Fall
Conference 2008Passport to Proficiency
Fall
Conference 2008
Passport to Proficiency
Invitation from Workshop Committee Co-Chairperson
Dear Prospective CT COLT Fall Conference Workshop Presenter,
The Connecticut Council of Language Teachers would like to hereby invite and encourage you to consider presenting a professional workshop at our 2008 Fall Conference, on Monday, October 27, 2008, which will be held at the Connecticut Convention Center (http://www.ctconventions.com/) in Hartford, CT. If you would like to share your World Language and/or Cultural expertise with fellow professionals, we kindly ask that you submit a workshop proposal, preferably by May 15th or earlier.
If you would like to present a workshop at this statewide conference, please scroll down to obtain information about presenting, and to link to the necessary online electronic workshop proposal forms to be completed. (Estimated completion time: 20 minutes). Please read very carefully the General Information about presenting a workshop this year. Then, scroll down to the Instructions for Completing the Workshop Proposal Forms and follow the instructions very carefully. We will only accept proposals submitted via the electronic workshop proposal forms to which there are links below.
Thank you for your willingness to share your expertise, skills, knowledge, and ideas, and for your contribution to our profession.
Sincerely,
Richard de Meij
Workshop Proposal -- General Information
Proposals must be submitted by May 15, 2008
Workshops given in a target language are highly encouraged.
Room sizes accommodate from 40-170 people and are set up in theatre style with a front table.
Handouts, while appreciated and valued by participants, need not be extensive. CT COLT recommends that you PLAN TO HAVE EXTRA COPIES AVAILABLE, since between final notification of pre-registered attendance and the actual conference day attendance, numbers will change. Neither CT COLT nor you is required to mail anything after the conference presentation.
CT COLT makes every attempt to distinguish between the workshops given by professional educators, and a more restricted number of workshops sponsored by exhibitors. Please be aware that if selling and/or promoting of materials, merchandise, and/or services is part of a presentation, these activities are restricted by their very nature to the exhibitor workshops and must be so noted in the proposal. Any questions regarding this topic may be addressed to the Conference Workshop Chair, Richard de Meij at 860.922.9238 or by e-mail at rdemeijctcolt@yahoo.com.
When registering for the conference in September, please note that CT COLT is offering to all presenters a reduced registration fee of $50.00, which includes a free dinner and FREE PARKING. You will need to complete the REGULAR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM AND RETURN IT WITH PAYMENT ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2008. On the registration form, you will need to check off that you are a PRESENTER and indicate the workshop number and title of the workshop you are presenting. The registration forms should be mailed to the following address: Paul M. St. Louis, 2008 CT COLT Fall Conference, 275 Cedar Swamp Road, Monson, MA 01057-9303.
CT COLT IS NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE CEUs FOR PRESENTING A WORKSHOP. Please be aware that you may be eligible for CEU equivalent credits for presenting through your local school district by contacting the appropriate person and completing your local process. Although presenters cannot receive CEUs from CT COLT for presenting, presenters can earn CEUs by attending a minimum of two other workshops.
In order for CT COLT to provide CEUs to those attending your workshop, CT COLT is required to have the following on file: a CEU Professional Development Activity Sheet and a CURRENT résumé for each presenter and co-presenter.
You will receive written comments about your workshop from the conference evaluation form. This information will be mailed to you after the conference.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT: Overhead Projectors, VCR/DVD equipment will be provided UPON REQUEST ONLY. LCD Projectors will NOT be provided. However, if you wish to bring your own LCD projector, we will provide the "LCD Support Package" UPON REQUEST ONLY. CT COLT will provide NO other AV equipment!
VERY IMPORTANT: It is the presenter's responsibility to contact Greg Semplice, the conference audio-visual coordinator, at gsemplic@sjcadets.org to verify their audio-visual needs as soon as their workshop proposal has been accepted. If presenters do not follow this procedure, we cannot guarantee that the necessary audio-visual equipment will be available on the day of the conference! We cannot honor any last minute requests!!!
Instructions for Completing the Workshop Proposal Forms
If you are the only presenter of the workshop or the main presenter of a workshop with co-presenters, please fill out the following forms. Please follow the instructions carefully. If you have co-presenters for the workshop, please provide them with the EXACT Workshop Proposal I.D. that you used on the Workshop Proposal Form and on the CEU form. Please click on the titles to access the forms.
CT COLT Fall Conference 2008 Workshop Proposal
If you are not the main presenter of the workshop, you will need to fill out the following form. You will need to obtain the EXACT Workshop Proposal I.D. that the main presenter of the workshop used when completing the Workshop Proposal Form and the CEU form. Please click on the titles to access the forms.
CT COLT Fall Conference 2008 Co-Presenter Résumé
If you have any questions about completing these forms, please contact Richard de Meij at rdemeijctcolt@yahoo.com.
IMPORTANT: All workshop proposal submissions will receive an initial confirmation e-mail and status updates at regular intervals. Any questions should be submitted to barbara.lindsey@uconn.edu.
