Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S21

Portland Marriott Downtown
Waterfront in Portland, Ore.
Contact: OSBA, (800) 5786722,
email: info@osba.org,
website: www.osba.org/ac.
9-11 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Montpelier
Seminar—The Evolution
of American Citizenship,
sponsored by the Center for
the Constitution at James
Madison’s Montpelier, for
administrators, reading
specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at James Madison’s
Montpelier in Montpelier
Station, Va. Contact: Susan
Simpson, Center for the
Constitution, (540) 6722728,
email: ssimpson@
montpelier.org, website:
center.montpelier.org.
9-12 CHARTER SCHOOLS: Charter
Schools: Practices for High
Performance, sponsored by
Harvard University-Graduate
School of Education, for
administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
and teachers, at 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.
9-12 CHARTER SCHOOLS: Charter
Schools: Practices for High
Performance, sponsored by
Harvard University-Graduate
School of Education, for
administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
and teachers, at 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.
9-12 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT:
Entrepreneurship Education
FORUM, sponsored
by the Consortium for
Entrepreneurship Education,
for teachers, at the Hotel
Milea in Atlanta. Contact:
Cathy Ashmore, CEE, (614)
486-6538, email: cashmore@
entre-ed.org, website: www.
entre-ed.org.
10 ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION: Lessons from
the Ocean, sponsored by
NatureBridge, for teachereducators
and teachers, at
the Pioneer East Meadow
Picnic Area in Golden Gate
Park in San Francisco.
Contact: Margaret Polyak,
NatureBridge, (415) 3325771,
email: mpolyak@
naturebridge.org, website:
www.naturebridge.org.
10 MATHEMATICS: DACTM &
MDSTA Math/Science Fall
Conference, sponsored by
the Detroit Area Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, for
teachers, at Woodhaven High
School in Flat Rock, Mich.
Contact: Pamela Bentley
Callaway, DACTM, (248)
417-4941, email: pcallaway9@
gmail.com, website: www.
mdsta.org.
10-18 STUDENT BEHAVIOR:
Four-Day Institute: Basic
Restorative Practices,
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/basics.
11-14 ADMINISTRATORS:
AAMSP/AASSP Fall
Conference, sponsored
by the Council for Leaders
in Alabama Schools, for
administrators, at the Perdido
Beach Resort in Orange
Beach, Ala. Contact: Gail/
Leslie, CLAS, (334) 265-3610,
email: pd@clasleaders.org,
website: www.clasleaders.org.
12 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
How Schools Can Make A
Difference: A Broader and
Bolder Approach to School
Reform, sponsored by the
Duke University Center for
Child and Family Policy, for
administrators, community
members, parents, and school
board members, at Duke
University, Sanford Building,
Room 223 in Durham,
N.C. Contact: Erika Layko,
Center for Child and Family
Policy, Duke University, (919)
613-9303, email: ehlayko@
duke.edu, website: www.
childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu.
12 INSTRUCTION: Good
Intentions, Missed
Opportunities, sponsored by
Facing History and Ourselves,
for teachers, at the Fogelman
Center in Memphis, Tenn.
Contact: Lara Therrien,
Facing History and Ourselves,
(617) 735-1667, email: lara_
therrien@facing.org, website:
www.facinghistory.org.
12-13 ASSESSMENT: 10th Annual
SC Formative Assessment
Conference, sponsored by
the SC MAP Foundation, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, researchers, school
board members, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at the
Kingston Resorts— Embassy
Suites in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Contact: Tom Pritchard, SC
MAP Foundation, (843) 2459824,
email: tgpritchard@
gmail.com, website: www.
scformativeassessment.com.
12-14 ACHIEVEMENT: Pathways
for Success: Developing
21st-Century Graduates for
Postsecondary Achievement,
sponsored by the Southern
Regional Education Board,
for administrators, community
members, counselors, school
board members, teachers,
and technology personnel,
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.
12-14 PARENT INVOLVEMENT:
Common Sense Parenting
Authorized Parent Trainer,
sponsored by Boys Town, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, and teachers, at
Boys Town in Boys Town,
Neb. Contact: Nancy Kava,
Boys Town, (402) 498-3119,
email: nancy.kava@boystown.
org, website: www.boystown.
org/educators/workshops/
common-sense-parentingauthorized-parent-trainer.

