Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S22

16-18 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 33rd
Learning & the Brain
Conference-Diverse Minds
& Brains: Understanding
Brain Differences to Teach
& Reach ALL Learners,
sponsored by the Learning
& the Brain Foundation, for
researchers and teachers, at
The Westin Copley Place in
Boston. Contact: Ali Cusack,
Learning & the Brain/Public
Information Resources,
Inc., (781) 449-4010, email:
info@learningandthebrain.
com, website: www.
learningandthebrain.com/
Event-124/Educating-DiverseMinds/Program.

17 LEADERSHIP: Edcamp
Leadership BC, sponsored
by Edcamp Leadership BC,
for administrators, at Delta
Secondary School in Delta,
British Columbia, Canada.
Contact: Aaron Akune, Delta
Secondary School, (604)
946-4194, email: aakune@
deltasd.bc.ca, website:
edcampleadership.deltasd.
bc.ca.
17 PARENT INVOLVEMENT:
Parent Day at the National
Convention, sponsored by
the Colorado Association
for Gifted and Talented, for
community members and
parents, at the Hyatt Regency
& Colorado Convention
Center in Denver. Contact:
Linda Crain, CAGT, (303) 5204887,
email: cagt@aol.com,
website: www.coloradogifted.
org.
17-21 COUNSELING: Tennessee
Counseling Association 2012
Conference, sponsored by the
American School Counselor
Association, for counselors,
at the Sheraton Downtown
in Nashville, Tenn. Contact:
Michael Bundy, TCA, (865)
471-2085, email: mbundy@
cn.edu, website: www.
tcaconference2012.com.
18-20 LEADERSHIP: Conference
on English Leadership Annual
Convention, sponsored by the
National Council of Teachers
of English, for administrators,
at the MGM Grand Hotel
Convention Center in Las
Vegas. Contact: Felisa Mann,
NCTE, (800) 369-6283, email:
fmann@ncte.org, website:
www.ncte.org.
26 READING: HillStrategies for
Reading, sponsored by the Hill
Center, for parents, 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.
27 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Hill
Strategies for Writing,
sponsored by the Hill
Center, for parents, 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.
27 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 10th Annual
Partnering for Progress
Conference, sponsored by
the Ohio Coalition for the
Education of Children with
Disabilities/The Ohio Dept.
of Education, for parents, at
the Crowne Plaza North Hotel
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Connie Hudson, OCECD,
(937) 842-2150, email:
ocecdcsh@embarqmail.com,
website: www.ocecd.org.
27 LEADERSHIP: Leadership
Institute, sponsored by
the Council for Leaders in
Alabama Schools, for teachereducators,
at the Embassy
Suites in Huntsville, Ala.
Contact: Gail/Leslie, CLAS,
(334) 265-3610, email: pd@
clasleaders.org, website:
www.clasleaders.org.
27-28 CAREER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION:
Career and Technical
Education Research and
Professional Development
Conference, sponsored by
the Association for Career
and Technical Education
Research, for administrators,
counselors, researchers,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Atlanta Mariott Marquis
in Atlanta. Contact: Mary
Jo Self, ACTER, (405) 7449191,
email: maryjo.self@
okstate.edu, website: www.
public.iastate.edu/~laanan/
actermain/home.shtml.
27-28 EDUCATION POLICY,
EDUCATION RESEARCH:
Excellence in Action National
Summit on Education Reform,
sponsored by the Foundation
for Excellence in Education,
for state policymakers, at the
JW Marriott in Washington.
Contact: Brandi Brown,
FEE, (850) 391-4724, email:
brandi@excelined.org,
website: www.excelined.org.
28 LEADERSHIP: Leadership
Institute, sponsored by the
Council for Leaders in Alabama
Schools, for teacher-educators,
at Mariott Legends at Capitol
Hill in Prattville, Ala. Contact:
Gail/Leslie, CLAS, (334) 2653610,
email: pd@clasleaders.
org, website: www.clasleaders.
org.
28 MATHEMATICS: HillStrategies
for Math, sponsored by
the Hill Center, for parents,
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.
28-30 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
LEARNERS: Training of
Trainers Institute featuring
What’s Different About
Teaching Reading to Students
Learning English?, sponsored
by the Center for Applied
Linguistics, for reading
specialists, at the Savoy
Suites Hotel in Washington.
Contact: Lisa Tabaku, CAL,
(202) 355-1510, email:
solutions@cal.org, website:
www.cal.org/solutions/index.
html.
28-30 GIFTED EDUCATION:
TAGT Annual Conference,
sponsored by the Texas
Association for the Gifted and
Talented, for administrators,
counselors, parents, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
the Sheraton Dallas in Dallas.
Contact: Tracy Weinberg,
TAGT, (512) 499-8248, email:
tweinberg@txgifted.org,
website: www.txgifted.org.
28-30 MATHEMATICS: NCTM
2012 Regional Conference &
Exposition, sponsored by the
National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics, for teachereducators
and teachers, at
the Hyatt Regency Chicago
in Chicago. Contact: NCTM,
(800) 235-7566, email: nctm@
nctm.org, website: www.
nctm.org.
28-30 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 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.
28-30 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 2012
AdvancED/UK Innovation
Summit, sponsored by the
University of Kentucky and
AdvancEd, for administrators,
at the Lexington Convention
Center in Lexington, Ky.
