My Department

August 17-18

Teaching All Students Well

Proposals are due April 7.

Sessions can be either 50-minute presentations (with question-and-answer periods) or 80-minute panels or interactive activities. They should directly address the conference focus on inclusive pedagogy.

Potential topic areas include:

• Strategies for eliminating the achievement and opportunity gap
• Diversity in curriculum and its impact on learning, development and student engagement
• Performing and visual arts as diversity education
• Increasing participation of low-income students and students of color in high-impact educational experiences
• Creating inclusive classrooms where all students feel they belong
• Recruiting and/or retaining diverse teachers and faculty
• Partnering with diverse communities to ensure student success
• Strategies for effectively handling potentially controversial topics in the classroom
• Classrooms as laboratories for civic engagement and leadership development

Proposals should include: 

• Presentation title
• Names and job titles of presenters
• Organization
• Summary (for use in conference program)
• Detailed description, including statement of relationship to theme, purpose and learning outcomes, presentation techniques and strategies to engage audience in active learning
• Technology needs
• The proposal should not exceed 5 pages.

Questions?
Call 920-832-6744 or email michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu