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To submit an abstract:

  1. Go to the online abstract submission form
  2. Login in with a user name and password of your choosing
  3. Follow the prompts
  4. An email will be sent to you automatically with your username and password. Please keep this handy as it allows you to log back in and make any changes to your abstract/papers whenever you wish

Author Instructions

We invite submission of abstracts for the 5th International Conference on Catholic Educational Leadership in 2010 on the Conference theme, Catholic Educational Leadership A Beacon of Hope: A Light for the Future.

Please follow the prompts to sign-up for an account and to submit document to be reviewed.

All intending presenters must submit an abstract of 200 words for approval by the Conference Committee by Saturday 31 October 2009. Acceptance will be based on clarity of presentation and relevance to one of the areas of the Conference theme.

Authors will be notified about acceptance by email no later than 30 November 2009.

Presenters have the option to submit papers for full refereeing AND for publication on the CD of the conference proceedings. You can note this on the abstracts manager site.

Conference Sub-Themes

  • Future Focus: Strategies for Hope & Sustainability
  • Leading with Moral Purpose
  • Intercultural Values & Visions
  • Leadership for School Improvement
  • Leadership for Learning
  • Faith in Catholic Schools
  • Indigenous Leadership

Refereeing Process

Completed papers or symposia submitted to the 5th International Catholic Educational Leadership Conference for optional full paper refereeing are forwarded to faculty members of the Centre for Creative and Authentic Leadership and other academics in the relevant field of study. The Director of the Centres office retains a list of suitable referees on file. All refereeing is independent with no referee informed as to the names of the author/s or other referees.

Scoring Criteria

Referees will score each abstract/paper based on the following criteria:

  1. Demonstration of national and/or international relevance to educational leadership (20%)
  2. Clarity of purpose/aims (20%)
  3. Originality and interest (20%)
  4. Significance of findings/issues discussed (20%)
  5. Guidelines for formatting and submitting an abstract have been followed (10%)
  6. Relevance to conference theme (10%)

Authors Notes

Please be aware that authors can submit a revised version of their paper in response to referee comments. Please use the username and password you created originally to do this.

All of your comments are to be directed through Abstract Manager under your account that you set up. Comments will go via the Abstract Coordinator

The refereeing of your abstract/paper leads to an "accept" or "reject" classification for this conference based on the combined referee decisions and will be emailed to you

Referees of papers or symposia will NOT be made known to the author(s)

Key Dates

1 March 2009
Initial Call for Papers to be broadcast and repeated
31 October 2009
Last date for submission of abstracts
30 November 2009
All presenters receive notification of acceptance of abstracts by this date
28 February 2010
Last date for submission of full paper (refereed)
14 April 2010
Referee reports finalised and forwarded to presenters
28 April 2010
Last date for submission of full paper (non-refereed)
18 May 2010
Presenters must register by this date otherwise proposed presentations will be withdrawn from the program. Early Bird Registration closes
2 August 2010
Conference Commences

Contact Details

Ms Caroline Jones
PCC Event Management
Telephone: +61 2 8677 3428
Email : caroline.jones@optusnet.com.au