07 Jan2021
By Andrew Schiera
During the virtual AACTE 2021 Annual Meeting, attendees are invited to join their peers at the Deeper Dive Session, Leading in the Time of Crisis: Responding to COVID19 and Social Justice Movements, Wednesday, February 24 at 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. AACTE member Andrew J. Schiera of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education addresses this topic in the following thought leadership article.
Our world has never experienced anything like it did in 2020. Last year, we found ourselves at a major crossroad. Amidst fighting a global pandemic, our country also experienced intense civil unrest and protests due to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others. We have all been deeply affected by these events, and our nation’s teachers have been thrust into a world unknown. They must not only become practical-minded, on-the-ground social justice educators but must learn how to do so effectively in an ever-changing virtual environment. Now, more than ever, we must dig deep into what we know as teacher educators and to listen, anticipate, and plan rather than reacting to barriers (both expected and unexpected) that emerge along the way.
04 Jan2021
By Linda Minor
Were you busy wrapping things up at the end of 2020 and you forgot to register for the 2021 Annual Meeting? Don’t worry. There is still time to register at the early bird rate. AACTE has extended the deadline until Monday, January 11 at midnight.
Don’t miss out on registering for the virtual conference at this discounted rate. AACTE 2021, to be held February 24-26, offers attendees three days of concurrent sessions, keynote speakers, professional service providers and other exhibitors in the Conference Community Center, as well as networking opportunities at various receptions.
Access the Online Event Planner to view and plan for the day-to-day schedule of events.
For more conference details, visit www.aacte.org, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and join the conversation using #AACTE21.
Come experience the reimagined AACTE Annual Meeting – One community. One purpose. One voice.
17 Dec2020
By Jerrica Thurman
AACTE has extended registration deadlines for its virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26. Enjoy the gift of time this holiday season to secure discounted rates for the premier educator preparation conference in the nation. The early bird registration deadline is now January 11.
Reduced Registration Rates
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$349
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$389
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Emerging Leader
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17 Dec2020
By Linda Minor
Want to know everything that is happening at the 2021 AACTE Annual Meeting? The Event Planner has the entire schedule for each day (all times listed in the Event Planner are Eastern Time).
Once you have logged in to the Event Planner, you will be able to
- Browse the Full Schedule – You can use the search field at the top to locate sessions by presenter name (first or last), title, keywords, and other fields.
- Access Session Information – See a session you might be interested in? Just click on the session title to access a description and list of presenters.
- Plan Your Annual Meeting Experience – When you find a session you want to attend, just click the “add” button next to the session information. This will store the session to your schedule (which you can access at any time by clicking the “My Schedule” tab at the top).
- Sync AACTE’s Annual Meeting to Your Calendar – At any time, you can visit “My Schedule” to both print a copy of your schedule and send invite requests to your electronic calendar(s) for each session you wish to attend.
- Share Your Work with Other Attendees – Want to get other attendees interested in your session? If you are the presenter of a session, you can upload your slides, handouts, and other documents at any time. Just click on the “Sessions I’m Presenting” tab at the top of your page, and then click the “manage handouts” button next to the session you wish to add documents to in the schedule.
15 Dec2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Tackle problems of practice with experts from the field during AACTE’s virtual
2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26. Share your experiences and converse with peers and partners to advance your own work and drive innovation in educator preparation. AACTE-sponsored Learning Labs will present effective strategies for continuous improvement in areas such as:
- Navigating Student Supports in a Financial Crisis
- Identifying, Understanding, and Replacing Racist Curricula
- Future-casting: What does the Future of Education Look Like? How Can AACTE and it’s Partners Help to Advance the Field?
- What are the Latest Developments with the Biden Administration and the New Congress?
- Publishing in JTE
- Preparing Educators for Equitable Family, School, and Community Engagement
- Disrupting Inequities: Local and Global initiatives for Shared Responsibility in Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice
- Advocacy Talks and Town Hall—Your Voice in Advocating for the Profession
04 Dec2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Get inspired at the AACTE
73rd Annual Meeting Speaker Spotlight and Closing Sessions, featuring award-winning activist Bettina Love on February 25 and renowned presidential historian Michael Beschloss on February 26.
