Nominations Sought for Directors of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE)

The IASCE (International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education – www.iasce.net) is an organization with a proud history of almost 30 years promoting practice, theorizing, and research on helping students and others cooperate for learning and related goals.

One of the principal roles of the IASCE is to link organizations and individuals interested in the research and practice of cooperative learning and related approaches. The IASCE communicates its work chiefly through the website, a newsletter and online forums. It organizes international conferences throughout the world to support and stimulate regional and international research and applied practices in cooperation and learning.

Directors normally serve four-year, elected terms. Currently, there are 11 Directors, and we can have as many as 16. We are looking to add new Directors to further energize the organization. 

Directors must be IASCE members and are expected to contribute to the work of the Association by:

(1) defining a role, a project, or an area of responsibility in which to provide leadership;

(2) actively participating in international and/or regional conferences that promote the work of the Association; and

(3) participating regularly in the work of the Association, much of which is conducted through on-line communication.

Potential Directors can be nominated by others or they can nominate themselves. To nominate someone or yourself, please send the following (1000 words or less) via attached file to George Jacobs, one of the current IASCE Directors, at jacobs_george@yahoo.com: 

  1. Name

  2. Contact information

  3. Institutional affiliations, both current and other relevant ones

  4. Experience working in areas of education relevant to IASCE

  5. Reasons why the person/you would be an asset to the IASCE Board  

The deadline for nominations is 31 March, 2008. Nominees will be contacted by a current Director and apprised of the next steps in the process.  The elections should be completed by 30 April, 2008.

IASCE does exciting work. We welcome your participation as a Director or in any other capacity. Thank you.