Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S15

York. Contact: Stan Gould,
HOPE Foundation, (812)
355-6000, email: leadership@
hopefoundation.org, website:
hopefoundation.org.
12 SCIENCE: The Scientific
Imagination: Where Do Ideas
Come From?, sponsored by
Montclair State University,
for community members,
parents, reading specialists,
school nurses, teachereducators,
and technology
personnel, at Montclair
State University-DuMont
TV Center in Montclair,
N.J. Contact: Kathleen
Reddington, MSU-College
of the Arts, (973) 655-7071,
email: reddingtonk@mail.
montclair.edu, website: www.
montclair.edu/arts/aboutus/
college-programming-andservice-units/education-and-community-outreach.

12-13 HIGHER EDUCATION:
Hawaii Conference on
Women in Higher Education,
sponsored by the Pacific
Womens College, for
administrators, community
members, researchers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
the Pacific Womens College
in Honolulu. Contact: Dr.
Carol Parker, (808) 277-6510,
email: pacificwomenscollege@
gmail.com, website:
pacificwomenscollege.org.
12-14 RURAL EDUCATION: 104th
National Rural Education
Convention and Research
Symposium, sponsored
by the National Rural
Education Association, for
administrators, school board
members, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the
Netherlands Hilton Hotel in
Cincinnati. Contact: John Hill,
NREA, (765) 494-0086, email:
jehill@purdue.edu, website:
www.nrea.net.
13 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION: Florida
Kindergarten Council
Convention 2012, sponsored
by the Florida Kindergarten
Council, for teachereducators,
at the Doubletree
in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Ana
Ibanez, Florida Kindergarten
Council, (813) 287-2820,
email: aibanez@stjohnseagles.
org, website: www.fcis.org.
13 ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: Bring the
Outside In, sponsored by
NatureBridge, for teachereducators
and teachers, at
Pioneer East Meadow Picnic
Area/Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco. Contact: Margaret
Polyak, NatureBridge, (415)
332-5771, email: mpolyak@
naturebridge.org, website:
www.naturebridge.org.
13-16 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY:
ASTC 2012 Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the Association of ScienceTechnology
Centers, for
teacher-educators and
teachers, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Nina Humes, ASTC, (202)
783-7200, email: conference@
astc.org, website: conference.
astc.org.
13-21 STUDENT BEHAVIOR:
Four-Day Institute: Basic
Restorative Practices,
sponsored by the
International Institute for
Restorative Practices, for
administrators, at the IIRP
Campus in Bethlehem, Pa.
Contact: IIRP, (610) 807-9221,
email: prof_dev_registration@
iirp.edu, website: www.iirp.
edu/basics.
13-21 STUDENT BEHAVIOR:
Four-Day Institute: Basic
Restorative Practices,
sponsored by the
International Institute for
Restorative Practices, for
administrators, at Skadden
Arps in New York. Contact:
IIRP, (610) 807-9221, email:
prof_dev_registration@iirp.
edu, website: www.iirp.edu/
basics.
14-17 AT-RISK YOUTH: 24th
Annual National Dropout
Prevention Network
Conference, sponsored by the
National Dropout Prevention
Center, for counselors, at the
Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando,
Fla. Contact: John Peters,
NDPC, (864) 656-0253, email:
ndpc@clemson.edu, website:
www.dropoutprevention.org.
14-17 DROPOUTS: 24th Annual
National Dropout Prevention
Network Conference,
sponsored by the National
Dropout Prevention Center,
for counselors, at the Rosen
Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Fla.
Contact: John Peters, NDPC,
(864) 655-0253, email: ndpc@
clemson.edu, website: www.
dropoutprevention.org.
15-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY: Too
Good Programs Training,
sponsored by the Mendez
Foundation, for teachereducators
and teachers, at
the Mendez Foundation
in Atlanta. Contact: Cindy
Wiley, Mendez Foundation,
(813) 750-0986, email:
Cwiley@mendezfoundation.
org, website: www.
mendezfoundation.org.
16 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by ACT,
Inc. Northeast Region, for
administrators and teachers,
at the University of Hartford
in West Hartford, Conn.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
16 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators and
teachers, at The University
of Scranton in Scranton, Pa.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
16 READING: Phonics: Breaking
the Code, sponsored by
The Hill Center, for parents,
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.
16-18 ENGLISH: 6+1 Trait
Writing Institute for
Presenters, sponsored by
the Education Northwest,
for administrators, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Surfsand Resort in
Cannon Beach, Ore. Contact:
Mark Workman, Education
Northwest, (503) 275-9500,
email: mark.workman@
educationnorthwest.
org, website: www.
educationnorthwest.org.
16-19 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Independent
Schools Institute, sponsored
by the Harvard UniversityGraduate
School of
Education, for administrators,
counselors, researchers,
school board members, state
policymakers, and teachers, at
the Harvard Graduate School
of Education in Cambridge,
Mass. Contact: Programs in
Professional Education, (800)
545-1849, email: ppe@gse.
harvard.edu, website: www.
gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12.
16-19 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Independent
Schools Institute, sponsored
by the Harvard UniversityGraduate
School of Education,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, and school board
members, at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education
in Boston. Contact: The
Principals’ Center, (800) 5451849,
email: principals@gse.
harvard.edu, website: www.
gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12.
17 EDUCATION POLICY:
Education in the First
State: Positioned to Lead
/ Fifth Annual Vision 2015
Conference on Education,
sponsored by Vision 2015
/ the Rodel Foundation of
Delaware, for administrators,
community members,
parents, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Clayton
Hall Conference Center,
University of Delaware in
Newark, Del. Contact: Sarah
Grunewald, Rodel Foundation
of Delaware, (302) 5045245,
email: sgrunewald@
rodelfoundationde.
org, website: www.
rodelfoundationde.org.
17-18 READING: Hill Reading
Achievement Program,
sponsored by The Hill Center,
for reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
The Hill Center in Durham,
N.C. Contact: Pam Hoggard,
(919) 489-7464, email:
phoggard@hillcenter.org,
website: www.hillcenter.org.
17-19 ADMINISTRATORS:
Professional Practices
Institute, sponsored by the
National Association of
State Directors of Teacher
Education and Certification,
for administrators, school
board members, and
teachers, at the Hilton
Netherland Plaza in
Cincinnati. Contact: Phillip
Rogers, NASDTEC, (202)
204-2208, email: philrogers@
nasdtec.com, website: www.
nasdtec.org.
17-19 BILINGUAL EDUCATION:
Learning Language and
Loving It Certification
Workshop, sponsored by The
Hanen Center, for teachereducators,
at Lutheran
Social Services in Milwaukee.
Contact: Lorie Kientz, The
Hanen Centre, (877) 426-3655
x236, email: Workshops@
Hanen.org, website: www.
hanen.org/LLLI-CertificationMilwaukee.