Bettina L. Love
Speaker Spotlight Session Presenter
Thursday, February 25, 2021 | 5:00-6:00 p.m. ET
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s most esteemed educational researchers. Her writing, research, teaching, and activism meet at the intersection of race, education, abolition, and Black joy. Dr. Love is concerned with how educators working with parents and communities can build communal, civically engaged schools rooted in Abolitionist Teaching with the goal of intersectional social justice for equitable classrooms that love and affirm Black and Brown children. In 2020, Dr. Love co-founded the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN). ATN’s mission is simple: develop and support teachers and parents to fight injustice within their schools and communities. In 2020, Dr. Love was also named a member of the Old 4th Ward Economic Security Task Force with the Atlanta City Council.
Michael Beschloss
Closing Keynote Speaker
Friday, February 26, 2021 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
Michael Beschloss is an award-winning presidential historian, scholar of leadership and bestselling author of ten books, most recently the acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Presidents of War. The New York Times Book Review calls Presidents of War “a superb and important book, superbly rendered.” The Financial Times says that the book “looks at leadership from every angle” and calls it “epic” and “magisterial.” The historian Ron Chernow calls the book “monumental and profoundly important.” Tom Hanks says, “Once again, Beschloss captures our Presidents in terms both historic and human.”
01 Dec2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Take your clinical practice program to the next level with proven tips and best practices revealed during AACTE’s virtual
2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26. Discover ways to explore, expand, and inspire new ideas about effective, clinically-rich partnerships in educator preparation through concurrent sessions focused on conference Strand IV: Clinical Practice and Community Engagement. Register now for access to the latest content on how to produce educators who are confident, learner-ready, and contextually aware in sessions such as:
- Eliminating the Drive-By Field Experience: Co-Constructing a Model Based in Community Engagement
- Exploring the Inequities of Student Teaching During the COVID Crises
- Preparing University Faculty for Clinically-oriented, Practice-based Teacher Education
- The Other Pandemic: Engaging Black Families During COVID-19
- Incorporation of Virtual Simulations to Prepare Special Education Teacher Candidates to Collaborate with Racially, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Families
- Pivoting into a Paradigm Shift: Clinical Experiences in Online Classrooms
- Entrepreneurial School-Based Leadership and University Partnerships
Time is running out to get discounted rates for the AACTE
2021 Annual Meeting! Register by
December 18 to receive the early bird registration rate! Visit
www.aacte.org for conference details, follow us on
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09 Nov2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Join colleagues in tackling the current challenges impacting educator preparation and advocate for the future of education at AACTE’s virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26. Education leaders from across the country will convene to address the national teacher shortage and how to effectively recruit and retain educators of color through topics featured in the conference Strand III: Establishing a Sustainable and Diverse Profession. Content from this strand includes these concurrent sessions:
- Enhancing Partnerships with University Departments to Increase Teacher Numbers
- Planting Seeds of Hope through a University-High School Pre-Educator Partnership Program
- Strategies for Prioritizing the Social and Emotional Health of New Teachers: Tools for Administrators and Preparation Programs
- Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Teachers of Color through Alternative Pathways to Licensure
- Creating a Collaborative and Sustainable Teacher Induction Program: A University and Multi-District Partnership
- A Pipeline of Promise: Leveraging Culture, Assessment and Data to Bridge the Teacher of Color Pipeline
- Cultivating Culturally Responsive Teaching Contexts
02 Nov2020
By Jerrica Thurman
As the November 3 election nears, AACTE is committed to uplifting and advancing America’s democratic values. During the virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26, educators from across the nation will unite in advocating for the future of education through topics featured in the conference strand Activism for Renewing Democracy. Content from this strand includes these concurrent sessions:
- Teaching Culturally Responsive Dispositions, Informed Advocacy, and Activism through a Framework of Children’s Rights and Professional Ethics
- Teacher Education as a Factor in Failed Citizenship
- Pre-service Teachers Acts of Courage and Resistance: Wading Gently into Dissent
- University and State Agency Partnerships for Equity: From Regulation to Collaboration
- Networking Voices for Public School Advocacy: A Focus on Equity and Innovation
- Courageous Actions in Vulnerable Spaces: First-Year Teachers Meeting Students’ Needs in Challenging Contexts
- Preparing Doctoral Students to be Research to Policy Advocates
23 Oct2020
By Jerrica Thurman
AACTE’s virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26, will offer over 180 concurrent sessions, providing you a full menu of options for enhancing your professional development during these challenging times. Covering four different strands, sessions will feature such tools as case studies, scenario planning, and roundtable discussions to impact educator preparation.
