2023 SIMposium
We're very excited to see everyone this July as we celebrate 45 years of the KU Center for Research on Learning, with a Disco theme! We have many former CRL Doc Students, retired SIM Network members, and special guests planning to attend. With exciting presenters and fun opportunities to reconnect with friends and colleagues and make new connections, this will be a conference you won't want to miss. So, grab your leisure suit and a friend and get registered today to boogie on down to the SIMposium!
FEATURED SPEAKERS
We hope you'll join us! Click on the buttons below for more information.
2 years StrateWorks member benefits are included as part of your conference payment, making you active until 2025!
Regular Registration (Jan. 1 - June 15, 2023): $425
Late Registration (June 15 - July 11, 2023): $450
1. Register online
2. Payment options
- Download form to pay by check or PO
- Visit our online store to pay by credit card. The conference is listed in the Professional Learning Tab.
- Call 785-864-4780 with your credit card information between 9 AM and 4 PM CST.
Refund Policy:
If you find you are not able to attend the conference notify KUCRL by June 27 for a refund of your registration minus a $25 cancellation fee.
For questions regarding registration, please contact simpd@ku.edu, 785-864-0626. For questions regarding payment, contact orderkucrl@ku.edu, 785-864-4780.
Conference Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriott - Lawrence Downtown
One Riverfront Plaza,
Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 66044
Toll Free:+1-785-841-2700
Our room block at the Springhill Suites is now full.
Eldridge Hotel:(3 blocks away)
Group Rate: $125
Group Name: 45th Annual SIMposium
To book, please call the hotel Friday 8:30 - 6pm, Saturday 10am -5pm or Sunday 10am - 3pm CENTRAL TIME
785 749 5011
Valet parking $15/vehicle/night
Towneplace Suites by Marriott - Downtown Lawrence (3 blocks away)
900 New Hampshire St..
special group rate: $125 per night (Usual rate $180!!)
Click here to Book your group rate for SIMposium
Block ends on JUNE 10!
We're very excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker this year will be Cynthia Coburn!
Coburn is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University. Coburn studies the relationship between instructional policy and teachers’ classroom practices in urban schools, the dynamics of school district policy making, and the relationship between research and practice for school improvement.
She has won numerous awards for her scholarship, including the American Educational Research Association Early Career Award (2011), election as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2015), an honorary doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from CU Louvain in Belgium (2019), election to the National Academy of Education (2020), and Northwestern University’s Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship (2020). She is a member of the California Collaborative for District Reform, the DREME network investigating coherence of early mathematics instruction, the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine and Engineering NASEM) Standing Committee on Scientific Communication, and the NASEM Committee on the Future of Educational Research. We're so looking forward to continuing our conversation with Dr. Coburn and to learning about her recent research, since she last keynoted for us in 2014.
Conference Sessions:
Tuesday, July 11
- 1:00-2:00 pm - Keynote Session: Spreading and Sustaining Equitable Innovations
- 2:15-3:30 pm - Keynote Follow-up Interactive Session
- Cynthia Coburn, Keynote Speaker, Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University
- Cathleen Beachboard, Author and English Teacher, Fauquier County, VA
- Gwen Berry, Associate Professor, Center for Instructional and Behavioral Research in Schools, University of Louisville, KY
- Dan Boudah, Professor in the Department of Special Education, Foundations & Research, East Carolina University
- Irma Brasseur-Hock, Academic Program Associate, Assistant Research Professor, Univ. of Kansas, Dept. of Special Education
- Jan Bulgren, Research Professor, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning
- Paula Crawford, President - RedDoc Consulting, Inc., former Project Director NC State Personnel Development Grant
- Janice Creneti, Assistant Project Manager, Florida State Personnel Development Grant
- Don Deshler, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning
- Tonya Eberhart, Assistant Research Professor, KUCRL, Lawrence, KS
- Joseph B. Fisher, Professor, Dept. of Teaching and Learning, Grand Valley State University. MI
- Darlene Fletcher, Literacy Coach, Cumming, GA
- Margaret Flores, Co-Director, Institute for Strategic Mathematics Interventions, KUCRL, Professor of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling, Auburn University and President-Elect for the Council of Learning Disabilities
- Debbie Higginbotham, SIM CER and LS Professional Developer, Educational Consultant, Charlotte, NC
- Mike Hock, Director, Senior Scientist, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning
- Tracy Hunt, Secondary ELA/Media Instructional Facilitator, Mid-Del School District, Midwest City, OK
- Bradley Kaffar, Co-Director, Institute for Strategic Mathematics Interventions, KUCRL, Department Chair, Special Education, St. Cloud State University, MN
- Jim Knight, Founder and Senior Partner of the Instructional Coaching Group
- Pam Leitzell, SIM Professional Development Leader and Educational Consultant, Learning Curve Consultants, Florence, AL
- B. Keith Lenz, Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas
- Whitney Miller, Coordinator T/TAC@ Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA
- Darren Minarik, Associate Professor, Special Education and Secondary Social Studies, Radford University and Co-Director of the Inclusive Practices Center at Radford University
- Karen Mitchell, Director of Secondary Education, Stanly County Schools, Albemarle, NC
- Maggie Mosher, Assistant Research Professor, KUAAI
- Suzanne Myers, Assistant Research Professor, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning
- Bonnie Palasak, SIM Professional Developer, AR
- Amber Rowland, Associate Research Professor, KUCRL
- Jean Schumaker, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, President, Edge Enterprises
- Sean Smith, Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas
- Rosemary Tralli, SIM Professional Development Leader & Educational Consultant, Connecticut
- Jocelyn Washburn, Director of Professional Development and Assistant Research Professor, Univ. of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning
- Suzanne Woods-Groves, Associate Professor of Special Education, Dept. of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, College of Education, Auburn University
Check Back for Updates!
Conference Hotel:
Springhill Suites by Marriott - Lawrence Downtown
One Riverfront Plaza,
Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 66044
Toll Free:+1-785-841-2700
Group rate SOLD OUT
Other Hotels Within Walking Distance:
The Eldridge Hotel (3 blocks away)
701 Massachussets St.
Group Rate: $125/night
Group Name: 45th Annual SIMposium
To book, please call the hotel Friday 8:30 - 6pm, Saturday 10am -5pm or Sunday 10am - 3pm CENTRAL TIME
(785)749-5011
Valet parking $15/vehicle/night
Towneplace Suites by Marriott - Downtown Lawrence (4 blocks away)
900 New Hampshire St..
Group Rate: $125/night
Click here to Book your group rate for SIMposium - Block ends on JUNE 10!
Favorite Restaurants List (.doc)
A list of staff picks of favorite Lawrence restaurants.
Downtown Lawrence:
There's lots to do in downtown Lawrence and it's all walkable from the conference hotel. Please check out the Explore Lawrence website or download the Downtown Lawrence app for more information.
Fly into Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
Shuttle services:
5 Guys Transportation https://5gtkc.com/
Better Alternative Transportation Services https://kcibats.com/
SDM Transportation, 785 979-2428 (available for early morning, evening and weekends only)
Check out more SIMposium Spotlight Sessions on the SIMposium Facebook Event Page and join the discussion to connect with friends who are coming to the conference.