Please consider presenting at the

NADE 2007 Conference!

March 21-24, 2007

Nashville,  Tennessee

The Call for Proposal Forms

are available online at

NADE2007.NET

 We are accepting proposals for

Pre-Conference Institutes

and

Concurrent Sessions
until June 30, 2006!

On behalf of a grateful NADE Board and the attendees at the 2006 NADE Conference, I extend congratulations to Susan Perlis, Margie MacDonald, and the entire Conference Team for the amazing experience they gave us in Philadelphia.  The conference was one of the greatest ever, and we deeply appreciate the professionalism and spirit of NADE collegiality that went into planning and execution of this event.

From the pre-conference events, through the extremely well-attended Newcomers’ Reception, the Opening Reception with its sampling of “Philly treats,” Carol Ann Tomlinson's and James Anderson's  keynote addresses, the moving Cultural Heritage Event at the National Liberty Museum, exhibit events, concurrent sessions, awards, President’s Breakfast, and poster sessions, everything was beautifully orchestrated and implemented.  They miraculously coordinated a beautiful snowstorm for the Board to enjoy on the days prior to the conference opening and then provided clear skies and beautiful weather for the attendees.  We were awed by the decorations that carried the theme of independence and the Liberty Bell logo throughout the meeting rooms and exhibit hall.  Scholarship activities were well-planned and carried out and raised considerable sums for our scholarship funds. 

The Board received many positive comments about the conference site and the many wonderfully planned activities throughout the conference.  Attendees were impressed with the high level of organization and efficient operation as well as with the ease of getting from one event to another and the Team’s diligent communication.  One common comment that several of us received was that the Team was very nice, friendly, and willing to accommodate the needs of the attendees.  They made NADE shine through their efforts.  We also received positive feedback about the value of the concurrent sessions and the poster sessions.

This group is an excellent example of the unselfish service and dedication of NADE members to our mission.

BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ISSUES REPORT ON THE STATE OF DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
AND LEARNING ASSISTANCE IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Current and former leaders of the field of developmental education and learning assistance have issued a strategic review of the field and provided recommendations for its improvement. The review indicated that learning support services such as developmental courses, learning centers, and tutoring contribute to student retention and graduation at all types of postsecondary institutions. In spite of this, legislators, higher education decision makers, and faculty members sometimes view these programs with ambivalence. This report also describes the strengths, challenges, and opportunities in developmental education and learning assistance and recommends a variety of actions that professional associations in the field might take during what the Blue Ribbon Commission considers to be a crucial time for the field.

The report is available from the Blue Ribbon Commission website, http://blueribboncommission.org/. The web site also provides a link to a web-based discussion forum for public comment and conversation of the report and the issues it raises.

Current and past national leaders representing the major professional organizations involved with developmental education and learning assistance created the report. These leaders were appointed to a task force called the Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) by the American Council of Developmental Education Associations (ACDEA). The ACDEA is an organization through which professional associations in the field collaborate. The ACDEA created the BRC to recommend ways that member organizations can work together to improve the profession and service to students. This report is meant to serve as a catalyst for conversation, reflection, and planning among professionals in the field.

For additional information, contact David Arendale, Chair of the BRC [612-625-2928], Dr. Hunter Boylan, Chair of the ACDEA [828- 262-6100], or any of the other BRC members. Contact information for these individuals is available through the BRC website, http://blueribboncommission.org/.

The 2007 NADE conference will be here before you realize it.  Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one or more of the various NADE awards.  To do so, visit the NADE website (www.nade.net) and click on “awards” and examine the list of awards that NADE offers along with their benefits, submissions requirements, and deadlines for application.

The research awards are judged by the Research Committee, so it would be faster to send your application directly to Susan Hashway, Chair of the Research Committee.  Please also send one copy to me, since I will need the information from each application to report to NADE’s Executive Board with the list of applicants and winners.  Susan’s address is as follows:  Grambling State University, Carver Hall 272, Grambling, LA  71245.

