Criteria for Selection
All conference presentations must provide high quality and comprehensive
professional development for teachers, counselors, and/or administrators
(some presentations may be oriented toward employers and/or workforce
and economic development professionals) and should meet the following
criteria:
- Be consistent with the conference theme
- Demonstrate innovative strategies, best practices, and strong program
results
- Provide information that attendees can implement in their states
or local districts
- Priority for selection will be given to those who include one or
more of the following professional development topics required by
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins
Act).
- Integration of coherent and rigorous academic standards and
career and technical education curricula including joint development
- Effective teaching skills based on research, including applied
learning and other promising practices
- Training in the use and application of technology to improve
instruction
- Accessing and using data for improvement
- Effective practices to improve parental and community involvement
- Meeting the needs of special populations
- Providing programs of study for students (career clusters/pathways)
- Planning professional development programs for faculty, counselors,
and administrators
- Supporting partnerships among secondary, postsecondary, business,
and other community organizations
Requirement for Presenting
- All presenters are required to register for the conference and pay
the registration fee. Registration fees are as follows: Key presenter:
$225. Each additional presenter: $375. Student presenter: $75. The
deadline for presenter registration is September 3.
- Arrange and pay for your own travel and lodging.
- Agree to present on the day assigned by NCPN.
- Provide handouts (including printouts of PowerPoint presentations).
Please be sure the handouts are clear and readable.
Types of Presentations
Forums (60 minutes) and clinics (75
minutes) address topics within the eight program strands. Forums and
clinics are intended for audiences of 50 to 100 and may include multiple
presenters. Presenters are expected to engage attendees in interactive
learning activities, provide handouts (including PowerPoint), and respond
to requests for more information.
Roundtables are presented twice within 60- or 75-minute
time slots. Each table seats 10 people. These are fast-paced sessions
designed to provide much information in a short time. NO EQUIPMENT is
used in roundtables. Presenters are expected to provide handouts and
respond to requests for more information.
Audiovisual Equipment
- Each breakout session will be equipped with
- screen
- podium
- microphone (if needed),
No equipment is used in roundtable sessions.
- NCPN can provide an overhead projector (for transparencies) and/or
a DVD/VCR and monitor if requested on the proposal form.
- NCPN does not provide laptop computers or LCD projectors
for PowerPoint presentations.
For-Profit Presenters
Presentations by vendors or for-profit consultants
must include at least one practitioner as co-presenter. Presenters on
commercially available products are also required to exhibit.
Workforce/Economic Development Presentations
Presentations in the "Workforce/Economic Development" strand
are encouraged to include at least one business partner.