Enhancing Performance in Education through Continuous Improvement and Innovation 2015 Quality Education Conference & Workshop November 14-15, 2015 – Houston TX LAST CALL FOR PROPOSALS Join us in Houston Texas this November! Submission deadline extended to June 15, 2015. The conference committee of the ASQ Quality Education Conference and Workshops (QECW) invites you to participate in the 23rd ASQ QECW with your submission of proposals. Please help us make this year’s education conference a valuable learning experience to all attendees. Purpose: The purpose of QECW is to provide academic and non-academic personnel in K-12, Higher Education, Workforce Development and STEM with continuous improvement methodologies and principles that have been successfully implemented and sustained in various areas of the education system. One of our goals is to instill upon our audience that the quality of education is of utmost importance and begins early in life, extending throughout our lives, and impacting our economic development and stability of our countries. Our purpose is to provide attendees with training to promote the cultivation of educators, students, employees, and learning processes to advance continuous improvement and development. The QECW will provide a friendly, collaborative environment that will allow attendees (educators and non-educators) to build networks of learning. It will also provide attendees with an opportunity to learn about and understand other areas in education that might not be familiar to them through presentation of real results and true solutions. We are developing the QECW to teach and train attendees on the innovative use of tools and strategies to improve the administration and learning processes that enhance performance, as well as educating and engaging our workforces. This year’s theme and focus areas encourage participants to share their experiences on applying quality tools and the practical application of continuous improvement to sustain a culture of success and create new ways of broadening and enhancing our educational networks. We invite you to share your success stories and proven approaches so that others can learn and apply your methodologies and principles upon returning to their educational institutions, industries, businesses, homes, communities, and wherever learning and learning processes are applied. 1 Conference Focus Areas: The areas of focus for this conference showcase best practices and successes across the education spectrum demonstrating how concepts of continuous improvement can be used for all processes to change and apply new and proven ways of successful learning and development. We are looking for sessions that provide non-traditional and innovative, tried and true lessons and success stories. These sessions will demonstrate and illustrate the deployment of tools, practices and professional development programs for continuous improvement in all areas of education and learning. Please refer to the Theme and Focus Areas for additional information. Areas of Focus for the 2015 QECW The focus areas for the conference are: 1. K-12: Using Quality principles to enhance the fundamentals of learning and performance 2. Higher Education: Further exploring quality issues and global trends toward improvements in education 3. Work Force Development: Strengthening the Workforce through Leadership Development: Creating new leaders for a new age 4. Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM): Intertwined and united with K-12, HE, WFD Please note that all focus areas will not be equally represented in the final program. The final program results from rigorous peer review of submissions, and while a broad balance of focus areas is sought, we do not seek to place a specific number of submission types into the program. Rather, the goal is overall quality of the presentations and a general sense of balance in topics. Submitting a Proposal If you desire to submit a proposal for consideration, please provide all of the required information. Complete proposals cover all sections listed in the linked Call for Proposals Review Process and Proposal Requirements. Complete proposals will be single-blind reviewed by two to three judges. The first-listed proposal author will be notified personally of the selection process results. Concurrent sessions within the conference will be 75 minutes in length and will be offered Saturday and Sunday, November 15 & 16. Pre-conference workshops are 4 hours in length and will be offered on Monday, November 16, after the conference concludes. Benefits of Presenting • Networking with professionals in your field. • Exposure and positive promotion of achievements and ideas of your school, district, college, community or company. • Recognition as a contributor to the premier conference on quality education. • One complimentary registration for the primary speaker. • Co-speaker rate registration (TBD) for up to two co-speakers. • Best Presentation Recognition - The Conference Committee will review and select a Best presentation from each of the Focus Areas for recognition at the QECW. 2 Submitting Your Complete Proposal 1. Proposals must be submitted via e-mail in Word or pdf format to Norma Simons and Belinda Chavez (see contact information below). The deadline for the Last Call for Proposals is Monday, June 15, 2015. 2. For your proposal to be considered, please follow the “Call for Proposals Review Process” and provide all information requested. We will do our best to notify all submitters whether their papers have been accepted for presentation or not by the end of July 2015 or sooner. Speaker Expectations If your proposal is selected, you must adhere to the following guidelines: • To provide a high level of value to our QECW attendees, the conference planning committee requires all selected presenters to provide electronic copies of their presentations 8 weeks prior to the conference. • Submit your complete and final PowerPoint presentation to the identified ASQ collection site by the requested due date. Your presentation must meet published specifications and guidelines. You will be required to have your presentation reviewed and approved by a Conference Committee member before you upload your presentation. • For those providing handouts: provide enough high-quality handouts to meet customer demand at no cost to ASQ. The expected number attending each session will be communicated prior to the conference • Refrain from any direct marketing of products, services, software or other commercial ventures in the technical sessions. • The primary speaker will receive one complimentary registration. Up to two copresenters will be responsible for paying a reduced co-speaker registration fee. • Speaker materials will be collected and posted on the QECW conference web site prior to the conference and for 4 weeks following the conference for attendee access.. • Sessions may be audio recorded. If scheduled, you will be asked for permission to audio record. Further Information: For additional information or questions, please contact the QECW Conference Chair or CoChair: Norma Simons, Education Division Chair Elect and Chair 2015 QECW [email protected] Belinda Chavez, Education Division Chair and Co-Chair 2015 QECW [email protected] Sponsored by: 3