17-19 ENGLISH: New York State
English Council 62nd Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the New York State English
Council, for administrators,
reading specialists,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at The Desmond
Hotel and Conference Center
in Albany, N.Y. Contact:
Patricia Rand, NYSEC, (800)
448-3500, email: prand@
nycap.rr.com, website: www.
nysecteach.org.
17-19 TECHNOLOGY: CCDS
Tablet Conference, sponsored
by Cincinnati Country Day
School, for administrators,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
CCDS in Cincinnati. Contact:
Robert Baker, CCDS, (513)
979-0217, email: bakerr@
countryday.net, website:
www.countryday.net.
18 ADMINISTRATORS,
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
TEPSA Tour—San Marcos,
sponsored by the Texas
Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association,
for administrators, at the
San Marcos Embassy Suites
in San Marcos, Texas.
Contact: Elizabeth Kernan,
TEPSA, (512) 478-5268,
email: elizabeth@tepsa.org,
website: www.tepsa.org.
18 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by ACT,
Inc. Northeast Region, for
administrators and teachers,
at Endicott College in Beverly,
Mass. Contact: Debbie
Haines, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Debbie.
Haines@act.org, website:
www.act.org/learningevents/
workshops/index.html.
18 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, and school board
members, at the University
at Albany in Albany, N.Y.
Contact: Nancy Cox, ACT,
Inc., (508) 229-0111, email:
Boston@act.org, website:
www.act.org/learningevents/
workshops.
18 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
teachers, at the East
Stroudsburg University
in East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
18 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by ACT,
Inc. Northeast Region, for
administrators and teachers,
at the University at Albany in
Albany, N.Y. Contact: Debbie
Haines, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Debbie.
Haines@act.org, website:
www.act.org/learningevents/
workshops/index.html.
18 EDUCATION POLICY: Askwith
Forum with Michele Cahill,
sponsored by the Harvard
University-Graduate School of
Education, for administrators,
community members,
counselors, parents, reading
specialists, researchers,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
in Cambridge, Mass.
Contact: Amber DiNatale,
Harvard Graduate School of
Education, (617) 384-9968,
email: askwith_forums@
gse.harvard.edu, website:
www.gse.harvard.edu/
news impact/category/
askwith forums.
18 SCIENCE: Focus on Forests:
Project Learning Tree’s
New Secondary Curriculum,
sponsored by the Project
Learning Tree, for teachers,
at the Kentucky International
Convention Center in
Louisville, Ky. Contact: Jaclyn
Stallard, Project Learning
Tree, (202) 463-2754, email:
jstallard@plt.org, website:
www.plt.org.
18 STEM: Massachusetts STEM
Summit IX, sponsored by the
University of Massachusetts
Donahue Institute, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, researchers, school
board members, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at
the Gillette Stadium in
Foxborough, Mass. Contact:
Jean Supel, UMass Donahue
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