Conference Overview

Registration and Breakfast Buffet

University Center

Welcome and Keynote Speaker

Session #1

Concurrent Sessions

• Happy Mail and Beyond: Designing Dynamic Family Engagement Experiences for Teacher Candidates 

  Rosalyn Washington & Aimee Neff 

• Transforming Pre-Service Field Experience with NBPTS’ Five Core Propositions and Architecture of Accomplished Teaching 

  Jeff Leffler, Michelle Stubbs, & Ksenia Zhbanova 

• Using A Clinical Evaluation System to Strengthen Mentor Teachers' Observational Skills and Calibrate Evaluators 

  JoAnne Hood, Dustin Whitlock, Lynne Stratton, & Amy Vessel 

• Effects of Informal Versus School-Based Field Experience on Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy  for Teaching Science 

  Nicole Hesson 

Session #2

Concurrent Sessions

• Communication is Key: Systems for Building Transparency in the Field 

  Katrina Reinhardt 
   

• Evolution of Teacher Candidate Evaluation 

  Kathleen Wagner & Myra Lovett 

• Turning Pages Together:Intentional Literature for Enhanced Family Engagement in Education 

  Ali Conant 

• Ensuring a Context for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion during the Student Teaching Semester. 
  Jeff Bean

Session #3

Concurrent Sessions

• Teacher Candidates Use of AI to Support Lesson Planning in their Field Placements 

  Nancy Luke & Amanda Chapman 

• Turning Pages Together: Intentional Literature for Enhanced Family Engagement in Education 

  Ali Conant 

• Seven Years of Early Degree Teaching: What We've Learned 

  Jane M. Kuehne & Macy L. Bell

• Servicing a Large Rural Service Area: A Blessing and a Curse 
  Megan Mann&Linda Mobilio 
• The Evaluation of University Supervisors: An Interview Study of Universities Accredited by AAQEP  
  Laura Mirochna 
• A Full Evaluation Cycle – Details Please! 
  Teena Flesher 
• Teacher Ethics in the Field: A Lesson Plan for Prospective Teachers Entering Practica 
  Richard Carriveau 

Session #4

Concurrent Sessions

• Read Alouds Can Help! Using A Third-Space Approach to Model Best Practices and Develop Professional Relationships. 

  K. Chad Graham 

• Purposeful Co-Teaching Partnerships 

  Adam Akerson, Ronda S. McClain & Mark S. Montgomery

• Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn:How to Coach Students through Responses to Tough Conversations 

  Katie Williams & Fara Seal  

• Considerations of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Pre-Service Teachers 
  Karin Sprow Forté 

Lunch

Panorama Room (upstairs in the University Commons)

Session #5

Concurrent Sessions

• A Unique, Experiential Application of Equine-Assisted Activities to Improve Interpersonal Skills Development 

  Jill Merritt 

• Libraries and Librarians:  The Pot of Gold in Each School 

  Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham &Angela Brown-Burchett 

• Clinical Partnership and Practice: 360 Evaluation Model 

  Heather Kennedy, Myra Lovett, & Ann Marie Hancock 

• Student Teacher Support Models 
  Teena Flesher 
• Grand Rounds: Not Just for Medical Profession 
  Derek Decker 

Session #6

Concurrent Sessions

• Coordinating Paid Student Teaching Internships Across Multiple Districts to Meet Teacher Shortages 

  Natalie Kuhlmann & Melissa Nolley 

• Reflections of a Veteran Educator: Is Teaching One of the Most Vulnerable Professions? 

  Mary Elizabeth Kelly & Matthew Boggan

• Finding Joy: An Early Program Field Experience 

  Kara Coffino, Erica Simpson, Kira Conroy, Katelyn Klatt, & Ryan Williams 

• Developing Affinity for Effective Mentor Feedback: Relationships, Trust, and Communication 
  Margaret Hudson,  
  Jayne Hellenberg, & 
  Christine Harder 

Session #7

Concurrent Sessions

• Coaching Conversations: Fostering Culturally Sustaining Practices with Aspiring Educators 

  Gerry Fitzpatrick-Doria &Priscilla Jeter-Iles

• Money Matters: Partnering to Tackle the Teacher Shortage through Paid Clinical Opportunities 

  Christina Sinclair, Michelle Miller, & Carrie Baker 

• Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Apply Mindful and Professional Behaviors in the Field 

  Jennifer Ponder,Julie Paul-Flannery, Kelly Hill, & Grace Jepkemboi Komol 

• Developing Affinity for Effective Mentor Feedback: Relationships, Trust, and Communication 

