2027 Clinical Educators' Academy
3/30/2027 - 3/31/2027
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

Registration Fee: $350 for selected applicants
is due by Friday, January 17, 2025
265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30303 United States
Conference
Professional Development
