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.
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.