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MACTE Spring CONFERENCE - april 27, 2023

We invite you to submit proposals for the Spring 2023 Conference on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. It is our first in-person gathering in three years and an opportunity to reengage in our collective work to support teaching and learning across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For those of you who are long-standing members of MACTE, we look forward to collaborating with you and to strengthening our partnership. To those who are new to the educator preparation community, we welcome you to join us for the day-long event. Our conference creates space for you to learn new strategies, network, and to engage with the state.

The Spring 2023 Conference theme is Literacy Learning: Reconciling Policy and Practice for ALL Learners. In 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education launched the Mass Literacy Initiative. The goal of this work is to "to support pre-service and in-service educators in grades preK–3 to gain deep knowledge of literacy development and to skillfully implement evidence-based, inclusive, culturally responsive practices using high-quality instructional materials and assessments" (DESE, 2022). As part of this initiative, DESE released a series of tools designed to support literacy including the Early Literacy Program Review Criteria, Early Literacy Observation Tool and revised MTELs. We, as educator preparation institutions, are working to unpack these new requirements and to embed literacy learning through an anti-racist lens. 

The submission deadline is March 24, 2023 and presenters will be notified by March 27, 2023. Please find additional information about the conference theme, proposal requirements and submission process below.
DOWNLOAD THE CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS - Submission Deadline March 24, 2023

Call for Presentations

Proposals are currently being sought for the Spring 2023 Conference of MACTE, MAECTE, and COMTEC. The Spring Conference theme is Literacy Learning: Reconciling Policy and Practice for ALL Learners. Priority will be given to proposals that address the conference theme. All presentations will be one hour in duration. Topics for consideration include, but are not limited to:
  • Integrating literacy learning with content across the curriculum
  • Creative practices to prepare preservice teachers to teach diverse and minoritized populations in the classroom
  • Anti-racist teaching practices in early childhood and P-12 settings
  • Sharing inclusive language and literacy strategies for equity in the classroom
  • Strategies for including families and the larger education community in literacy learning
  • Use of critical literacy practices with children’s literature to promote literacy learning
  • Sharing inclusion strategies for equity and access in the classroom
  • Intersections between language and literacy, culture, and special education
  • Exploration of our own bias and exposing our own prejudices in literacy teaching
  • Curricular resources, materials and for supporting anti-racist teaching
  • Understanding language and culture and its implications for teaching
  • Approaches, strategies and successes for identifying and placing teacher candidates in high-quality P-12 field experienced
  • Integrating UDL practices in literacy learning to better access learning
 
Proposal Requirements
To submit a proposal for review, you must include the following elements:
  • Contact Information & Institutional Affiliation
  • Brief presenter(s) Biographies (100 words)
  • Title of Session
  • Session Proposal (200-300 words)
  • Session Abstract for the Conference Program (50 words)

Proposal Submission: Deadline March 24, 2023
You can submit your proposal online by March 24, 2023. Accepted presenters will be formally notified by March 27, 2023. If your proposal is accepted, you will be required to provide a copy of your presentation to MACTE prior to your session. All presenters are required to pay for conference registration if accepted.

Registration Information
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You can register online through Eventbrite. The cost is $135 for General Admission and $70 Graduate Students.

Questions about the Call for Proposals
Questions about the Call for Proposals can be directed to:
Dr. Amy Ryan, Conference Chair
amy.ryan.2@bc.edu

Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 2023
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  • About Us
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        • April 17 Schedule
      • 2021 Fall
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