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D‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ivision K Graduate Student Pre-Conference Seminar Annual Meeting 2022 Applications for the Division K Graduate Student Pre-Conference Seminar with the 2022 Annual Meeting are now being accepted! Application deadline is January 3, 2022. Research in teaching and teacher education, as a multifaceted field shaped by complex and competing perspectives across diverse theoretical, methodological and ideological perspectives, has much to contribute to the 2022 theme “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century.” Through work and debates on how teacher education, professional development, and educational policy contribute to entrenched inequities within and beyond educational institutions, Division K is committed to ameliorating inequities and injustices in teaching and teacher education. The Graduate Student Pre-Conference Seminar is a place for emerging scholars to explore how their research is located within these debates. It is also a place to develop a better understanding of their emerging role as teacher educators who engage in educational research for the public good, and who contribute to teacher education theory and practice. This pre-conference seminar also allows for opportunities to meet and talk with other emerging and established scholars in the field of teacher education research about key aspects of transitioning to the academy, including publishing, navigating the job market, and different career trajectories. The seminar will occur virtually, the specific date to be determined. Applications from graduate students doing research on any aspect of the Division’s work in Teaching and Teacher Education are eligible, and those focused on the Division’s call for focusing on issues of social and educational in/equity and in/justice are further encouraged. All methodological approaches and all theoretical frameworks are welcomed. This year, Division K is also providing an additional mentoring session for graduate students of color selected to participate in the pre-conference seminar intended to facilitate deeper understanding of what it means to navigate the academy as scholars of color. Advanced doctoral students can apply to participate in the Seminar if they meet two criteria: (a) have a dissertation proposal defended/approved by the time of the 2022 Annual Meeting, and (b) (b) are nominated by their dissertation chair (or a member of their committee). Underrepresented students and those whose research advances educational justice for underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Application Materials Students interested in participating in the Graduate Student Seminar should submit the following materials electronically to (Subject heading—Application: Div K Grad St Sem 2022): • One paragraph that addresses your interest in the Division K Graduate Student Seminar, including why you are interested in participating and the kind of mentoring support you hope to receive. • If you identify as a scholar of color and are interested in participating in the additional mentoring session on navigating the academy as a scholar of color, please indicate this in bold within your application paragraph. • The names of 2-3 scholars with whom you’d enjoy learning from in a research mentor capacity. Note: These are recommendations. Division K makes no promise that one or any of the names you submit will be the scholars who serve as mentors for the graduate student pre-conference. • Division K has limited funds to support pre-conference seminar applicants with their conference registration fees. Please indicate in your letter whether you request registration fee support. • A Summary of Dissertation Research not exceeding 1,000 words that includes: Please paste a 100 word abstract for your work-in-progress here(don’t forget a title) * o the problems/questions your dissertation study addresses, o why your study is important and how it connects to theory and other research, o a description of methods/research design, and o where you will be in the dissertation process by the 2022 Annual Meeting in April (., data collection, data analysis, writing, or defending). o How the pre-conference seminar can support your work. In other words, what kind of help or guidance are you hoping the seminar can provide specific to your project? • A Letter of Support from your Dissertation Advisor, Major Professor or another Dissertation Committee Member. The letter should verify that your proposal has been defended or will be defended in advance of the Annual Meeting in April 2022. Please label your files as follows: • Last Name First Name Statement of Interest (. Sample_Ima_Statement_of_) • Last Name First Name Dissertation Research (. Sample_Ima_Dissertation_Research‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍.pdf) • Last Name First Name Support Letter (. Sample_Ima_Support_) Selection Criteria The criteria for selection of participants include: 1. Significance of the problem or question(s); 2. Clarity of the question(s); 3. Fit between the research design and the question(s); 4. Complementarities of topic to other applicants to the seminar; 5. Potential benefit of the experience to applicant; and 6. Connections as well as potential contributions to existing knowledge or theory OR Clarity as to new and important area of research. Dear Division K colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. Just a reminder that Division K is hosting several Pre-conference Session and Seminars for conference 2022 Annual Meeting. We encourage you to apply for one that addresses your interests. The Pre-conferences will be virtual sessions held tentatively on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The deadline for applications to all Pre-conferences is January 3, 2022. Graduate Student Pre-conference Seminar: This seminar focuses on developing understandings of graduate students’ emerging roles as teacher educators who engage in educational research leading to changes in teaching and teacher education theory and practice. Please see the attached document for application requirements. Graduate Student Poster Mentoring Session: Division K’s Graduate Student Executive Board (GSEB) will host this pre-conference event during which graduate students will receive mentoring from established scholars whose work aligns with their own. Graduate students will present a 15-to-20-minute academic presentation to their mentor for feedback and support on conceptual ideas and theory use, methodology, and academic writing and scholarship, and more. Applications can be completed via the link below. Applications are competitive, so please adequately address all parts of the application. The GSEB will look especially for completed applications where graduate students identify a mentor for support and have a clear topic and working paper/poster presentation. Application form: Early Career Faculty Pre-conference Seminar: Equity and Justice Scholars Staying Whole in the Academy: Aligned with this year’s theme of “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century,” this year’s Early Career Faculty Pre-conference will center dialogue around the tension, stress, and harm that pre-tenure production expectations can have on scholars who enter academia with equity and justice-orientations, as well as possibilities for thriving in this work. This interactive seminar will share insights from equity focused scholars who have successfully navigated the promotion and tenure process while developing research, teaching, and service that advances teaching and teacher education toward the well-being of non-dominant communities. They will share strategies they employ to stay whole and true as they navigate systems that are often in opposition to their epistemologies, ontologies, and purpose. This seminar will be an opportunity to dialogue, socialize, and share with other new faculty and facilitators with the goals of: 1) supporting new equity and justice-oriented teaching and teacher education faculty; 2) building community and equity-oriented professional networks within Division K. We invite early career scholars whose scholarship centers issues of equity and justice from a range of methodologies and perspectives. To apply, please submit to the chair a letter of application (no more than two pages) that includes a description of: (a) applicant’s background; (b) current position and years of service; (c) research interest and methodological approaches to equity and justice-oriented research; and (d) one or two problems or issues in transitioning to the role of faculty member. Mid-Career Trajectories in Education Pre-conference Seminar: This seminar explores mid-career pathways in and beyond the academy, including processes of promotion and projects of importance to scholars and their fields. A collection of mid-career mentors will share their stories of how they navigated their careers and pathways following tenure or other mid-career milestones. Mentors will facilitate small and large group discussions in which midcareer scholars discuss their goals and challenges as they move through this middle stage of their career. We invite scholars and educators from diverse educational and professional contexts to apply. To apply, please submit to the chair a letter of application (no more than two pages) that includes a description of: (a) applicant’s professional background; (b) current position and years of service; (c) scholarly and professional interests; and (d) one or two issues or concerns in constructing a meaningful mid-career or post-tenure pathway. We also invite applicants to submit questions for the pane‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍l to address in the large group discussion.