Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S18

26-28 LEADERSHIP: Fall
Conference, sponsored by
ASCD, for administrators,
reading specialists, school
board members, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Hilton Atlanta in Atlanta.
Contact: Marissa Bialecki,
ASCD, (703) 575-5461, email:
marissa.bialecki@ascd.org,
website: www.ascd.org.
26-29 INSTRUCTION: The Resilient
Educator Qualified Instructor
Program, sponsored by the
Institute of HeartMath, for
teacher-educators, at the
Institute of HeartMath Research
Center in Boulder Creek, Calif.
Contact: Christiana Bishop,
Institute of HeartMath, (831)
338-8706, email: christiana@
heartmath.org, website: www.
heartmath.org.
27 GIFTED EDUCATION:
Parenting Gifted Children
Conference, sponsored by
the University of Southern
Mississippi, Frances A. Karnes
Center for Gifted Studies,
for parents, at the University
of Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Miss. Contact:
Frances Karnes, Frances A.
Karnes Center for Gifted
Studies, (601) 266-5236,
email: gifted.studies@usm.
edu, website: www.usm.edu/
karnes-gifted.
27 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:
WSAME Fall Conference:
WOW: The World of Work
& You!, sponsored by the
Washington State Association
for Multicultural Education,
for teacher-educators, at
North Seattle Community
College in Seattle. Contact:
Cynthia Rekdal, WSAME,
(206) 522-5438, email:
wsame@mindspring.com,
website: www.wsame.org.
27 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:
19th Annual Multicultural
Education Conference,
sponsored by the College of
Education-California State
University, Sacramento,
for teachers, at CSU
Sacramento University Union
in Sacramento, Calif. Contact:
Maggie Beddow, Ph.D.,
CSU Sacramento College of
Education, (916) 278-4127,
email: beddow@csus.edu,
website: edweb.csus.edu/
bmed/conference/index.html.
27-30 ACHIEVEMENT: NAEHCY
2012 Annual Conference: Red
Hot Solutions: Educating All
Our Children, sponsored by
the National Association for
the Education of Homeless
Children and Youth, for
administrators, counselors,
researchers, school nurses,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Albuquerque Convention
Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Contact: NAEHCY, (763) 5450064,
email: info@naehcy.org,
website: www.naehcy.org.
28-30 ACHIEVEMENT: NACEP
2012 National Conference,
sponsored by the National
Alliance of Concurrent
Enrollment Partnerships,
for administrators,
counselors, researchers, state
policymakers, and teachereducators,
at the Renaissance
Seattle Hotel in Seattle.
Contact: Adam Lowe, NACEP,
(919) 593-5205, email: alowe@
nacep.org, website: www.
nacep.org/conference.
28-31 STEM: 2012 STEMtech
Conference, sponsored by
the League for Innovation in
the Community College, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
the Westin Crown Center and
the Sheraton Crown Center
in Kansas City, Mo. Contact:
Edward Leach, LICC, (480) 7058200,
email: leach@league.org,
website: www.league.org.
29 INSTRUCTION: Teaching with
SAS Curriculum Pathways,
sponsored by the Hill Center,
for reading specialists,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Hill Center
in Durham, N.C. Contact:
Pam Hoggard, The Hill
Center, (919) 489-7464, email:
phoggard@hillcenter.org,
website: www.hillcenter.org.
29-30 CHARTER SCHOOLS: Illinois
Statewide Charter School
Conference, sponsored by
the Illinois Network of Charter
Schools, for administrators,
at Marriott Magnificent Mile
in Chicago. Contact: Sylvia
Ewing, INCS, (312) 629-2063,
email: sewing@incschools.org,
website: www.incschools.org.
29-30 READING: New York State
Reading Association Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the New York State Reading
Association (International
Reading Association Affiliate),
for teachers, at the Holiday
Inn in Liverpool, N.Y. Contact:
Kathleen Gormley, NYSRA,
(518) 668-2654, email:
gormlk@sage.edu, website:
www.nysreading.org.