The application for the Kellogg Institute Scholarship should be submitted to the Professional Development Committee in care of Rebecca Goosen at San Jacinto College North Campus, College Preparatory Division, 5800 Uvalde, Houston, TX  77049.  Please also submit one copy to me.

All other award applications should be submitted to me, Donna Saye, at P. O. Box 8093, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA  30460.

The conference in Nashville is March 21-24, 2007, and the application deadline for all awards for this conference is September 15, 2006, except for the Martha Maxwell and Kellogg Institute Awards.  The Martha Maxwell Award application must be postmarked by December 15, 2006.  The Kellogg Institute Award application must be postmarked by January 1, 2007. All instructions for submitting the applications are on the website, but if you have any questions, e-mail me at dbsaye@georgiasouthern.edu.  Please keep all three dates in mind and consider submitting an application soon!

One year ago, NADE’s Executive Board approved formation of the Peer Assistance Programs SPIN, which essentially is an expansion of the previous SI SPIN. The purpose of the new SPIN is to provide a comprehensive, efficient means for NADE members to focus on and disseminate research, practice, and professional development related to the increasing variety of peer assistance programs. Thus, the Peer Assistance Programs SPIN becomes the umbrella SPIN for the burgeoning number and types of peer assistance models at post-secondary institutions, including SI and hybrid models of SI.

The first annual meeting for the Peer Assistance Programs SPIN took place at the Philadelphia conference in February. Ten people attended the meeting with the bulk of the time spent introducing ourselves and describing peer assistance programming at our respective institutions. People seemed eager to hear about each other’s program components, issues, and challenges.

Upcoming activities include:

• Electronic newsletters with descriptions of members’ programs (Teaching Teams, Structured Learning Assistance, SI and Learning Communities);

• A SPIN-sponsored colloquium “Peer Assistance: Piecing Together Issues and Practices,” at the 2007 conference in Nashville, TN; and

• Discussion regarding the new “course-based learning assistance” component for NADE program certification.

NADE members can access the April 2006 newsletter, as well as previous SI SPIN newsletters, on the NADE website: http://www.nade.net/d5__spins.htm. For additional information, contact Sally Lipsky (sal@iup.edu), Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The CAS Council of Directors met April 23-25, 2006, in Washington, D.C.  The Council consists of representatives from approximately 37 professional associations (including NADE) concerned with providing quality services to students in higher education institutions.  During the April meeting, the Council reviewed and approved five sets of standards: Internships, Campus Religious Programs, Clinical Health Services, Health Promotion Services, and Multicultural Student Programs and Services. 

The Council also reviewed and approved two general statements that apply to professionals across student service fields in higher education.  First, the CAS Statement of Shared Ethical Principles describes seven principles (Autonomy, Non-Malfeasance, Beneficence, Justice, Fidelity, Veracity, and Affiliation) with examples that should guide program and individual conduct in higher education.  Second, the CAS Characteristics of Individual Excellence for Professional Practice statement acknowledges areas of general knowledge and skills; interactive competency with students, colleagues, and the institution; and self-mastery that should typify professional excellence. 

Each of these approved standards and statements will appear in the new, sixth edition of The Book of Professional Standards for Higher Education that will be available for order in May 2006 with publication set for August 2006.  A companion publication, The Book of Frameworks for Assessing Learning and Development, will also be available as of August 2006.

During November 12-14, 2006, CAS will host a two-day professional development opportunity entitled “National Symposium on Standards, Self-Assessment, and Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education.”  The symposium, limited to 300 participants, will feature three major speakers, breakout discussions, a CAS “Basics” session, and four themed programs.  If you and your colleagues plan to use CAS Standards for program or institution review, you might be interested in attending the symposium to enhance your expertise in using the CAS Standards as an assessment tool. 

