Purpose
The purpose of the
conference is to showcase the capstone event in teacher candidate
preparation. Additionally, this conference provides an opportunity
for professional educators to demonstrate best practices as they relate to
the student teaching experience and the enhancement of knowledge skills and
dispositions of teacher candidates, cooperating teachers, administrators
and university supervisors.
ACT
48 Credits
ACT48 Credits will be
credited to k-12 teachers.
Keynote
Speakers
Dr. Zack Clements
 The work of Zack Clements has
put him in the company of such speakers as President Gerald Ford, Jesse
Jackson, Dan Rather, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Henry
Kissinger, and Barbara Walters. Yet this respected, sought-after speaker
endured a depression-era childhood as an orphan in an African-American and
Italian ghetto. He’s been through it all: poor performance at public
schools, trouble with the law, and the constant lure of easy money from
rackets that flourished openly in his neighborhood.
Zack’s indomitable will to succeed was nourished by love and wisdom
from his immigrant grandparents, and by inspiration and help from his
teachers, who started him on the road to respect for learning. He has
earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of New York
at Albany, and a doctorate from the University of Buffalo.
A former full professor at the University
of Vermont, Clements
is a veteran of many more teaching posts, such as high school English,
biology, history, and reading, Zack has also been a cook, lifeguard, camp
director, football coach, laborer, truck driver, insurance salesman, U.S.
Marine, and a musician appearing on American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan
Show in 1960. He is the author several books and two highly successful reading
stories.
Much of the impact, emotion, and honesty of Zack’s message is rooted
in his inspiring, upward journey from ghetto to public acclaim, energized
by an avid hold on life, tempered by old-world values and warmed by a
teacher’s love of people.
Bernie Hoffman
 Mr. Hoffman's articles and
books in local, state and national publications reflect the topics
including people problems, student assistance, crisis team coordination,
safe and violence free schools, committees, international education, school/police
relationships, organization of administrators, at-risk issues, crisis
response and emergency planning, administrative and management tasks,
policy, procedure, guideline and contract development, as well as working
with the media and community relations. He has received national,
state and local awards in the area of people problems, at-risk issues,
curriculum development, law enforcement and in administrative, military and
mental health affairs. Nationally, his programs were awarded the
National Drug Free Recognition Award at a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C.
for the year of 1990 and again and 1995. He received the Northeast
Regional Recognition Award for 1991-1992, as well as several Congressional
recognition awards. In 1996, he received the Bucks County
Peace Center
award for his work with Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention.
He also was awarded one of six national awards, The Bronze Key Award, for
his work by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in 1997.
In 2005, he was awarded the Alexander Award for his contribution to middle
level education in Pennsylvania
as well as an award from the PA Association of School Nurses and
Practitioners and a recognition award from the Pennsylvania Homeless
Student Initiative. During the school year 1997-98, Mr. Hoffman has
addressed over 10,000 concerned staff and community members. In
1998-99, the number increased to well over 15,000. In 1999-2000, the
number increased to well over 25,000. During 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, the
yearly number increased to over 30,000 in Pennsylvania alone. His consulting
work extends all throughout the country with special emphasis in the New
England and the Middle Atlantic areas as well as in Texas,
Illinois, Michigan and the southwest. In 2002-2003,
his number of individuals addressed and in-serviced exceeded 38,000 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey alone. In 2003 through 2006,
the total exceeded 40,000 each year.
Call
for Proposals
All proposals will be
submitted online using the form found on this page. Please read session,
proposal, and submission information carefully in order to avoid delays and
to give proposals the best opportunity for acceptance. All proposals will
go through a blind, peer-review process by the Conference Review Board
consisting of faculty knowledgeable about the supervision of teaching and
learning.
The Student Teacher
Supervision Conference: May 29-31, 2008
Submission of Proposals:
April 14, 2008
Result of Proposal Review:
Within 2 weeks of submission
Deadline to Confirm Acceptance of
Invitation to Present: April 28, 2008
Deadline for Presenters to Submit
an Abstract for Conference Program & Proceedings: April
28, 2008
Theme:
“Leadership, Listening, and
Lessons Learned”
Tracks
for k-12 teachers and administrators
Workshops addressing cooperating teachers’
role in co-teaching; legal issues; providing feedback to teacher
candidates; sharing the vision for your classroom and the culture of the
school.
Tracks
for university supervisors
Workshops and
informative sessions for the university supervisor including: legal
issues; framework for teaching; developing relationships with school
agencies; supervision in the co-teaching model; and streamlining the
evaluation process.
Tracks
for college of education students
Workshops beneficial
to the teacher candidate including the following: legal issues;
interviewing skills; resumes; job search; my role in co-teaching;
conferencing skills; and communicating with parents, teachers, students,
and supervisors.
