The annual Center for Urban Education Summer Educator Forum (CUESEF) is a professional learning experience for education professionals (pre-service and practicing educators), community advocates, and justice thinkers. CUESEF draws from a local, regional, and national audience of primarily education practitioners (teachers, principals, district leadership), though many participants are members of community organizations (including not-for-profits and faith-based organizations).

The theme for the 2019 forum is Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Re-imagining Policies, Practices, and Politics in Education Systems. During this conference, participants will deepen their knowledge and understanding of the topic through keynote speakers (featuring Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: The Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness) as well as a series of research panels and practitioner workshops.

CUESEF 2019 will take place from Thursday, July 18 to Saturday, July 20. Events will be held at the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Hall and next door at the Wyndham Hotel.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES & POLICIES:

• Deadline for submission: Sunday May 12, 2019, 11:59 p.m. 
• Rolling acceptances.
• Please note: Conference registration is not required for proposal review. However, if your proposal is accepted, you must register for the conference.
• Presenters should be mindful of the languaging of their presentations to best convey their ideas to a broad audience consisting primarily of practitioners in PreK-12 education fields as well as community representatives.

SESSION FORMATS:

Most sessions will be scheduled for 90 minutes over the course of the two-day forum.

• Discussion Panels – Discussion panels are about research and scholarship, endeavoring to reflect the best of what we know about the topic. CUESEF organizers will group 3 or 4 presenters into sessions based on proposal topics. Much like a paper session, each panelist will present for 12-15 minutes, and a substantial portion of time will be allocated to a Q&A period to promote engagement.
• Practical Application Workshops – Presenters will conduct these hands-on workshops around teaching strategies for PreK-12 educators.
• Community Conversations – Presenters will introduce local organizing/programming projects for education and justice advocates, then facilitate a dialogue about possibilities for collaboration and coalition building across organizations and standpoints.

REVIEW PROCESS:

The CUESEF organizers will remove any personally identifying information from proposals before sending to the peer review committee. Proposals and notifications of acceptance will occur on a rolling basis.

Submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/nc81MmN4i65nQdgQA

Questions? Email us at cue@pitt.edu.