Call for Papers: Texas Association for Bilingual Education annual conference 2016, October 19-22, Galveston, Tejas

Bilingual Education- ¡Una ola de éxitos! Texas Association for Bilingual Education 2016 Annual Conference Call for Proposal Form The Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) is currently accepting call for proposals to the 2016 conference.  CONFERENCE INFORMATION October 19-22, 2016 Galveston, Texas Moody Gardens Hotel Please click on the link below. http://www.tabe.org/tabe2016.cfm?subpage=1445753

Scholarships For DREAMers, By DREAMers, 3rd National Round, Remains Open till February 15, 2016!

3rd National Round, Remains Open! - Apply by February 15, 2016

For More Info: http://www.thedream.us/

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

*for First Time College Students & Community College Graduates who Attend Partner Colleges

Latino Education & Advocacy Days (LEAD) Organization has again partnered with TheDream.US to help spread the word about college scholarships that are available to highly motivated DREAMers who want to get a college education but cannot afford it. Our scholarships will help cover your tuition and fees for an associate’s or bachelor’s degree at one of our Partner Colleges.  If you are chosen as a DREAM Scholar, you must be accepted to and eligible for in-state tuition (if applicable) at one of our Partner Colleges in order to receive the Scholarship. The in-state tuition requirement does not apply to DREAM Scholars who attend one of our private Partner Colleges or Kaplan University, as there are no residency restrictions for these colleges.  Scholars who wish to attend ASU Online must live in Arizona.

For a list of the partner colleges and descriptions please click here: Partner College List and Descriptions   

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS

This scholarship is available to high school seniors or high school graduates with demonstrated financial need who are first time college students and seek to earn a career-ready associate’s or bachelor’s degree at one of our Partner Colleges. Students who are currently enrolled in college are not eligible. Scholars are selected from a nationwide pool of applicants.  To be eligible to apply, you must:

·      Either graduate from high school or earn your GED diploma by the end of the 2015-2016 academic year or have already graduated or earned your GED diploma;

·   Have earned a high school un-weighted GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or an equivalent GED score);

·   Not have enrolled in an associate’s or bachelor’s degree program or have earned college credits (excluding credits earned while in a high school pre-college, dual enrollment program, advanced placement testing, or through the College Level Examination Program CLEP);

·   Intend to enroll full-time in an associate’s or bachelor’s degree program at one of TheDream.US Partner Colleges within one year of receiving the Scholarship;

·   Be eligible for in-state tuition if seeking to attend a Partner College that is a public institution;

·   Have come to the United States before reaching your 16th birthday;

·   Be DACA or TPS eligible and have applied for or received DACA or TPS approval; and

·   Demonstrate significant unmet financial need.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES

The Community College Graduate Scholarship is available to community college students with demonstrated financial need who have earned their associate’s degrees and seek to complete their bachelor’s degrees at one of our four-year Partner Colleges. Students who are currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program are not eligible. Scholars are selected from a nationwide pool of applicants.

To be eligible to apply, you must:

·         Either earn an associate’s degree from an accredited community college by the end of the 2015-2016 academic year or have already earned your associate’s degree from an accredited community college;

·         Have earned a college GPA of 3.0 or greater on a 4.0 scale;

·         Not have yet enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program;

·         Intend to enroll full-time in a bachelor’s degree program at one of TheDream.US Partner Colleges in the 2016-2017 academic year;

·         Be eligible for in-state tuition if seeking to attend a Partner College that is a public institution;

·         Have come to the United States before reaching your 16th birthday;

·         Be DACA or TPS eligible and have applied for or received DACA or TPS approval; and

·         Demonstrate significant unmet financial need.

Find out more on our Frequently Asked Questions or Guidelines pages.

Our Scholars are selected by DREAMers and people from DREAMer-supportive organizations based on their academic achievement and motivation to succeed. Our Scholars commit to their own academic achievement and to help build a National Community of DREAMer Scholars which provides peer-to-peer support and mentoring to each other and future DREAMer Scholars. 

Visit www.TheDream.US for more information.

TheDream.US is a project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3), which provides fiscal sponsorship for innovative public interest projects focused on conservation, education, and global health.

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Thank you - Gracias,
Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Ph.D. 

