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Submission FAQs
Please read the FAQs and the submission guidelines before submitting a presentation proposal. Here are some things you need to know:
Please read before you submit your presentation proposal.
1. Who Should Submit Proposals
- School district administrators
- Ed tech leaders
- Charter or private schools, or ESA ed tech leaders
- Policy makers
- Academic experts
- Non-profit Organizations
Corporations are not eligible to submit proposals but should encourage their school, district, ESA, or other educational entity customers to make submissions. Product/service pitches will not be considered. Vendor session opportunities exist for CoSN corporate sponsors only. To learn more about corporate sponsorship opportunities CoSN's Annual Conference, contact Irene Spero, Chief Operating Officer at ispero@cosn.org.
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2. Where to Get Your CoSN Log In Information. If you are a member of CoSN or have registered before, you will need your Username and Password to access the Call For Presentations (CFP) process. If you have registered previously on the CoSN website and forgot your password, click here. You will be asked to enter the email associated with your account, so that your password can be emailed to you.
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3. Determine the Essential Skills of Your Presentation. Determine which of CoSN's Framework of Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO most closely aligns with your session (select a maximum of two).
- Leadership & Vision: Work closely with the executive team and stakeholders to develop a shared vision with long-term, big-picture perspectives on district goals to plan for meaningful and effective uses of technology; provide leadership when creating a vision of how technology will help meet district goals.
- Strategic Planning: Have a high-level view across the school system and work with instructional and technical teams to identify steps needed to transform the technology vision into a long-range plan, complete with specific goals, objectives, and action plans.
- Ethics & Policies: Manage the creation, implementation, and enforcement of policies and educational programs relating to the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology use throughout the district and modeling responsible decision-making.
- Instructional Focus & Professional Development: Budget, plan, and coordinate ongoing, purposeful professional development for all staff using technologies; ensure a sufficient budget through the implementation and assessment process of emerging technologies.
- Team Building & Staffing: Play an integral role in the district’s strategic planning process; create and support cross-functional teams for decision-making, technology support, professional development, and other aspects of the district’s technology program.
- Stakeholder Focus: Build relationships with all stakeholders, taking a close look at how the district determines requirements, expectations, and preferences. Understand the key factors that lead to stakeholder satisfaction, focusing on how the district seeks knowledge, satisfaction, and loyalty of students and other stakeholders.
- Information Technology Management: Direct, coordinate, and ensure implementation of all tasks related to technical, infrastructure, standards, and integration of technology into every facet of district operations.
- Communication Systems Management: Use technology to improve communication, directing and coordinating the use of e-mail, district websites, web tools, voice mail systems, and other forms of communication to facilitate decision-making and to enhance effective communication with key stakeholders.
- Business Management: Manage the budget and serve as a strong business leader who guides purchasing decisions, determines the return on investment for all technology implementations, and fosters good relationships with vendors, potential funders, and other key groups.
- Data Management: Manage the establishment and maintenance of systems and tools for gathering, mining, integrating, and reporting data in usable and meaningful ways to produce an information culture in which data management is critical to strategic planning.
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4. Recording & Rights. Sessions will be recorded and available post-conference in a streaming media format via the CoSN Live Learning Center (LLC). Audio of the presentations will be fully synchronized to session Power Points and handouts.
Speakers retain the rights to the materials they present, but grant CoSN permission to reproduce all material submitted, audio tapes/ video recordings, and distribute the recording of the session.
Speakers agree to waive any royalties in conjunction with sales of the tapes/recordings. This does not in any way limit the presenters' right to have the materials published or presented in other forms.
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5. Maximum Number of Proposals. A primary presenter may submit a maximum of two proposals for consideration.
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6. Possibility of Merged Sessions. If the evaluation committee deems two sessions to be of similar content, presenters may be asked to merge sessions with another one. Presenters will be contacted after the fall selection committee meeting to discuss this possibility.
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7. Registration for the CoSN Annual Conference is Required. All presenters must register for the CoSN Annual Conference by December 3, 2012. No one will be admitted to the conference or session without a registration badge. Register for early for early-bird rates and CoSN members always receive best pricing.
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We are here to help. If you have any problems or questions regarding CFP process, please contact presenters@cosn.org.
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