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Make Plans to Come to New Orleans in February!
ATE 2008 Annual Meeting
Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 24-27, 2008
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme selected by President Terry James is Multiple Realities in Teacher Education: Exemplars that Address Dilemmas, Conundrums, and Processes.
Registration
Online registration is now available. Click here to register online. Click here to download the registration form as a pdf document which can be mailed or faxed to ATE. Click here for information about workshops offered on Saturday, February 23, 2008.
Hotel Reservations
Click here to go to the Sheraton New Orleans online hotel reservation page. Sheraton phone number: (504) 525-2500.
Airport Shuttle
ATE has negotiated a $2 discount if you purchase airport shuttle tickets from the airport to the Sheraton hotel online. Click here to purchase shuttle tickets.
Tentative Schedule
| Saturday, February 23 |
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Monday, Continued |
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| Governance |
9:00-4:00 |
Exhibits |
9:00-4:00 |
| Workshop Registration |
7:30-9:00 |
Thematic Sessions |
8:00-9:50 |
| Conference Registration |
10:00-4:30 |
Research General Session |
10:00-11:05 |
| Workshops |
9:00-4:00 |
Thematic Sessions |
11:15-4:05 |
| Delegate Assembly |
3:00-6:00 |
SIGS |
4:15-6:00 |
| Sunday, February 24 |
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Dist. Educator Lecture |
6:15-7:30 |
| Governance |
8:00-4:00 |
Tuesday, February 26 |
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| Registration |
8:00-4:30 |
SRATE Breakfast |
7:00-9:00 |
| Professional Clinics |
8-10:30
11:00-1:30
2-4:30 |
Thematic Sessions |
8:00-9:50 |
| Delegate Assembly |
3:00-6:00 |
Robt. J. Stevenson Lecture |
10:00-11:05 |
| Opening General Session |
6:30-8:00 |
Thematic Sessions |
11:15-4:05 |
| Presidential Reception |
8:00-9:00 |
SIGS |
4:15-6:00 |
| Live Music (Irma Thomas) |
9:00-12:00 |
ATE Awards Banquet |
6:30-9:00 |
| Monday, February 25 |
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(note: sit-down dinner) |
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| Newcomers’ Breakfast |
7:00-9:00 |
Wednesday, February 27 |
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Thematic Sessions |
8:00-9:50 |
| Conference Registration |
8:00-4:30 |
President’s Brunch |
10:00-12:00 |
Click here to download the Governance/Special Events schedule (pdf).
Click here to download the Saturday/Sunday draft Program Book schedule (pdf).
Click here to download the Monday draft Program Book schedule (pdf).
Click here to download the Tuesday draft Program Book schedule (pdf).
Click here to download the Wednesday draft Program Book schedule (pdf).
Featured Panels, Roundtables, Open Hearings, Symposia, and Research Reports, and Graduate Student Research Forum are scheduled concurrently with the thematic sessions. Check the program for the specific times and places.
The Professional Clinics on Sunday, February 24, are available to all participants as part of the registration fee for the Annual Meeting. Check the program for the specific times and locations.
 Special function
A special treat for those attending the ATE Annual Meeting in New Orleans is live entertainment by Grammy Award-Winning Singer Irma Thomas. The Planning Committee wishes to thank NPR and the higher education institutions in Louisiana for funding this event.
Scholastic Book Fair
 The New Orleans Planning Committee is pleased to invite all 2008 conference attendees to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the exhibit area. In partnership with ATE, Scholastic Books has agreed to host a Book Fair at this year’s annual meeting. The purpose of the book fair is to allow conference attendees to purchase books for children in grades PK – 8. Shortly after the conference, Scholastic Books will deliver the books to the Recovery School District in New Orleans. Scholastic Books has agreed to match one-half of the sales in additional products/books for the District. ATE and Scholastic Books will make a presentation to the Recovery School District on Wednesday morning, 27 February at ATE’s closing general session.
The Recovery School District, under the leadership of superintendent Paul Vallas, is a special state school district created by the Louisiana State Department of Education. Created by legislation passed in 2003, the Recovery School District is dedicated to turning underperforming schools into successful schools. The Recovery School District is committed to rebuilding New Orleans through education.
