Professional Development

UNM Office of Support for Effective Teaching (OSET)

Integrating Higher Education Planning and Assessment: Real Strategies for Real Institutions
August 13-14, 2009, San Juan, Puerto Rico
http://www.msche.org/events_calendar.asp
Scope: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Audience: Planning and Institutional Research Directors and Staff, Assessment Directors, Academic Affairs Personnel, and interested faculty and administrators              
Conference Hotel: InterContinental Hotel
This institute will provide MSCHE standards related to planning and assessment, in respect to conceptual content and strategies for compliance.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
September 30-October 3, 2009, San Antonio, Texas
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AnnualConf/2009/index.htm
Scope: Regional
Audience: Advising and Planning Professionals
Conference Hotel:  The Grand Hyatt San Antonio

AACE National Assessment Conference
September 11-12, 2009, Norfolk, VA
http://theaaceonline.com/conference.htm
Scope: National
Audience: Assessment professionals in counseling and education
Conference Hotel: Spring Hill Marriott
This conference will focus on assessment, research, and diagnosis.  Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Ted Remley, who will discuss issues related to ethical consideration regarding admissions testing.

The International Association for Educational Assessment – 2009 Conference
September 13-18, 2009, Brisbane, Australia
http://www.iaea2009.com/
Scope: International
Audience: Educational Certification agencies, Educational Assessment Experts and examination providers
Conference Hotel: The Sofitel Hotel
This conference provides a forum for participants to share professional expertise and strengthen mutual understanding and relationships, to build a global educational assessment community.

 Lilly National Conference
September 24-27, 2009, Traverse City, Michigan
http://lillyconferences.com/

International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning
October 8-10, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.isetl.org/
Scope: International
Audience: College and university faculty and practitioners from all disciplines
Conference Hotel: Radisson Plaza Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
The thirty-ninth annual conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) encourages college and university faculty and practitioners from all disciplines to develop, study, and apply learner-centered principles of teaching, learning, and assessment in innovative, yet effective and practical ways.

Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities
October 22-24, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/integrative_learning/index.cfm 
Audience: University faculty, student affairs educators, and other administrators.
Conference Hotel: The Westin Peachtree Plaza
This conference seeks to highlight the new importance of integrative learning ten years in to the new century.  This conference will focus on four major themes; Purposes, Designs, Reality Check and Assessment

The 2009 Assessment Institute
October 25-27, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://planning.iupui.edu/conference/national/nationalconf.html
Scope: National
Audience: Faculty, student affairs professionals, and administrators
Conference Hotel: The Westin Indianapolis
The Assessment Institute in Indianapolis is the nation’s oldest and largest event focused exclusively on Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education. The Institute is designed to introduce you to innovations in assessment that you can use. You may choose concurrent workshops that provide a more in-depth perspective on a particular topic or the Best Practices Presentations to gather ideas about specific instruments or techniques. You will learn about new techniques, approaches, and ideas in a variety of outcomes assessment areas.

10th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference
October 25-27, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.planning.iupui.edu/institute
Scope: Regional
Audience: Faculty, student affairs professionals, and administrators who have interest in assessment
Conference Hotel: The Westin Indianapolis
The Assessment Institute in Indianapolis is the nation’s oldest and largest event focused on Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education and is designed to provide opportunities for individuals new in outcomes assessment, leaders in outcomes assessment and those interested in establishing networks for sources and support.

American Evaluation Association 2010 Annual Conference
November 8-13, 2010, San Antonio, TX

American Evaluation Association 2009 Annual Conference
November 9-14, 2009, Orlando, FL
http://www.eval.org/eval2009/default.htm
Scope: International
Audience: Government, Academia, Foundations, and private and non-profit sectors
Conference Hotel: Rosen Shingle Creek

Lilly International Conference
November 19-22, 2009, Oxford, Ohio
http://lillyconferences.com/
Scope: International
Conference Hotel: Marcum Conference Center & Miami Inn
Keynote speaker: Michael Wesch.

7th Annual Assessment Institute
February 17-19, 2010, Clearwater Beach, Florida
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AssessmentInst/2010/index.htm
Scope: International
Audience: Assessment Professionals
Conference Hotel: Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort
Assessment of academic advising is essential for a successful and effective academic advising program on any campus. This working institute will be an intensive two and a half days focused on the components of a successful assessment program as well as specific strategies and tools for developing and implementing assessment programs on your campus.

General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities
February 18-20, 2010, Seattle, Washington
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/index.ctm
Scope: National
Audience: General Education
Conference Hotel: Sheraton Seattle Hotel
This conference invites fresh thinking and new approaches to help faculty, staff, and administrators maintain momentum in general education and assessment during tough times, and reaffirms a commitment to engaged liberal education as the guiding principle for campus action.

NMHEAR 2010 - Grassroots Leadership: Doing the Right Thing in Perilous Times
February 25-26, 2010, Albuquerque, NM
http://www.nmsu.edu/NMHEAR/
Audience: Higher Education
Conference Hotel: Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
                           
2010 NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) Annual Conference
March 6-10, 2010, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.naspa.org/conf/default.cfm
Scope: International
Audience: Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education
Conference Hotels: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, or Chicago Marriott Downtown

ACPA (American College Personnel Association)Boston 2010 Annual Convention- Innovative Ideas & Revolutionary Results
March 20-24, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts
http://convention.myacpa.org/
Scope: National
Audience: Association Members
Conference Hotels: Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Innovative Ideas- inspires and empowers us to imagine and to act as agents of change. Revolutionary Results- commits and challenges us to demonstrate our effectiveness as educators. Our convention offers us a framework to re-think how we approach our work with students.

Faculty Roles is High-Impact Practices
March 25-27, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/faculty/2010/index.cfm
Scope: National
Audience: Faculty and administrators on campus
Conference Hotel:
T he conference is designed for faculty members seeking innovative, robust, and practical designs for learning, teaching, and assessment approaches proven to deepen student engagement, and a network of engaged colleagues. It is also geared toward administrators and others on campus looking to support and partner with faculty to advance the use of high-impact practices for more students, more intentionally, across multiple points in time.

3rd Annual SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching & Leaning) Commons Conference
March 10-12, 2010, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2010/accommodations.htm
Scope: International
Audience: Higher Education faculty and administrators, people engaging in SoTL and anyone wanting to improve student learning outcomes in higher education today.
Conference Hotel: Go to website.
The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is an inquiry-led, evidence-based way for sustained improvement of student learning experiences and outcomes—perhaps the best way for individual professors, departments/programs, and whole institutions, to improve teaching and student learning.               

2010 Annual Meeting of the North Central Association/The Higher Learning Commission
April 9-13, 2010, Chicago, Illinois
http://ncahlc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Itemid=155
Scope: National
Audience: All Higher Education Administrators, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Faculty and Staff
Conference Hotel: Hyatt Regency Hotel
Assessment of student learning, leadership in higher education, strategies with accreditation.