Call for Proposals

The Exceptional Student Services and Federal Programs Units at the Colorado Department of Education will be hosting the third annual Equity & Excellence Conference on November 2-3 at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood, Colorado.  The theme of this year’s conference is “Expand Your Equity Toolkit”.  CDE's goal for this conference is for attendees from diverse professional backgrounds to collaborate and come away from the conference with tools and resources for putting equity into action in their schools.
 
Proposals for 75-minute sessions are requested to address policy, leadership, and instructional information and strategies in the following content areas:
  • Culturally responsive instructional practices
  • Whole child supports
  • Recruitment and retention of excellent teachers
  • Meeting individual learning needs
  • Supporting early learning (birth to 3rd grade)
  • Effective parent and family engagement
Proposals will be reviewed and selected in three submission windows:
 
May 31, 2017
July 14, 2017
September 15, 2017
 
 

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