Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S16

Institute, (774) 455-7375,
email: jsupel@donahue.
umassp.edu.
18-19 EDUCATION LAW: 36th
Annual Civics & Law-Related
Ed Conference, sponsored
by the Law, Youth and
Citizenship Program-New
York State Bar Association,
for administrators, counselors,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Fort William Henry
Conference Center in Lake
George, N.Y. Contact: Eileen
Gerrish, LYC Program of
NYSBA, (518) 486-1748,
email: lyc@nysba.org, website:
www.lycny.org.
18-19 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: MANS
General Conference:
Celebrating the Past Shaping
the Future, sponsored by
the Michigan Association
of Non-Public Schools, for
administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel,
at DeVos Place in Grand
Rapids, Mich. Contact: Brian
Broderick, MANS, (800) 3945949,
email: bbroderick@
mans.org, website: www.m-an-s.org/.

18-20 BILINGUAL EDUCATION:
Learning Language and
Loving It Certification
Workshop, sponsored by
The Hanen Center, for
teacher-educators, at ISAT/CS
Building - nTelos Room (ISAT/
CS 259) in Harrisonburg,
Va. Contact: Lorie Kientz,
The Hanen Centre, (877)
426 3655 x236, email:
Workshops@Hanen.org,
website: www.hanen.org/LLLICertification-Harrisonburg.

18-20 BILINGUAL EDUCATION,
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:
Immersion 2012: Bridging
Contexts for a Multilingual
World, 4th International
Conference on Immersion
Education, sponsored by
the Center for Advanced
Research on Language
Acquisition at the
University of Minnesota, for
administrators, researchers,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Crowne Plaza Riverfront
Hotel in St. Paul, Minn.
Contact: Liz Hellebuyck,
CARLA—UMN, (612) 6268600,
email: carla@umn.edu,
website: www.carla.umn.edu.
18-20 SCIENCE: NSTA
Conference on Science
Education, sponsored by the
National Science Teachers
Association, for teachers,
at Kentucky International
Convention Center in
Louisville, Ky. Contact:
Beverly Shaw, NSTA, (703)
243-7100, email: bshaw@nsta.
org, website: www.nsta.org.
18-21 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, CURRICULUM:
Fall 2012 UC Curriculum
Integration Institutes,
sponsored by the University
of California Office of the
President, for administrators
and teachers, at the Westin
LAX in Los Angeles. Contact:
Sheri Najafi, UCOP, (510)
508-9552, email: sheri.najafi@
ucop.edu, website: www.
ucop.edu/ucci.
18-21 MINORITY EDUCATION:
NIEA2012: The 43rd Annual
NIEA Convention and
Trade Show, sponsored
by the National Indian
Education Association, for
administrators, counselors,
parents, researchers, school
board members, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Cox Convention Center in
Oklahoma City. Contact: Nancy
Dewire, NIEA, (202) 544-7290,
email: ndewire@niea.org,
website: www.niea.org.
19 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION,
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: Facilitating
Early Childhood Education
with Project Learning Tree,
sponsored by Project
Learning Tree, for teachers,
at Kentucky International
Convention Center in
Louisville, Ky. Contact: Jaclyn
Stallard, Project Learning
Tree, (202) 463-2754, email:
jstallard@plt.org, website:
www.plt.org.
19 ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: GreenSchools!,
sponsored by Project
Learning Tree, for teachers,
at Kentucky International
Convention Center in
Louisville, Ky. Contact: Jaclyn
Stallard, Project Learning
Tree, (202) 463-2754, email:
jstallard@plt.org, website:
www.plt.org.
19 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
teachers, at Rider University
in Lawrenceville, N.J.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
19 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by ACT,
Inc. Northeast Region, for
administrators and teachers,
at Western New England
University in Springfield,
Mass. Contact: Debbie
Haines, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Debbie.
Haines@act.org, website:
www.act.org/learningevents/
workshops/index.html.
