Mac Week 4 – Publishing/Leadership Project

I have definitely narrowed my choices down to a presentation but finding a conference was a bit tricky because at this time of the year, there are many who are not accepting proposals from presenters. Ultimately, I was hoping to present this summer but now I realize it will have to be a fall conference due to deadlines for submissions.

Screen capture of Texas School Improvement Conference Website

My first choice is to present my research at the Texas School Improvement Conference in Austin, Texas: October 26-27, 2011, at the Austin Convention Center. The conference is sponsored by the School Improvement Resource Center (SIRC), a statewide initiative charged to work with schools throughout Texas not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under No Child Left Behind and to provide guidance for school improvement. To learn more about SIRC, please visit their website at http://www.esc13.net/sirc.

Please consider the following information prior to completing the application:

I chose this venue because my project addresses what this conference is all about and aligns with the conference theme, SPARK Success!. My project would also support 4 of the 5 strands:

supporting a positive school climate

preparing high quality teachers and leaders

advancing academic performance

reaching out to parents and community

keeping the focus on quality data and learning time

Unfortunately, notification of acceptance will not be sent until July 1st, 2011 but I did confirmation that my application was received.

Screen capture of submission acknowledgment

Screen capture of email acknowledgment w/o correspondence in body of email

Here is the link to the conference Website for anyone else interested in presenting at this location: http://www.sirctexas.net/tsi/index.html

My second choice is Teaching for the NEXT Generation being held in ElPaso Texas May 12-13, 2011. I sent an inquiry email to see if they had any open slots for presenters but have not received a reply yet. This conference would be actually be my first choice if I knew for sure I could get accepted. 

The topics included blogging, teachers and web 2.0, survival skills for the 21^st century, and podcasting just to name a few. All of these could work for my project presentation so if I don’t get a response for this year, I will ask them to put me on the notification list for next year.

Link to Think Out Loud Post #1

Link to Think Out Loud Post #2

Link to Think Out Loud Post #3

Link to my presentation: files.me.com/kathy.valunas/s1ko4e