Conferences Department

ISNA Education Forum 2008

"Sustaining Progress:  Cultivating Stewardship"

"All of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and the things under your care..." (Al Bukhari)  

Our 2008 Annual Education Forum will focus on identifying tools that educators can use in promoting a positive school climate, in inculcating leadership skills in our students, and in enhancing their spiritual lives

As educators, we are called upon to guide, and mentor our students to academic success.  As Muslim educators we have the added responsibility of ensuring that our schools also imbue our students with the identity, the morals and the values that Islam espouses.

We ask that your presentation focuses on such pedagogical theories and practical applications as would promote the foregoing twin objectives. Your presentation therefore, should be both academically sound as well as practically applicable. You are strongly urged to use PowerPoint presentations, and to distribute handouts of the workshops that you conduct.

Tracks:

• Curriculum & Standards
• Instruction
• Leadership: Boards & Administration
• Weekend Schools
  

Guidelines for Submission:
Please submit your abstract/presentation and a biography (<200 words) by January 15th, 2008.  Please specify the track which your presentation relates to; you may identify more than one track if needed. Submissions will be reviewed based on their relevance to the topic, the freshness of their ideas, their scholarly thoroughness, and their practical implications.

Successful candidates will be informed of their selection by February 15th, 2008.  Presenters will be given shared accommodations and free registration (including 3 meals and breakfast). Speakers must remain for the duration of the conference, from Friday after Jumu'a, until noon, Sunday. 

Please email your papers to Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad: papers@isna.net. Only electronic submission will be accepted.