Executive Director, LATINO EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY DAYS (LEAD) ORGANIZATION

President, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

College of Education 

California State University, San Bernardino 

5500 University Parkway 

San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397 

(909) 537-5632  fax (909) 537-7040 

email:  emurillo@csusb.edu

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Administrative Issues Journal Call for Papers

Call for Papers   Volume 6, Issue 1   Now Accepting Submissions for Volume 6, Issue 1. Submission deadline: February 15, 2016 ** The deadline has been extended! ** The Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research invites the submission of papers for publication in Volume 6, Issue 1, due for publication Summer 2016. Submissions are being accepted now!  Volumes 1 thru 5 are now available. Find them here! Volume 5, Issue 2 will be published December 15, 2015.   Submit a manuscript for publication here!   The AIJ is an e-journal dedicated to expanding the knowledge of current multidisciplinary issues in administration. The journal provides a platform for the publication and promotion of viable blind-reviewed research at small colleges and regional universities throughout the United States. This Journal accepts articles related, but not limited to: Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Education Administration, Nursing Administration and Public Administration. The articles can relate directly to issues in education, practice, and research. This Journal accepts quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodology research. The Administrative Issues Journal publishes two issues a year. Each issue seeks to include articles from education, practice, and research.

University of Oxford, 25th International Childhood Education Symposium, March 13 to March 16, 2016

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We would like to invite you to attend the 25th International Childhood Education Symposium during the dates of March 13 to March 16, 2016 at Harris Manchester College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. Harris Manchester College is one of the thirty-eight colleges that form the University of Oxford and was founded in 1786. We are pleased to invite you to become a member of this Symposium. Membership is limited to approximately thirty-five (35) interdisciplinary scholars who have a particular interest in this subject.

Alternatively, we are also hosting a few other sessions in 2016 that may be of interest to you as well:

Literature, Language and the Arts, March 16 to March 19, 2016

Women & Education, March 20 to March 23, 2016

Issues in Childhood Education, July 17 to July 20, 2016

Environment, Climate Change and Global Warming, July 20 to July 23, 2016

Religion, Women and History, July 24 t0 July 27, 2016

Health, Aging and Nutrition, July 27 to July 30, 2016

You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic, however your participation as a member of the Round Table is not contingent upon presenting and you can serve on a panel or as a discussion leader. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum on Public Policy. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field.

Should you accept this invitation you will be joined on the programme by Hugh Benjamin (MEd in Drama and Education, Newcastle University, D.Phil, York University) is former Deputy Director of Stantonbury School Campus in Milton Keynes.  Most recently he has been involved in the national initiatives concerning the introduction of Vocational Diplomas and the Specialist Schools movement. He has been involved in educational consultancy work in Poland, Czech. Republic, Belgium and India. Dr. Benjamin returns to the Round Table for his sixteenth year.

Members of the Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. Some locations for independent travel would include London (one hour south of Oxford), Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.

Topics of discussion will include but is not limited to:

Early Childhood Education
    Early STEM Learning
    Reading First
    The Creative Child
    Children's Speech
    At Risk Children
    Preventive Health for Children
    Planning the PreK-3 Programs
    Technology and the Young Child

Children's Literature
    The Culture of Literacy
    Religion in Children's Literature
    Magical Worlds
    Slam Poetry
    African-American Children's Literature
    Children's Literature Innovations
    Fantasy and Dreams

Special Education
    Least Restrictive Environment
    Stay-Put
    Regression-Recoupment
    Interface with NCLB
    Inclusion
    Related Services
    Crisis Intervention
    Parent Collaboration
    Designing the IEP
    Manifestation Decisions
    Extended School Year

School Administration and Leadership
    School Policy and Governance
    The School Leadership Challenge
    The School Board
    School Improvement
    Curricular Enhancement
    Public School and Religion
    Involving Parents in School Partnerships
    Involving the Community
    Teacher Rights

Elementary Instruction
    Elementary STEM Learning
    Reading Progress
    English as a Second Language
    Health and the Child
    Improving Learning
    Art Education
    Music Education
    Mathematics Assessment
    Early Science Assessment

Secondary Instruction
    Secondary STEM Learning
    Advanced Placement
    Deterrents to Learning
    Bilingual Education
    Library Technology
    Science and Math Performance
    Electronic Instruction
    English as a Second Language
    Curricular Enhancement
    Improving Learning
    Performance Measures
    International Performance

School Governance
    Government Accountability
    Alternative Sources of Funding
    Health and Drugs
    Bullying
    Structural Changes in Schooling
    Traditional Public Schools
    Measurement of Performance
    Rationalizing Universal Education
    Government Funding of Parochial Schools
    Collective Bargaining

Education Law
    Bullying
    Due Process
    Affirmative Action
    Title IX
    NCLB
    Sexual Harassment

Instruction and Support
    Connected Learning
    Technology Support
    Distance Learning
    Counseling and Psychology
    Educational Technology and Multimedia
    Transformative Education
    The Role of IT in schools
    Open Technologies

The conference will run from Sunday night through Wednesday morning. We will have reception and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. The Olde Dining Hall is where Oxford professors and students dine when the university is in session. Lunches are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting.? You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Harris Manchester College where students stay during term time. More detailed information can be found on our web site.

