Call For Presenters!

The Michigan AfterSchool Association invites you to submit a presentation proposal for consideration for the Michigan AfterSchool Association (MAA) Collaborative Summer Summit.  The Summer Summit is being held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing, MI on Friday, May 9, 2014.  It is anticipated that 300-350 after-school administrators and practitioners will attend the conference.

The MAA Collaborative Summer Summit is a professional development event for the Michigan out-of-school time community, including teachers, on-site staff, administrators, child care providers, and parents.  The MAA Collaborative Summer Summit is sponsored by the Michigan AfterSchool Association and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) in collaboration with state and local agencies, associations, and organizations. 

MDE and MAA are excited to announce that this year’s conference theme is “Innovation in AfterSchool.”  This theme will allow presenters to introduce their topics, such as project based learning, technology and social media, fine arts, scientific experiments, outdoor activities and more, with the opportunity to have attendees think outside the box and look at how after-school can transform student outcomes.  The goal of the Summer Summit is to provide participants with hands-on, engaging, and innovative programming and activity ideas, networking opportunities, and affirmation of the importance of establishing rich, supportive environments and high quality services for youth and their families during the summer months.  Participants have the opportunity to earn “State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs).

The MAA Board is working to adjust the events schedule.  Therefore, workshop sessions may last either 1 hour or 1.25 hours in length; room capacities typically range from 40-60.  Presenters are asked to indicate their room set-up preference; every effort will be made to accommodate set-up requests.  Room set-up options are 1) theater style (chairs only for participants); 2) classroom style (rectangular tables with chairs, participants ‘face forward’); and 3) rounds (round tables with chairs semi or full-circle).  Attendees preregister for workshops; an accurate count of participants for individual sessions will be available in early-May.

A maximum of two (2) presenters per proposal are offered the following:

• Complimentary conference registration
• Continental breakfast and lunch on Friday, May 9.    
• Handout duplication of one (1) double-sided page when camera-ready copy (with, if applicable, appropriate copyright approval) is received by April 25, 2014. Presenters are encouraged to include an email address on handout materials so they can disseminate additional information to participants electronically.
• Audiovisual/presentation equipment: microphone(s) where warranted, LCD projector (for use with your laptop computer), cart and screen. Other equipment may be available upon request.

If you are interested in being considered as a presenter, please complete the Presenter Proposal Form  by February 21, 2014.  You will be notified of the status of your proposal by March 10, 2014.  If you require additional information please contact me at a (517) 241-3629 or by email, stoela@michigan.gov.

 Thank you.

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