Dear ASTE colleagues:
We are excited to announce the call for Thread Coordinators for the 2024 annual conference. Presentations at our annual conference are organized by ‘Threads’ that bring together sessions and topics related to a variety of member interests. Each Thread is led by a team of two coordinators.
Thread Coordinators are appointed to serve as co-chairs for each of the ASTE Conference Threads. Thread Coordinators are appointed by and work under the supervision of the Conference Program Coordinator, who sends out the call for Thread Coordinators annually in spring. Thread Coordinators are responsible for evaluating the reviews of each proposal and making a recommendation to accept/accept if space/reject). Thread Coordinators also review any thread-specific Work in Progress Poster proposals in mid-fall to ensure their relevance to ASTE and their thread. The term of service is two years, and begins/ends at the Thread Coordinators meeting held at the ASTE conference (both outgoing and incoming Thread Coordinators attend the meeting). Appointments occur annually to allow overlap between incoming and outgoing coordinators. Thread Coordinators must be members in good standing of ASTE.
We hope you will consider volunteering to serve ASTE in this role, and to help contribute to the quality and diversity of our conference offerings! Applications are due March 17, 2023 (Application found here: https://theaste.org/meeting/apply-to-be-a-thread-coordinator/)
If you have any questions about serving as a Thread Coordinator, please contact:
- Kelly Feille, ASTE Conference Program Coordinator, or
- Lisa Borgerding, Chair of the ASTE Conference Planning Committee
A full list of Conference Threads appears below. Coordinators are needed for all threads. Continuing co-chairs are listed.
· College & University Science Education: Proposals for this strand will address issues such as conceptual change, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, etc. that are pertinent to higher education science faculty who work with science teachers or science teacher educators, community, and after-school programs. (Lu Wang, 2024)
· Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for current and future science teachers as used by science teacher educators and in science departments.(Yohanis De La Fuente, 2024)
· Educational Technology: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about technology use and training for present and future science teachers as used by science teacher educators. (Joshua Ellis, 2024)
· Equity & Diversity: Proposals for this strand will address equity and diversity issues that current and future science teacher educators encounter. (David Steele, 2024)
· Ethnoscience and Environmental Education: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about culture, diversity and environmental education for current and future teachers. (Sarah Carrier, 2024)
· History, Philosophy, and Nature of Science: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice, theory or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about history, philosophy and the nature of science (not limited to science practices) for current and future science teachers. (Alex Sobotka, 2024)
· Informal/Out-of-School Science Education: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about informal science education for current and future science teachers. (Sara Heredia, 2024)
· Policy, Advocacy and Reform: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice, white papers, position statements or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about policy and reform and how each impacts science teacher educators and education. (Carrie-Ann Sherwood, 2024)
· Preservice Science Teacher Preparation-ELEMENTARY:Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about science teacher preparation programs. (Rebekah Hammack, 2024)
· Preservice Science Teacher Preparation-MIDDLE/SECONDARY:Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about science teacher preparation programs. (Su Gau, 2024)
· Professional Development for Science Teacher Educators (Workshops) Proposals for one-hour workshops for science teacher educators can be submitted to this strand. Workshops are currently embedded in the conference schedule, rather than being scheduled preconference.
*Chaired by the PD Committee
· Science Teacher Professional Development-ELEMENTARY:Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about science teacher professional development. (Karl, Jung, 2024)
· Science Teacher Professional Development-MIDDLE/SECONDARY: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about science teacher professional development. (David Sparks, 2024)
· STEM Education: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about STEM education, our understanding of what STEM means and the National Standards for STEM for future and current science teachers. (Jacob Pleasants, 2024)
· Student Learning P-12: Proposals for this strand will be in the form of practice or research pieces that inform science teacher educators about the relationship between student learning and current and future science teachers. (Richard Lamb, 2024)
Please consider applying today!
