2027 Clinical Educators' Academy

Description

Logistics

Date:        Tuesday, March 30 - Wednesday, March 31, 2027

Day 1:      1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Registration
                 1:30 PM - 7:30 PM Academy & Reception

Day 2:       8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Academy

Venue:      Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Location:   Atlanta, GA

Application Deadline: October 16, 2026

Registration Link: 

Registration Fee:       $350 (for selected participants)

Seating Capacity:       75

Program Description / Abstract

The Clinical Educators’ Academy continues to contribute to CAPCSD’s mission and vision of advancing academic leadership and program excellence in Communication Sciences and Disorders. This day and a half opportunity if for leaders in CSD clinical education to take time to consider their professional identity, develop coaching strategies, and consider ways their program supports students and professionals. Sessions will include keynote from dB Coaching Group founders Amy Badstubner, AuD, CPC, and Kari Dermer, AuD, CPC, ELI-MP, which will lay the foundation for participants to focus on ways to support professionals around clinical education topics. This in person event will be scheduled immediately preceding the 2027 CAPCSD conference in Atlanta, GA. It will consistent of a day and a half of content from CSD professionals including with a series of 4 follow up webinars across the 12 months that follow.

Learning Objectives

• Define professional identity to support your leadership role within clinical education.
• Summarize practical coaching strategies to assist supervisors and preceptors in becoming effective, evidence-based, clinical educators.
• Develop university/program specific strategies to foster professional identity growth and self-efficacy among student clinicians.

Time-Ordered Agenda

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

Day 1: 1:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET (Academy: A601; Reception: A602)

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Registration

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM More Than Logistics: Defining Who You Get to Be

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break & Networking

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM The Ripple Effect: The Mindset Driving Your Day

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Break & Networking

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM From This Room to Your Program: Tools that Travel

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Reception

Wednesday, March 31, 2027 (Meals: A602; Academy: A601)

Day 2: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast & Networking (breakfast ends/removed at 8:30 AM)

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Getting Clinical Educators to Think of Themselves AS Educators

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Scaffolding Independence (Clinical Competencies)

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break & Networking

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Coaching Clinical Reasoning

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Lunch & Networking

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Formative & Summative Assessment

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Supporting Self-Efficacy in Students (Confidence)

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break & Networking

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Solution-Focused Dialogue (Table-based discussions of cases)

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Applying What You've Learned, Assessment & Final Remarks

Speakers

Read dB Coaching and committee presenter biographies and disclosures here.

Pre-Academy Participant Preparation

• Selected participants will be asked to complete a pre-academy survey to help facilitators and presenters prepare for the academy presentations.

Post-Academy Participant Expectations

• Following the in-person event, this Academy will include four, live, CEU-earning webinars in the following year to support continued growth and networking among participants.

ASHA CEUs