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The National Education Association seeks dynamic workshop proposals for its ESP National Conference.

This year's conference theme is:

EDUCATION. DEMOCRACY. FREEDOM: OUR RIGHT! OUR RESPONSIBILITY!

The conference will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV, March 22-24, 2024.

WORKSHOP GUIDELINES

The 2024 NEA ESP Conference Committee invites you to join a unified effort to grow and strengthen the professional excellence of ESP members working in Pre-K through Higher Ed. The NEA seeks workshop proposals for interactive learning opportunities that will deepen participants' connection to NEA's commitment to growth and strength and align with NEA's Strategic Framework.

To meet the NEA's overall professional practice standard and in keeping with the NEA Conference Alignment Team, all proposals must align with an NEA:

• Strategic Goal and Objective
• ESP PGC Universal Standard and Level
• Leadership Competency and Level

We are seeking interactive workshops impacting ESPs that focus specifically and deeply on current professional issues, such as worker shortages; privatization; health and student safety; peer mentoring; social-emotional learning; adverse childhood experiences and trauma; behavior management; communication skills; presentation skills; leadership skills; organizing; and career family specific content.

Participants should leave with relevant strategies and tools they can use in their careers, including sustainable solutions, new ideas, skill sets, and a plan of action for when they return home.

This year, we are seeking 4-hour workshops specifically on these issues:

• Social-Emotional Learning
• Student Behavior
• Member Organizing
• Campaigns and Elections

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

We are seeking proposals for 3 session blocks:

• 2-HOUR WORKSHOPS

• Workshop description limit: 500 characters
• Limit includes spaces and punctuation
• Check character limit manually before submitting

• How to Write a 2-Hour ESP Conference Workshop Description

• 4-HOUR WORKSHOPS (Friday)

• Workshop description limit: 500 characters
• Limit includes spaces and punctuation
• Check character limit manually before submitting

• How to Write a 4-Hour ESP Conference Workshop Description

• 8-HOUR, FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS: BY INVITATION ONLY (Thursday)

• Proposals should be submitted by invitation only.
• Workshop description limit: 1,000 characters
• Limit includes spaces and punctuation
• Check character limit manually before submitting

• How to Write an 8-Hour ESP Conference Workshop Description

NOTE: Character counts cannot be imposed in this form. Please check your workshop description's character count manually before submission. Visit: wordcounter.net/character-count

WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS

1.   Presenters may be asked to present their workshop at least two times, in whole or as a condensed version of the original submission, for longer sessions.

2.    NEA will fund only ONE presenter for each workshop. Workshops that require two NEA-funded presenters will be considered for approval upon request and review. Rationale will be required.

3.    If you are not an ESP member, you must include an ESP as your co-presenter. Make sure to include this step in the workshop planning process before submitting your proposal.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

To have your workshop proposal considered, please complete and submit the proposal form below. Only complete submissions will be considered. A team of reviewers will evaluate all workshop proposals. Please provide detailed information in your workshop description that will allow reviewers to understand your workshop purpose and outcomes fully. All proposals must be received by the END OF DAY (PT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023.

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