Leadership Educators Institute

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, USA
December 9 – 11, 2012

Leadership education of college and university students is an important and ongoing process within higher education institutions. Student affairs professionals play an essential role in coordinating, shaping, and evaluating this area by developing leadership courses and programs, creating co-curricular opportunities, and using new technologies. The Leadership Educators Institute (LEI) is an innovative forum geared specifically towards new to mid-level student affairs professionals and leadership educators with these responsibilities. The Institute is coordinated by NASPA, ACPA, and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, and will be held December 9 –11, 2012, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Submit a 75-minute educational program proposal for the Institute. Submission deadline is July 19, 2012. Submit your proposal at www.naspa.org/programs/lei. Accepted proposals will offer only the highest quality information focused on the following topic areas:

Leadership development theory discussions which will include the Relational Leadership Model, the Social Change Model, and Leadership Identity Development (LID);
Leadership courses (credit and non-credit) will include innovative syllabi, effective textbooks, incentives for students, experiential learning, and service oriented;
Assessment of leadership programs including learning outcomes, using CAS Standards, virtual leadership portfolios, certificate programs;
Cohort leadership programs, emerging leaders, multi-year programs, developmental issues, and funding; and
Intersectional role of leadership education in identity development, service-learning, social justice education, and other functional areas.

The Institute Planning Committee encourages program proposals that are proven practices with content that will intentionally engage participants in discussions and provide meaningful content to bring back to their campuses. Content should be geared specifically towards new to mid-level student affairs educators.

John P. Dugan

Susan Komives

Corey Seemiller

Pre-institute Workshop 1: Student Leadership in Higher Education: Lost in the Leadership Forest?

Presenters:

Susan Komives, Professor Emerita, University of Maryland College Park
Julie Owen, Assistant Professor, Leadership and Integrative Studies, George Mason University
Craig Slack, Director, National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs (NCLP)
Brenda McKenzie, LEI Liaison, Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community, NASPA
Mark Anthony Torrez, Leadership Education Chair, ACPA Commission for Student Involvement

This pre-institute workshop is designed for participants new to the area of college student leadership. Based on feedback from past evaluations, this session was created to provide a nuts-and-bolts understanding of the many theories, concepts, and language of leadership. The presenters (esteemed scholars and representatives from ACPA, NASPA, and NCLP) will provide this foundation to help introduce participants to college student leadership education and to help successfully navigate a first LEI experience.

Pre-institute Workshop 2: Creating Appropriate Developmental Sequencing in Leadership Education

Presenters:

John Dugan, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago
Ben Correia, Project Manager and Research Assistant for the Multi-institutional Study of Leadership, Loyola University Chicago

Although leadership educators are often aware of students’ varying levels of cognitive and psycho-social development, comprehensive leadership programs do not always reflect this variation. Emerging research highlights the need to create leadership education programs that are developmentally sequenced, leveraging high-impact practices to provide students with increasingly complex content. In this session, we will discuss recent findings from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership to provide a deeper understanding of appropriate developmental sequencing and showcase practical examples based on developmental readiness.

Pre-institute Workshop 3: StrengthsQuest at Ohio State University

Presenters:

Jen Pelletier, Assistant Director, Training and Development
Melissa Rocco, Coordinator, Student Leadership Programs
Kristen Rupert, Coordinator, Keith B Key Center for Student Leadership and Service
Krystyne Savarese, Assistant Director Residence Life
Julie Schultz, Assistant Director, First-Year Experience

Join us for an overview, discussion, and activities around StrengthsQuest and its application at Ohio State University. Presenters will share perspectives for using Strengths within academic coursework, student advising, student employment/peer leaders, and co-curricular leadership programs. Attendees will gain an understanding of one approach toward becoming a strengths-based campus, and how to apply this process to their own campus. Participants do not need to have taken the StrengthsQuest assessment in advance of this session.

*Early Bird Registration Deadline – October 19, 2012*
ACPA/NASPA Member		$395
Non-member		$480
Student Member		$195

*Regular Registration – After October 19, 2012*
ACPA/NASPA Member		$595
Non-member		$680
Student Member		$255
*Currency in U.S. dollars

*Students must be undergraduate or graduate members of the sponsoring associations. For more information on membership to one of the sponsoring organizations, please contact tayiku@naspa.org (NASPA), vwall@acpa.nche.edu (ACPA), or cslack@umd.edu (NCLP).

Individuals must be fully registered in order to attend any LEI session or event. You may register online or print a registration form from either the ACPA or NASPA Web sites.

Completed registration forms can be mailed or faxed, to:

ACPA-College Student Educators International at the National Center for Higher Education
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036, USA (202) 827 – 0601 (FAX)*

* The fax number listed above will send your form to a secure email account in order to protect your credit card information.

Cancellation Policy:
Registrations can be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. All fees must be prepaid. Purchase orders are not accepted. Refunds will be given for cancellations, received in writing at ACPA by November 5, 2012 less a $55 processing fee. After November 5, 2012, there are no refunds. ACPA reserves the right to charge a service fee of $20 for returned checks. A processing fee of $50 per registration will be charged for credit cards declined or to change payment methods after the initial payment is processed. Registrations are non-transferable. The conference may be cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. In this case, the fees will be fully refunded; however, ACPA, the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs & NASPA will not be responsible for other additional costs, charges or expenses, including cancellation/change charges accessed by airlines and/or travel agencies.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Pre-Institute Workshops
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Institute Welcome
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Opening Keynote
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception
Monday, December 10, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast/Topical Table Discussions
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Panel on the Future of Leadership
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5:00 p.m.	Dinner on Own
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast/Topical Table Discussions
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Morning Keynote
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions

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A block of rooms has been reserved for LEI attendees at a discounted rate at the Hyatt Place Columbus/OSU 795 Yard Street, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Room rates are $122 (single & double occupancy), not including 16.57% taxes. Reservations can be made by clicking on the link below or by calling (614) 280 - 1234. Be sure to mention the “Leadership Educators Institute” [rate code G-ACPA] to receive the discounted rate. The hotel reservation deadline is November 10, 2012.

General Hotel Information Columbus Hyatt Hotel Web site. Reserve a roome here.

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The Ohio State University’s main Columbus campus is one of America’s largest and most comprehensive. More than 55,000 students select from 14 colleges, 175 undergraduate majors, and 240 master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs. As Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities, Ohio State is further recognized by a top-rated academic medical center and a premier cancer hospital and research center.

The university’s total research expenditures in 2009 topped $716 million, ranking Ohio State 13th nationally, second in industry research, and ninth among public universities, according to the National Science Foundation. The university’s innovative prowess attains world-class status, particularly in critical areas such as global climate change, cancer, infectious disease, advanced materials, and ag-bio products that feed and fuel the world.

An additional 8,200 students attend Ohio State’s regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark, and the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster.

Founded as a federal land-grant institution in 1870, the university has awarded 622,368 degrees since 1878. Its legacy extends to more than 465,000 living alumni.

Information on The Ohio State University can be found at: http://www.osu.edu/

Information on Columbus, Ohio can be found here: http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/play-here.cfm

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For questions or concerns, contact Tricia Fechter, Senior Director – Professional Development, Research & Scholarship, or call 1.202.835.2272.