EXPERIENCE CWI's SUMMER WEST
Internationally acclaimed Summer Institute for
K-16 and Community Educators

A Five Day Intensive Summer Institute
Experience curriculum and program workshops, drawn from one of the world's most vibrant and diverse urban settings. The Institute will focus on using field tested service-learning best practices to help educators engage students in service-learning and contribute to sustainable communities.

Who Should Attend
The Institute is appropriate for beginner to veteran practitioner. Alumni include: individuals and groupsof K-12 classroom teachers and specialists; VISTA and AmeriCorps members; pre-service teachers; community based educators and leaders; board members; and educators and leaders from the higher education community.

Institute alumni comments

How To Register
Registering online is suggested but you may also register by phone, fax or by mail. If you are registering by mail please use the printable registration form (payment by check and purchase order.) Call 909-480-3966 with questions. more information on how to register

EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS* [Regular Individual Tuition: $1289 per person]
• Individual Early Registration: $1,089 • Save $200* register now
• Two Person Team Early Registration: $1,978 • Save $600 register now

*Discounted registration must be completed and paid in full by February 27, 2012

Our Location
Voted one of the twenty most beautiful college campuses in the U.S., Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is an energetic, student centered university with a strong tradition of service and social justice. LMU is situated on a breathtaking hilltop campus that overlooks both the city of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean—from Malibu to Santa Monica. Adjacent to the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount's campus provides a quiet and retreat like setting for professional development and community building. LMU is a quick ten minute ride from LAX, minutes from nearby Marina Del Rey and Venice, and close in to the multitude of arts and cultural centers and the many neighborhoods that make Los Angeles one of the most most dynamic and diverse cities in the world. Affordable accomodations are available within walking distance to campus. see local maps

COLLABORATION • TRAINING • INSPIRATION • PLANNING • REFLECTION

As an Institute Participant you will...
• Identify academic connections between service and essential knowledge.
• Find practical ways to encourage student voice in the learning process.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the role and practice of reflection
• Learn strategies to develop authentic community partnerships
• Reinvigorate your practice and commitment to education.
• Find practical ways to engage students in compelling community based work.
• Become part of our network of passionate educators.

Participants will be supported by a variety of resources and strategies for developing and articulating a classroom, program, or institution's approach to service-learning.

“CWI’s Summer Institute gathered together those whose work ranged from classroom teachers to non-profit enterprises; administrators, staff, and faculty; various ages, cultures, and specialties; experience from both private and public; large universities and small boarding schools. Despite what some might see as widely diverse goals and beliefs, this group of engaged educators listened, learned and invested themselves in theprocess, bringing mutual benefit to all."
Chris Haupt, Director of Student Life
Santa Catalina School
Monterrey, CA

Overview of CWI Summer WEST
Participants attending the Institute enhance their practice and thinking around sustainability, service-learning, and place-based education. We encourage educators to see themselves and their students as change agents with a powerful voice of experience that can be used for the long term improvement of education and society. CWI's Institutes are staffed by a core team of veteran practitioners and guest faculty members with a wide diversity of experience.

CWI Summer Institutes are intensive five day experiences designed to maximize participant learning and accomplishments. We emphasize the use of service-learning best practices through interactive trainings and opportunities for dialogue with experienced practitioners and fellow participants. Structured planning and reflection time is provided for individual and group work.

“Thank you! The Institute exceeded my expectations and fed my spirit in a way that will accelerate my impact. It offered a rare opportunity to connect to other educators and look at purpose and intention on a deeper level. The Institute pushed my limits on thinking about ‘participation’. It allowed me an opportunity to live through how to foster a community by how you structure activities.”
Paula Cohen, 6th Grade Language Arts & History
Orville Wright Middle School
Los Angeles, California

A Week of Accomplishment
Study Groups provide participants with an important smaller group opportunity to share their projects and enjoy feedback, suggestions and support from their fellow participants. CWI alumni have noted this aspect as one of the most exciting of the opportunities available at the Institute.

Experienced practitioners share curriculum exemplars, resources and teaching tools. more Exemplars drawn from the field are used to illustrate the ways in which service-learning can become a deeply integrated feature of curriculum with clearly articulated connections to standards. Participants develop an Integrated service-learning instructional or site plan to meet their own educational goals. Post Institute implementation support is available.

“It was a highly educational and life-changing experience! Something that will stand out in my mind as a cherished memory!...The passion and awareness the faculty (and participants) have for their calling in life was the most significant aspect of the week.”
Barbara Huffstutler, Educator
Polk County School District, Florida

Our Schedule
The Institute begins promptly at 8:30am Monday, 7/30 and ends, following a culminating activity, promptly at 4:30pm on Friday, 8/3. Late arrivals and/or early departures are discouraged out of respect for fellow participants.

EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS* [Regular Individual Tuition: $1,289 per person]
• Individual Early Registration: $1,089 • Save $200* register now
• Two Person Team Early Registration: $1,978 • Save $600* register now

*Discounted registration must be completed and paid in full by February 27, 2012

Institute Costs and Fees
Tuition is $1,289 (after February 21, 2012) see Early Bird discount above. and includes books and training materials, light breakfast, breaks and lunches. The tuition fee does NOT include lodging. Discounted lodging is available. Please ask for CWI discount. An optional 3 graduate credits are available for an additional $550. Registration online is suggested but you may also register by phone, fax or by mail. Please use the printable registration form (PDF) for payment by check and purchase orders. more information on how to register


Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles Area Information, and Accomodations,
Loyola Marymount's campus, adjacent to the city of Los Angeles, a world center of business, communications, the arts, entertainment, and technology, provides a quiet and retreat like setting for professional development and community building. LMU is a quick ten minute ride from LAX, minutes from nearby Marina Del Rey and Venice, and close in to the multitude of arts and cultural centers and the many neighborhoods that make Los Angeles one of the most most dynamic and diverse cities in the world. Discounted and affordable accommodations are available in walking distance to campus. more

Discounted Hotel Accomodations
Discounted and affordable accomodations are available with our partner Custom Hotel-LA. Discounted Room Rate for CWI Participants! Be sure to request the CWI rate of $99 per night, plus hotel taxes
Custom Hotel tel: 424-223-5561 • phone reservations: 877-287-8601 • make an online reservation

Registration and Cancellation Policies
No Institute registrations can be accepted without payment. Sorry, no exceptions. Cancellation Policy: No refunds after April 15, 2012. Written cancellation notice must be received by that date for a refund—minus a $75 administrative fee. Submission of your registration authorizes Community Works Institute and its event partners to publish photos of you taken at Institute 2012.

Local Professional Development: CWI will also work with your school or organization on local professional development sessions, or a site based version of our national Institutes. Local institutes must be scheduled at least two months in advance and can be customized to suit individual site needs. email CWI