SCA announces 2024 Educator Summit Series
SCA Expo 2024 lecture. Image: Kathryn Brand
Following the success of the 2023 Educator Summits, the Specialty Coffee Association has announced the Educator Summit 2024 Series, taking place in five locations across the globe. Educator Summit 2024 consists of a series of five one-day conferences across the USA and Asia, specifically designed for coffee educators to increase subject matter expertise and enhance teaching skills in the field of coffee.
The Educator Summit 2024 Series will take place in the USA on 1 October hosted at the Lavazza Training Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and in Houston, Texas at host venue Katz Coffee on 12 October. The Educator Summit 2024 Series will also take place in three events across Asia in South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan this December.
Educators are a vitally important part of the specialty coffee community imparting knowledge across the entire coffee value chain. If you are a coffee educator or aspiring to be one, you will not want to miss this opportunity to learn and connect.
This event is designed to enrich coffee educators’ knowledge through enhancing coffee education, advanced insights into the SCA Coffee Value Assessment, and the most current and effective teaching techniques.
Key Areas of Focus:
- Enhancing Coffee Education – Simplify complex coffee-related concepts to empower learners and improve overall coffee education.
- Teaching Techniques – Gain actionable insights from leading instructors and experts to enhance presentations and foster effective learning environments.
- Coffee Value Assessment – Understand the sensory science and economics behind affective assessment, and gain advanced insights on using and teaching the SCA Coffee Value Assessment.
Key Sessions Include:
- Making Water Chemistry Accessible
- Introducing Affective Assessments to Learners
- Teaching an Accurate History of Coffee
- Getting in Harmony with Your Visual Aids
- Designing Informal Assessments
- Coffee and Networking
Registration for the USA locations will open soon with a number of discounts available, which can be combined, including an early-bird discount. More information will be available on education.sca.coffee.
Subscribe to the SCA Education Newsletter at education.sca.coffee/newsletter to receive updates on the Educator Summit Asia events, taking place this December.
Learn more about Educator Summit at education.sca.coffee/educator-summit.
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