Contact: Robin Norton,
AdvancEd, (859) 257-4256,
email: rnorton@advanc-ed.
org, website: www.advanc-ed.
org/conferences.
28-1 MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION: National
Association of Multicultural
Education Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the National Association for
Multicultural Education, for
community members, reading
specialists, researchers,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the DoubleTree Hotel
in Philadelphia. Contact:
Bette Tate-Beaver, National
Association of Multicultural
Education, (202) 679-6263,
email: Bette@NAMEorg.org,
webiste: www.nameorg.org.
28-1 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
2012 TASH Conference,
sponsored by TASH,
for counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Long Beach Westin
in Long Beach, Calif.
Contact: Haley Kimmet,
TASH, (202) 540-9015,
email: conference@tash.org,
website: www.tash.org.
29 LEADERSHIP: Leadership
Institute, sponsored by
the Council for Leaders
in Alabama Schools, for
administrators and teachereducators,
at the Renaissance
Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel
in Mobile, Ala. Contact: Gail/
Leslie, CLAS, (334) 265-3610,
email: pd@clasleaders.org,
website: www.clasleaders.org.
29 LEADERSHIP: Leadership
Institute, sponsored by The
Hill Center, for administrators,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
Hill Center in Durham, N.C.
Contact: Pam Hoggard, Hill
Center, (919) 489-7464,
email: phoggard@hillcenter.org,
website: www.hillcenter.org.
29-1 LEADERSHIP: Leading and
Learning: Transformation
Matters, sponsored by
Northeast ASCD Affiliates, for
teachers, at Boston Park Plaza
Hotel in Boston. Contact:
Isa Zimmerman, NEASDC,
(617) 642-4733, email: ikz1@
verizon.net, website: www.
mascd.org.
29-1 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: NEASCD
Learning and Leading
Conference, sponsored by
Northeast ASCD Affiliates, for
administrators, counselors,
reading specialists,
researchers, school board
members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at Boston Park
Plaza Hotel in Boston.
Contact: Susan Mostowy,
EastConn, (860) 455-1566,
email: neascd@eastconn.org,
website: www.neascd.org.
30-2 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES:
Montpelier Seminar—The
Constitutional Structure of
Government: Separation
of Powers and Checks &
Balances, sponsored by the
Center for the Constitution at
James Madison’s Montpelier,
for administrators, reading
specialists, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at James
Madison’s Montpelier in
Montpelier Station, Va.
Contact: Susan Simpson,
Center for the Constitution,
(540) 672-2728, email:
ssimpson@montpelier.org,
website: center.montpelier.org.
December
1 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Regional
Breaking Ranks School
Showcase, sponsored by
the National Association of
Secondary School Principals,
for administrators, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
San Diego Met High School
in San Diego. Contact: Alexa
Magda, NASSP, (703) 8600200,
email: magdaa@nassp.
org, website: www.nassp.org/
Professional-Development.
1-5 PARENT INVOLVEMENT: 29th
Annual Head Start Parent
Conference and Parent
Engagement Institutes,
sponsored by the National
Head Start Association, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
parents, researchers, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Gaylord Texan in
Grapevine, Texas. Contact:
Sharon Kirksey-Walcott,
NHSA, (703) 739-0875, email:
swalcott@nhsa.org, website:
http://www.nhsa.org/events.
1-5 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Learning
Forward Annual Conference,
sponsored by Learning
Forward, for administrators,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Hynes
Convention Center in Boston.
Contact: Leslie Miller,
Learning Forward, (513)
523-6029, email: office@
learningforward.org, website:
www.learningforward.org.
2-5 LEADERSHIP: Inner Strengths
of Successful Leaders,
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.
3-5 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Because Kids
Count Conference, sponsored
by the Indiana Youth Institute,
for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, school
board members, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at the Indiana Convention
Center in Indianapolis.
Contact: IYI, (800) 343-7060,
email: iyi@iyi.org, website:
www.iyi.org.
4 READING: When Readers
Struggle Workshop,
sponsored by The Ohio
State University, College
of Education and Human
Ecology, for teachers, at
The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Diann Guy, The Ohio
State University, College
of Education and Human
Ecology, (614) 292-7893,
email: guy.81@osu.edu,
website: www.lcosu.org.
5 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION: Guiding
K-3 Writers to
Independence Workshop,
sponsored by The Ohio
State University, College
of Education and Human
Ecology, for teachers, at
The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Diann Guy, The Ohio
State University, College
of Education and Human
Ecology, (614) 292-7893,
email: guy.81@osu.edu,
website: www.lcosu.org.
6 TECHNOLOGY: College and
Career Readiness Conference,
sponsored by Outreach
for K-12, Pennsylvania
College of Technology, for
administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, and
teachers, at the Pennsylvania
College of Technology in
Williamsport, Pa. Contact:
Elizabeth Biddle, Outreach for
K-12, (570) 320-8003, email:
careered@pct.edu, website:
www.pct.edu/k12.
6-8 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: NAIS
People of Color Conference,
sponsored by the National
Association of Independent
Schools, for administrators,
counselors, and teachers,
at the George R. Brown
Convention Center in
Houston. Contact: Tina
Wood, NAIS, (202) 9739700,
email: wood@nais.org,
website: www.nais.org/go/
pocc.
6-8 SCIENCE: NSTA Conference
on Science Education,
sponsored by the National
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