MAVA Colleagues,
The 2025 MAVA Connecting for Success Conference Team has released a “Call For Proposals” for the 2025 Conference! Please share this with your professional staff!!
Share your expertise with the MAVA Community!
David
The 2025 MAVA Connecting for Success Conference Team has released the following Call For Proposals
The Connecting for Success (CFS) Leadership Team is ready to share our official call for proposals for the 2025 Connecting for Success Conference!
Bethany, Melanie & Catie
The CFS Leadership Team is actively soliciting proposals for presentations, speakers, and workshops that cover all facets of the educational setting. This encompasses vocational and agricultural educators, academic educators, guidance and specialized support staff, aides and paraprofessionals, school nurses, and administrators.
Conference Presentation Details:
PRESENTATION IDEAS
- Best Practices
- Unique Student Projects
- Competency Tracking
- Tool Room Procedures
- Program Specific Topics
- Classroom Management
- Shop & Academic Crossover Projects
- Engagement and Teaching Strategies
- Exploratory Projects (CTE program specific)
- Fundraising for extracurricular activities (DECA, FFA, SkillsUSA etc.)
- Cross-curricular Joint Projects between Academic and Vocational/Agricultural
- Universal Design for Learning Framework Implementation
- Strategies to support ELs in specific content areas
- Strategies to move instruction from teacher-centered to student-centered
- Academic & vocational integration strategies
- MTSS Tiered Support Strategies
- Licensure Advancement and PDP planning
- Effective Co-teaching Strategies
- Ed-Tech Tools for instruction and formative assessment
- Strategies for Diverse Learners
- MyCap – College and Career Readiness
- Trauma-informed Strategies
- Addressing Chronic Absenteeism
- MTSS Implementation
- New Teacher Tips
- Mentoring Programs
SESSION FORMAT
All sessions must be 50-minutes in length. Examples include:
- 30-minute presentation with 20-minute interactive activities
- 40-minute session with 10 minutes for discussions, questions, & answers
- 40-minute carousel activity with 10 minutes for discussions, questions, & answers
- 50-minute professional learning community/job alike discussion
- Double session (allotted 110 minutes)
AVAILABILITY
- Applicants will select the date(s) that work for their schedule. The conference runs Wednesday June 25th and Thursday June 26th.
SPEAKER REQUIREMENTS
As a conference speaker, you will be expected to:
- Use materials and language that do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, physical and intellectual differences/ability, or sexual orientation
- Provide your own presentation materials, handouts, and resources for distribution to participants
- Provide your specific presentation availability
- Detail the classroom space needed for your presentation
- Understand there is no stipend associated with your presentation. A certificate of presentation hours will be awarded to you after the conference has closed.
COMPENSATION
Presenters will receive a certificate detailing presentation hours. The certificate can be turned into schools for professional development points (MAVA does not issue professional development points).
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submissions should use our online form.Click Here to submit your pitch. The URL for submissions is: https://www.cognitoforms.com/MAVA1/MAVAConnectingForSuccess2025PrPresenter Proposal
We genuinely admire the contributions of the entire vocational and agricultural community, and we hope you will consider proposing a presentation and joining us at the MAVA Connecting for Success Conference. Should anyone have any inquiries or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us directly.
Warm regards,
Bethany, Melanie, and Catie
Bethany Botelho BethanyBotelho
Melanie Chartier MelanieChartier
Catie Tuccinardi CTuccinardi
David J. Ferreira
MAVA Communications Coordinator
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