Teacher Leadership Symposium, July 2005.  "Working Collaboratively to Improve          Principal Preparation, " Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Mark Mitchell and Tria Grant. Columbia, SC

National Professional Development School Conference, March 2004.  "Employing Communication Strategies for Internships in a High School PDS," Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Danny Scruggs, Maryann Lucas, Tammy Freeman and Leanne Simpson.

American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education National Conference, January

2003.  “Corps of Mentors:  Expanding the Concept,” New Orleans, Louisiana, Cindy

Cooley, Elaine Young, Caroline Blades, Sally Shive, and Vickie Brockman.

National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, October 2001, “Corps of Mentors: 

A model that works,” Denver, Colorado, Cindy Cooley and Elaine Young.

South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment Fall Professional Development

Conference, November 2000, “NCATE 2000:  Proactively Dealing with Performance

Based Assessment in Teacher Education,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley

and Sandra Wilson.

South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment Fall Professional Development

Conference, November 2000, “The Corps of Mentors:  Improving Clinical Experiences for

Teacher Candidates,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley and Elaine Young.

South Carolina Association for Teacher Educators Conference, October 2000, “So You

Want to be a Teacher:  A Collaborative Inquiry Between Public Schools and High

Education,” Charleston, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley, Kim Beels, and Terry Shick.

FIPSE Conference, September 2000, “Using Performance Funding Guidelines as a

Catalyst for Change in Data Collection and Analysis,” Charleston, South Carolina, Cindy

Cooley, and Mark Dewalt.

Fairfield County Schools, August 2000, “Assisting the Novice Teacher:  New Research

and Practice in Mentoring,” Winnsboro, South Carolina.

Darlington County Schools, August 1999, “Assisting the Novice Teacher:  A Short Course

in Mentoring,” Hartsville, South Carolina.

National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, June 1999, “The Corps of Mentors

Concept and How It Works,” Seattle, Washington.

South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators Conference, October 1998,

“Compensating Mentor Teachers:  What do they want and who has the responsibility of

providing it?,” Charleston, South Carolina.

ADEPT Training for University Supervisors and Mentor Teachers, May 1998, August

1998, January 1999, September 2000, September 2001, February 2003, February 2004,

February 2005.