  Margaret Hudson,  
  Jayne Hellenberg, &Christine Harder 

Session #8

Concurrent Sessions

• Taking Action: Teacher Candidates Leveraging the Action Research Cycle 

  Rosalyn Washington & Aimee Neff 

• Centering Equity Through Curriculum: Using Texts as Windows and Mirrors 

  Krystal Rasmussen 

• Deepening Our Partnership: Ways We Built Connections through Field Experiences and Professional Development 

  Mary Jo Leighton & Jennifer Meagher

• Internship Showdown: Where Interns Thrive and Wallets Jive 
  Ana Blaine,Aryn Davis, &Margie Hensler 

Registration and Breakfast Buffet

University Center in the Long's Peak Ballroom

Deans for Impact

University Center in the Long's Peak Ballroom

• Simulations for Field Supervisors:Elevating Observations of Best Practices and Transforming Feedback

  Amber Willis & Tracey Weinstein 

Session #9

Concurrent Sessions

• Integrating Virtual Field Experiences to Support Preservice Teachers 

  Amanda Chapman

• Georgia Gwinnett College Education Preparation Program Fellowships: Creating Alternative Pathways for Teacher Certification 

  Anita Anderson, Megan Nason & Mary Elizabeth Kelly

• Purposefully Pairing Mentors and Teacher Candidates for a Highly Effective Field Experience 

  Ronda S. McClain & Mark S. Montgomery

• Embedded Common Assessments in Early Field Experiences 

  Amy Lockhart, Jim Stichter, Megan Balong, & Ashley Jorgensen 

Session #10

Concurrent Sessions

• Co-Leading Strategies for Collaborative Educational Leadership 

  Margaret Hudson & Jayne Hellenberg 

• Mentorship Model: Creating Buy-In and Excitement for High-Quality Mentors in Field Experience 

  Mark S. Montgomery & Ronda S. McClain 

• Summer Reading Clinic Field Experience: Empowering Teacher Candidates and Children 

  Elizabeth M. Jackson & Tsitsi Nyabando 

• Creating a Dynamic Observation Tool for the Ever-Changing Standards Landscape 

  Stephanie Lauritzen, Stephanie Boughter, Eliza Jex, Lin Zhu, Tara Haskins, & Ann Van-Wig 

• Selecting Diverse Clinical Sites for Teacher Education Candidates: Visioning the Future of Clinical Practice 

  Leigh Martin & Laura Eicher 

   

Session #11

Concurrent Sessions

• Can I Do It? Promoting Self-Efficacy through a Developmental Model of Evaluation 

  Sue Dreves 

• The Boundaries of Feedback: What Is and Is Not Part of Clinical Supervision? 

  Wyatt Hall 

• Establishing and Maintaining Mutually Beneficial Relationships with School Partners 

  Ed Wiercioch 

• Developing Positivity: Student Teachers Share Their Success Stories 

   Nancy Luke 

   

Lunch

Panorama Room (upstairs in the University Commons)

Session #12

Concurrent Sessions

• More Isn’t Always Better! Effective and Efficient Alignment of Teacher Candidates’ Coursework and Fieldwork 

  Julie Paul Flannery, Kelly Hill, Jennifer Ponder, & Grace Jepkemboi Komol 

• Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support to track Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions 

  Sarah Solley, Julie Johnson &K. Chad Graham 

• Remote Clinical Observations – Exploring Best Practices 

  Derek Brower 

• Field Experience in a Third Space with Community Organizations in an Introductory Education Course 

  Jennifer K. Shah & Julie Swigert 

Session #13

Concurrent Sessions

• Leveraging Field Partners for Teacher Recruitment Initiatives 

  Katrina Reinhardt 

• Orbiting Third Spaces: Using Disparate PK-4 School Settings to Create a Unique Pre-Service Teacher Education 

  Veronica I. Ent 

• Developing Common Languagefor Effective Teaching at Each Stage of Teacher Development 

  Dustin Whitlock, Lynne Stratton, Tina Allen, Joanne Hood, & Amy Vessel 

• Addressing Anti-Democratic Behaviors in School Communities 
  Jan Stallones 

Session #14

Concurrent Sesssions

• The Impact of a Classroom Management Field Placement on Preservice Teachers’ Environmental Education Self-Efficacy 

  William McConnell 

• Uncover Your Own Social Bias through an Engaging and Revealing Hands-on Exercise 

  Brenda Kay Small &Jennifer Wakeen 

• AMPlify: Advancing Mentor Preparation 

  Daniel G. DeCelles & Carol Stephens-Klipp

• Building Capacity for Pre-Service Teachers with Rural and SOS Ghana Schools 

  Anthony Owusu-Ansah