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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The School of Education at Virginia International University invites proposals for the 2017
<i>Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THEME: Enhancing and Advancing Teacher Education: Professional Identities, Communities, Beliefs, and Practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DATES: April 7-8, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LOCATION: Virginia International University, Fairfax, VA, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WEBSITE: https://conference.viu.edu/cllc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CALL FOR PROPOSALS: http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/call-for-proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 5, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OVERVIEW: In the spirit of promoting self-driven, collaborative, meaningful, and sustainable professional development, CLLC 2017 focuses on the professional identities, communities, beliefs, and practices of educators
 and how they can all be harnessed to enhance and advance the lifelong learning we recognize as the ideal meaning of the phrase “teacher education.” Our goal is to involve pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators, administrators, researchers, and other
 professionals at all stages of their careers in a multidirectional sharing of expertise and experiences that will contribute to future exploratory practice and professional growth.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PLENARY SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Arieh Sherris (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) on agency and activism in situated teacher practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Rashi Jain (Montgomery College) on translingually responsive pedagogy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Joy Kreeft Peyton (Center for Applied Linguistics) on collaborative international online professional development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposals for paper and poster presentations, practice-oriented sessions and workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited in areas related to the themes of educators' professional identities, communities,
 beliefs, and practices until December 5, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presentation topics need not address the topic of teacher education directly; we welcome proposals on anything that educators themselves would consider worthwhile for enhancing their own and their colleagues’ professional
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For abstract submission guidelines and details on how submit a proposal, please visit our Call for Proposals page: http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/call-for-proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration opens: November 1, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposal submission deadline: December 5, 2016</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notification of acceptance: Week of January 9, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Early registration deadline: March 5, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regular registration deadline: April 2, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Late registration: April 3-8, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submission to conference proceedings: July 7, 2017</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">QUESTIONS?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Questions about the conference can be directed to Kevin Martin, Associate Dean of VIU’s School of Education, at kevin@viu.edu. To volunteer, please contact Rebecca Sachs at rsachs@viu.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We welcome your participation in CLLC 2017! Please mark your calendars, submit proposals, and make plans to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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