NASPA is a member-centered association supporting a diverse and passionate network of 15,000 professionals and 1,200 institutions across the globe. We hope you will take some time to experience the great things the city has to offer. IMPORTANT NOTE: Institute participants are strongly encouraged to attend also the 2020 NASPA AVP Symposium, which will take place in the same location immediately following the Institute. Visit this website for more information on all that NOLA has to offer during your visit. The NASPA block at the Hyatt is now closed. Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs | Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Footer - Advisory Services. June 27 - June 30, 2020 Small Colleges and Universities Institute. The NASPA Institute for New AVPs is designed to support your successful transition into the AVP role and will help you to navigate the complex individual and institutional challenges that are inherent in the “number two” position. Dinner (no-host) with Institute Participants, Institute Session: Leading When You’re Not the Expert: Leading What and Who You Inherit. Please plan your travel so that you are able to participate in the entire institute. Check out what's new with NASPA & the field of student affairs. This exclusive professional development program is an institute. ... 2019 NASPA Multicultural Institute: Advancing Equity and Inclusive Practice ... Footer - Naspa Foundation. Read More. July 24, 2020. This session will focus on participants’ self-reflection on their challenges in these areas and develop strategies to best leverage and advance the needs of these units.
The NASPA Multicultural Institute is intentionally designed for student affairs practitioners and administrators to further expand their own awareness, further develop skills as a multicultural educators, and exchange best practices for supporting traditionally underrepresented and historically disenfranchised college student populations.
Final Faculty-led Reflection Group Period. The registration rate displayed is based on your current membership status.
Overseeing multiple functional areas brings myriad challenges in the management and development of your leadership team. A registration fee discount of 50% will be offered to institute participants who attend the Symposium. It is not uncommon for the portfolio of an AVP to include departments or units that they have never overseen before or for which they lack professional expertise. If you were not able to secure a reservation in the NASPA room block at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, you may wish to use this third-party reservation system that will assist you with identifying alternative hotels near the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Substitutions should have the same member classification so that the payment is an even exchange transfer of payment. The institute schedule presented here is subject to changes. Advancing equity, social justice, and civic action relies on effective collaborations with those on campuses and those adjacent to higher education who are working to support student success. Your success as an AVP lies in your ability to effectively build and foster positive relationships across the institution. VIEW MORE. A Foot in Both Worlds: Challenges and Strategies for Managing from the Middle, Academic Integrity in an Online World: Maintaining Rigor While Showing Compassion, Virtual Live Briefings, Short Courses, & Engagement Events. Read More. Check out what's new with NASPA & the field of student affairs. Through interactive group discussion exercises, this session will map out individual participants’ identities and strategize on ways to leverage our intersecting identities to be successful in our roles as AVPs. October 22, 2020 NASPA’s work to create more just and equitable communities relies on translating innovative scholarship, research, and data into actionable practices.
An orientation to continuous examination and improvement opens up evolving possibilities for collective action. June 1 - June 30, 2020 NASPA Region II Annual Conference. As a new assistant or associate vice president (or other "number two") who reports to the vice president for student affairs (or other highest-ranking student affairs officer) on your campus, you have a very unique and equally challenging position. Institute Session: Leading with Panache: Effectively Navigating Your Institution’s Political Landscape. While these areas might be similar in design or function (e.g., career services and counseling or student organization advising and fraternity/sorority advising), they do carry distinct differences that stress the importance for AVPs to “catch up” on their functional understanding of these units. Participants will be introduced to the AVP Competency Areas and will have an opportunity to reflect and discuss their self-assessments on their level of competency within the context of their home campus. Leading authentically means having a keen understanding of the role our identity(ies) play in shaping our narratives, and how that informs our decision making and ways in which we “show up” in the workplace. Please click here to submit a refund request. Events NASPA Annual Conference Institute participants will engage in a multitude of topics related to multiculturalism, intercultural competency, cross-culturalism and social justice by focusing on race and ethnicity; sexual orientation; sex; gender; and gender identity; ability, nationality; religion and spirituality; and socioecomic class.
NASPA has partnered with Airport Shuttle, Inc., the official ground transportation provider for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, to provide discounted transportation for conference attendees. October 16, 2020 2020 NASPA Region IV-East AAKC Virtual Drive-In Conference. In what ways are campuses preparing students with the skills and capacities for collective work with and in diverse communities to enact sustainable change for the common good? Good leaders must be able to adapt and adjust their leadership styles to meet the needs of their organization. Footer - VPSA Census. All institute activities will take place at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Single - $199Double - $199 Triple - $209Quadruple - $219, Finding the Right Connections for First-generation Students with Impostor Syndrome, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Division, Learn about collaborative strategies and mechanisms that facilitate awareness and agency of cross-campus partners to identify and remove structural barriers to success, Develop training and development programs to enhance the intercultural understanding and capacity of students, staff, and faculty, Learn about innovative identity-conscious programs that meet particular challenges and needs associated with students’ diverse and intersecting backgrounds and experiences, including but not limited to those of students of color, students with disabilities, students who identify in the LGBTQ+ community, and international students, Build awareness of and capacity to use asset- and strength-based approaches in creating programs and services, Understand the human and emotional dimensions of preparation for and response to traumatic events, Navigate potential conflicts between personal and institutional politics, decision-making, and accountability, Gain awareness and skills to prepare and support campus communities to respond and heal in the wake of unrest, trauma, and violence, Explore and learn to work with differing perspectives on equity, oppression, inclusion, and social justice on campus and in society, Learn about comprehensive violence and trauma prevention strategies, including primary, secondary, and tertiary mechanisms, for discriminatory violence directed at or disproportionately affecting minoritized groups, Build skills to critically consume, evaluate, and leverage media that informs prevention and response to violence, trauma, and social unrest, Learn foundational and emerging theoretical perspectives that support work with students with diverse experiences, Develop strategies to integrate theory and practice in tangible ways to influence campus policy and practice, Learn and apply innovative, research-informed strategies that enhance inclusion and justice, Discern or further develop a scholar-practitioner identity, Recast safe spaces as sites of liberation,authentic expression, and learning, Develop frameworks for brave spaces that open up opportunities for cross-campus collaboration and that help institutions understand their importance to learning and inclusion, Learn strategies to create brave spaces that facilitate negotiation of meaning and representation, conflict navigation, knowledge production, and intersectional identity exploration and expression, Envision the key features of a thriving democracy that centers issues of equity and justice, Learn how campus and community partnerships positively influence sense of belonging and wellbeing for diverse populations, Understand the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed in order to create and contribute to a thriving democracy, Learn innovative approaches to integrate civic and democratic engagement in the work of inclusion and diversity on campuses, Explore ways to build institutional cultures, infrastructure, and relationships that facilitate civic and democratic engagement, Virtual Live Briefings, Short Courses, & Engagement Events.
Unlike conferences where participants choose to participate (or not) in concurrent sessions, during this institute, all attendees will participate in the same cohort experience and are expected to engage fully in all aspects of the program including meals. Learn more about the 2020 NASPA AVP Symposium.