2020 Student Success Summit Presentation Proposal

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Department of Education are seeking presentation proposals for the 2020 Student Success Summit that will be held July 30-31, 2020 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, WV.

The theme of the 2020 Summit is "Redefining West Virginia's Future Graduate: Fostering Student Success."

Each of the 54, one-hour Summit breakout sessions will be chosen based upon its demonstration of this theme. Sessions should focus on what actions are being taken and can be replicated to ensure student success at all levels of education and training. Questions to consider include: What are some of the practical solutions being used across the state to address our students', communities', institutions', and workforce needs? How are schools and institutions of higher education implementing promising reform and collaborating within their own institutions, across the pipeline, and with potential employers to provide student support, develop best practices, and meet district, state, and federal mandates? What does student success look like? Every breakout session should present an actionable resource that participants can utilize and/or replicate once they return to their respective communities and places of work.

If you are interested in presenting during the Summit, please complete and submit the form that follows no later than Friday, March 27, 2020. Only those individuals (not associated with for-profit vendors) who submit a proposal will be considered, and it is likely that not all submissions will be selected. Only sessions that highlight effective practices, present actionable resources, and provide an active-learner structure to enable participants to apply concepts to their own practices will be considered. (Please see additional requirements for presentations applying to offer LPC credits.) Collaborative presentations are highly encouraged. Presentation selection will be announced by early APRIL.

CEUs will be offered for licensed practical counselors, RNs, and social workers. In order for a session to count toward Licensed Practical Counselor (LPC) CEUs, at least one of the presenters should have a master’s level or above in a human services field, have expertise in the content area, and the content must be able to connect to the counseling practice.

The two-day Summit will be held July 30-31, 2020 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Those selected to present will be required to fund their own transportation, lodging, and parking, and are strongly encouraged to attend the entire conference.

The following conference tracks will be used to categorize presentations:
Adult Basic Education
Career and Technical Education
Community
Elementary Education
High School Education
Institutional Education
Middle School Education
Military Partners
Postsecondary Education
Workforce
School and Campus Mental Health

Suggested Topics:
Adult Basic Education
Attendance, Behavior, and Course Performance
Attracting and Serving Adult Learners
Behavior and Mental Health
Bullying Prevention
Career and Technical Education
Career Exploration and Preparation
College Access and Awareness Initiatives
Community Engagement
Community Partnerships
Early Grades Instruction and Transition
Early Warning Indicators
Effective Mentoring Models (including peer-to-peer models)
Exemplary Programs
Financial Aid Awareness and Instruction
Grant Writing
Higher Grades Instruction and Transition
IEPS for ALL Students
Innovation and Creativity
Local Solutions
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* 1. Do you plan to offer CEUs for LPC credit?

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* 2. CEU’s cannot be offered if presenter educational level, credentials, and goals and objectives are not clearly notated.

Which area of focus best meets the goals and objectives of your presentation?

NOTE: Presenters with topics to be considered for LPC credits must meet at least one of the following areas and these area(s) must be clearly described in the goals and objectives (if this is not clearly stated in the session description, LPC credits will not be considered).

A) Human Growth and Development – includes nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels following psychological, sociological and physiological approaches. Also includes human behavior (normal and abnormal), personality theory, learning theory, dynamics of stress, and medical/functional implications of disability.

B) Social and Cultural Foundations – includes studies of social change, ethnic groups, subcultures, mores, urban and rural societies, population patterns, use of leisure time, work, and differing life patterns.

C) Group Dynamics – includes theories, practices, methods, dynamics, facilitative skills and supervised practice.

D) Life-style and Career Development – includes vocational-choice theory, relationship between career choice and lifestyle, occupational and educational information, career decision-making processes, career development exploration, and placement techniques.

E) Individual Appraisal - includes individual differences, methods of data gathering and interpretation, individual and group testing, and case study.

F) Research and Evaluation – includes statistics, research design, research proposals, and evaluation.

G) Professional Responsibilities – includes goals and objectives of counseling organizations, codes of ethics, legal considerations, standards of preparation, certification and licensing, advocacy, confidentiality, and the role identity of counselors.