29-31 ACHIEVEMENT: Advancing
Achievement Through
Quality Teaching: Developing
Instructional Strategies to
Embed the Common Core
State or Other Rigorous
Standards, sponsored by the
Southern Regional Education
Board, for administrators,
counselors, school board
members, and teachers,
at the Georgia Tech Hotel
and Conference Center in
Atlanta. Contact: Rebecca
Heiser, SREB, (404) 875-9211,
email: rebecca.heiser@sreb.
org, website: www.sreb.org/
page/1143/professional_
development.html.
29-31 CHARACTER EDUCATION:
Character Development
Seminar Training, sponsored
by the Josephson Institute,
for teacher-educators, at
Riverside Brookfield High
School, Alumni Lounge
in Riverside, Ill. Contact:
CHARACTER COUNTS!
Dept. of Educational
Programs and Training, (800)
711-2670, email: training@
jiethics.org, website: www.
CharacterCounts.org.
29-1 LEADERSHIP: Four-Day
Institute: Restorative
Leadership Development:
Authority with Grace,
sponsored by the
International Institute for
Restorative Practices, for
administrators, at IIRP
Campus in Bethlehem, Pa.
Contact: IIRP, (610) 807-9221,
email: prof_dev_registration@
iirp.edu, website: www.iirp.
edu/leadership.
29-1 STUDENT BEHAVIOR:
Four-Day Institute: Basic
Restorative Practices,
sponsored by the
International Institute for
Restorative Practices, for
administrators, counselors,
and teachers, at the Bishop
Charles H. Ellis III Conference
Center, Greater Grace
Temple in Detroit. Contact:
IIRP, (610) 807-9221, email:
prof_dev_registration@iirp.
edu, website: www.iirp.edu/
basics.
31 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, and school
board members, at Adelphi
University in Garden City, N.Y.
Contact: Contact: Debbie
Haines, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Debbie.
Haines@act.org, website:
www.act.org/learningevents/
workshops/index.html.
31 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored by
ACT, Inc. Northeast Region,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, and state
policymakers, at Middlebury
College in Middlebury, Vt.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
31-3 ADMINISTRATORS:
74th Annual Conference,
sponsored by the American
Association of School
Personnel Administrators, for
administrators and teachereducators,
at The Palmer
House Hotel in Chicago.
Contact: Sandy Wachter,
AASPA, (913) 327-1222,
email: sandy@aaspa.org,
website: www.aaspa.org.
31-3 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE:
NABT Professional
Development Conference,
sponsored by the National
Association of Biology
Teachers, for teachers, at
the Hyatt Regency Dallas
in Dallas. Contact: Jaclyn
Reeves Pepin, NABT,
(888) 555-6228, email:
jreevespepin@nabt.org,
website: www.nabt.org.
November
1 ADMINISTRATORS: TEPSA
Tour, sponsored by Texas
Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association, for
administrators, at Overton
Hotel in Lubbock, Texas.
Contact: Elizabeth Kernan,
TEPSA, (512) 478-5268, email:
elizabeth@tepsa.org, website:
www.tepsa.org.
1 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION: College and
Career Readiness Workshop,
sponsored by ACT, Inc.
Northeast Region, for
administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, and state
policymakers, at Dartmouth
College in Hanover, N.H.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
1 ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: GreenSchools!,
sponsored by Project
Learning Tree, for teachers, at
the Georgia World Congress
Center in Atlanta. Contact:
Jaclyn Stallard, Project
Learning Tree, (202) 4632754,
email: jstallard@plt.org,
website: www.plt.org.
1-2 ACHIEVEMENT: Hill Written
Language Achievement
Program (HillWrite),
sponsored by the Hill Center,
for reading specialists,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Hill Center
in Durham, N.C. Contact:
Pam Hoggard, The Hill
Center, (919) 489-7464, email:
phoggard@hillcenter.org,
website: www.hillcenter.org.
