{"id":397,"date":"2017-09-01T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2017-09-01T14:28:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T18:28:26","slug":"conference-presenter-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/home\/professional-development\/conference-presenter-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Presenter Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">SAME Sponsorship Project<br \/>\nfor OAME Annual Conference Presenters<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OAME holds an annual conference where math educators all over the world converge to engage in professional learning and networking. This year, the OAME Board is hosting the conference in Toronto at Humber College, North Campus on Thursday, May 3rd and Friday, May 4th, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SAME is offering to its members sponsorship in the form of 1 day of Occasional Teacher coverage (should it be necessary) to offset the cost of presenting at the conference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the first year we are offering it to support SAME members to take these leadership opportunities. Hopefully we can continue offering this in the coming years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Q: Do I need to be a SAME member to be eligible for SAME sponsorship funds?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A: Yes, you must fulfill the following criteria to qualify for SAME sponsorship funds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You be an OAME member in good standing through to the end of May of the year of the conference where you will be presenting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must be affiliated with the Scarborough Association for Mathematics Education local chapter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Q: How do I apply for sponsorship funds?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A: The process to qualify for SAME sponsorship funds is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submit a presentation proposal to the OAME Annual Conference organisers. Visit mcis.oame.on.ca for conference information and proposal form.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you receive approval of from the conference organisers, for the email to the SAME treasurer, Carol Miron (carol.miron@tdsb.on.ca). A letter of support will be sent to you and your principal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prepare your presentation and attend the conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funds will be issued to your school after the conference event.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAME Sponsorship Project for OAME Annual Conference Presenters OAME holds an annual conference where math educators all over the world converge to engage in professional learning and networking. This year, the OAME Board is hosting the conference in Toronto at Humber College, North Campus on Thursday, May 3rd and Friday, May 4th, 2018. SAME is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":379,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.oame.on.ca\/same\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}