13 READING: Guided Reading,
sponsored by SW/WC Service
Cooperative, for teachers, at
SW/WC Service Cooperative
in Marshall, Minn. Contact:
Dawn Christensen, SW/
WC Service Cooperative,
(507) 537-2278, email: dawn.
christensen@swsc.org,
website: www.swsc.org.
13-14 LEADERSHIP: Indiana’s
Future: Advancing
Change Through Action &
Accountability, sponsored by
the Center of Excellence in
Leadership of Learning, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel,
at the Indiana Convention
Center in Indianapolis.
Contact: Lauren Howard,
CELL, (317) 791-5915, email:
cell@uindy.edu, website: cell.
uindy.edu.
14 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
University Summit, sponsored
by the Ohio Center for
Autism and Low Incidence,
for administrators, parents,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Simon Buehrer, OCALI, (614)
410-0995, email: simon_
buehrer@ocali.org, website:
www.ocali.org.
14-16 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
OCALICON 2012, sponsored
by the Ohio Center for
Autism and Low Incidence,
for administrators, counselors,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Simon Buehrer, OCALI, (614)
410-0995, email: simon_
buehrer@ocali.org, website:
www.ocali.org.
14-17 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Professional
Growth Conference,
sponsored by the Texas
Counseling Association,
for counselors, at the San
Luis Resort Galveston in
Galveston, Texas. Contact:
Kathy Kasper, TCA, (800) 5808144,
email: Kathy@txca.org,
website: www.txca.org.
15 INSTRUCTION: Teach Like
a Champion, sponsored by
Harvard Graduate School of
Education, for administrators,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at Harvard Graduate
School of Education in
Cambridge, Mass. Contact:
Amber DiNatale, Harvard,
(617) 384-9968, email:
askwith_forums@gse.harvard.
edu, website: www.gse.
harvard.edu/news-impact/
category/askwith-forums.
15 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Summit, sponsored by the
Ohio Center for Autism
and Low Incidence, for
administrators, community
members, parents,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel,
at the Greater Columbus
Convention Center in
Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Simon Buehrer, OCALI, (614)
410-0995, email: simon_
buehrer@ocali.org, website:
www.ocali.org.
15-16 LEADERSHIP: Breaking
Ranks Leadership Training,
sponsored by the National
Association of Secondary
School Principals, for
administrators, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at NASSP Headquarters in
Reston, Va. Contact: Anne
Knudsen, NASSP, (703) 8600200,
email: knudsena@nassp.
org, website: www.nassp.org/
Professional-Development.
15-16 PARENT INVOLVEMENT:
Common Sense Parenting of
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Authorized Parent Trainer,
sponsored by Boys Town, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, and teachers, in
Boys Town, Neb. Contact:
Nancy Kava, Boys Town, (402)
498-3119, email: nancy.kava@
boystown.org, website: www.
boystown.org/educators/
workshops/common-senseparenting-of-toddlers-and-preschoolers.

15-16 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: CTAHPERD
Fall Conference, sponsored
by the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance, for
teachers, at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel & Conference
Center in Cromwell, Conn.
Contact: Connie Kapral,
CTAHPERD, (860) 644-9206,
email: ckapral@ctahperd.org,
website: www.ctahperd.org.
15-16 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
National Autism Leadership
Summit, sponsored by the
Ohio Center for Autism
and Low Incidence, for
administrators, school
board members, and state
policymakers, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Simon Buehrer, OCALI, (614)
410-0995, email: simon_
buehrer@ocali.org, website:
www.ocali.org.
15-16 TECHNOLOGY: Project
RED Regional Institute,
sponsored by Project RED, for
administrators, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
Auburn City Schools in Auburn,
Ala. Contact: Alicia Sutfin,
Project RED, (517) 978-0006,
email: info@projectred.org,
website: www.projectred.org.
15-18 ENGLISH: NCTE Annual
Convention, sponsored by the
National Council of Teachers
of English, for administrators,
reading specialists,
researchers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the MGM Grand Convention
Center in Las Vegas. Contact:
NCTE Customer Service,
NCTE, (877) 369-6283, email:
conventionquestions@ncte.
org, website: www.ncte.org.
15-18 GIFTED EDUCATION:
59th Annual Convention,
sponsored by the National
Association for Gifted
Children, for administrators,
counselors, parents,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Denver
Convention Center in Denver.
Contact: Carolyn Kaye,
NAGC, (202) 785-4268, email:
ckaye@nagc.org, website:
www.nagc.org.
15-18 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: National
High School Journalism
Convention, sponsored by
the Journalism Education
Association, for students and
teachers, at the Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center
in San Antonio. Contact: Kelly
Furnas, JEA, (785) 532-5532,
email: jea@spub.ksu.edu,
website: www.jea.org.
16 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: UDL Summit,
sponsored by the Ohio
Center for Autism and Low
Incidence, for administrators,
community members,
counselors, parents,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Simon Buehrer, OCALI, (614)
410-0995, email: simon_
buehrer@ocali.org, website:
www.ocali.org.
16-17 TECHNOLOGY: Michigan
Digital Learning Conference,
sponsored by the Michigan
Association for Computer
Users in Learning, for
teachers, at Macomb
Intermediate School District
in Clinton Township, Mich.
Contact: Susan Hardin,
MISD, (586) 228-3418, email:
shardin@misd.net, website:
www.misd.net.
16-18 FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
ACTFL Annual Convention
& World Languages Expo,
sponsored by the American
Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages, for
administrators, counselors,
reading specialists,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at
the Pennsylvania Convention
Center in Philadelphia.
Contact: Julia Richardson,
ACTFL, (703) 894-2900, email:
convention@actfl.org, website:
www.actfl.org.
16-18 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: The Art and
Science of Contemplative
Teaching and Learning:
Exploring Ways of Knowing,
sponsored by The Garrison
Institute, for teachereducators,
and teachers,
at The Garrison Institute
in Garrison, N.Y. Contact:
Katherine Scahill, The
Garrison Institute, (845)
424-4800, ext. 134, email:
katherine@garrisoninstitute.
org, website: www.
garrisoninstitute.org.
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