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2012 CALIFORNIA SCIENCE
EDUCATION CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 19-21, 2012• SAN JOSE, CA

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

Welcome! We invite you to share your teaching strategies and science expertise with your colleagues by presenting a workshop at the California Science Education Conference. CSTA seeks classroom teachers, informal educators, university professors, education professionals, and other members of the education community who can conduct interesting, informative, and useful one-hour workshops for conference attendees.

CSTA encourages you to make your workshop subject matter and grade level specific (as opposed to multidisciplinary and spanning all grade levels). This, along with a well organized, well written, and informative description, will increase your chances of having your proposal accepted.

Review of Proposals and Proposal Selection:

All workshop proposals will be reviewed by two members of the 2012 Conference Committee. The name of the proposal submitter is not viewable by the reviewer. For a copy of the rubric that will be used to review the proposals, please visit http://www.cascience.org/csta/pdf/Rubric.pdf. CSTA seeks to offer a variety and balance of programming across grade levels and subject matters. Thus, the selection of workshops is based not only on their review score, but also on the number of workshops needed to offer this diverse programming. Those submitting proposals will be notified by mail and/or e-mail of the status of their proposal in April, 2012.

Commercial workshop proposals are not being accepted at this time. CSTA will begin accepting commercial workshop proposals in the spring of 2012 after we open up the exhibit hall for sale.

Before you begin the workshop proposal process, please have ready:

  1. Your complete contact information.

  2. A detailed description of your workshop for the review committee (2,000 word maximum - this is not a minimum). Please describe activities, materials used, lecture outline, and any other information that describes the content and format of your session. We recommend that you cut and paste from a word processing program to avoid a system time-out.

  3. A brief description (max: 30 words) of your workshop to be printed in the conference program. This is your opportunity to tell conference attendees about your workshop.

  4. The California science content standards that will be addressed. Please list the grade, number, AND letter(s).

Workshop Proposal Submission Guidelines

Workshop Content
All conference workshops address a specific area of science content, address one or more of the California science standards, and are of interest to a variety of teachers. They are one hour in length and may consist of hands-on activities, lecture, demonstration, and/or discussion. Proposals should have embedded in the content appropriate investigation, experimentation, and inquiry processes. Proposals that clearly state the concept(s) and California science standard(s) being taught will be given priority consideration. California science content standards can be found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/sciencestnd.pdf.

Compensation
One complimentary conference registration will be granted to the lead presenter of a workshop who is a member in good standing of CSTA through November 1, 2012. If you are not a current member and your proposal is accepted, you will be required to pay a $39 conference registration fee and will receive a one-year complimentary CSTA membership in return. All co-presenters must register for the conference as regular attendees and are not eligible for complimentary registration.

Expenses
Workshop presenters are NOT reimbursed for the cost of materials used in their session, nor are they reimbursed for meals, airfare, lodging, or any other travel-related expenses.

Co-Presenters
The lead presenter is the person submitting the proposal. The lead presenter will have the opportunity to add one co-presenter to the workshop description before the program is printed. The co-presenter is listed in the program but does not receive any compensation or correspondence from CSTA. The co-presenter must register for the conference.

Audio-Visual Equipment
CSTA provides an overhead projector and screen in all rooms. All other AV equipment, including microphones, speakers, internet connection, LCD projectors, and phone lines, must be supplied by or rented by the presenter at the presenter’s own expense. Presenters are allowed to bring their own AV equipment but may be charged a patch or hookup fee by the in-house audio-visual supplier. CSTA will not be responsible for equipment brought or rented by any presenter. For equipment rental information, contact the Conference Manager.

Commercial Products and Services
Companies, organizations, or individuals who wish to demonstrate a product or service that is available for sale may present a commercial workshop. Commercial workshops are subject to a fee of $100 per one-hour session. Commercial workshop proposals will be accepted beginning in April 2012.

Deadlines
Workshop proposals must be submitted by March 6, 2012. Late submissions will be considered on a space-available basis but may not appear in the conference registration or promotional materials. All proposals will be evaluated by the review committee and not all proposals will be accepted. Please note that we receive many more proposals than we are able to accept.

Log-In Required
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