Learning Community Boot Camp

Thank you to all of our higher ed partners who participated in this workshop! See our recap of the event here.

For our Higher Ed partners:

Please join us on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Calhoun Community College for lots of work, collaboration, and fun on the subject of learning communities and service-learning. Teams should consist of three to six members and plan to attend for the entire session.

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Ruthanna Payne, Learning Communities Coordinator, Auburn University, with Dr. Robert Exley, President of Snead State Community College

Time: 8 AM – 6:30 PM

Location: Calhoun Community College

AGENDA

8:00    Breakfast, Introductions, and Overview of Day

9:00    Developing Outcomes

10:00    Building Support on Your Campus

11:00    Developing Your Learning Community Cohort(s)

12:00    Course Planning & Learning Community Instruction

1:00    Lunch and Working Session

2:00    Incorporating Service Learning

3:30    Marketing Your Learning Communities & Enrolling Students

4:00    Working Session – Develop Presentation

5:00    Dinner    and    Team    Presentations

6:30    Adjourn

Registration: $30/person

Registration limited to 5 teams consisting of 3-6 people per team. Teams must hail from one of our Higher Ed partner institutions

To register or for more information, please contact Haley Heckman at 205.939.1408 or hheckman@alabamapoverty.org.

About Dr. Ruthanna Payne Blake:

In 1998, Auburn University began a learning community program with two cohorts of 25 students. In 2010, they will welcome 1,250 learning community students to campus. The secret to our growth is no secret at all – collaboration with faculty and administrators who care about students, listening to student feedback and adjusting accordingly, and ongoing evaluation that proves that our learning communities are contributing to student performance and retention on our campus. Through consulting with peer institutions, conducting ongoing research, more consulting with peer institutions, attending working conferences, and of course trial and error we have developed an effective and efficient model for implementing and growing learning communities.

In an intensive, daylong working session, the Learning Community Boot Camp will take you through our model step by step with an end result of a strategic plan to take home and implement for the 2010-2011 academic year.