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Reading Association, for
administrators, reading
specialists, researchers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Ogden
Marriott Hotel in Ogden,
Utah. Contact: Rebecca
Donaldson, UCIRA, (801)
544-4887, email: becky.
donaldson@live.com, website:
www.utahreading.org.
28-30 READING: Asilomar 61,
sponsored by Curriculum
Study Commission, for
teachers, at Asilomar
Conference Grounds in
Pacific Grove, Calif. Contact:
Steven Weinberg, Curriculum
Study Commission,
(510) 420-1553, email:
steweinberg@gmail.com,
website: curriculumstudy.org.
29 GIFTED EDUCATION:
Gifted Parent Academy:
Understanding the Academic,
Social, and Emotional Needs
of Gifted Children, sponsored
by Illinois Association for
Gifted Children, for parents,
at Quest Academy in Palatine,
Ill. Contact: Sandra Siegel,
IAGC, (847) 963-1892, email:
workshops@iagcgifted.org,
website: www.iagcgifted.org.
29 STANDARDS: Common Core
Conference, sponsored
by The SCEA Children’s
Foundation, for reading
specialists, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at The
South Carolina Education
Association Building in
Columbia, S.C. Contact:
Tommy Green, SCEA, (803)
772-1530, email: tgreen@
thescea.org, website: www.
thescea.org.
October
1 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
Male Focused Strategies for
Immediate Academic Impact:
Elementary Focus (Day Two),
sponsored by the Educational
Service Center of Central
Ohio, for administrators,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at ESC of Central
Ohio in Columbus, Ohio.
Contact: Rob Engel, ESC of
Central Ohio, (614) 5424187,
email: rob.engel@
escco.org, website: www.
escofcentralohio.org.
1-2 LEADERSHIP: Midwsest
Leadership Summit VI: It’s
About the ’Why’ in RtI,
sponsored by Midwest
Instructional Leadership
Council, for administrators,
community members,
counselors, parents, reading
specialists, researchers,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the St. Paul River Centre
in St. Paul, Minn. Contact:
John Faust, MILC, (608) 2446573,
email: jhfaust.milc@
gmail.com, website: www.
milcleaders.org.
1-2 STEM: World Class STEM
Education in America,
sponsored by Triangle Coalition
for Science and Technology
Education, for administrators,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
and teacher-educators,
at the Hilton Arlington in
Arlington, Va. Contact: Triangle
Coalition, (703) 516-5961,
email: stemeducation@
triangle-coalition.org, website:
www.trianglecoalition.org/
conference.
2 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, and school
board members, at the
College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester, Mass. Contact:
Nancy Cox, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Boston@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops.
2 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by ACT,
Inc. Northeast Region, for
administrators, school board
members, and teachers,
at College of the Holy
Cross in Worcester, Mass.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
2 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Educator
Open House, sponsored by
the New York Public Library,
for teachers, at Stephen
A. Schwarzman Building,
NYPL 42nd St in New York.
Contact: Caroline Falivena,
NYPL, (212) 576-0037, email:
teachandlearn@nypl.org,
website: www.teachandlearn.
nypl.org.
2 TECHNOLOGY: Teaching with
Technology, sponsored by
The Hill Center, for parents,
reading specialists, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at The
Hill Center in Durham, N.C.
Contact: Pam Hoggard, Hill
Center, (919) 489-7465, email:
phoggard@hillcenter.org,
website: www.hillcenter.org.
2-4 CHARACTER EDUCATION:
Character Development
Seminar Training, sponsored
by the Josephson Institute,
for teacher-educators, at the
Josephon Institute Training
Room in Los Angeles.
Contact: CHARACTER
COUNTS! Dept. of
Educational Programs
and Training, (800) 7112670,
email: training@
jiethics.org, website: www.
CharacterCounts.org.
3 MINORITY EDUCATION:
Accelerating Latino Student
Success Workshop, sponsored
by Excelencia in Education,
for administrators, at the
Park Hyatt Washington
in Washington. Contact:
Michelle Santiago, Excelencia
in Education, (202) 785-7350,
email: mrivera@edexcelencia.
org, website: www.
edexcelencia.org.
3-6 ONLINE EDUCATION: Quality
Matters Conference on
Quality Assurance in Online
Learning, sponsored by the
Quality Matters Program, for
administrators, researchers,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Loews Ventana
Canyon Resort in Tucson,
Ariz. Contact: Beth Knapp,
Quality Matters, (301)
356-8755, email: Bknapp@
qualitymatters.org, website:
www.qmprogram.org.
