Past CEDER Conferences
CEDER Conference – College of Education
Critical Legal and Research Issues in South Texas: February 15, 2010
- Keynote addresses: Jim Walsh
- Conference Program (1.5 MB PDF)
"What Your Professional Learning Community Should Know about..." –January 30 & 31, 2009
- Keynote addresses: Jan O'Neill, Yvonne S. Freeman & David Freeman, and Alma Flor Ada
- Conference Program (1.3 MB PDF)
Education for a Changing World–November 30 & December 1, 2007
The 2007 CEDER conference, held November 30 and December 1, was a huge success with 245 attendees and top-notch speakers. General Conference Chair Dr. Jack Cassidy said he was "thrilled with the caliber of the presentations," given by presenters representing various states and countries, as well as many parts of Texas.
On Friday, Paula Maddox Roalson and Aida Hurtado delivered luncheon and keynote addresses. The addresses were followed by a variety of institute presentations and roundtable discussions. The evening featured poster presentations, a wine and cheese reception, and exhibits.
The Saturday conference began with keynote speaker P. David Pearson delivering an address entitled "Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes: An Assessment of the Impact of No Child Left Behind after 2,527 Days as the Law of Land!" After this, conference goers visited their choices of exhibits, regular sessions, and roundtable discussions. Luncheon speaker Stephen Krashen concluded the day with his address, "Free Voluntary Reading: Still a Great Idea."
- Keynote addresses: P. David Pearson, Stephen Krashen, Aida Hurtado, and Paula Maddox Roalson
- Conference Program (1.3 MB PDF)
Education 2006: Supporting Student Success–February 17 & 18, 2006
Session and institute presenters hailed from thirteen universities and colleges, including five from the Texas A&M System. Also represented were three universities from the University of Texas system: specifically the campuses at Austin, San Antonio and El Paso. Presenters came from as far away as East Central Oklahoma University and Millersville University of Pennsylvania. In addition, ten school districts were represented, including the Education Service Center Region 2 and Brownsville ISD.
The majority of presenters were faculty and graduate students from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. A total of thirty-two faculty from just about every department in the College of Education presented, along with doctoral students from all three doctoral programs.
- Keynote addresses: Victor Villaseñor, David Chard, Steve Murdock, and Virginia Collier & Wayne P. Thomas
- Conference Program (395 kb PDF)
Education 2005: Literacy, Lanugage, Leadership, and Lifelong Learning–April 1 & 2, 2005
- Keynote addresses: Timothy Shanahan, Becky Chavarría-Cháirez, and Dennis Denenberg
- Conference Program (1.7 MB PDF)s
Education 2004: No Student Left Behind–February 28, 2004
- Keynote address: Dee Hopkins
- Conference Program (71 kb PDF)
Education 2003: Moving Forward –March 1, 2003
