SSS Professional
Development Day 2011
University of New Hampshire ~ Elliott Alumni Center
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The New England Educational Opportunity Association (NEOA) and the University of New Hampshire Student Support Services program invite you to join your SSS colleagues in New England for our fifteenth annual day of dialogue, sharing, and professional growth.
The day’s format will include morning and afternoon workshop sessions. Workshop descriptions are posted below and the registration form is on-line. Each workshop will have facilitators/presenters whose role is to guide the topic discussion and engage participants in sharing experiences, materials, and ideas. It is always valuable if participants come prepared to contribute information and ideas to further an informed discussion around the selected workshop topics.
As usual, we will have a community welcome activity at 10:00 am to start our day!
Plan to arrive at the Elliott Alumni Center on Thursday, Nov. 10 between 8:30 am and 10:00 am for check-in, etc.
Formal activities will run 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, but many arrive before 10:00 am to catch up with SSS colleagues.
Directions to the UNH Elliott Alumni Center. There will be free reserved parking.
Online Registration for SSS Professional Development Day 2011. Please register by the end of FRIDAY, Nov. 4.
SSS Day SCHEDULE (as of 10-23-11)
8:30 - 10:00 am ~ Gather in UNH Elliott Alumni Center, Check-In, Mingle, Light Morning Food, Juice, Coffee, Tea
10:00 - 10:55 am ~ Welcome, Overview, and Opening Activity
11:00 - 12:30 pm ~ Morning Workshop Sessions (Attend one session from the two offerings)
12:30 - 1:25 pm ~ Lunch at Stillings Dining Hall
1:30 - 3:00 pm ~ Afternoon Workshop Sessions (Attend one session from the three offerings)
3:00 pm ~ Hand in Evaluations
MORNING SESSIONS (two options):
DIRECTORS & ADMINISTRATORS ROUNDTABLE:
Our annual session for the folks who direct, manage, and lead SSS programs. Topics include updates from the COE conference; changes in the APR; legislator/alumni outreach and related political action; and as one veteran SSS Director suggested "what are we doing to offset financial realities ... and how we can join together in our efforts?"
CONNECTING with ALUMNI & MARKETING YOUR PROGRAM - USING SOCIAL MEDIA:
We've invited two media-savvy professionals to describe and demonstrate their successes with social media to build effective networks, reach out to students and alumni, and market their programs. Dawn Zitney is the Media Outreach Coordinator for SHARPP at UNH; Megan Hales is the UNH Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Young Alumni Programs and has built on her years in career services to create an extensive network of young alumni and current students. Dawn and Megan will share their skills and perspectives on how they use a variety of social media and technology tools, but we'll also want ideas from participants about their best practices. Bring your laptops and iPads!
AFTERNOON SESSIONS (three options):
BEST PRACTICES - TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS:
Your topics suggested for this year include looking at low-cost & no-cost staffing practices, effective peer mentoring & coaching programs, fundraising & alumni development, supporting students from diverse backgrounds, working with students in STEM disciplines, innovative professional development practices, implementing a first-year experience/course, ongoing efforts at finanical literacy and sources of financial aid, peer evaluation of programs, what works (and doesn't work) in tutoring, updates from the COE conference, use of lending libraries, and many good thoughts about hanging together during challenging times!
BEST PRACTICES - FOUR YEAR-PROGRAMS:
Your topics suggested for this year include looking at low-cost & no-cost staffing practices, effective peer mentoring & coaching programs, fundraising & alumni development, supporting students from diverse backgrounds, working with students in STEM disciplines, innovative professional development practices, implementing a first-year experience/course, ongoing efforts at finanical literacy and sources of financial aid, peer evaluation of programs, what works (and doesn't work) in tutoring, updates from the COE conference, use of lending libraries, and many good thoughts about hanging together during challenging times!
USING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (Includes Laboratory Demonstrations):
A new Assistive Technology Laboratory will be used to demonstrate technologies such as ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, MathType, and Read & Write Gold. Fully accessible workstations are furnished and set up to view, as well as a demo of the ZoomTwix. This session will be facilitated by UNH Assistive Technology Specialist Diana Petschauer. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences with assistive technologies. View background information.
As usual, there is no charge for SSS Day for current NEOA members.
1. If you are not an NEOA member, and you wish to attend SSS Day and become an NEOA member, you can pay a fee of $55.00 for a full year membership. Check is made payable to NEOA**. Mail us a check or bring with you on Nov. 10. Complete the NEOA Membership Application at SSS Day (applications will be available.)
There is a charge for non-members. If you are NOT currently an NEOA member right now, you have two options for attending SSS Professional Development Day:
2. If you are not an NEOA member and you wish to attend SSS Day, but NOT become an NEOA member, you can pay $65.00 to attend. Check is still made payable to NEOA**. Mail us a check when registering for SSS Day or bring it with you.
**We realize that the process of securing a check from your institution may take several weeks and understand that institutional checks might arrive after November 10. Do not let that deter you from attending SSS Professional Development Day!
Please postal mail to: Randy Schroeder; 3 Garrison Ave.; Smith Hall-CFAR; Univ. of NH; Durham, NH 03824.
A reminder about the NEOA Conference in April 2012 at Stowe, VT.
The Center for Academic Resources and
Student Support Services
Smith Hall ~ (603) 862-3687
E-Mail: randalls[at]unh.edu