NAASS 2007
Conference Schedule At-A-Glance
Conference-At-A-Glance | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday
- Maui no ka 'oi – Maui is the best!
- Skim along the surface or dive deep—it's your choice! Set sail for Maui and you won't miss any of the exciting sessions included in this year's conference.
- The Conference has something for everyone — a rich mix of less formal or slightly more informal sessions. Some of your colleagues will articulate or, perhaps, pontificate; others will demonstrate. All we ask is that you participate. Some sessions will help you grapple with serious summer stuff; others are a bit more fanciful. There will be optional tours, things you can do on your own in the surf or on the turf, and other fun- and sun-related adventures…all the while you will be surrounded by the incredible natural beauty that is Maui!
- Affinity Group Dinners
- Join your colleagues for dinner at one of Lahaina's local restaurants. Look for sign-up sheets in the registration area to select a restaurant and become part of a dining group to bond, exchange experiences, and share summer stories and dessert. (Monday evening)
- Awards Reception and Banquet
- Don't miss this capstone event. Come dressed in Hawaiian casual, rub and bend elbows and break bread and commiserate with your colleagues about having to leave this island paradise. NAASS creative and innovative program winners will be announced, special prizes will be distributed, and a special Hawaiian dance troupe will entertain you on this last night of the conference. (Tuesday evening)
- Box Lunch Discussion Groups
- Eleven different thematically organized, facilitator-led, small discussion groups will "chew-over" a variety of issues while noshing a box lunch with your colleagues in one of the Maui Resort's beautiful outdoor settings. (Tuesday early afternoon)
- Consultation Corner
- Got a problem? Feeling isolated with no help in sight? Want some free advice? The Consultation Corner provides an opportunity for conference participants to discuss problems, possible opportunities, or tough decisions with practiced and grizzled NAASS "experts" who have "see it all before." One-on-one and small group discussions focused on coping with the institution; fitting summer sessions' mission to your institution's mission; internal marketing to your constituents; external marketing to your students; and dealing with student, parent, and faculty relationships are but a few of the general themes you can explore in a quiet and relaxed atmosphere with one of your summer sessions "therapists." (Sunday morning)
- Creative and Innovative Programs Session
- Continuing one of last conference's successes, this session will include short, prepared presentations about some of the creative and innovative programs submitted for review and evaluation by NAASS's Creative and Innovative Programs Committee. What used to be a casual viewing and discussion with participants will be a formal conference session. (Tuesday morning)
- Functional Forays Through Summer Sessions' Websites
- Do you have a website for your summer programs? Pretty or not, have you ever bothered to explore its functionality? Come listen to members of the NAASS Quality and Research Committee show how they went about testing NAASS member websites as summer session information resources. (Tuesday morning)
- Group Problem Solving
- If you've got a question, are trying to leap over or around a roadblock, or just want to contribute your two cents worth to help a colleague, participate in one of the group problem solving sessions and see a living example of the "power of many" at its networking best in these peer-facilitated roundtables devoted to a variety of general topics and issues. (Wednesday morning)
- Hands-On Workshops
- These workshops are designed to be participatory so come to them with your sleeves rolled up! Learn-by-doing sessions will help you improve your Excel spreadsheet proficiency; teach you how to survive in the cauldron of summer; form on-campus partnerships; make a lei; use dashboard indicators or focus groups to find out where you are or where you want to go; provide you with guidelines about how to "do" online courses "right"; or even show you how to hula your way to health. (Sunday evening; Monday afternoon; Tuesday afternoon)
- The Legacy Series
- Many of our long-time colleagues will have retired recently, or plan to retire in 2007. Their vision and experience will be sorely missed. The Legacy Series asks our retired or soon-to-be retired colleagues to share their recollections and views about summer sessions past, present, and yet to come. Those ignorant of history may be doomed to repeat it! (Sunday afternoon; Monday morning and afternoon; Tuesday morning and afternoon; Wednesday morning)
- NAASS/WASSA New Administrators' Workshop and Mentor Luncheon
- Continuing one of the favorites of past conferences, this workshop and mentor luncheon provide a valuable opportunity for new and almost new NAASS and WASSA Summer Session administrators to share experiences and learn together. The purpose of the workshop is to provide participants with an overview of summer session, its administration and planning, with the new administrator in mind. Although an additional fee is involved, this is a "must-do" event for those new to summer. (Sunday morning and afternoon)
- Panel Presentations
- Sit back, relax, and take good notes as your expert colleagues talk about and walk you through their "best of show" programs. Each panel is focused on a general "theme" — bread and butter, block-buster sessions; outreach programs designed to lure future matriculated students; travel-study programs; special programs offered to meet specific student needs; intersession courses and programs; and, when the outside wants to looks within, how to prepare for administrative and/or committee review. (Sunday afternoon and Monday morning)
- Plenary Session
- Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of her commitment to perpetuating Hawaiian cultural traditions and for her work to heal ethnic and cultural divisions among Hawaiians and between people of all cultures, come listen to Maui born resident and kumu (teacher) Roselle F. Keli'ihonipua Bailey talk about the islands' wonderfully unique history and cultural traditions. (Monday evening)
- Summer Sessions On-The-Go
- Travel to summer session and continuing education conferences, inspections of off-campus learning center courses, programs, and sites; and travel-study programs have become a way of life for many of us. Two pairs of concurrently scheduled, 30-minute sessions, each led by an expert facilitator, are designed to deal with some of the "realities" of travel (e.g., how to pack efficiently and effectively, traveler "rights" when hotels or airlines let them down; methods to minimize the effects of jet-lag; best new electronic gadgets and methods for staying in contact while away from the office). (Monday morning and afternoon)
- Theresa Neil Research Presentations
- Four research programs supported wholly or in part by Theresa Neil Research funds are in progress, or have been completed. Come hear the research team leaders (Howard Martin; Bill Kops; Ralph Gallucci; John LaBrie) share their discoveries. (Monday morning and afternoon)
