November 6th • Chancellor's Day

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About this event

Our annual Inspire conference is a unique opportunity to connect with yourself, your students, and your practice. Through a variety of signature CPET sessions, we help participants reconnect with their passion and purpose as educators. This conference will offer space for critical reflection, peer-to-peer discourse, and engaging workshops that will help educators return to their professional roots.

We recognize that:

• Teachers are often isolated in their classrooms with few opportunities to share successes and dilemmas with colleagues, especially colleagues from other school
• Teacher isolation leads to attrition and/or stagnation
• Teachers should be positioned as experts and given the opportunity to connect with other teachers to collaboratively explore ways to integrate theory and practice
• Teachers should have space to connect with themselves, their students, and their practice in a meaningful way

At Inspire, participants will be able to:

• participate in content discussion groups
• engage in critical reflection
• collaborate with colleagues
• interrogate relevant research
• preview innovative workshops

 

Registration & payment

All attendees must complete a registration form online. We will not be able to admit you to the conference if a registration form is not on file. Registration closes at 11:59pm EST on October 31st.

To adjust or cancel your registration: contact [email protected]. Refunds will be offered through October 30th. Refunds requested beyond that date will not be processed.

The cost of attendance is $50 per person during the regular registration period (October 1st - October 31st @ 11:59pm EST).

We may be able to accept a limited number of walk-in registrations on November 6th, depending on session availability. If walk-in registrations are offered, the cost is $65 per person. Walk-in registration must be paid with a credit card.

Verified New Teacher Network members can attend this event for free. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

To pay for your attendance using a purchase order: once a PO has been received from your school, they will be given a promo code to distribute to the teachers they are funding. A PO must be created by your school & received by CPET by October 26th in order for a promo code to be generated. The promo code will discount your registration 100% so that there is no out-of-pocket cost to you. You will still be required to complete a registration form.

To pay using a credit card: simply complete the registration form online. You will be asked for your credit card information at that time.

To pay using your New Teacher Network membership: contact us at [email protected]. Once your membership has been verified, you will receive a promo code that will discount your registration 100%.

 

Participant schedule

Time	Activity
8:30-9:00am	Welcome & check-in
9:00-9:30am	Opening remarks
9:45-10:45am	Breakfast will be provided during this session Workshop session 1: Critical reflections Choose from Critical reflection through... Critical Incidents Infographics Media Poetry & Prose Teaching Career Inventory Visuals
11:00am-12:30pm	Workshop session 2: signature sessions Choose from: Guided Reading: Grounding our principles and practice Keep the Kids Talking: Moving from Q&A to Q&D Literacy Across the Content Areas The Met and Mind Palace: Putting the story in history Need to Know: Equipping early career teachers in practice & process Rocking the Regents: Analysis and instruction for the NYS Regents exam
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch To purchase lunch, you can visit the Teachers College cafeteria or cafe, or venture off-campus
1:30-2:30pm	Workshop session 3: signature initiatives Choose from: 21st Century Skills: Exploring critical, creative, collaborative & global mindsets Literacy Unbound: Transforming traditional texts through the power of play Self-Care Strategies for Educators and Students in Trauma Student Press Initiative: publication as project
2:45-3:00pm	Closing reflections (with workshop session 3 group)

 

FAQs

Participants must check-in during the 8:30-9:00am time slot. At check-in, all attendees will receive conference materials. Failing to check-in will prevent you from being admitted to sessions, and will affect your eligibility for CTLE hours.

Teachers College is a state-approved provider of Continuing Teacher and  Leader Education (CTLE) hours. Participants can earn 6 CTLE hours for attending this conference. CTLE information must be entered on your registration form. Attendance will be verified before CTLE credits are awarded.

Breakfast: will be provided in your first workshop session, which starts at 9:45am. If you like, you can purchase coffee and light snacks from the Teachers College cafe (1st floor of Zankel) prior to this session; however, you will not be allowed to bring food or drink with you to opening remarks (in Cowin Auditorium).

Lunch: there are two on-campus options for purchasing lunch - the Teachers College cafe (1st floor of Zankel Hall), or the Teachers College cafeteria (ground floor of Grace Dodge Hall). You can also venture off-campus to visit one of the restaurants in the TC neighborhood. If you choose to leave campus, you will be required to pass security again before entering the conference.

Participants will convene at Teachers College, Columbia University: 525 West 120th Street New York, NY 10027.

All attendees must go through security at the Zankel Hall entrance before checking into the conference. Please have your ticket (electronic or hard copy) and a photo ID on hand to help facilitate this process. The exact location of participant check-in will be provided on your ticket once you've completed registration.