For more information about the new publications and the symposium, see Phyllis Marble's articles below. For additional information about CAS in general, go to the NADE web site (www.nade.net) for links to CAS.  If you have any questions regarding CAS standards and activities or suggestions for CAS discussion items, please feel free contact me as at kpattyg@siue.edu.

CAS has announced that it will hold a National Symposium on “CAS Standards, Self-Assessment, and Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education,” November 12-14, 2006, at the Hotel Hilton, Crystal City.  The goal of the national symposium is to strengthen the higher education community’s understanding of the CAS standards and guidelines.

In addition to a pre-workshop on learning about “CAS Basics,” nationally recognized speakers, and round table discussions, four “hands on” learning opportunities will be offered during the symposium:

1) Connecting Functional Areas to Student Learning Outcomes

This session will describe the fundamentals of measuring learning outcomes including the formation of research questions, deciding what variables to measure, how to measure them, and determining from data when change is needed.

2) FALDOs: Setting the Foundation for Imagining the Future

There are 16 FALDOs that speak to the 16 learning domains in the CAS Standards and Guidelines (e.g., intellectual development, effective communication, social responsibility). This session will assist participants in becoming familiar with the FALDOs (theoretical background, examples of achievement, research instruments, and research examples) and will consider action plans for the future based on learning outcomes.

3) Preparing for Institutional Accreditation

Does every office, program, and service contribute to the achievement of the mission of the institution?  How do you know?  How can you be certain of your answers to these and other questions from a visitation team or your college or university president?  The workshop will give attendees the chance to learn how to overcome assessment fears, assemble self-assessment teams, learn about the kinds of quantitative and qualitative available, writing reports and giving adequate thought to final materials to be distributed with other institutional information.

4) Creating a Culture for Assessment

For assessment to lead to goal achievement, staff must buy into the purpose of assessment and incorporate assessment into their on-going activities.  This session will provide insights how assessment can be woven into the planning and processes of the institution.  Topics include training, supervision, and creating an assessment structure.

The National Symposium will be limited to the first 300 registered participants.  Mailings will be made to senior student affairs officers as well as institutional research officers in May and again in August inviting professionals to the National Symposium.

CAS has announced it will suspend all sales of its old publications effective May 1, 2006, and will start taking orders for its new publications to be released on August 1, 2006.  In the interim, if colleagues want to purchase publications, they should realize the 2003 Book of Standards will be replaced with a new 5th edition.

The Book of Standards to be released in August will introduce 5 new functional areas of standards and guidelines:  College Honor Societies, Education Abroad Programs, Service-Learning Programs, Internship Programs, and College Health Promotions.  The Book will continue to carry the 30 functional areas already published, while 9 of those 30 functional area standards and guidelines have been revised and unanimously approved by the CAS Board of Directors.

In addition to the Book of Standards, CAS will also publish a Book of Frameworks for Assessing Learning and Development Outcomes (FALDOs.)  The FALDOs give definition to the 16 student learning domains, review relevant research, and provide the practitioner with examples of research questions and concomitant research instruments for conducting assessment activities.  The Book of FALDOs will be available August 1.

Version 3.0 of the CD that contains all the Self-Assessment Guides (SAGs) and functional area standards and guidelines will also be released on August 1. 

Mailings to student affairs and institutional research officers at most every college or university will be made by CAS in May and again in August notifying them of the changes while providing the opportunity to order the new publications.

In February 2006, CMI VP for Academic and Student Affairs John Tuthill, College Transition Program (CTP) Coordinator Mike Hartman, and English Instructor Ted Stepp attended the 30th Annual National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  This premier organization, which addresses the many developmental needs of struggling college students across the US, has been a source of valuable insight and encouragement for CMI.  Indeed, much of the proposal for our currently evolving College Transition Program found its roots in NADE.  At the conference, the NADE Board of Officers gave the CMI team two full hours of special attention in order for us all to explore how NADE and CMI might be of mutual service and benefit.