1-3 ARTS EDUCATION: ART
LINKS-Making Connections,
sponsored by the National
Art Education Association, for
teachers, at the Hilton Lisle/
Naperville in Lisle, Ill. Contact:
Becky Blaine, Illinois Art
Education Association, (630)
377-4852, email: beckyblaine@
gmail.com, website: www.ilaea.
org.
1-3 GIFTED EDUCATION: Illinois
Council for Exceptional
Children Fall Convention,
2012, sponsored by the
Council for Exceptional
Children, for teachers, at
The Hyatt Lisle Hotel in Lisle,
Ill. Contact: Beverley Johns,
ICEC, (217) 473-1790, email:
bevjohns@juno.com, website:
www.illinoiscec.org.
1-3 SCIENCE: NSTA Conference
on Science Education,
sponsored by the National
Science Teachers Association,
for teachers, at the Georgia
World Congress Center in
Atlanta. Contact: Beverly
Shaw, NSTA, (703) 243-7100,
email: bshaw@nsta.org,
website: www.nsta.org.
2 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION: Facilitating
Early Childhood Education
with Project Learning Tree,
sponsored by Project
Learning Tree, for teachers, at
the Georgia World Congress
Center in Atlanta. Contact:
Jaclyn Stallard, Project
Learning Tree, (202) 4632754,
email: jstallard@plt.org,
website: www.plt.org.
2 ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: Focus on
Forests: Project Learning
Tree’s New Secondary
Curriculum, sponsored by
Project Learning Tree, for
teachers, at the Georgia
World Congress Center in
Atlanta. Contact: Jaclyn
Stallard, Project Learning
Tree, (202) 463-2754, email:
jstallard@plt.org, website:
www.plt.org.
2 TEACHER TRAINING:
BizWorld Teacher and
Volunteer Training, sponsored
by The BizWorld Foundation,
for teachers, at Franklin
Templeton Investments in
San Mateo, Calif. Contact:
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Roberta Havens, The
BizWorld Foundation, (415)
503-5880, email: roberta.
havens@bizworld.org,
website: www.bizworld.org.
2-4 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: CBEA 2012
State Conference: Learning
With Style, sponsored by
the California Business
Education Association, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel,
at the Embassy Suites in
Sacramento, Calif. Contact:
Susan White, CBEA,
(925) 295-1104, email:
cbeaquestions@cbeaonline.
org, website: www.
cbeaonline.org.
2-4 READING: YALSA’s Young
Adult Literature Symposium,
sponsored by the American
Library Association, for
reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, in
St. Louis. Contact: Nichole
Gilbert, YALSA, (312) 2804387,
email: ngilbert@ala.org,
website: www.ala.org/yalsa.
3 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: EdCamp
G.R., sponsored by Kent
Intermediate School District,
for administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, reading specialists,
school board members,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel,
at Kent Intermediate
School District-Educational
Services Building in Grand
Rapids, Mich. Contact: Craig
Steenstra, KISD, (616) 4475673,
email: craigsteenstra@
kentisd.org, website:
edcampgr.org.
3 SPECIAL EDUCATION,
TECHNOLOGY: SET
Connections SPUN Special
Education Technology
Conference, sponsored
by SET Connections, for
administrators, counselors,
school board members,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
Maine South High School in
Park Ridge, Ill. Contact: Jim
Gubbins, SET Connections,
(847) 732-3823, email: info@
SETConnections.org, website:
www.SETConnections.org/
SPUNConference.html.
4 READING: Literacy for All
Conference, sponsored by
Lesley University, Center
for Reading Recovery and
Literacy Collaborative, for
teachers, at Rhode Island
Convention Center in
Providence, R.I. Contact:
Sharon Winston, Lesley
University, (617) 349-8402,
email: literacy@lesley.edu,
website: www.lesley.edu/
literacyforall.
4-6 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
Elementary School
Conference, sponsored by the
North Carolina Association
of Elementary Educators, for
administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at the
Koury Convention Center in
Greensboro, N.C. Contact:
Susan Bailey, NCAEE, (910)
423-0845, email: susanbailey@
ccs.k12.nc.us, website: www.
ncelementary.org.
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