Call for Proposals
The strength of the Native American Student Advocacy Institute is built upon the ideas, experiences, and best practices of educators who work with American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students. We encourage you to share your stories and successes by leading a session at the 2010 conference. We are specifically seeking proposals on the following topics:
- Keeping Native American issues at the forefront of campus diversity agendas
- Creating partnerships between K–12 schools and higher education institutions
- Raising expectations and academic achievement
- Preparing Native American students to enter a global economy
- Involving parents in education
- Using data to inform instruction
Preference will be given to proposals for sessions that:
- Highlight programs, services, or policies that improve educational access and success for all students.
- Include speakers from multiple institutions or regions.
- Foster dialogue between educators from different professional areas.
- Provide research and data to support claims and document outcomes.
- Share best practices and examples of what works and what doesn't.
Benefits
As a session leader, you will have an opportunity to:
- Share your knowledge and experiences.
- Gather valuable feedback from peers.
- Showcase educational partnerships that promote advancement and opportunity.
- Help shape the agenda of the College Board and the education community.
Submit Your Proposal
All proposal submissions are due by November 30, 2009. To submit your proposal online:
- Follow the conference guidelines and procedures below.
- Click Submit a proposal at the bottom of this page.
Guidelines and Procedures
Please read and follow the proposal submission guidelines. We cannot consider submissions that do not meet these criteria.
- All main sessions are scheduled for 75 minutes. Plan your session to allow for sufficient Q&A time.
- Submit a proposal only if you have secured funding from your institution to attend the conference and only if you are available to present at any time on April 19 or 20.
- Presenters are offered a discount on the conference registration fee.
- Presenters are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements and expenses.
Writing the Session Description
As you are writing your session description, follow these guidelines:
- Limit the description to 150 words.
- Focus on what participants will be doing, rather than what they will be receiving. Use action words such as "survey," "review," "assess," and "examine" to keep the description centered on the participant experience.
- Write in general terms about the topic, rather than reviewing the entire presentation.
- Emphasize what participants can do with the information and knowledge gained.
Writing Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes are key to helping us understand the focus of your session. They also help participants determine which sessions to attend, based on specific needs. In order to develop an effective learning outcome:
- Clearly state and describe the actual skills participants will develop during the workshop, as well as the specific ways the skills can be applied to the participants' work.
- Make your learning outcomes tangible and concrete; they should be observable and assessable, if needed.
Here are a few examples of effective learning outcomes:
- Participants will learn how to teach analysis of narrative structure through a discussion of an author's intentions.
- By learning about different assessment methods, participants will develop the skills needed to compare the effectiveness of formative and summative assessments. Participants will then design three formative assessment activities that they can use.
- After hearing from the panel, participants will develop strategies for identifying faith-based and academic resources in the community, and for getting parents involved in the application process, in order to assist their students.
Other Considerations
The steering committee of the Native American Student Advocacy Institute reviews all proposals. You will be notified of its decision via email in December 2009.
Given time and space constraints, as well as our need to develop a balanced program, we may not be able to accept all exceptional proposals. If your proposal is not accepted this year, we encourage you to try again next year.
Please send an email to nasai@collegeboard.org if you have any questions or if you are interested in promoting a specific product and would like to discuss becoming an exhibitor or a sponsor.