Early Registration Discounts available until January 30, 2016

In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk before January 30, 2016. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Please direct all inquiries to:

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Joss Gordon

Assistant Coordinator

Oxford Round Table

Telephone: +44-1865-521505

Fax: +44-1865-595590

E-mail: coordinator@oxfordroundtable.com

Web Site: www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk

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[Lead] CONAHEC 2016 Conference Call for Proposals

CONAHEC 2016  Conference Call for Proposals

Submit your proposal!  Submission deadline has been extended to December 15, 2015 LEAD Netroots, The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) invites you to join us at the 17th North American Higher Education Conference Global Grand Challenges: Channeling International Collaborationgenerously hosted by Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) in San Luis Potosí, Mexico from March 16-18, 2016. This year’s conference will focus on the potential of international collaboration in higher education in coordination with governments, the productive sector and civil society to contribute to addressing global grand challenges. Stakeholders in international higher education collaboration are invited to submit proposals for presentations addressing issues of importance to international higher education collaboration. Some possible themes include: Internationalization Strategy and Policy  International Research Collaboration  International Student Mobility (including short-term, project-based and practical professional experiences) International Faculty Mobility and Collaboration  Collaboration with the Productive Sector to Address Global Challenges  Innovative Use of Technology for International Collaboration  North American Experiences with Internationalization at Home  Measuring Internationalization  Underrepresented groups in internationalization.   Challenges in International Higher Education Collaboration  Click here for the Presentation Proposal Submission Form The 17th North American Higher Education Conference is a LEAD-Affiliate and organized by the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration. CONAHEC links higher education institutions, government agencies and partners in industry from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, and from the rest of the world, in collaboration and cooperation. We look forward to welcoming you in San Luis Potosi!

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Ph.D.  Executive Director - LEAD Organization 5500 University Parkway / Room CE-305 San Bernardino, CA 92407emurillo@csusb.edu Tel: 909-537-5632 Fax: 909-537-7040 --  Join or learn more about LEAD activities, events or programs on any of our social networks, partnerships or education projects  --  LEAD - Latino Education Projects LEAD - About Us Video

Call for Papers: CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies, Jyväskylä, Finland, University of Jyväskylä, June 20-22, 2016

https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/applied-summerschool/summerschool2016

CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies

Jyväskylä, Finland

University of Jyväskylä 

June 20-22, 2016

Welcome to the international conference on CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 20-22, 2016.

The Conference is organized and planned as a collaborative effort of the University of Jyväskylä Language Campus and by one of the University’s national tasks; i.e. The Finnish Network for Language Education Policies. The Language Campus actors, the Network, and the research projects working within these contexts aim at increasing our awareness of the significance of language related questions within education and the society at large. Further, the conference aims at increasing dialogue between researchers, policy makers, practitioners and other actors in the field of language education.

The Conference encourages the participants to submit innovative panels, workshops and other presentations that aim at promoting empowering designs and approaches to language education policy. Hence the theme of co-designs: rather than focus on “producers” and “users” of language education policy, we would like to turn our attention towards policy formation as a two-way co-operative process.

The Conference combines Finnish and international expertise in applied linguistics, mother tongue and foreign language education, educational policy and classroom research among others.

The Conference is aimed at all language and education researchers and professionals who wish to deepen their expertise in questions addressed at the conference: academic researchers, graduate and PhD students, language teachers, and special education teachers.

We are now inviting proposals for presentations in the international conference on CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies.

Conference theme

The Conference encourages the participants to submit innovative panels, workshops and other presentations that aim at promoting empowering designs and approaches to language education policy. Hence the theme of co-designs: rather than focus on “producers” and “users” of language education policy, we would like to turn our attention towards policy formation as a two-way co-operative process. The conference will among other things focus on:

bi-/multilingual education
classroom contexts
migrants and language education
language education and the working life
second/foreign languages
policy approaches

The Conference is aimed at all language and education researchers and professionals who wish to deepen their expertise in questions addressed at the conference: academic researchers, graduate and PhD students, language teachers, and special education teachers.

Academic programme

In addition to the talks delivered by plenary speakers, the programme will consist of panel discussions, paper and poster sessions, colloquia and workshops.

Talks by plenary speakers
Professor (emerita) Marilyn Martin-Jones, University of Birmingham, UK
Associate Professor Feliciano Chimbutane, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

T.B.A
Invited panel discussion  on issues of equality and equity in Nordic language education
Workshops by plenary speakers
Presentations (paper, poster, workshop, colloquium) by conference participants

The submission of proposals opens on October 30, 2015, and closes on January 17, 2016. This is done by filling out an online form.

