Call for Proposals
 

The Call for Proposal is now closed. We will no longer accept new proposals for our 2024 Fall Leadership Summit. Proposal submissions were due by Friday, June 14, 2024 by 4 p.m. Proposals will be vetted by The Council's Conference Committee members.
 
Notification of Acceptance:
Notification of acceptance and final room details will be sent via our proposal system in August 2024 for the Fall Leadership Summit.
 
Online Instructions:

  • To submit a proposal, you must create a login by selecting "New User" and completing a profile. In your individual profile, you can be listed as a speaker, co-speaker, or the Administrator/Submitter. Please select the last category if you are only submitting the profile and not actually presenting.

  • Once you complete your individual profile, select the "Submissions" tab at the top of the page on the header bar. To add your session information, select "Your Submissions" then select "add new" and complete the submission form.

  • On the submission form is also where you will add additional speakers individually. Look for this question "Add Session Speakers Here" on that form and then select "add new" for each speaker and answer the questions under each individual speaker profile.

  • We recommend adding biographies and personal images for all speakers prior to final submission as we transfer all accepted proposal details into our Fall Leadership Summit app.

  • We suggest presenting information and using multimedia and/or interactive audience participation. Presenters who employ creative and/or interactive techniques to engage with audience members will be given higher priority.
 
Strategic Partners (companies, businesses, and organizations) may also participate and must have selected this option as part of their 2024-25 contracted benefits. If your company/organization did not choose this option initially and your proposal is selected for inclusion, your contract will be amended. If you have questions, regarding your partner contract, please contact Deidre Hungerford, Associate Director for Business Development, by call 518.694.4885 or deidre@nyscoss.org.
 
If you have questions about the proposal process, site access, or your submission, please contact Kessa Cooper, Administrative Assistant and Programs Coordinator at kessa@nyscoss.org or 518.449.1063.
Strands
Please submit a proposal focused on one of these six content areas:
 
  • Strand 1 - Teaching for Tomorrow:  Pathways of Innovation and Opportunity for All Students
  • Strand 2 - Leading in Today's World:  Pioneering, Adapting, Healing and Responding
  • Strand 3 - Building and Sustaining a Culture of Wellness and Care
  • Strand 4 - All Succeed When All Succeed:  Raising Voices, Eliminating Margins, Empowerment for Change
  • Strand 5 - Partnerships that Build Pathways
  • Strand 6 - Advocacy for Public Education from Town Hall to the United States Capitol