The Decennial Future of School Psychology Conference 2022

[Sam Song]

Dear School Psychology community,  please share widely…

The 2022 Future of School Psychology Conference

School Psychology Preparation, Practice, and Scholarship: Pathways for an Inclusive Future

The 2022 Future of School Psychology Conference (Futures Conference) is next year! The Futures Conference is held every decade beginning nearly twenty years ago now (previous conferences in 2002 and 2012). The purpose of the Futures Conference is to set a vision for school psychology’s future in meeting the needs of children and families. For 2022, the conference title is, School Psychology Preparation, Practice, and Scholarship: Pathways for an Inclusive Future. 

When is it? 

It will be in July 2022 and the exact dates are to be determined. It will be a virtual conference with several components to allow for various forms of engagement (e.g., pre-conference, small groups, and follow up/sustainability).

Want to know more about the background of the Futures Conference? 

There have been a number of publications about previous conferences. For the 2002 conference, here are a few: Cummings et al., 2011, D’Amato et al 2003, Sheridan et al., 2007.  These are for the 2012 conference: Jarmuz-Smith et al, 2013 and Song et al., 2019

Do you want to get involved with planning and execution of the conference? 

We have an immediate openings for those with proficiency in social media, web design, or logo design.  Sign up here. 

As the planning continues, we will be in need of many volunteers to help throughout the entire conference. We are taking volunteers from the school psychology community and would like the diversity of our field represented (defined broadly, geographic, identity, students, practitioners, early career, etc). So students, practitioners, and educators, please sign up here.

Many thanks to the Futures Steering Committee, School Psychology Leadership Roundtable (SPLR). The committee is comprised of student representatives, practitioners, and leaders of the major organizations of school psychology (i.e., AASP/ABSP, CDSPP, D16 of APA, ISPA, NASP, SSSP, SPLR, TSP): 

• Marie Tanaka, Heather Thompson, Shuzi Meng, Misty Lay, Shamim Patwa, 
  
• Clifford Hatt, Enedina Vazquez Melissa Bray, Sam Song, Kisha Radliff, Tara Raines
  
• Vitor Coelho, Bonnie Nastasi, Chryse Hatzichristou, Lori Unruh, Leslie Paige, Melissa Bray
  
• Celeste MaloneShane Jimerson, Sherrie Proctor, Pamela Fenning, Gene Cash, 
  
• Sarah Valley Gray, Robyn Hess, Mark Terjesen, David Hulac, and Carlen Henington
  

Please contact us with any questions.

Sincerely,

Tammy Hughes and Sam Song

hug...@duq.edu   sam....@unlv.edu

Co-Chairs, 2022 Futures Conference Steering Committee

[Sam Song]

Hello colleagues,  please share widely; there are new specific areas for volunteer service in the google form.  

School Psychology Preparation, Practice, and Scholarship: Pathways for an Inclusive Future

2022 Futures Conference 

Volunteer Opportunities

 

What is a Futures Conference?

The Futures Conference is held every decade beginning nearly twenty years ago now (previous conferences in 2002 and 2012). The purpose of the Futures Conference is to set a vision for school psychology’s future in meeting the needs of children, families and the systems that serve them. There have been a number of publications about previous conferences. For the 2002 conference, here are a few: Cummings et al., 2011, D’Amato et al 2003, Sheridan et al., 2007.  These are products from the 2012 conference: Jarmuz-Smith et al, 2013 and Song et al., 2019.

 

What will the 2022 Futures Conference look like?

For 2022, the conference title is, School Psychology Preparation, Practice, and Scholarship: Pathways for an Inclusive Future. It will begin July 2022 and involve activities throughout 2022 and possibly into 2023 allowing for participants to have the opportunity to go from knowledge acquisition to sustained skill development.  Each participant will be able to choose for themselves the depth of learning that they want to engage in.  More information will be available later regarding exact dates. It will be a virtual conference with several components to allow for various forms of engagement (e.g., pre-conference preparation, individual reflection, small group work, and follow up/sustainability).

 

How can you join in shaping the future of the field?

As the planning continues, we are ready for volunteers to help throughout the entire conference. We are seeking volunteers from the school psychology community and would like the diversity of our school communities represented defined broadly as geography, individual identity, students, practitioners, graduate educators, early career, retired ….. all are welcome! The broad types of volunteer opportunities, and the potential activities within each one, are provided in the chart below.  

 

Volunteer opportunities that are of interest to you should be indicated by completing  the Google Form, using the link provided below.  Please check off any opportunities you might be interested in.  We will be in contact regarding how you can get involved and later if it doesn’t work out just let us know.  

 

Volunteer Google Form: https://forms.gle/TsoteP4h18aCaVQU7

 

Volunteer Opportunities	Potential Activities	Leads
Volunteer Recruitment & Management Team	a.     Assist in identifying potential volunteers b.     Monitor Volunteer Google Form  c.     Establish a Volunteer Management process to assist in coordination across teams	Misty Lay Mist...@gmail.com Lori Unruh lun...@email.wcu.edu
Technology & Social Media Planning Team	d.     Development of a Futures Conference website e.     Social Media planning and implementation f.      Developing of a Futures Conference virtual presentation platform	Sam Song sam....@unlv.edu
Initial Resources Development Team	a.     Identification of  resources (i.e., articles, podcasts) related to various topics b.     Development of strategies for sharing & facilitating discussions	Pam Fenning pfe...@luc.edu Celeste Malone Celeste....@gmail.com
Self-Reflection Survey Team	a.     Development of a self-reflection survey including participant goal setting b.     Development of a process for using survey results	Misty Lay Mist...@gmail.com Lori Unruh lun...@email.wcu.edu
Small Group Planning Team	a.     Development of small group structure and materials b.     Development of training for small group leaders who will facilitate Futures activities	Pam Fenning pfe...@luc.edu Celeste Malone Celeste....@gmail.com
Small Group Leaders	a.     Various positions will be available including organizer/manager, facilitators, note takers, etc. b.     Will be looking for leaders that represent the diversity of our profession, who have a wide variety of personal backgrounds, and have leadership and facilitation skills	To Be Decided Questions can be sent to: Pam Fenning pfe...@luc.edu Celeste Malone Celeste....@gmail.com
Conference Participation Evaluation Team	a.     Development of follow-up self-reflections b.     Development of personal action plan activities c.     Conference Evaluation survey	To Be Decided Questions can be sent to: Lori Unruh lun...@email.wcu.edu

 

Many thanks to the Futures Steering Committee, School Psychology Leadership Roundtable (SPLR). The committee is comprised of student representatives, practitioners, and leaders of the major organizations of school psychology (i.e., ABSP, CDSPP, D16 of APA, ISPA, NASP, SSSP, SPS,TSP): 

Marie Tanaka, Heather Thompson, Shuzi Meng, Misty Lay, Shamim Patwa, Clifford Hatt, Enedina Vazquez Melissa Bray, Sam Song, Tammy Hughes, Kisha Radliff, Tara Raines, Vitor Coelho, Bonnie Nastasi, ChryseHatzichristou, Lori Unruh, Leslie Paige, Melissa Bray, Celeste Malone, Shane Jimerson, Sherrie Proctor, Pamela Fenning, Gene Cash, Sarah Valley Gray, Robyn Hess, Mark Terjesen, David Hulac, and Carlen Henington