The submission window has closed. All applicants will be contacted by March with decisions.
We invite proposals for 45-minute breakout sessions at the National Student Support Accelerator’s 5th Annual High-Impact Tutoring Conference. This year’s theme focuses on strengthening human connection, equity, and practical implementation in a rapidly evolving tutoring landscape—especially as digital tools and AI reshape the work.
We welcome proposals from invitee(s) of the 2026 Conference who are practitioners, system leaders, researchers, community partners, and others advancing high-impact tutoring. Sessions should help attendees solve real problems they are facing, such as staffing, dosage, attendance, coaching, equity gaps, partnerships, and technology integration. We strongly encourage interactive formats including workshops, demonstrations, case studies, and collaborative problem-solving.
What We’re Prioritizing
We are especially interested in sessions that:
- center practitioner voices and community-rooted approaches
- elevate underrepresented perspectives in high-impact tutoring, including educators and leaders of color, multilingual communities, rural districts, and high-need settings
- offer practical, implementable strategies that attendees can use immediately
- explore the intersection of human connection and technology in tutoring
- model interactive learning, not passive presentation
Speaker Support
Selected presenters will receive formal invitations to the conference (if they have not been invited already) and will have travel and accommodations covered by the National Student Support Accelerator.
How to Submit
The lead submitter must be an invitee to the NSSA 2026 Conference. Other speakers noted in the proposals are not required to be current invitees. The submission form asks for:
- session title and description
- session type (panel or workshop)
- learning objectives
- speaker list and roles
- equity & representation statement
- topic focus area
- description of interactivity
A NSSA Conference Advisory Group will prioritize proposals that advance racial, linguistic, geographic, and role-based diversity and that directly support practitioners in solving real high-impact tutoring implementation challenges.