19 MATHEMATICS: JUMP Math
Day, sponsored by JUMP
Math, for teachers, at R.E.M
Lee Theatre in Terrace, British
Columbia, Canada. Contact:
Noreen McLean, JUMP Math,
(416) 596-7716, email: noreen.
mclean@jumpmath.org,
website: www.jumpmath.org.
19 SCIENCE: Forests, Carbon,
and Climate Change,
sponsored by Project
Learning Tree, for teachers,
at Kentucky International
Convention Center in
Louisville, Ky. Contact: Jaclyn
Stallard, Project Learning
Tree, (202) 463-2754, email:
jstallard@plt.org, website:
www.plt.org.
19-20 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: CRAs
45th Annual Professional
Development Institute,
sponsored by the California
Reading Association, for
teacher-educators, at Town
and Country Resort Hotel
in San Diego. Contact:
Lynn Gurnee, CRA, (714)
435-1983, email: lynn@
gurnee.org, website: www.
californiareads.org.
19-21 COUNSELING: Association
of Educational Therapists
34th Annual Conference,
sponsored by the Association
of Educational Therapists,
for teacher-educators, at
the Sheraton Crystal City
in Arlington, Va. Contact:
Marcy Dann, Association of
Educational Therapists, (818)
706-3481, email: marcy.dann@
gmail.com, website: www.
aetonline.org/index.php.
19-21 SCIENCE: California
Science Education
Conference, sponsored by the
California Science Teachers
Association, for teachers,
at San Jose Convention
Center in San Jose, Calif.
Contact: Connie Morrill,
California Science Teachers
Association, (916) 979-7004,
email: admin@cascience.org,
website: www.cascience.org/
csta/csta.asp.
20 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION,
HEALTH AND SAFETY: Play
On 2012, sponsored by
Playworks, for parents, at
Annenberg Community
Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
Contact: Paula Ambrose,
Playworks, (510) 893-4180,
email: pambrose@playworks.
org, website: www.playworks.
org.
20 GIFTED EDUCATION: Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the Oregon Association
for Talented and Gifted,
for parents and teachers,
at Century High School in
Hillsboro, Ore. Contact:
Stephan Price, OATAG, (206)
309-7265, email: sprice@
oatag.org, website: www.
oatag.org.
20 TECHNOLOGY: The Kern
Technology Conference,
sponsored by Kern Computer
Using Educators, for
administrators, teachers, and
technology personnel, at the
California State University
Bakersfield in Bakersfield,
Calif. Contact: Jolene Berg,
Kern Computer Using
Educators - Kern CUE, (661)
496-5351, email: jolene@
kerncue.org, website:
kerncue.org.
20-22 MINORITY EDUCATION:
26th Annual HACU
Conference, sponsored by
the Hispanic Association of
Colleges and Universities, for
administrators, at Washington
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
in Washington. Contact:
Norma Jean Garcia, HACU,
(210) 576-3206, email:
njgarcia@hacu.net, website:
www.hacu.net/hacu/default.
asp.
20-23 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
NASDSE 75th Annual
Conference & Business
Meeting, sponsored by the
National Association of
State Directors of Special
Education, for administrators,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Hyatt Regency in
Sacramento, Calif. Contact:
Ethel Dailey, Linder &
Associates, Inc, (202)
459-0860, email: nasdse@
linderassociates.com.
21-23 ACHIEVEMENT: GEAR
UP West 2012 Regional
Conference, sponsored by
Washington State GEAR UP,
for administrators, community
members, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Grand Hyatt
Seattle Hotel in Seattle.
Contact: Kelly Keeney,
Washington State GEAR UP,
(360) 753-7838, email: kellyk@
hecb.wa.gov, website: www.
gearup.wa.gov.
