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2027 Clinical Educators' Academy
Application Information

Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Tuesday - Wednesday, March 30-31, 2027

Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET.

Limited to 75 participants

For complete information about the Clinical Educators' Academy, visit: CAPCSD website.

Program Description

 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.

Abstract

University clinical education leaders in Communication Sciences and Disorders occupy uniquely complex roles—balancing clinical administration, faculty leadership, supervision/precepting, and student development. Yet many leaders step into these roles with limited opportunity to reflect on their professional identity or to intentionally develop supervisory cultures that support both educators and learners.

This immersive day-and-a-half development experience is designed specifically for university-based clinical educators seeking to strengthen their professional identity, enhance clinical education practices, and build sustainable systems that foster growth across all levels of clinical training.

The opening half-day, facilitated by dB Coaching Group, will focus on helping participants clarify their professional identity and leadership approach. Through guided activities and reflection, participants will examine how their role influences supervision, decision-making, and clinical culture.

For the remainder of the event, participants will learn how to coach others in making the critical transition from supervisor to clinical educator—equipping preceptors to do more than oversee performance, but to actively shape clinical reasoning, independence, and professional growth. Supporting student clinicians' development of self-efficacy will also be explored.

Across these sessions, participants will be invited to step fully into their role as educators — to examine not just what they teach, but how and why. Drawing on evidence-based principles to gain practical tools that structure meaningful clinical experiences, give feedback that builds clinical reasoning, and create learning environments where students don't just perform skills, but develop professional judgment. This academy will include quarterly live webinars in the following year to support continued learning and growth.

Important Dates

  • Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - Application window opens
  • Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Applications are due at 11:59 PM ET
  • Friday, October 30, 2026 - All applicants are notified regarding selection
  • Friday, December 11, 2026 - Participants must confirm, register, and pay registration fee, or an alternate participant will be selected. Registration fee: $350 (Academy only; does not include CAPCSD Annual Conference registration)

Application Information

Complete the application and provide the requested information and responses.
  1. Contact information
  2. Profession: SLP, AuD, both, other
  3. Institution Status: Public, private, other
  4. Institution Region: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
  5. Attendance question: If accepted, I agree to attend the entire Clinical Educators' Academy, arriving promptly and remaining throughout each item on agenda. (yes/no)
  6. Why are you interested in attending CAPCSD's 2027 Clinical Educators' Academy?
  7. What does being a clinical educator mean to you, and how do you see the role changing in the next five years?
  8. Describe a recent time where you needed to provide guidance to a supervisor or preceptor. What did you try, and what did you learn from the experience?
  9. If selected to participate, how would you share and implement what you learn with the supervisors and preceptors who work with the graduate clinicians in your program? Please describe your plan, as well as any factors that would support or limit your ability to do so.

Questions?

Click here to contact Mandie McKenzie.

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