The keynote speaker at the Conference on Friday will be Gary Orfield, professor with the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and co-director of the Harvard Civil Rights Project. The Conference will also feature other invited presentations, including a panel with former California Secretary of Education Gary Hart, Diane Doe of the California Federation of Teachers, and Andrea Whittaker of San Jose State University, as well as policy discussions, research and best practice sessions, special interest group meetings, a Conference banquet and luncheon, and other special sessions. The final sessions on Saturday morning will focus on policy issues, including participation by State Senator Dede Alpert.

Through invited speakers, panels, research and best practice sessions, policy sessions, special interest groups, and informal conversations the participants in the Fall 2004 Conference of the California Council on Teacher Education will explore the processes by which public policy related to teacher education evolves and how such policies have both intended and unintended consequences for all segments of the public, and most especially for students, teachers, and teacher educators.

Click here to download the complete Fall 2004 Conference Announcement in PDF format. (Adobe Reader is required to view this file.)

Teacher educators, including subject matter faculty, at colleges and universities (two-year, four-year, and graduate), BTSA directors and staff and other K-12-based teacher educators, supervisors of student teachers, classroom teachers, school district and county office staff development personnel, students in credential programs, state education leaders, members of professional associations, staff at research centers — everyone interested in and involved in teacher education, induction, and professional development across California. Note the special registration rate for first-time attendees.

Download and complete the registration form (pre-registration deadline is September 20) and return it to:

Alan H. Jones
CCTE Executive Secretary
3145 Geary Boulevard, PMB 275
San Francisco, CA 94118

You must make your own hotel reservations for the Conference. Call the Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina at 800/566-2524 and tell them you are attending the CCTE Fall Conference. The Conference rate is $129 (single or double) and the reservation deadline for our block of rooms is September 7, although some rooms may still be available after that date.

The co-chairs of the Fall 2004 Conference Planning Committee are Judith H. Sandholtz and Athena Waite (University of California, Riverside), and other members of the Committee are Linda Childress (Riverside County Office of Education), LaRie Colosimo (Claremont Unified School District), Judi Conroy (University of California, Irvine), Cindy Grutzik (Pacific Oaks College), Elizabeth Jimenez (GEMAS Consulting), Alan H. Jones (CCTE Exedcutive Secretary), Virginia Kennedy (California State University, Northridge), Vicki K. LaBoskey (Mills College), Jose Lalas (University of Redlands), Andrea Maxie (California State University, Los Angeles), Susan Meyers (University of California, Irvine), Reyes Quezada (University of San Diego), Chris Renne (California State Univesrity, Fullerton), and Susan Westbrook (California Federation of Teachers).