Typical topics on the NADE agenda are students’ time management, use of technology, study skills, healthy nutrition and learning, effective basic English and math skills, general knowledge for college, cultural and personal hindrances to college success, etc.—all of which are relevant concerns for most CMI students.  Indeed, participation in NADE professional developmental opportunities can be as enriching to CMI as TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) has been, with perhaps even broader benefits.

CMI is currently exploring ways to spearhead the establishment of a regional chapter of NADE in Micronesia.  The association’s particular focus on junior-college-level institutions is especially appropriate for us.  We look forward to sharing more about NADE with our colleagues across the region.

The College Academic Programs Conference (CASP) will be held in conjunction with the national CRLA conference.  Three groups--Texas Association for Developmental Education (TADE), Texas College Reading and Learning Association (TxCRLA), and College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)--are sponsoring both a state and an international conference in Austin, Texas on October 18-21, 2006.  This historic event will give developmental educators from all over the country an opportunity to join together and share best practices used to assist our developmental education students at our institutions.

A Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 2006 from 5:00-6:30 p.m.  The Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Raymond Paredes, will speak at this meeting.  He will share with us his vision of developmental education in the state of Texas and what we can do to advance our developmental education agenda.  We are very excited that Dr. Paredes will be joining us at the conference and appreciate his taking the time to visit with us and share with us his thoughts and ideas.  Please join us to learn more about what we can do to assist developmental students in becoming more successful.

Call for Submissions

"Diversity and the Postsecondary Experience"

The seventh annual monograph sponsored by

The Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy

We encourage and invite postsecondary educators to contribute to the independent monograph series sponsored by the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL). The goal of these monographs is to build strong research and theoretical foundations for practice for postsecondary programs related to access and retention from the perspectives of teachers, administrators, researchers, support services specialists, and students.

The seventh monograph will feature theory, research, and best practices that focus on the opportunities, nature, and impact of diversity in higher education. Priority will be given to manuscripts that address perspectives of student populations traditionally underrepresented and underserved in postsecondary education.

Guidelines for authors and further information related to manuscript submission can be downloaded at http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/crdeul/monographs.htm

Submissions must be postmarked by August 21, 2006.

For further information, contact:

Dana Britt Lundell, Director, Center for Research on

Developmental Education and Urban Literacy

University of Minnesota • 340B Appleby Hall, 128 Pleasant Street SE

Minneapolis, MN 55455 • (612) 626-8706 (w), (612) 625-0709 (fax), lunde010@umn.edu

The Colorado Association of Developmental Education (CoADE) is having its fall conference on October 20, 2006, at the Larimer campus of Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado. The chapter's new web site address is www.coade-colorado.org .

-- Shawna L. Mahan, CoADE Secretary, and Art Terrazas, CoADE Treasurer

The Learning Assistance Association of New England (LAANE) will be holding its 23rd Annual Conference on Friday, November 3, 2006. The Conference Theme is "Developing and Supporting Multiple Literacies." The keynote speaker will be Dr. Howard Tinberg, Professor of English, Bristol Community College. Dr. Tinberg was the recipient of the 2004 Community College Teacher of the Year and is currently a Carnegie Scholar. He is also the editor of Teaching English at the Two-Year College. The conference will be held at Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire. Workshop proposals can be sent to crystal.bickford@nichols.edu. Additional information on the conference or LAANE can be found at the organization's web site at www.laaneorganization.net.

LAANE will also be sponsoring a regional workshop on June 15, 2006 on "Creating the Aspirational Classroom". The workshop will be held at Endicott College, Beverley, MA. For more information, contact Dr. Jullian Knowles at Jknowles@endicott.edu.

-- Dr. Ron Weisberger, LAANE President

The Mississippi Association for Developmental Education (MADE) will be holding its annual conference on November 1-3, 2006 at the Eagle Ridge Conference Center at Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS. The organization is also offering a pre-conference institute on Wednesday, November 1, featuring Dr. Dan Apple of Pacific Crest, who will provide an intensive, one-day session on "Process Education."

