Newberry Reading Council, August 2007. "We're All Reading Teachers," Newberry, SC. Cindy Johnson-Taylor.

High Schools That Work Conference, July 2007.  "Leading Assessment and Instruction," New Orleans, LA. Cindy Johnson-Taylor.

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

National Professional Development School Conference, March 2004.  "Employing Communication Strategies for Internships in a High School PDS," Orlando, FL. 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.