Update on the TRG/TECSCU 2017 Fall Conference:
Hold the Date! The 2017 Fall Conference will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beginning on Saturday, October 7th and concluding on Monday afternoon, October 9th, 2017!
The theme for this year’s conference, “A Changing World: Opportunities and Critical Practices,” will bring many exciting speakers, presentations, and opportunities for meaningful discussions.
Register
Registration provides all conference materials, meals, reception, and break refreshments. Spouse/guest fee provides all meals, reception and break refreshments.
Registration Rates
- TECSCU/TRG members: $385
- PreK-12 Educators: $150
- Spouse/Guest: $85
- Non-Members: $450
Register Now! Online registration will close September 16, 2017!
Hotel Reservations
Hotel reservations at the Westin Philadelphia in historic downtown Philadelphia can be made by calling 1-888-627-8153. Please reference the TECSCU/TRG Joint Fall 2017 Conference. Photos of the Westin rooms and facilities
Receive the Reduced Conference Rate
Hotel reservations are due by September 16, 2017 to receive the reduced rate. Room rates are $209.
Our host institution, West Chester University, encourages attendees and guests to enjoy the many activities and sights that are within walking distance from the Westin Philadelphia! Bring your family and friends to enjoy this beautiful historic city!
Conference Proposals
You are invited to submit a proposal concerning one or more of the following strands:
- Addressing Opportunities – This strand includes sessions that reflect positive successful approaches that address the current educational context and those factors that are impacting / influencing our work and positive approaches.
- Defining Excellence – This strand includes sessions that describe the use of data and evidence to demonstrate how educator preparation programs define excellence in curriculum, clinical experiences, and overall. Sessions can describe how schools/colleges/departments of education evaluate themselves; how they respond to others who define excellence for them; assessments that they use; how data are used for continual improvement, and other related topics.
- Sharing Practices that Work – This strand includes sessions that describe best practices in clinical experiences, retention of students, recruitment of students, fundraising, curriculum, use of data, addressing diversity issues, and more. This strand also includes practical sessions on understanding and setting budgets, descriptions of promotion/tenure practices in various schools/colleges/departments of education, and other practical aspects of running teacher education units.
- Growing Use of Technology in Pk-20 Education – This strand includes sessions that focus on practices in the use of technology in Pk-12 classrooms and in higher education teacher preparation programs. It also includes sessions that focus on developmental effects of technology and /or philosophical positions.
- Developing Alliances – This strand includes sessions that offer opportunities for attendees with like-interests on specific current issues / topics to engage in extended work sessions designed to empower, inform, and influence policy and practices. These could include role-alike sessions (i.e., Deans and Associate Deans), topical sessions surrounding specific educational contexts (i.e., partnerships to inform regional and state policies), and sessions that promote future alliances and strategies in addressing issues at the state / national level (i.e., multi-organizational collaboration on particular policies and practices).
Proposals will be due by June 30, 2017
Download the Call for Proposals document (pdf)
