Call for Proposals

The conference will highlight innovative, reflective, and context-responsive work across educational settings, with particular attention to approaches that translate research into meaningful practice, implementation, and systems change. We are particularly interested in presentations that:

• Translate research findings into actionable educational practice

• Share innovative or context-responsive approaches to trauma-informed work

• Explore emerging, cross-context practices, challenges, and lessons learned

• Present applied examples or case-based learning from educational settings

• Examine systems-level, organizational, relational, or instructional approaches

• Highlight interdisciplinary or collaborative approaches

We encourage submissions that move beyond reporting outcomes alone to also reflect on implications for practice, implementation realities, adaptation, and organizational learning.

We encourage submissions from individuals and teams working across educational and community settings, including but not limited to:

• PreK-12 and higher education professionals, leaders, administrators

• School or community-based behavioral healthcare providers

• Community-based leaders or practitioners

• Researchers and evaluators
  
  

The conference particularly seeks to amplify practice-informed voices and examples of meaningful work occurring within educational communities that may not always be broadly represented within traditional academic conference spaces.

We encourage submissions from individuals and teams working across educational and community settings, including but not limited to:

• • • • PreK-12 and higher education professionals, leaders, administrators

      • School or community-based behavioral healthcare providers

      • Community-based leaders or practitioners

      • Researchers and evaluators
        
        

The conference particularly seeks to amplify practice-informed voices and examples of meaningful work occurring within educational communities that may not always be broadly represented within traditional academic conference spaces.

Proposal Formats

JTSE welcomes proposals in the following categories:

Research-to-Practice Sessions:  Presentations that connect research, scholarship, or evaluation to educational implementation and practice. These sessions should emphasize translation, application, and implications for educational settings.

Applied Practice or Case Example Sessions:  Presentations that highlight innovative programs, implementation efforts, organizational approaches, community partnerships, instructional models, or case examples that may inform the field. We are particularly interested in reflective presentations that discuss lessons learned, contextual considerations, adaptations, and implementation challenges.

Submission Requirements

Proposal submissions should be structured as folllows:

• Presentation title

• Presenter name(s) and affiliation(s)

• Abstract of session

• Brief description of educational setting or population

• Outline of session and intended takeaways

• Contact information for lead presenter

• Any appropriate references or acknowledgements

Proposals will be reviewed based on the following considerations:

• • • • Relevance to trauma studies in education

      • Connection between research and practice

      • Innovation or meaningful contribution to the field

      • Reflective insight and contextual awareness, including in participant engagement during the session

      • Quality and grounding of the approach

      • Alignment with session format

The conference values thoughtful, practice-informed, and contextually grounded presentations. Proposals do not need to represent large-scale or fully completed initiatives in order to contribute meaningfully to the conference dialogue.

Individuals with accepted presentations are asked to register and attend the conference in addition to their presentation to support collaboration and information synthesis.