Deadline: Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 11:59 P.M. (PST)
The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE) is requesting presentation proposals for the 13th Annual AHSIE Best Practices Conference, which will be in a virtual format. The conference will take place March 15-17, 2021.
OUR AUDIENCE
The AHSIE HSI/Title V annual conference provides those who work in Hispanic Serving Institutions a unique opportunity to network and share resources with their peers who work in HSIs. AHSIE attendees are higher education administrators, evaluators, staff, faculty and students who support the development of an evidence-base for the institutional conditions and best practices that close achievement and completion gaps for Latinx students.
We also offer Institutes designed to support those working in emerging and new HSIs, to learn how to effectively manage their Latinx educational initiatives as well as maximize grant funding opportunities to build capacity at their institutions. Over 500 participants regularly attend our annual conference.
13th Annual AHSIE Best Practices Conference Theme
This year’s conference will focus on the following theme: Centering HSIs in Times of Change
Preference will be given to submissions that incorporate this theme. For example, presentations that reflect HSI-specific support systems and opportunities that center the voices of Latinx students, faculty and staff in higher education.
PRESENTATION TRACKS
The AHSIE conference seeks proposals that demonstrate high impact practices that promote Hispanic/Latinx student success in higher education within the Hispanic Serving Institution context.
Your proposal should be designed to fit one of the following conference tracks:
Track 1: Policy
Description: Proposals that help provide examples of policies that center HSI Servingness. Proposals could highlight assessment or development of institutional policies using an equity, inclusion and/or access lens. Presentations could feature collaborations across an institution to dismantle institutional racism, such as institutionally driven inclusive hiring practices, anti-bias policies and training, changes to governance through an equity lens, or calls to action such as removal of icons of oppression on campuses.
Track 2: Servingness
Description: Proposals that help develop emerging HSIs into an equity or ‘serving’ mindset. Proposals could highlight development of staff and faculty in the context of curricular/co-curricular programming, or descriptions of collaboration and leveraging of resources across departments, institutions, and communities. Presentations should feature data-supported practical and detailed advice that will be immediately useful to new HSIs, such as how to use data to track and close equity gaps, or use of programming/training to shift institutional culture and thinking from Racially White Institutions to HSIs.
Track 3: Project Management
Description: Proposals that highlight use of data to continuously improve programs and evaluate program effectiveness, and/or highlight the institutionalization of HSI grant-funded programs, and/or share best practices for effective management of federal grants collaborations and leveraging of funds.
Track 4: STEM
Description: Proposals that highlight innovative programming in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics disciplines. Proposals may include changes to curriculum, addition/changes to culturally responsive pedagogy, or programming that increases recruitment or retention of historically marginalized students in STEM disciplines at HSIs.
Track 5: Grant Writing
Description: Proposals that focus on providing HSI staff and faculty with the tools to compete successfully for a range of funding sources, including Title III Part F, Title V, USDA, NSF and others. Proposals should (a) describe hands-on, practice-based methods for application development, from brainstorming through submission, (b) demonstrate knowledge of funding programs, and (c) use data analysis, research and high impact practices in project design. Proposals from campus-based professionals and that illustrate an understanding of the relationship between grant-seeking and systemic change will be given preference.
Description: Proposals that focus on providing HSI staff and faculty with the tools to compete successfully for a range of funding sources, including Title III Part F, Title V, USDA, NSF and others. Proposals should (a) describe hands-on, practice-based methods for application development, from brainstorming through submission, (b) demonstrate knowledge of funding programs, and (c) use data analysis, research and high impact practices in project design. Proposals from campus-based professionals and that illustrate an understanding of the relationship between grant-seeking and systemic change will be given preference.
Track 6: Professional Development
Description: Proposals that focus on innovative practices or programming that help build the skills of faculty and staff at HSIs. Proposals may include tool (kit) development/implementation, methods for inter- and intra-campus data collection and evaluation, project management, culture shift, meeting facilitation and consensus building, leadership development, equity training, and/or skills to facilitate difficult conversations will be considered. Proposals with evidence of institutionalization and/or campus-wide sustainability will be given preference.
SESSION TYPES
Please note: You may submit multiple proposals but due to scheduling conflicts and the large number of proposals we receive, individuals may present (as lead or co-presenter) on a maximum of TWO synchronous (live) sessions. Options may also be available for sessions that could be delivered asynchronously (pre-recorded).
40-Minute Breakout Sessions – These oral presentations are intended for solo presenters, a lead presenter and a co-presenter or a lead presenter and 2 co-presenters (no more than three presenters for 40-minute sessions). The 40-minute oral presentations should include examples of best practices that have been proven to be effective at HSIs and primarily focus on one of the tracks listed above. The presentation format is a formal 30-minute oral presentation delivered through PowerPoint and a 10-minute question and answer period.
60-Minute Interactive Breakout Sessions – The 60-minute oral presentations are intended for a panel presentation (no more than four presenters) or a presentation that actively engages participants. These sessions allow presenters to discuss their topic and best practices more in-depth and interactively. Panel sessions may serve to inform participants of high impact practices in collaborating institutions or departments while interactive sessions should cover evidence-based high impact practices that have proven effective at HSIs.
- Interactive sessions must include clear outcomes for participants and engage participants through interactive activities, teamwork, and hands-on experience.
Sponsored Sessions - AHSIE offers individuals/organizations who provide HSI practitioners services for a fee to sponsor a session highlighting research-based practices that support Latinx student success.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES:
Please review the following information carefully before beginning your submission:
- All proposals must be submitted via the online form. No emailed proposals will be accepted.
- You will need to create a profile, username and password to login into the proposal submission system and to submit your proposal. Please select the New User option under the email field on the login screen.
- All presenters must attend and demonstrate that commitment by registering for the conference, in order to be included in the electronic conference program.
- Up to three presenters (a lead presenter and 2 co-presenters) will be allowed for the 40-Minute Breakout sessions. If there will be a co-presenter(s) for your session(s), please have their contact information readily available, as you will be asked to provide this during the submission process.
- Up to four presenters will be allowed for the 60-Minute Interactive sessions. Please have your co-presenters contact information readily available, as you will be asked to provide this during the submission process.
- If accepted, you will be asked to provide a PDF copy of your slides and/or handouts several weeks prior to the conference. Details will be sent at a later date.
- Once you start your online submission, you may save and return to it at a later time.
- We encourage you to prepare your responses in a separate text document and copy into the form fields. This will prevent against losing your work, should there be an interruption in internet connection, either via the website or your local server.
- Please be sure to allow yourself enough time to submit prior to the deadline. The portal will automatically close and no proposals will be accepted after this time, including those that were in the process of being completed. Proposals will not be accepted past the posted deadline.
- Pay close attention to character count and spelling/grammar. You are responsible for accuracy of your information. If accepted, this information will be published in the electronic program AS-IS.
- Proposals with excessive errors in spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation, and those that exceed the posted character or word limit will not be accepted.
- Submissions will be evaluated based on how well they describe the following:
- Learning outcomes for participants
- Evidence of success in HSI setting
- Applicability of principles and practices in an HSI setting
- Conference Theme Alignment
- Formatting/Spelling/Grammar
For more information, please contact Designing Events: ahsie@designingevents.com.