Proposal Call 2012

2012 PRTE Call for Presentations
57th IRA Convention 2012
Keynote Speakers: Dale and Bonnie Johnson

Professors of Reading Teacher Educators (PRTE)
Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association (IRA)
2012 IRA Convention, Chicago, Illinois
Dates for PRTE Program: * To be announced

PROPOSAL DEADLINES:
Program proposals must be submitted electronically by June 1, 2011 to to Dr. Stan Barrera esbarreraiv@me.com & Dr. Gina Stocks gstocks@sulross.edu

  1. TITLE (Title must be no more than 12 words in length (refer to APA style manual), and topics should advance the mission of PRTE and literacy education. Proposal objectives may address the IRA 2012 theme; however, objectives should support teacher preparation of literacy educators.)  
  2. PRESENTER(S) (Full name, position, address, phone number, and e-mail address of each presenter. Clearly indicate whether each presenter is a member of PRTE and IRA and include IRA membership number and expiration date. Membership in IRA and PRTE is required for ALL presenters.  
  3. ABSTRACT (Not to exceed 50 words. If your proposal is accepted, your abstract may be published in the PRTE Newsletter.)
  4. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM (Not to exceed 200 words. Be sure to ground your presentation in research and/or theory.)

PLEASE NOTE :

  1. The time allotted for each presentation will likely be 15 - 20 minutes, in a round table discussion format. Plan to take approximately 50 copies of your handouts to the convention for distribution.
  2. Electronic submission of your proposal is mandatory. Email to esbarreraiv@me.com and gstocks@sulross.edu
  3. Because the committee must act quickly in order to prepare the PRTE proposal for IRA , no late proposals to PRTE will be accepted.

Renew membership or join PRTE prior to submitting a proposal, so that notification regarding proposal status will not be delayed.

Obtain membership information from:
Membership Chair, U.S. and all countries except Canada:
Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, CPO#293, San Antonio, TX, 78209 PRTEMembership@gmail.com

Canadian Membership Chair:
Dr. Janet McIntosh, Nipissing University, Faculty of Education, Box 5002, North Bay, ON, Canada, P1B 8L7. janetm@nipissingu.ca .