15 Oct2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Registration is now open for AACTE’s virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, February 24-26. Themed “Resisting Hate, Restoring Hope: Engaging in Courageous Action,” the conference will feature hundreds of education presentations, keynote sessions, a virtual exhibit hall, and networking opportunities. Join the digital forum from work or home and engage in meaningful discussion, share research and best practices, and become better equipped to drive change in educator preparation.
AACTE’s discounted registration rates are designed especially for you, your colleagues and students to attend the virtual conference this year. Take advantage of these special rates:
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Early Bird
(on or before
December 4, 2020)
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Advance Registration
(on or before
January 22, 2021)
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Late Registration
(after January 22, 2021)
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Member Rate
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$349
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$389
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$419
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Non Member Rate
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$489
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$539
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$589
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Emerging Leader
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$179
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$179
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$179
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Student or Holmes Scholar
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$69
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$89
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$109
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Register now for the AACTE 2021 Annual Meeting! Secure your spot and save when you register by the December 4 early bird deadline. Visit www.aacte.org for conference details, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and join the conversation using #AACTE21.
Come experience the reimagined AACTE Annual Meeting – One community. One purpose. One voice.
05 Oct2020
By Jerrica Thurman
AACTE officially announced today that its 2021 Annual Meeting will be offered virtually. Themed “Resisting Hate, Restoring Hope: Engaging in Courageous Action,” the conference will now be held
February 24-26, 2021.
Educators have the opportunity to take action against inequities during these challenging times. By participating in the AACTE 2021 Annual Meeting, you can join a united effort to disrupt inequities while educating for inclusion and change. AACTE offers keynotes featuring dynamic speakers, deeper dives into complex education issues, and learning labs for equipping attendees with practical skills for advancing programs and institutions.
This year’s conference is organized into four strands:
01 Oct2020
By Matthew Wales
After much deliberation, AACTE has decided it is in the best interest of its members, sponsors, education colleagues, and strategic partners to not hold an in-person Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, AACTE will host its 2021 Annual Meeting, now taking place February 24-26, as a virtual conference. The goal, however, will remain the same: to provide interactive and meaningful experiences that will equip attendees to advance educator preparation during these challenging times.
As an association, we understand the value of face-to-face meetings. We appreciate the formal and informal opportunities to share and discuss best practices and latest research in-person, connecting with like-minded peers, and recognizing and honoring colleagues for their stellar accomplishments. We are confident that our virtual experience will continue to provide these unique experiences in an innovative way while ensuring your safety.
18 May2020
By Jerrica Thurman
Will you answer the call to serve the profession? AACTE needs you and has extended the deadlines to volunteer. Be sure to mark your calendar and click on the links below for more information:
- Submission Deadline: May 22, 2020 – If you are a chief representative, please take a few minutes to cast your vote on the recent revisions to the AACTE Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
- Submission Deadline Extended: May 27, 2020 – The Call for Reviewers seeks qualified individuals (from AACTE member institutions) interested in reviewing proposals this coming June and July for the 2021 Annual Meeting.
- Submission Deadline: May 29, 2020 – The Call for Standing Committee Nominations invites applications from members with broad and deep experience in educator preparation to serve on an AACTE standing committee for a 3-year term starting March 1, 2021.
- Submission Deadline Extended: June 10, 2020 – The Call for Proposals (open to both members and nonmembers) invites proposals for sessions at the 2021 AACTE Annual Meeting. Acceptance notifications will be sent in late August, and individuals with accepted proposals will be expected to register and attend AACTE’s 73rd Annual Meeting in Seattle, February 26-28, 2021.
- Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020 (for 2021 Outstanding Book Award) – The 2021 AACTE Awards Call for Entries (open to both members and nonmembers) is now open. Applications for the 2021 Outstanding Book Award are currently being accepted.
Simply log in to AACTE’s online submissions site to get started!
14 May2020
By Matthew Wales
The reviews are in, and AACTE’s 2020 Annual Meeting was its most successful and engaging learning opportunity yet! Under the theme “Disrupting Inequities: Educating for Change,” attendees explored and developed methods and strategies to infuse equity and inclusivity into preparation and practice. And looking to the 2021 Annual Meeting, attendees will continue to revolutionize the profession by “Resisting Hate, Restoring Hope: Engaging in Courageous Actions.”
Want to feature your work during AACTE’s 2021 Annual Meeting in Seattle? Each year, AACTE receives many more proposals for consideration than can be accommodated, and only the “best of the best” content makes its way into the programming for the conference. So take note, because you will want to follow these tips to submit a competitive proposal:
