The School of Foundation Studies and SCAD will be hosting the National Biennial FATE Conference in Savannah, GA, April 3-6, 2013. The theme of the conference is Instructing, Constructing and Connecting with Students in the 21st Century: As models of education evolve, what new teaching models are forming?
FATE has built quite a reputation for putting on remarkable conferences with fantastic presentations about teaching first year art and design students. Building on that reputation, this conference, postHaus, will focus on 21st century education. We are looking for proposals from people who enhance the student experience inside and outside of the classroom. How are we challenging the existing modes of Foundation instruction? Each FATE Biennial Conference attracts a fantastic group of first year studio professors and instructors from 2 and 4 year colleges across the United States and internationally. For FATE 2013, postHaus, we are seeking to expand our reach.
This upcoming conference has a broad based theme and session proposals are welcome from both studio and academic disciplines. Topics can include, but are not limited to, innovations in studio courses, curriculum development, approaches to art history, liberal arts instruction, the importance of research librarians and the vital role of lab technicians. We especially want to reach out and encourage proposals from people whose role might be: an AP Studio Art or IB teacher, the visual resources librarian, the Graduate TA or Instructor of Record, the research librarian, the woodshop technician, the still life center coordinator, the computer and 3D output lab technician and others whose role is crucial to student success.
Both FATE and SCAD are committed to promoting student success through building resources and opportunities for aspiring college Professors. Therefore, during the postHaus conference we will be offering a series of focused professional development workshops for emerging educators, as part of our commitment to attracting a larger group of Graduate student TA’s and Instructors of Record. We welcome workshop proposals that deal with: the application package, the professional portfolio, interview preparation and the developing of assignments and curriculum.
In St Louis, the On Stream conference team started an initiative to lessen the carbon footprint of the national conference. Seeing this initiative as the beginning of a tradition we ask that all communication and proposals be submitted ELECTRONICALLY, no paper please.
All session proposals should be sent to: posthaus@scad.edu. Please put “Session Proposal” in the subject line. Please label your submitted proposal form using the following naming convention “yourlastname_first initial_session_proposal.doc”.
Example: Jane Smith “smith_j_session_proposal.doc”.
Session proposals must be submitted by midnight, March 16, 2012. Go to the FATE website, www.foundations-art.org, for the proposal form. Along with the proposal form please send a current cv.
If your session proposal is selected, you will be asked to arrange your session, which, includes: soliciting presenters either personally or through our call for abstracts, gathering the necessary information that will be featured in the conference program and making sure your session stays on track AND on time. There will be approximately 100 sessions over the course of three days with all sessions running 90 minutes in length.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Christopher Olszewski, Director of Programming, at colszews@scad.edu
Additional contact info:
e:posthaus@scad.edu
postHaus Conference Organizers
Chris Kienke – Vice President for Biennial Conference
Scott Thorp – Conference Director
Heather Deyling – Communications Director
Chris Olszewski – Program Director
