Breakout Sessions

2023 Call for Proposals Now Open

OVERVIEW

Thank you for your willingness to share your expertise by offering to present at NCSBA’s Annual Conference and help us provide the highest quality of educational leadership for boards of education in North Carolina. Annual Conference is the Association’s flagship event—an intensive three-day learning and networking experience bringing together hundreds of board of education members, school district leaders, and content experts. The goal is to inform and equip school board members so they may govern and lead their districts effectively.

NCSBA is seeking breakout session proposals in the following areas:

  • Advocacy and Community Engagement
  • Governance and Executive Leadership
  • Innovations in District Management
  • Mental Health, Wellness, and Student Safety
  • Opportunity, Access, and Inclusion
  • Promises and Perils of Technology
  • School Finance and Budgeting
  • Student Engagement, Achievement, and Data

SESSION SPECIFICS

The conference format features 60-minute breakout sessions.

Sessions will be held on Monday, November 13, and Tuesday, November 14. If selected, your session has a 50% chance of being scheduled on either day.

All session rooms are equipped with a projection screen, powered AV cart, and a microphone if the size of the room warrants. Presenters will need to use their own laptop and data projector. Any special arrangements for Internet and sound for video must be requested.

Suppliers/vendors submitting proposals must pair up with a school board member or school administrator. Breakout sessions are educational in nature; direct selling is prohibited. Vendors must be a Premier Partner, Classic Partner, or Diamond Affiliate of the NCSBA Annual Conference Exhibit Show to be considered for a presentation.

TIMELINE

Session proposals must be submitted by Monday October 2, 2023

NCSBA is appreciative of all submissions and will notify applicants regarding acceptance by the week of October 9, 2023.

SESSION RECOMMENDATIONS

In order to provide the highest quality of educational leadership training, NCSBA would encourage session proposals to have a mix of the following:

  • Explore key issues important to school board members
  • Enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of school board members
  • Stimulate and provoke discussion, audience engagement, and outcome focused design
  • Showcase cutting-edge content and evidence-based practices
  • Provide solid, practical, how-to information and tips that board members can take back and apply at the board table

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

NCSBA reserves the right to revise session titles and descriptions.

NCSBA does not pay honorariums or travel expenses for breakout session presenters.

NCSBA asks each organization/school district to only submit one breakout session proposal.

 

If you have questions, please contact Amber Horton at 919-747-6679 or ahorton@ncsba.org

SESSION PROPOSAL FORM

This form is currently closed for submissions. Please contact Amber Horton (ahorton@ncsba.org) with additional questions.

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