Please remember to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the exhibit to select and purchase the books that you would like students in the Recovery School District to read. Please accept the thanks of the New Orleans Planning Committee, in advance, for your support of this endeavor on behalf of the children in the Recovery School District that will benefit from your generosity.
Speakers
General Session Speakers will include:
 Opening Session speaker Ken Howey is a Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati. During his professional career he has also served as a teacher, principal, laboratory school director, director of a research center, and dean. His scholarly activities have focused primarily on the preparation and continuing education of teachers. He has also devoted considerable time towards preparing teachers for leadership roles and studying the characteristics of effective schools and high performance teaching.
For ten years he served as Director of the Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education, (UNITE), a consortium of partnerships between universities, school districts, and teacher unions in major cities across the United States. He was also the lead investigator for the decade long Research About Teacher Education Study, (RATE), and the co-investigator for the National In-service Teacher Education Studies (ISTE).
He is the author of several books and numerous journal articles and has delivered papers in a wide variety of major forums. He has served as a consultant to school districts, universities, and state department and ministries of education in several countries. Dr. Howey has been accorded many honors including the Lifetime Award for Distinguished Service to Teacher Education by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
 Stephenson Lecturer Alex Johnson is Chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to this post, he was President of the Metropolitan Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
Following Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Johnson has contributed his expertise to the recovery of New Orleans as a member of Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s “Bring New Orleans Back Commission” steering committees on education, strategic healthcare issues, and economic development, chairing its workforce subcommittee. He was selected by the New Orleans City Council as a member of the Hurricane Recovery Advisory Committee and appointed by Governor Kathleen Blanco to the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) and is a “champion” with the LRA Louisiana Speaks Campaign.
Dr. Johnson is a recipient of many honors including Phi Theta Kappa’s President of the Year Award, the Frank G. Jackson Visionary Award, the Innovator of the Year Award from the League for Innovation, and two President’s Awards from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). His doctorate is from the Pennsylvania State University, masters from Lehman College and bachelors from Winston-Salem State University.
 Distinguished Educator M. Christopher Brown is Professor and Dean of the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Brown previously served as Vice President for Programs and Administration at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Director of Social Justice and Professional Development for the American Educational Research Association (AERA), as well as Executive Director and Chief Research Scientist of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund. Dr. Brown has held faculty appointments at The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Brown is the author/editor of thirteen books and monographs, including The Quest to Define Collegiate Desegregation (1999), Organization and Governance in Higher Education (2000), Black Sons to Mothers (2000), Equity and Access in Higher Education (2002), Studying Diverse Institutions (2003), Black Colleges (2004), Unique Campus Settings (2004), Achieving Equitable Educational Outcomes with All Students (2005), The Politics of Curricular Change (2005), The Children Hurricane Katrina Left Behind (2007), Still Not Equal (2007), The Case for Affirmative Action on Campus (2007), and School Matters (2007).
Dr. Brown received his B.S. in Elementary Education at South Carolina State University and the M.S.Ed. in Educational Policy and Evaluation from the University of Kentucky. He received a Ph.D. in Higher Education from The Pennsylvania State University with a cognate in public administration and political science.
 Research General Session: Handbook of Research
A special feature of the ATE Annual Meeting is “A Dialogue with the Editors of the 3rd Edition of the Handbook of Research on Teacher Education.” Attendees have a unique opportunity to hear from the editors as ATE celebrates the publication of this research compendium.
2008 ATE Annual Meeting National Planning Committee
Terry L. James, President
Annette D. Digby, Co-Chair
Carrie Robinson, Co-Chair
David Ritchey, Executive Director
Billy G. Dixon, Meetings Coordinator
Subcommittee Chairs
Program: Gwendolyn Benson and Linda Houser
Local Arrangements: Karen Callender and Shirley Lefever-Davis
Special Functions: Fanchon Funk and Gwendolyn Middlebrooks
Publicity: Scott Hopkins and Vel Moss
Revenue Sponsorship: Robert Fisher
Program Book: John McIntyre
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