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——Call for Proposals——

29th Annual Fall North Carolina Teacher Education Forum
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Passion, Purpose, and Professionalism: Teaching in Critical Times

The 29th Annual NC Teacher Education Forum will be held Thursday-Friday, September 22-23, 2011, at the North Raleigh Hilton, 3415 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC. The conference theme is Passion, Purpose, and Professionalism: Teaching in Critical times . You are invited to submit a proposal that illustrates how passion, purpose, and professionalism can continue to be integral in teaching during critical times. Proposals from all areas of educator preparation, including arts and sciences, will be welcomed. (Please note the Student Poster Session will be held in Stpring 2012. A separate Call for Posters will be issued fall 2011.)

The following are the strands that may be addressed:

• Preparation of High Quality Teachers, School Leaders, and/or School Support Personnel;
• Action Research, Teacher Inquiry, Self-Study Practices, or Transformative Education;
• Curriculum Development, Instruction, Assessment, and/or Going Green;
• Cultural, Social, or Gender Issues;
• Collaborative Partnerships;
• Recruiting, Retaining, and/or Mentoring Educators;
• Utilizing Best Practices;
• Building Diverse/Equitable Communities, and/or Globalization;
• Developing Research Bases; or
• Supporting Learning through Technology.

Interested presenters should submit a proposal by May 25, 2011, via e-mail attachment (MS Word format, please) to Jennifer Olson atncactefallforum@gmail.com. The proposal file should include in the subject line the lead presenter’s LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL, hyphen, and FIRST SEVERAL WORDS OF THE TITLE. (e.g., Al Smith’s file is titled SmithA-ProposalTitle). Following this format will expedite the distribution to the committee members who will review all proposals (see website for evaluation criteria). Lead presenters/contact persons who are invited to present will be contacted in early August 2010. If you have not received a response confirming receipt of your submission with a few days, contact Jennifer Olson. Everyone who submits a proposal will receive a response after the Planning Committee has selected the program around the first of August.

Forum sessions will be either twenty-five (25) or fifty (50) minutes in length, including time for questions and discussion. Proposals should include the information below in the order listed. This information is embedded in the proposal template that should be used for submission. Along with the Call for Proposals, criteria for the review of the proposals are llisted on this website.

• Cover Page that includes:
• Title of presentation (15 word limit);
• List of presenter(s) with the contact person listed first (See Limits on the Number of Presentations below; correspondence will be with contact person only.);
• Institutional affiliation, the address, telephone number, and e-mail addresses for all presenters;
• Strand identification—one strand (or a maximum of two strands) should be identified as the focus of the proposal;
• Abstract that will appear as the session description in the program book (50-word limit—Use the word count tool in the word processing software program [in Word: under tools] to verify compliance.);
• Session agenda and objectives; and
• Technology requirements (An overhead projector and screen will be provided at no cost. Any other technical equipment will be the responsibility of the presenters at their expense. Internet access typically is not available.)

• Proposal. No more than three single spaced typed pages with one inch margins, 12-point Arial font that includes:
• The purpose/rationale/literature review,
• A description of the information to be presented,
• The conclusion/synthesis of ideas presented, and
• Bibliographical citations as appropriate. 
• Note: This information will be included in an electronic version of the Conference Proceedings to be posted on the NC-ACTE website.
  
• In subject line of the e-mail as stated above, type lead presenter’s LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL, hyphen, and FIRST SEVERAL WORDS OF THE TITLE.

Limits on the Number of Presentations:

• A person may be lead presenter on only ONE proposal.
• A person may be second presenter (or another position) on a maximum of TWO proposals (or the lead presenter on one and another position on one).

(Note: PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE RETURNED.)
All presenters are required to register for the conference.

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Selection Criteria

Annual Fall North Carolina Teacher Education Forum

Proposals for presentations and posters will be considered on the basis of the following criteria:

PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO THE STATED GUIDELINES WILL BE RETURNED.

The Program Committee will select proposals to fill concurrent session slots. Concurrent sessions are planned to be either 25 or 50 minutes in length, depending upon the number of speakers and the content planned for the session. Lead presenters/contact persons who are invited to present will be contacted around the first week of August. If you do not hear from the Planning Committee about your proposal please contact Jennifer Olson.

Concurrent sessions will be scheduled for the Thursday afternoon and Friday morning sessions of the Forum. Additional information about the sessions and other events will appear on the website when it becomes available.

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