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AT THE 2025 EQUITABLE SCHOOL SUMMIT

Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2025 Equitable Schools Summit as a presenter.

The dates of the conference are February 27-28, 2025. This conference will be in a virtual format for this year.

Our goal is that educators will attend this conference to understand their purpose in our school communities more deeply and the impact that equity has in our work.  We want everyone to walk away with a renewed sense of purpose, new tools and insights to take back with them, and an expanded community to partner with in this work.

Below is a list of strands that will help guide you in coming up with a focus for your presentation submission. Keep in mind that attendees of your session should leave with practices, strategies, and ideas that they can implement in their own school communities. In other words, you should take an action-based approach in your presentation. 

Conference Strands

Presenter Requirements

We are dedicated to making this conference a success, and we know you are too! Please ensure that you adhere to all deadlines and can fulfill the requirements for presenters.

  • Access to a stable internet connection (minimum download speed 25Mbps and minimum upload speed is 5Mbps.)

  • HD Webcam, High Quality Microphone, and Speakers.

  • Your display should have a resolution of at least 1920x1080.

  • Include interactive components within the presentation submission. This is to create a more positive experience for attendees.

  •  Include actionable strategies that can be used within the presentation submission.

  •  You must attend at least ONE tech session to ensure you are prepared to present in a virtual format if your proposal is selected.

Presenter Guidelines

You will need to include the following when submitting the presenter application form:

  • The Session Title: Please indicate the title of your session to include in the program. Please make the session title as descriptive as possible. Because titles provide first impressions, sessions with vague and uninformative titles often attract few participants.

  • The Strand for your session:  You can find the conference strands in the section above to include in your application form.

  • An Abstract: Provide a brief description of your presentation to be included in the program and provided to attendees before the event. Your description should provide attendees and reviewers with sufficient information about the context/setting for the presentation and critical areas of insight or findings that will be shared.

  • Actionable Practices/Ideas to Implement: We ask that attendees can leave with strategies, practices, and ideas that they can implement in their school community upon their return.

  • Engagement: We want attendees to not only walk out of sessions with actionable practices and ideas but also to have fun doing it. How do you propose to organize the session? How does the presentation allow adequate time and structure for participants’ engagement?

 

Proposal Review Process

Some specific points considered in the proposal review process are:

  •  Is the title appropriate?
  •  Is the content current and relevant to the needs of today’s school community?
  • Is the description clear, and does it accurately reflect the proposed content?
  • Are learner outcomes measurable and achievable?
  • Will the presenter(s)/ presentation provide new information, knowledge, skills, and/or innovative applications of known information, knowledge, skills, etc.?
  • Is the program format appropriate for the subject matter?

Your submission will be reviewed and evaluated by the Center For Empowering Education team.  The team is knowledgeable on the conference theme, topics, and goals. Center for Empowering Education will notify speakers who are chosen to participate on the proposed topic and a Speaker Agreement for review and execution. Please note that we must be highly selective as there are limited presentation spots. 

To keep our conference content unique, we ask you to refrain from presenting on or publishing your topic elsewhere until after the conference.

Submission Timeline

November 1, 2024: Submission Window Opens 
December 6, 2024: Submission Deadline
December 16, 2024: Acceptance Notifications
February 27-28, 2025: Conference Sessions
 
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