3-6 SPORTS/PHYSICAL
EDUCATION: National Physical
Education Teacher Education
Conference, sponsored by the
American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance, for administrators,
community members,
counselors, researchers,
school board members, school
nurses, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Planet
Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas.
Contact: AAHPERD, (703)
476-3400, email: ssample@
aahperd.org.
4 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, and school board
members, at Caldwell College
in Caldwell, N.J. Contact:
Nancy Cox, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Boston@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops.
4 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators and
teachers, at Manhattan
College in Riverdale, N.Y.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
4 INSTRUCTION: Diverse
Learners: Meeting Individual
Needs, sponsored by The Hill
Center, for administrators,
reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
The Hill Center in Durham,
N.C. Contact: Pam Hoggard,
The Hill Center, (919) 4897464,
email: phoggard@
hillcenter.org, website: www.
hillcenter.org.
4-5 CHARTER SCHOOLS: Georgia
Charter Schools Conference,
sponsored by the Georgia
Charter Schools Association,
for administrators, community
members, counselors, reading
specialists, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at Georgia World
Congress Center in Atlanta.
Contact: Rena Youngblood,
GCSA, (404) 835-8900,
email: ryoungblood@
gacharters.org, website: www.
georgiacharterconference.org.
4-5 TEACHER TRAINING: Summit
for Innovative Education,
sponsored by McREL, for
administrators, teachereducators,
teachers, at
McREL in Denver. Contact:
Julie Abels, MCREL, (303)
632-5532, email: jabels@
mcrel.org.
4-6 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION, READING:
Learning Language and
Loving It Certification
Workshop, sponsored by The
Hanen Center, for teachereducators,
at the Kalmanovitz
Child Development Center
in San Francisco. Contact:
Lorie Kientz, The Hanen
Centre, (416) 921-1073,
email: Workshops@Hanen.
org, website: www.hanen.org/
Professional-Development/
Learning-Language-andLoving-It-ECE

4-6 URBAN EDUCATION:
NSBA Council of Urban
Boards of Education Annual
Conference, sponsored
by the National School
Boards Association, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
reading specialists, school
board members, teachers,
and technology personnel,
at the Loews Atlanta Hotel
in Atlanta. Contact: Metsa
Muda, National School
Boards Association, (703)
838-6722, email: mmuda@
nsba.org, website: www.nsba.
org/cube.
4-7 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
LEARNERS: CLESOL 2012
Conference, sponsored by
TESOLANZ, for teachereducators,
at IPC Tertiary
Institute in Palmerston North,
New Zealand. Contact: Hayley
Larsen, CLESOL Conference,
0064-4-562-8259, email:
clesol@paardekooper.co.nz,
website: www.clesol.org.nz/
index.html.
5 ACHIEVEMENT: Male Focused
Strategies for Immediate
Academic Impact: Secondary
Focus (Day Three), sponsored
by the Educational Service
Center of Central Ohio,
for administrators, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at ESC of Central Ohio
in Columbus, Ohio.
Contact: Rob Engel, ESC of
Central Ohio, (614) 5424187,
email: rob.engel@
escco.org, website: www.
escofcentralohio.org.
5 TECHNOLOGY: Ed Tech 2013:
Powering Up Success,
sponsored by Education
Week, for administrators,
teachers, and technology
personnel, at the MGM
Grand Hotel in Detroit.
Contact: Matthew Cibellis,
(301) 280 3100, email:
edweekleadershipforum@
epe.org, website: www.
edweek.org/events/
edtech2013.
5-7 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES:
2012 National Conference
on Geographic Education,
sponsored by the National
Council For Geographic
Education, for administrators,
community members,
parents, researchers, school
board members, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at the
Embassy Suites Conference
Center, San Marcos, Texas in
San Marcos, Texas. Contact:
Zach Dulli, National Council
for Geographic Education,
(202) 775-7841, email: zach@
ncge.org, website: www.ncge.
org.
6 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT,
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
Responsive Classroom
Institute, sponsored by
Northeast Foundation
for Children, Inc., for
administrators, counselors,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at The Chancellor
Center in Newtown, Pa.
Contact: Customer Service,
Northeast Foundation
for Children, (800) 3606332,
email: registration@
responsiveclassroom.
org, website: www.
responsiveclassroom.org.
6 TEACHERS: Teachers 4 Social
Justice Annual Conference,
sponsored by Teachers 4
Social Justice, for teachers,
at the Mission High School in
San Francisco. Contact: Karen
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