H) Community Resources – includes development and implementation of community resource references and materials for client referral.

I) Supervision- includes the theory and practice of supervision with experiential components.

J) Counseling Theories – includes a study of basic theories and principles of counseling and philosophic bases of the helping relationship

K) Counseling Techniques – includes individual counseling practices, methods, facilitative skills, and application of these skills.

L) Veterans and family members of veterans - mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans may include, but not be limited to, inquiring about whether clients are veterans or family members of veterans; screening for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder; readjustment issues; risk of suicide and prevention of suicide; military sexual assault; and depression and grief.

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* 3. Topic: (select the topics that best fit(s) your presentation.)

Adult Basic Education

Attendance, Behavior, and Course Performance

Attracting and Serving Adult Learners

Behavior and Mental Health

Bullying Prevention

Career and Technical Education

Career Exploration and Preparation

College Access and Awareness Initiatives

Community Engagement

Community Partnerships

Early Grades Instruction and Transition

Early Warning Indicators

Effective Mentoring Models (including peer-to-peer models)

Exemplary Programs

Financial Aid Awareness and Instruction

Grant Writing

Higher Grades Instruction and Transition

IEPS for ALL Students

Innovation and Creativity

Local Solutions

Middle Grades Instruction and Transition

Military Partnerships

Multiple Pathways to Completing Education

Overcoming Social/Emotional Barriers

Parent and Family Engagement

Partnership Building

Postsecondary Instruction and Transition

Progressive Technology

Student Engagment

Student Voice

System Wide Student Support and/or Inter-System Collaboration

Transitions for Students with Disabilities

Transitions Bridge Programs

Utilizing Data Effectively

Virtual Classrooms

Workforce Development

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Who is your intended audience? Please check all that apply.

Institutional Education

Career and Technical Education

Military Partners

Elementary

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* 10. Presentation Summary (500 character limit; THIS SUMMARY WILL APPEAR IN THE SUMMIT PROGRAM) If you receive an error message, your response is TOO long. Please edit appropriately. Separately emailed responses will NOT be accepted. For LPCs, make sure it meets at least one of the LPC focus area(s) listed above, presenter credential requirements, and has clearly stated clinical goals and objectives).

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* 11. Action Based Learning Objectives* (list at least 3):
*Need Goals and Objectives too for LPCs

Example:
1. To facilitate a better understanding of the transitional issues students face when moving from high school to college-level English and Language Arts courses.
2. To develop ways these transitional problems might be addressed.
3. To share best practices in curricular alignment amongst 9-12 and college-level educators.

LPC Example: Small Group: Working with Students in a School Setting.

Goal: Attendees will identify useful and applicable theories, practices, and methods related to small groups with students in the school setting. (Describe specific theories, practices, etc.)

Objective: Participants will be able apply these practices and methods (name them) to facilitate dynamic and supportive small groups in the school setting. (Focus: Group dynamics, counseling theories, counseling techniques).

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* 12. Presentation Format:

Lecture

Guided discussion

Interactive workshop

Panel discussion

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Audio Visual Needs:
Note: Presenters are expected to provide their own handouts, should they choose to utilize these resources. Digital copies of all presentations will be made available on the College Foundation of West Virginia's website, www.cfwv.com, following the Summit.

Flip Chart/Markers

Other (please specify)

Thank you for submitting your 2020 Student Success Summit Proposal. Should you have any further questions, please contact:

Heather McChesney, Coordinator of Curriculum and Professional Development
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Heather.McChesney@wvhepc.edu
304-558-0655

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* 9. Presentation Title (10 words or 75 characters):

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* 12. Presentation Format:

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* 13. Audio Visual Needs:Note: Presenters are expected to provide their own handouts, should they choose to utilize these resources. Digital copies of all presentations will be made available on the College Foundation of West Virginia's website, www.cfwv.com, following the Summit.

* 13. Audio Visual Needs:
Note: Presenters are expected to provide their own handouts, should they choose to utilize these resources. Digital copies of all presentations will be made available on the College Foundation of West Virginia's website, www.cfwv.com, following the Summit.