Session
Formats
Presentation
Session: 45 minutes
A focused,
interactive session/workshop is encouraged with clear objectives and
learning outcomes for the audience.
Panel Session: 45
minutes
Rather than a series
of short, individual presentations, panel sessions should be genuinely
interactive among the panelists, and between the panelists and the
audience. The panelists can develop different perspectives or discuss
various aspects of the topic.
There will be
moderators for the presentation and panel sessions who will contact the
presenters prior to the conference to discuss introductions and the content
of the presentations. At each session, a moderator will begin and end the
session on time, introduce the presenter(s) and the session topic, and
distribute and collect session assessment forms to the attendees.
New! Teacher Candidate Poster Presentation: My Impact on Students'
Learning: (teacher candidates only)
Posters will set up
before the start of the conference (Friday morning) and will be available
for viewing throughout the conference. At designated times the teacher
candidates need to be with their posters to discuss them with people
examining the posters.
Evaluation
of Proposals
Each proposal will be
reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers who will recommend one of three
options: 1) acceptance of the proposal, 2) revision of the proposal, or 3)
rejection of the proposal. The reviewers will also provide comments for
improvement, suggestions for recommended revisions, or why proposals might
not be accepted. These comments will be given to the submitters of the
proposals.
The reviewers will
examine and evaluate proposals in these areas:
- Clear connection between
the title of the session and its content (titles should be less than
10 words and align with session content)
- Significance and
relevance of the topic for this conference
- Clarity and value of the
objectives for the session
- Means of engaging the
audience in the session
- Expressed learning
outcomes for attendees
Acceptance
of proposals
The result of the
review process will be provided to submitters within two weeks of reception
of the proposals. Thus, the earlier proposals are received during the
submission period, the sooner the review results will be obtained. The
presenters of all accepted proposals are to give confirmation to the
conference chair that they will present at the conference in May.
Presenters are responsible for their own conference registration and fee,
travel, and lodging.
Presenters must
supply abstracts of their presentations by the designated date of April 14, 2007 to the Conference
Program Coordinator. These abstracts will be used in the Conference Program
Booklet and in the Conference Proceedings. The format for the abstract is
as follows:
- Presentation topic and
names/schools of presenters
- Abstract text: 100
– 150 words
- Content: summarize
content of the presentation, including its objectives and learning
outcomes for the audience. Provide any relevant resources such as book
or article titles and web sites.
Presenters are asked
to fully participate in the entire conference and attend sessions and
events.
Presenters whose registration fee is not received by April 14, 2008 may be
deleted from the conference schedule of sessions and program booklet.
Proposal
Submission Form
Presentations must be
hard copies, not electronic, as we will not have the capability to wire
everyone
Click
here for the submission form in pdf
Click here for the submission form in Microsoft Word
Click here for the submission form in html
If you
have trouble, you can copy from html and paste onto the software you use.
Call for
Nomination
Outstanding Teacher Candidate Supervisor Award
Outstanding Teacher Candidate Cooperating Teacher Award
Outstanding Pre Service Teacher Candidate Award
Click
here for the submission form in Microsoft Word
Click
here for the submission form in pdf format
All proposals will be
submitted online using the form found on this page. Please read session,
proposal, and submission information carefully in order to avoid delays and
to give proposals the best opportunity for acceptance. All proposals will
go through a blind, peer-review process by the Conference Review Board
consisting of faculty knowledgeable about the supervision of teaching and
learning.
Schedule
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Conference (includes welcome
reception, two breakfasts, and one lunch)
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Teachers,
administrators, and supervisors
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$95
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Teacher
candidates
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$85
($45 for poster presenters)
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Lodging at the SRU Residential
Suites
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$28
per night per
person (subject to increase)
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Lodging
Conference
participants has the option to stay at the SRU Residential Suites for $28 per
night per person. If you would like to room with a specific person,
please let us know. Information about the Residential Suites is found
at http://www.sru.edu/pages/11671.asp
Nearby attractions
If
you are considering attending the conference and want to make it part of
your vacation Slippery Rock University is located near the following
attractions;
*Grove
City Outlets
*Old
Volant--New Wilmington and Amish Country
-Shops
-Restaurants
-Antiques
*Moraine
State Park
-Boating
-Swimming
-Camping
-Bicycling
-Hiking
-Fishing
*McConnells
Mill State Park
-Fishing
-Kayaking
-Canoeing
-Hiking
-Rock Climbing
*Jennings
Nature Reserve
*Pittsburgh (50 miles south)
-Baseball
-Cultural District
-Ethnic Restaurants
-Shoppping
*Lake Erie (75 miles north)
-Boating
-Fishing
-Beaches
-Bicycling
-Fine Restaurants
-Shopping
*Numerous
outstanding golf courses
Conference
Flyers
For teacher
candidates
For classroom
teachers and administrators
For university
supervisors
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