Types of presentations: 1) paper, 2) poster, 3) colloquium (with thematically related papers, discussion and audience participation), and 4) workshop (with hands-on  activities based on some data or a specific topic)

Length of abstracts: paper, poster or workshop (500 words, max., including references), colloquium (500 words, max., including titles of papers but no mention of presenters by name; and if a proposal is accepted, an abstract will be requested for each paper, 300 words, max.)

Length of presentations in the conference: paper (20 min. and 10 min. for questions and answers), poster (size AO, max.), colloquium (90 or 180 min.), workshop (90 min.)

Language policy: The language of the conference is English. If a presentation is based on data in any other language, use of multilingual material (e.g. in Power Point slides, handouts) is recommended.           

The proposals for any type of presentation will be evaluated anonymously by at least two members of the Organizing Committee, and they will be evaluated for their

contribution to the field
quality of content
thematic relevance
quality of abstract (organization, clarity of expression)
for colloquia and workshops additionally: coherence, clear schedule of activities, discussion and/or audience participation

Presentation acceptances will be sent out in February 2016.

For any queries, please email: multisited2016@jyu.fi

The Conference website: www.jyu.fi/multisited2016

Link to presentation submission is https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/summerschool2016

We look forward to seeing you in Jyväskylä, Finland, in June 2016.

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Position Available: Chair of the Department of Special Education, Foundations, and Research, East Carolina University, College of Education

Chair of the Department of Special Education, Foundations, and
Research, East Carolina University, College of Education

East Carolina University invites applications for the position of
Chair of the Department of Special Education, Foundations, and
Research in the College of Education. We seek a nationally recognized
scholar with demonstrated excellence in teaching and research and
success in securing external research funding. The successful
candidates must have an earned Doctoral degree from an accredited
University in Special Education, Educational Foundations, Research, or
a closely related discipline. The successful candidate must also have
an appreciation for and experience in multidisciplinary environments,
a commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education,
familiarity with assessment criteria of accrediting agencies, and
budgetary experience.

The Chair will teach in her/his area of specialization, maintain an
active research program, and direct grants and other externally-funded
initiatives.  The Chair position is a 12-month administrative
appointment with responsibilities for overseeing three distinct
programs: 1) the Special Education program: leading to the Bachelor of
Science in Special Education (Adapted and General Curriculum Tracks),
the Master of Education in Special Education (in four concentration
areas), and three certificate programs (Autism, Assistive Technology,
and Deaf Blind); 2) the Foundations program for the College of
Education; and 3) the Research program for the College of Education.
The Chair also oversees the Irene Howell Assistive Technology Center.
The Department of Special Education, Foundations, and Research
currently has 21 full-time tenure, tenure-track, and teaching faculty,
2 full-time non-teaching professionals, a fluctuating number of part
time instructional faculty and clinical supervisors, and 1.5
administrative support specialists. A key role of the Chair is to
support and mentor faculty scholarship and efforts to secure external
funding.

The Chair reports to the Dean of the College of Education (COE) and
serves on the COE Leadership Team, representing the Department across
the College and University as well as with key local, state, and
national stakeholders. The Chair leads strategic planning and
evaluation for continuous improvement for the department and each
program, aligned with the mission and policies of the College and the
University; establishes Department priorities and use of resources
through shared governance with faculty; takes an active role in hiring
all faculty and administrative staff; sets faculty workloads, course
schedules, and service assignments; and annually facilitates
individual goal-setting and conducts faculty evaluations. All
applicants should currently hold the rank of Professor or, if applying
as an Associate Professor, should meet the qualifications for
promotion to Professor at East Carolina University. Qualifications
would include a record of research, external funding, teaching, and
service appropriate for a tenured appointment at the rank of
Professor. Preference will be given to candidates with previous chair
or other higher education leadership and administrative experience.
Expertise in critical perspectives in social, cultural, and
psychological foundations of education; education of students with
special needs; and/or research design and methodology is also
preferred.

Candidates must submit the following documents online at
https://ecu.peopleadmin.com /applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp :
(1) a letter of application describing academic background, specific
skills, and experiences relevant to the position, (2) a written
statement describing research productivity and agenda, (3) at least
two examples of scholarly works, and (4) a current vitae.  Candidates
must also submit:  (1) a copy of all transcripts and (2) three current
letters of reference to: Alana M. Zambone, Ph.D., Search Chair, 102
Speight Building, College of Education, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC 27858.  Finalists will be required to present on a
topic related to leadership, issues in education, and/or the results
of a research study.  In addition, they will have the opportunity to
work with the Associate Dean for Research to submit a proposal for
research start-up funds from East Carolina University.  Screening
begins January 4th, 2016, and continues until the position is filled.