MNADE

With our 30th anniversary call to conference, we recognize our present moment as an intersection between our past and our future. MNADE has always been a community of reading, writing, and math faculty working together with administrative and student-support professionals to pursue one common cause – student success. Let us come together this year and call upon this cooperative and student-focused tradition of our past to propel us into a future in which we boldly explore new partnerships among the many lines of perspective tracing diversity within the higher education community.   

 

We call upon our colleagues across higher education to propose one-hour standard breakout sessions or two-hour workshop sessions highlighting new approaches to supporting student success in reading, writing, and math. As always, we will consider all the proposals we receive, but we especially welcome proposals addressing successes, challenges, innovations, and partnerships in the following areas: 

 

• Active Learning Strategies  

• Adult Basic Education Integration 

• Co-Requisite Course Models (Math, Writing, Reading) 

• Course Placement Processes 

• Culturally Sensitive Pedagogies 

• Design Thinking in Education 

• Embedded Reading Instruction 

• Equitable Assessment Practices 

• Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities 

• Learning Communities 

• Learning by Design 

• Support Service-Academic Course Integration 

• Universal Design for Learning 

 

In the spirit of forging new partnerships, we encourage all returning attendees to invite at least one new person – a faculty member, an ABE colleague, a student, a dean, a director, a tutor, or an advisor or counselor – to attend this year’s conference, either as an attendee or as a presenter. The more new faces we have, the more opportunities for making connections and exploring new directions we will have! 

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Please include the name of each presenter with your proposal, designating one presenter as the primary contact person (including phone number, address, and e-mail), a session title, a brief description of the proposed presentation (100 words maximum), and a short two-to-three sentence biography for each presenter suitable for submission in the conference program. We will have projectors available in all conference rooms, but presenters must bring their own laptops and connection cables.  

 

Please indicate whether you prefer a standard (one-hour) or expanded (two hour) session type on the proposal form.  

 

• Standard Session: One hour – Standard Sessions are suitable for traditional single-person or panel presentations. 

• Expanded Session: Two back-to-back one-hour blocks – Expanded Sessions are suitable for presenters wishing to facilitate workshop style experiences for attendees that would benefit from extended time. 

 

To submit a proposal, please complete the 2025 Conference Proposal Form. Proposals received by May 28th , 2025, will receive preferred consideration. The final deadline for all proposals is August 15th, 2025. Please consult the MNADE website for further conference updates, hotel reservation information, and conference registration information as it becomes available.  

 

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