Fall Conference

2009 NCCPA FALL CONFERENCE

Navigating the Highways of Higher Education
NCCPA’s Fall 2009 Conference
November 4th and 5th, 2009
The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Mark your calendars for November 4th & 5th, 2009 for NCCPA’s annual fall conference, Navigating the Highways of Higher Education. This conference will help you navigate your way to competency in the Student Affairs profession with a programmatic focus on professional competencies outlined by ACPA (July 2007).

Conference Schedule

Day	Time	Event
Wed.	12-1:30	Lunch (distinguished Scholar)
Wed.	1:45-2:45	Session 1
Wed.	2:50-3:50	Session 2
Wed.	4:00-5:30	Business Meeting/Pinning
Wed.	6:00-until	Dinner On Your Own/ Cultural Activity

Thurs.	8:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast/ Past Presidents' Breakfast
Thurs.	9:00-10:00	Session 3
Thurs.	10:10-11:10	Session 4
Thurs.	11:20-12:20	Session 5
Thurs.	12:30-1:45	Lunch/Awards
Thurs.	2:00-4:00	Graduate Students Post Conference Activities

Registration

Register today! Use the registration form below to register and pay for the conference. Please note the early bird rates until October 9th!

	Before Oct. 9	After Oct. 9
Professionals:	$110	$135
Graduate Students:	$80	$95
Graduate Students: Thursday Drive-In Rate	$30	$30

To register for the NCCPA Fall Conference click here.

Program Proposals

If you are interested in presenting, program proposals are due by October 7th and should relate to one of the ACPA Competencies listed below.

Advising and Helping: Application of theories and skills related to providing support, direction, feedback, critique, and guidance to individuals and groups.

Assessment, Evaluation, and Research: The design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative techniques and tools focused on student learning and satisfaction, organizational issues and development, professional development and training, student development, and other emergent issues.

Ethics: The ability to assess daily activities from an ethical perspective as well as understanding and applying ethical standards to one's work.

Legal Foundations: The ability to assess daily activities from a legal perspective as well understanding and applying knowledge of legal issues to one's work environment and relationships.

Leadership and Management/Administration: Organizational competencies such as influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members; and the deployment and manipulation of resources to advance institutional or organizational mission, goals, and initiatives.

Pluralism and Inclusion: An understanding and valuing of diverse groups and views, civic engagement and social responsibility, as well as recognizing the importance of language and culture in pursuit of creating and maintaining more pluralistic and multicultural campuses.

Student Learning and Development: Knowledge and understanding of concepts and principles of student development and student learning theories, and ability to apply theory to improve student affairs practice.

Teaching: Knowledge and understanding of concepts and principles of teaching, learning, and training theory and how to apply these theories to improve student affairs practice and education.

Click here for the Fall Conference Program Submission Form

Accomodations

If you would like to reserve your room, please contact The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center at (877) 777-3099 and asked to be included with the NC College Personnel Association block. Rooms are $75 per night plus sales tax and service charges. Visit their website at http://www.hawthorneinn.com/ .

Contact Information

For inquiries, please contact:
Heidi Williams Ragan raganhw@appstate.edu or
Jenny Sloop Johnson sloop@campbell.edu