-- Joyce Brasfield Adams, MADE President-Elect

First of all, the College Readiness brochure, which the Minnesota Association for Developmental Education (MNADE) organization developed several years ago, has been translated into Spanish, Hmong and soon, Somali, in order to reach large populations of students who speak those languages. We continue to distribute the English version of this tool to high school and college audiences wanting to understand how to be a successful college student.

Secondly, MNADE recently (April 6th and 7th) held its first ever regional spring meetings at three locations in the state: Moorhead (north), St. Paul (central), and Mankato (south). Response was extremely positive, so the event will likely be repeated annually.

Finally, plans are under way for our fall conference to be held September 28th-29th at Ruttger's Bay Lake in scenic Grand Rapids, Minnesota. We're looking forward to focusing on a wide array of topics related to the theme of "Finding the Pulse: Reading the Student."

-- Kathy Wellington, MNADE President

The New York College Learning Skills Association (NYCLSA) held its 29^th Annual Symposium at the Gideon Putnam Resort and Conference Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.  Over 135 members came together to “Rejuvenate…Collaborate” from April 2 – 4.  The conference began with a plenary session with Dr. John Pelizza, a motivational speaker who also provided the keynote address.  His programs of “8 Thoughts to Live By” and “Dealing with Change” helped participants begin the rejuvenating process.  The city itself is known for its spas and springs, and many participants found time to rejuvenate there as well. On Monday night the Adirondack duo of Roy Hurd and Frank Orsini gave us a chance to rejuvenate our spirits with songs, tales, and stories of the upstate New York area.

Along the lines of collaboration, we had over 33 sessions provided by members of  NYCLSA and CRLA NE over the Monday and Tuesday sessions.  The conference grew from a chance to collaborate among ourselves as we annually do, to an opportunity to share with members of the Northeast Region CRLA when they asked if they could hold their annual one day meeting in conjunction with our conference.  This grew out of a meeting of NYCLSA and CRLA members at the CRLA national symposium last fall.  We were fortunate enough to also have Hilda Barrow, NADE President, and Valerie Smith Stephens, CRLA President, join us.  This provided an opportunity for the two organizations to share some ideas and see how we can work together to provide professional development activities for members of both organizations.  It was wonderful to see how a simple idea of rejuvenating and collaborating could grow to such a successful event involving more than just NYCLSA. 

There were thirty sessions for members to choose from that included sessions offered by  members of both organizations.  The common complaint heard at the conference this year was that there were too many good sessions to choose from at each time slot and people had to miss a good session. As a conference chair, that certainly was the kind of complaint I wanted to hear.

At Monday’s Annual Awards Luncheon the presidents of both organizations spoke to the group after an introduction by President Drew Matonak from Hudson Valley Community College, the host college.  We then presented several awards.

The first was the award for Outstanding Professional Service in the Field of Developmental Education, which is given to an individual whose research, publications, conference presentations, and/or other forms of professional service (within his or her institution or beyond it) have made exceptional contributions to advance the goals of the field. This award went to Dr. Christine Berg, the Coordinator of the Basic Education Program at Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY. She was nominated by Dr. Jane Maher, Professor, Basic Education Department.

Next was the award for Outstanding Student Graduate, which is given to recognize the outstanding achievement of a graduate of a developmental program. This award went to Carrie Goodwin, who was nominated by Barbara Murphy, Associate Professor, Developmental Studies, Finger Lakes Community College.

The final award was the Outstanding Research Award, which is given every two years to recognize quality research articles published in our journal in the previous two years. This award went to Dr. Linda Garavalia, Marilyn Ray, and Tamera Murdock of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for their article "Aptitude, Motivation, and Self-Regulation as Predictors of Achievement Among Developmental College Students," which appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Research and Teaching in Developmental Education (Volume 20, Issue 1).

NYCLSA had a wonderful conference in Saratoga Springs this year, and we look forward to next year’s conference at the Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua, New York with Skip Downing March 18 – 20, 2007.   

