Dear Division Program Chairs, SIG Representatives, and Standing Committee Chairs:

In preparation for our upcoming Program Committee meeting, we want to provide some information to encourage you to think about this year’s theme, Non Satis Scire: To Know is Not Enough, and the development of the program.

Please find below a description of tasks that require your attention before the meeting.  We detail the processes and criteria for proposing Program Committee sponsored sessions and nominations for speakers for our two distinguished lectures.  Please see below for links to electronic forms to submit your session proposals and nominations.

During the meeting in Vancouver, we will work as a group to review all the session proposals and nominations and develop a thoughtful program around this year’s theme. The nine sessions developed by the program committee as part of the presidential set continue to be developed after the Vancouver meeting, but the more theme-related significant research symposia that can be discussed and developed, the richer the program will be. These sessions will be finalized no later than the end of the summer. There will be work to do after our meeting, but this meeting lays the foundation for what we all will do next.

Also, while Cynthia and I make the final decisions on the two distinguished lectures, the nominations you submit and the discussion at the Vancouver meeting can both shape these choices as well as lead to other strong names of scholars who could be featured prominently in the program. Please take the time to submit nominations, especially those whose scholarly track record complement the theme (although this is not a requirement).

The tasks for the program committee work are set forth below. As you will note, in each area you are asked to submit to the 2012 program committee workspace with instructions for doing so. Please submit your proposed sessions and distinguished lecture nominations no later than Friday, May 13, so that we can prepare agenda materials in advance.

Do not hesitate to contact Cynthia or me if you have any questions. We very much look forward to seeing you soon.  If you have any difficulty accessing the links below, please contact the AERA central office.

Thanks very much & All the best,

Arnetha

Arnetha F. Ball
AERA President

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Program Committee Tasks

1.)        Program Committee Sponsored Session Proposal

Program Committee sessions should be on a RESEARCH topic of general interest to the AERA members and clearly related to the 2012 Program theme (Non Satis Scire: To Know is Not Enough). I am attaching the theme (copyedited and in press for May ER).

Criteria:
Session Title: (Title should be clear and adequately convey the overall substance of the session.)
Description of Session/Rationale/Relationship to Program Theme: (This section should make a clear case for why the Program Committee should consider the proposed session, its research significance, and how the session will advance the program theme)
Session Description:
Potential Speakers, Presenters, Panelists, and their institutional affiliations:

TASK: Please review the above criteria and submit your nomination(s) by going the AERA link:http://www.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/7993_9562493/24624/

2.)        AERA Distinguished Lectures

There are two distinguished lectures at the annual meeting:  The Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture and the AERA Distinguished Lecture.  The Program Committee makes recommendations to the President with regard to speakers for the two distinguished lectures; the President makes the final decision. Please come prepared to discuss the pros and possible cons of any speakers you recommend.

Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture Nominations:
Nominee must be a known communicator with a scholarly program of research. The lecture must focus on "the improvement of educational practices in American primary and secondary schools."

The criteria used to judge nominees should include:

The Lecture shall focus each year on the improvement of educational practice in American primary and secondary schools. Special emphasis will be given to topics that relate to the improvement of educational services for students from low-income communities.

The Lecture cannot contain any legislative recommendations or any other text that could be considered to be supporting particular legislation or a particular political viewpoint.

The Lecture will be given on the first day of the Annual Meeting. It is required that the paper be submitted to the Educational Researcher for publication consideration.

The Lecture speaker will be selected by the AERA President and receives a $1,000 honorarium.

TASK: Please consider the criteria and submit your nomination(s) here:http://www.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/7993_9562493/24616/


AERA Distinguished Lecture Nominations:
Nominee must be a known communicator with a significant contribution or lifetime accomplishment. The person's work must bridge across communities (i.e., Divisions and/or SIGs). The focus of the lecture is open.

The criteria for nominating an AERA Distinguished Lecturer should include:

Significant contribution or lifetime accomplishment
Known communicator
The person's work bridges across communities (i.e., Divisions, SIGs, etc.)
Reason for nominating this person
No limit as to focus

TASK: Please consider the criteria and submit your nomination(s) here:http://www.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/7993_9562493/24623/


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