2020 Building the Heart of Successful Schools Conference Sectional Proposal Form
Please consider presenting your effective practices at our program sharing conference.
*NEW DEADLINE* Proposals are due by April 30, 2020. The lead presenter contact will be notified of proposal acceptance by May 15, 2020.
The DPI and the Wisconsin Safe & Healthy Schools Center are inviting Wisconsin school districts, colleges, community-based organizations, and other partners to submit proposals to present at the Building the Heart of the Successful Schools Conference at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells on December 3-4, 2020.
NOTE: Sectional presentations will ONLY be held on Thursday, December 3, 2020.
Topics typically addressed at the conference are: Preventing ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs), Mental Health, Creating a Positive School Climate, Health, School Safety and Violence Prevention, Trauma Sensitive Schools, Social Emotional Learning, etc.
The 500+ attendees of this conference include school counselors, school social workers, health teachers, AODA Coordinators, and principals, among others.
Overview of Sectional Requirements:
• Conference sectionals are 75 minutes in length.
• Presentation methods should be interactive. Consider using one or more of the following techniques: group exercises, demonstration, discussion, or case study.
• Presentations that represent a diversity of methods, materials, and audience are encouraged.
• The lead presenter contact will be notified of proposal acceptance by May 15, 2020.
• The conference fee for up to two presenters will be waived for a single presentation. Presenters are responsible for travel, lodging expenses, and preconference registration (if applicable).
Sectional proposals will be evaluated by the conference planning committee.