-- Don Frament, NYCLSA President 

The Pennsylvania Association of Developmental Educators (PADE) will hold its annual conference on April 19-20, 2007, at Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA.

PADE offered four regional conferences in the fall of 2005. The Southeastern Regional PADE workshop was held on November 8 at the HACC Campus in Harrisburg; it featured a special session on fostering resiliency in students as well as counterpart sessions on reading and writing, mathematics, and academic support services. The Northwest Region hosted its conference, "Best Practices in Assessment: What We Can Learn from Our Colleagues in the Field," on October 15 at Slippery Rock University.  The Philadelphia Region's conference took place on December 12 at Arcadia University in Glenside; it carried the theme of "Going Global: Providing Academic Support in an Era of Internationalization." The Southwest Regional conference was held on November 18 at Point Park University in Pittsburgh; its focus was on the topics of motivation and cooperation.

-- Melanie Boston, PADE Informer Editor

The Tennessee Association for Developmental Education (TNADE) will offer its fall conference in Gatlinburg, TN, on October 20-31, 2006, at the Park Vista Resort. The theme is "Season of Change: Reflection, Reaction, Rejuvenation." The keynote speaker for Monday, October 30 will be Dr. Alvin Granowsky of Dallas, TX.

TNADE sponsored a regional mini-conference on teaching developmental math on Saturday, April 8, 2006, at Northeast State Technical Community College. Sixteen people from the east Tennessee region attended. They represented four high schools, a university, two community colleges, and a private college. Attendees included full-time faculty, adjuncts, and even a nontraditional math education student. After a couple of presentations in the morning, the rest of the day was devoted to sharing teaching ideas and concerns of how to best serve students. TNADE board members Dawn Dabney and Daryl Stephens planned and presided over the conference. TNADE has now sponsored several one-day mini-conferences in different regions of the state, each focusing on one subject area. Look for additional mini-conferences to be held over the coming years.

-- Annette Williams, TNADE Newsletter Editor

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

NADE mourns the loss of two
of its very special members:

Vickie Frolick of SWADE

and

Cindy Peterson of TADE

Want to see the Slide Show
 from NADE 2006?

It will be posted on the NADE web site very soon,
so watch for an announcement at:
http://www.nade.net

This is the slide show of snaps that was shown
at the President's Breakfast on Saturday morning
in Philadelphia. It may be a very large file, so more than likely it will need to be downloaded
over DSL or Broadband, not dialup.
Once you download it, you can view it
on your computer at any time. Enjoy!

WANT TO NETWORK WITH LIKE-MINDED PROFESSIONALS?
JOIN THE LRNASST LISTSERVE!

To subscribe, send an email to LISTSERV@LISTS.UFL.EDU but leave the subject header blank. In the body of the email, put this message: "SUBSCRIBE LRNASST-L [your name here]." You will be emailed shortly by the LRNASST moderator.

For more information on LRNASST,
visit the NADE web site:
http://www.nade.net/

REQUESTS FOR PICTURES
FROM NADE 2006

I experienced a dual laptop crash this spring, which
greatly impacted my file retrieval, particularly in the
area of email. I know that several of you requested
particular pictures from NADE 2006 from me and did not
receive them. I apologize for this. If any of you still need
those pictures, please email me again at the address
given below. Please include a detailed description of
the request, including name of those in the picture, a
description of the event it was taken at, and so on--anything
that will help me identify the picture in my huge
list of snaps. Thanks!

Sherry Lusk
NADE Newsletter Editor
SherryLusk@aol.com

SUPPORT OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS!

