GSE Shines Conference
3 Times Square, New York NY 10036
Join us for Graduate School of Education SHINES 2025, our annual education conference highlighting excellence, equity, and innovation in the GSE family & beyond!
About the conference
Our theme this year is “Dialogue with the Present & the Future: Shifting Strategies & Practice in Uncertain Times."
This dynamic on-site conference offers a unique platform for an idea exchange on emerging trends, transformative teaching practices, and the future of learning in an era of rapid change. Through insightful discussions and collaborative sessions, we will anticipate the challenges and opportunities shaping education's next frontier. Be part of the conversation that envisions tomorrow’s classrooms and redefines educational paradigms for future generations.
Based upon the Boyer Model of Scholarship (1996) GSE is seeking engaging, interactive presentations in which GSE faculty, GSE candidates, and school partners, share any of the following:
- Effective learning/teaching strategies
- Your own research activities
- Current trends in education
- Forward-looking innovations
Proposals Deadline [Extended]: October 1, 2025
Interactive and poster sessions will explore transformative practices, technologies, and mindsets that make space for proactive agility in meeting the challenges of an ever-changing world. We envision a space for networking and the free and respectful exchange of ideas.
By creating a lived space where all voices are valued, the GSE Shines Conference embodies GSE's mission to prepare a diverse cadre of highly qualified teachers, leaders, knowledge developers, and disseminators, in keeping with the Judaic commitment to social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity.
Call for Proposals
The Touro GSE Conference invites you to participate, present and collaborate along with the GSE community and partners across the tri-state area and beyond.
Session Topics
We invite any proposal that ties in with our theme to engage attendees in conversations around “GSE Shines!” Please consider presenting, sharing and discussing ideas related to the conference theme within the following categories, or propose one of your own:
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education
- Secondary Education
- Special Education
- Literacy
- School Counseling
- School Leadership
- Differentiated Instruction
- UDL
- Collaborative Teaching
- Social-emotional Learning
- Teacher Education
- Curriculum Development
- Policy/Advocacy
- Technology/AI
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Teacher Recruitment & Retention
- Bilingual Education/TESOL/ELL
Session Types
| Session Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Pre-recorded Teaching Tip (5 minutes maximum) | Shares a quick, practical strategy, game, tool, or successful lesson or project that facilitates instruction in the classroom. |
| Pre-recorded 15 Minute Podcast | Shares a brief discussion about a topic in education. |
| Interactive Session (45 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A) | Provides the audience with a rapid and intensive overview of research, teacher inquiry, or studies in progress, and allows for in-depth discussion among presenters and the audience, OR a workshop or demonstration with hands-on learning, interactive exercises, and actionable takeaways. |
| Panel (45 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A) | Explores a specific issue from diverse points of view expressed by the panelists. |
| Poster Session (Gallery Walk) | Presents a summary of a research project or concept in education in poster format. Posters will be displayed for a gallery walk, and presenters will be given a timeslot to provide commentary. |
| Poster/Infographic Upload | A graphic representation of a strategy or tool. |
Submit Your Call for Proposals
