The Call for Speakers for Spring Forward 2027 Is Now Closed
The call for speakers for Spring Forward 2027 closed on September 11, 2026. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. If you have questions about your submission or the review process, please contact us.
Why Speak at Spring Forward?
Spring Forward brings together thousands of California educators each year. Speaking here means your work reaches the classrooms that need it most.
- Share classroom-tested practices with educators across California
- Connect with a community of innovators pushing learning forward
- Build your professional reputation and network
- Contribute to a field reimagining what school can look like
Effective Technology for Teaching and Learning
Spring Forward 2027 will feature sessions that demonstrate thoughtful, learner-centered, and evidence-informed uses of technology that positively impact teaching and learning in real-world practice. Strong submissions are grounded in authentic classroom, school, district, or organizational implementation and show how technology supported more intentional, effective, equitable, accessible, or sustainable learning experiences.
CALIE’s Effective Technology Guidelines help educators, schools, and districts evaluate, measure, and improve the effectiveness and impact of educational technology. They are designed to help educators ask better questions:
- Is this technology improving learning?
- Is it supporting teaching?
- Is it worth the time, investment, and effort?
Every proposal identifies which domain of the Effective Technology Guidelines the session addresses: Learning Impact and Engagement, Instructional Practice and Design, Evidence of Outcomes and Improvement, Access and Learning Conditions, or Data, Ethics & Sustainability. Domain alignment is part of the scoring rubric, so choose the domain your session most directly serves.
Before you open the form, draft your responses in the proposal template and study the exemplar submission, an annotated real proposal that scored 28 out of 28 on the rubric.
Session Scoring Rubric
All Spring Forward 2027 session proposals will be reviewed against a scoring rubric. Reviewers are CALIE members who evaluate each submission for quality, relevance, and fit. If you’re interested in serving as a session reviewer, please submit here. You must be an active CALIE member to review sessions.
Speaker Fee
- Primary speakers who are current CALIE Members receive conference registration at a $100 rate.
- Co-speakers pay the full conference registration fee. No transfers or substitutions.
- CALIE does not provide travel or hotel accommodations.
Spring Forward Audiences
- Early Learning Educators (PreK-2)
- Elementary Educators (Grades 3-5)
- Middle School Educators (Grades 6-8)
- High School Educators (Grades 9-12)
- Adult and Continuing Education
- Higher Education Faculty and Researchers
- Special Education, Assistive Technology Specialists, and Resource Teachers
- Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Pathways Teachers
- Curriculum and Instruction Leaders, Digital Learning Specialists, and Learning Support Specialists
- Instructional Coaches, TOSAs, and School Counselors
Submission Timeline
Submissions Open
July 1, 2026
Speaker Submission Support Webinar
July 30, 2026
Submissions Close
September 11, 2026
Primary Review
September 18, 2026
Primary Review Complete
October 2, 2026
Secondary Review
October 7, 2026
Secondary Review Complete
October 16, 2026
Speaker Notification
October 26, 2026
Agenda Published
January 4, 2027
Questions?
The call for speakers is now closed. If you have questions about your proposal or the review process, reach out and we will help.