Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is launching a two-year Faculty and Staff Professional Development (FSPD) Program for the Talloires Network, an international association of civically engaged universities housed at Tufts University. This new initiative, funded by the Pearson Foundation, aims to enhance capacity for member universities to build institutional frameworks focused on civic engagement.

ICP will provide professional development and technical skills to participants of the FSPD Program to enable them to expand and strengthen civic engagement programs at their universities, as well as to develop strategies and methods to promote institutional policy change and quality improvement. ICP will use technology extensively to deliver trainings, develop a community of practice, and foster the exchange of tools and materials.

The overall emphasis of the initiative is to build capacity within the Talloires Network member universities so as to continue the effort around professional development beyond the two years of the FSPD Program.

The substantive issues to be addressed by the Faculty and Staff Professional Development Program include leadership and management skills and strategies at the executive level, and best practices, effective techniques and interventions at the faculty and staff level.

About Innovations in Civic Participation

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that facilitates and supports the development of innovative approaches to youth civic engagement and service-learning. Since its founding in 2001, ICP has conducted projects that enhance the capacity of youth service-learning practitioners by establishing partnerships that promote the dissemination of skills and ideas. In 2005 ICP co-founded the Talloires Network with Tufts University.

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