Spring Conference
Call for Proposals
2010 AHEAD IN Texas Conference
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore:
The Road From High School to Career
April 7-9 – Houston, Texas
Crowne Plaza Hotel Houston-Downtown
1700 Smith Street
Houston, Texas 77002
713-739-8800 phone
713-739-7307 fax
Presentation Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes (1 session); a limited number of sessions may run for 2 hours, 30 minutes
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010
Notice of Acceptance: March 5, 2010
AHEAD in Texas is seeking proposals for presentations at the 2010 conference. This year our primary focus will be on all phases of transition from high school to career, especially new and innovative ideas for dealing with these issues. Priority consideration will be given to proposals that target the following areas:
- Transitioning from high school to college
- Transitioning from entering freshman to graduate
- Transitioning from college to employment
- Returning Vets/’Wounded Warriors’
- Retention
- Student success
- Behavioral Intervention & Management Teams
- Legal issues
- Assistive technology and Universal Design
- ADAAA
Please send the following information as an attachment in Word format along with the presentation submission form in this email. All information should be emailed to halld@uhd.edu to be forwarded to the Program Committee for review.
All proposals must contain the following information:
- Title of workshop
- Workshop description, less than 75 words to be used in conference program
- Workshop summary, less than 300 words to be considered by Program Committee
- Audio-visual requirements
- Primary contact
- Presenter information to be used in conference program
- Presenter(s) name(s)
- Job title for each presenter
- Affiliation of each presenter (college, university, agency, other)
- E-mail addresses
- Phone and fax numbers
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
- If accepted, presenters must provide the following:
- A resume or vita (for attendees to receive CEU’s) due March 12
- Copies of handouts for use at presentation (30 per session – bring to conference)
- Electronic copy of handouts in Word, Powerpoint or Excel – due by the last day of conference to be posted on a password protected site
- AHEAD in Texas cannot waive conference registration fees for presenters