21-23 ADMINISTRATORS,
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
PAESSP State Conference,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Association of Elementary and
Secondary School Principals,
for administrators, at Sheraton
Station Square Hotel in
Pittsburgh. Contact: Mary
Snyder, PAESSP, (717) 7324999,
email: snyder@paessp.
org, website: www.paessp.org.
21-23 TECHNOLOGY: ISTE
Leadership Conference,
sponsored by International
Society for Technology in
Education, for administrators,
at JW Marriott Indianapolis
in Indianapolis. Contact:
Sarah Koski, ISTE, (541)
434-9590, email: skoski@
iste.org, website: www.
isteleadershipconference.org.
22-23 ACHIEVEMENT: Sixth
Annual Tennessee College
Access and Success
Conference, sponsored
by Tennessee Higher
Education Commission,
for administrators, school
board members, state
policymakers, and teachers,
at the Franklin Marriott Cool
Springs in Franklin, Tenn.
Contact: Wendy Tabor,
Tenn. College Access and
Success Network, (615)
983-6909, email: wtabor@
tncollegeaccess.org, website:
www.tncollegeaccess.org.
22-24 AFTER-SCHOOL
EDUCATION: National
Summer Changes Everything
Conference, sponsored
by the National Summer
Learning Association, for
administrators, community
members, researchers,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Westin Convention
Center in Pittsburgh.
Contact: Ryan Rebarchick,
National Summer Learning
Association, (410) 856-1370,
email: nationalconference@
summerlearning.org, website:
www.summerlearning.org.
22-25 CHARTER SCHOOLS:
2012 NACSA Leadership
Conference, sponsored by
the National Association of
Charter School Authorizers,
for administrators,
researchers, school board
members, and state
policymakers, at Peabody
Hotel Memphis in Memphis,
Tenn. Contact: Courtney
Leigh Beisel, NACSA, (312)
376-2316, email: courtneyb@
qualitycharters.org, website:
www.qualitycharters.org.
22-26 SCIENCE: Fundamentals
of Inquiry: Examining
Scientific Practices and the
Next Generation Science
Standards, sponsored by
Exploratorium, for teachers,
at Exploratorium in San
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Francisco. Contact: Michael
Fairchild, Exploratorium,
Institute for Inquiry, (415)
561-0333, email: mfairchild@
exploratorium.edu, website:
www.exploratorium.edu/ifi.
23 ADMINISTRATORS:
TEPSA Tour - El Paso,
sponsored by the Texas
Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association,
for administrators, at the
El Paso Downtown Double
Tree in El Paso, Texas.
Contact: Elizabeth Kernan,
TEPSA, (512) 478-5268,
email: elizabeth@tepsa.org,
website: www.tepsa.org.
23 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
counselors, researchers,
school board members, and
state policymakers, at Arcadia
University in Glenside, Pa.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
23 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators
and teachers, at Seton Hall
University in South Orange,
N.J. Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
23 SPECIAL EDUCATION,
STUDENT BEHAVIOR:
Understanding Learning
Differences: An Introduction
to Learning Disabilities and
Attention Deficit Disorders,
sponsored by The Hill Center,
for counselors, 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.
24 INSTRUCTION: 21st Century
Education Forum, sponsored
by the Peoria Unified School
District, for administrators,
community members,
parents, school board
members, school nurses,
and teachers, at Centennial
High School in Peoria, Ariz.
Contact: Danielle Airey,
Peoria Unified School District,
(623) 486-6100, email:
dairey@peoriaud.k12.az.us,
website: www.peoriaud.k12.
az.us.
24 INSTRUCTION: Coaching
vs. Teaching, sponsored by
Harvard University-Graduate
School of Education, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, reading specialists,
researchers, school board
members, school nurses,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
Harvard Graduate School
of Education in Cambridge,
Mass. Contact: Amber
DiNatale, Harvard University,
(617) 384-9968, email:
askwith_forums@gse.harvard.
edu, website: www.gse.
harvard.edu/news-impact/
category/askwith-forums.
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