2008 Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement
June 18-22, 2008 | Snowbird, Utah
About Campus Teams
"My voice ... was given credibility through
the
inclusive nature of the conference."
—2007 Participant
A campus team typically consists of a team leader and four team members. Teams should include individuals who are significantly involved in the work of student engagement, inclusion, and achievement, as well as those who could extend the reach of these efforts. All teams must include a senior academic officer. Teams should include existing and emerging faculty leaders from various disciplines, department chairs, student affairs professionals, institutional researchers, registrars, librarians, or others with the capacity and commitment to carry out the action plan. Team leaders should consider including people with different perspectives on the work and are strongly encouraged to include a graduate or undergraduate student or community member. Ideally, the team’s sphere of influence to enhance student learning would reach multiple levels and settings.
Nearly 200 teams representing all institutional types and sizes have participated in past Institutes. Overwhelmingly, they report that the experience offers significant assistance in planning and managing educational change. Once back on campus, teams regularly utilize Institute resources to build shared commitment for their educational change efforts. Some teams have developed leadership seminars and faculty retreats based on the Institute’s curriculum, some have established comprehensive assessment efforts, and others have combined isolated projects into coherent structures of support to improve underserved student achievement.
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