second concurrent session proposal as co-presenter.
Example
#2: An attendee may submit two concurrent
session proposals as co-presenter.
Example#3: An attendee may
submit one workshop proposal as the lead presenter, a concurrent session
proposal as lead presenter, and a second concurrent session proposal as
co-
presenter.
Proposals may be submitted online beginning Friday,
February 1, 2013 on the HBCU website at http://www.hbcufdn.org
and will be due by 5:00 PM (CT) on Friday, March 29, 2013.
Detailed submission instructions are provided on the
website.
Before you prepare a proposal,
please ensure that you have read the guidelines for proposals. Failure to
follow these guidelines may lead to the rejection of a proposal.
Components of the proposal
All proposals are blind-reviewed
in accordance with the guidelines described above and should include the
following:
- Contact information for primary presenter and all co-presenters (address, phone, email)
- Session
title (no more than 10 words)
- Session
abstract (no more than 100 words)
- Please
select the type of session best suited for your proposal. Be sure
that there is a fit between what you intend to accomplish and the type of
session you choose.
- Session
description (no more than 500 words)
- Provide,
goals, implementation, research findings, and assessment
- State
expected outcomes for session participants
- Outline
the session activities and plan for interaction. Please model exemplary
teaching and learning practices. For poster presentations, focus on
the manner in which you plan to present your work rather than on the type
of interaction you anticipate
Abstract submission
dates:
Submissions accepted:
February 1, 2013 - March 29, 2013
Online submissions
available at http://www.hbcufdn.org
Notification of
acceptance: April 30, 2013
Participation
confirmation due from all presenters:
July 31, 2013
Conference Organizers:
Jeton
McClinton, Conference Coordinator
HENRY FINDLAY, Co-Conference Coordinator
Barbara
Albert, Program Coordinator
Laurette
blakely Foster, President, HBCU Faculty
Development Network
Hosting
Institution: Dillard University
Sale
of materials and the solicitation of consulting work
To avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest, the Network does not permit in
any conference session the sale of materials. Furthermore, the Network does not allow presenters to solicit consulting work during
any session listed in the program.
Session presenters are permitted to use materials they have
created and to refer to consulting work that they do, but neither materials
nor services may be offered for sale during the session. Authors, if
present, will be available to sign books at the end of a session.
Questions
about this conference practice should be addressed to the Executive Director or
the Conference Chairs.
Deadline for
Proposals: Friday, March 29, 2013, 5:00 P.M. (CT)
Barbara M. Albert
Executive Assistant
Office of Academic Affairs
(504) 816-4216 (office)
(504) 816-4144 (fax)