NADE seeks to establish ongoing professional relationships with corporate entities whose mission and commitment to learners is compatible with our own.  In connection with its annual conference, NADE offers several levels of recognition to its exhibitors and corporate partners.  NADE encourages its members to visit these sites often:
 

Kim Nolting
1-888-822-6657 toll free
info@academicsuccess.com

Deb Anderson
www.act.org/compass

John Suh
john.suh@newsweekmag.com

George Henry
TPATNJ@aol.com
http://www.townsendpress.com/
 

Hilda P. Barrow

President

Pitt Community College
Developmental Studies

P. O. Drawer 7007
Greenville, NC 27835
(P) 252-493-7416
(F)
(E) hbarrow@email.pittcc.edu

Geraldine McBroom

President-Elect

Albuquerque TVI Comm Coll

Dept. of Adult & Dev Ed
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(P) 505-224-3974
(F) 505-224-3991
(E) gerry@tvi.cc.nm.us

Mickey Hay
Vice-President
Southwestern Michigan
     College
58900 Cherry Grove Rd.
Dowagiac, MI 49047
(P) 616-782-1306
(F) 616-782-8414
(E) mrhay@swmich.edu

Rural Valley, PA 16249

(P) 724-357-4081
(F) 724-357-6940
(E) paulhrab@iup.edu

St. George, UT 84770

(P) 435-652-7661
(F)
(E) ertel@dixie.edu

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION

2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
March 21-24, 2007
http://www.nade2007.net/

A joint conference of the College Reading & Learning Association
and College Academic Support Programs

Uniting to Share Expertise, Research, and Strategies

Austin, Texas

October 18-21, 2006

www.crla.net
 

Forum for Access and
Continuing Education

Annual Conference 2006

Swansea University

July 3-5, 2006

Transformation, Progression, and Hope:
Whatever Happened to Life Long Learning?

www.f-a-c-e.org.uk

www.cuv.org.uk/faceconference

for the training and certification of developmental educators
June 24-July 21, 2006

The Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of Developmental Educators is the nation's oldest continuous advanced training program for developmental educators and learning skills specialists.

The program consists of two components:

• an intensive, four-week summer residence

• a supervised practicum following the residency and carried out at the participant's home campus

The residency portion of the Institute includes four seminars on such topics as Assessment and Placement, Designing Learning Environments, Leadership and Academic Support Services Relating to Developmental Education, Outcomes Assessment and Program Evaluation. Each seminar is led by one or more recognized experts in the content area and is designed to meet the needs of the practicing developmental educator.

For application/information, write or call:

Director, Kellogg Institute

ASU Box 32098

Appalachian State University

Boone, NC 28608-2098

(828) 262-3057

www.ncde.appstate.edu

For more information, visit the NCLCA website
at www.nclca.org
or contact Sandie Crawford, NCLCA 2006 Vice President
at Sandie.Crawford@tri-c.edu

NADE GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

When are the deadlines for submission?

• The deadline for Late Spring/Early Summer edition is April 15th.

• The deadline for Fall edition is September 15th.

• The deadline for Winter edition is January 15th, except when the annual conference falls in February, in which case the deadline is December 15th.

When and how is the NADE Newsletter published?

• Late Spring/Early Summer edition is published by June 15th.  It is published in hard copy and online.

• Fall edition is published by October 15th.  It is published online only.

• Winter edition is published by February 15th, except when the annual conference falls in February, in which case it is published one month prior to the conference.  It is published online only.

What can I submit to the NADE Newsletter?

• Original articles 1000 words or less.  Reprints of articles from chapter newsletters are acceptable.

• Articles are usually focused on NADE news: articles from officers; reports from committees, councils, and SPINs; blurbs from chapters; articles from sister organizations with which NADE has reciprocal agreements; short informative articles of interest to our members (such as how-to articles, book reviews, etc.).

• Research-oriented articles are best steered elsewhere.

How do I submit my article?

• Article must be typed and submitted electronically.  Microsoft Word documents attached to emails are preferred.  Plain text in the body of an email is okay.  Article must be PC-compatible.

• If you have documentation, use APA or MLA style.

• Don’t worry about special formatting.  I will have to change the formatting of what you submit anyway.

• If you have pictures, send them separately from your article.  Make sure that they are in .jpg format. 

Where do I send my article?