Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - August 22, 2012 - S26

23 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION: College and
Career Readiness Workshop,
sponsored by ACT, Inc.
Northeast Region, for
counselors, at SUNY Institute
of Technology in Utica, N.Y.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
24 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, and
school board members, at
Georgian Court University
in Lakewood, N.J. Contact:
Nancy Cox, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Boston@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops.
25 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
counselors, researchers,
and school board members,
at Niagara University in
Lewiston, N.Y. Contact:
Nancy Cox, ACT, Inc., (508)
229-0111, email: Boston@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops.
25 READING: Workshop: Kelley
Gallagher, sponsored by
the Connecticut Association
for Reading Research, for
reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at
Central Connecticut State
University in New Britain,
Conn. Contact: Judy Stone
Moeller, CARR, (203) 3139535,
email: Judystone55@
aol.com, website:
ctreadingresearch.org.
25-28 BILINGUAL EDUCATION,
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:
Alliance for Multilingual
Multicultural Education
Conference, sponsored by
the New Mexico Association
for Bilingual Education, for
administrators, community
members, parents, reading
specialists, researchers,
school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and
technology personnel, at
the Embassy Suites Hotel in
Albuquerque, N.M. Contact:
David R. Briseno, NMABE,
(505) 238-6812, email:
nmabe@suddenlink.net,
website: www.nmabe.net.
25-28 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: National
High School Journalism
Convention, sponsored by
the Journalism Education
Association, for teachers, at
the San Francisco Marriott
Marquis in San Francisco.
Contact: Kelly Furnas, JEA,
(785) 532-5532, email:
furnas@ksu.edu, website:
www.jea.org.
28-30 TECHNOLOGY: Technology
Leadership Network Site Visit
to East Penn School District,
sponsored by the National
School Boards Association,
for administrators, reading
specialists, school board
members, teachers, and
technology personnel, in
Emmaus, Pa. Contact: Natalia
Gonzalez, NSBA, (703) 838-
6722, email: ngonzalez@nsba.
org, website: www.nsba.org.
28-May 2 EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION: 40th Annual
Head Start Conference,
sponsored by National
Head Start Association, for
administrators, counselors,
parents, researchers, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, at
Gaylord National Resort &
Convention Center in National
Harbor, Md. Contact: Sharon
Kirksey Walcott, NHSA, (703)
739-0875, email: swalcott@
nhsa.org, website: www.nhsa.
org/?e=events.detail&event_
id=53.
May
1 COUNSELING: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for counselors, at
Fordham University in N.Y.
Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
1 HIGHER EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators,
counselors, researchers,
and school board members,
at University at Albany in
Albany, N.Y. Contact: Nancy
Cox, ACT, Inc., (508) 2290111,
email: Boston@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops.
1-3 TECHNOLOGY: NSBA
Technology Leadership
Network Site Visit to
Vancouver Public Schools,
Vancouver, Wash., sponsored
by the National School
Boards Association, for
administrators, reading
specialists, school board
members, teachers, and
technology personnel, in
Vancouver, Wash. Contact:
Natalia Gonzalez, NSBA,
(703) 838-6722, email:
ngonzalez@nsba.org,
website: www.nsba.org.
2 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION: College
and Career Readiness
Workshop, sponsored
by ACT, Inc. Northeast
Region, for administrators
and counselors, at SUNY
Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh,
N.Y. Contact: Debbie Haines,
ACT, Inc., (508) 229-0111,
email: Debbie.Haines@act.
org, website: www.act.org/
learningevents/workshops/
index.html.
8-10 TEACHER EDUCATION:
Engineering Is Elementary
Teacher Educator Institute,
sponsored by the National
Center for Technological
Literacy at the Museum of
Science, Boston, for teachereducators,
at the Museum of
Science in Boston. Contact:
Shannon McManus, Museum
of Science Boston, (617) 5894296,
email: eie@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/eie.
28-June 2 MINORITY
EDUCATION: National
Conference on Race and
Ethnicity in American Higher
Education, sponsored by
the Southwest Center for
Human Relations Studies,
for teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the New
Orleans Riverside Hilton
in New Orleans. Contact:
Justin Lincks, NCORE Asst.
Project Manager, (405) 3253694,
email: lincks@ou.edu,
website: ncore.ou.edu.
30-31 MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION: Native
American Student Advocacy
Institute, sponsored by
The College Board, for
administrators, community
members, counselors,
researchers, state
policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers,
at University of Montana in
Missoula, Mont., and Salish
Kootenai College in Pablo,
Mont. Contact: The College
Board, (800) 787-7477,
email: nasai@collegeboard.
org, website: nasai.
collegeboard.org.
June
12-14 READING: Comprehensive
Literacy Framework,
sponsored by The Ohio
State University, College
of Education and Human
Ecology, for administrators,
reading specialists, and
teachers, at The Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio.
Contact: Diann Guy, OSU,
College of Education and
Human Ecology, (614) 2927893,
email: guy.81@osu.edu,
website: www.lcosu.org.
20-23 INSTRUCTION: ILA Annual
Convention, sponsored
by the International
Listening Association, for
administrators, reading
specialists, researchers,
school board members,
and teachers, at The Delta
Montreal in Montreal.
Contact: Debra Worthington,
ILA, (952) 594-5697, email:
worthdl@auburn.edu,
website: www.listen.org/
montreal2013.
July
8-11 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Advisers
Institute, sponsored by
the Journalism Education
Association, for teachereducators
and teachers, at
the Flamingo Hotel in Las
Vegas. Contact: Kelly Furnas,
JEA, (785) 532-5532, email:
furnas@ksu.edu, website:
www.jea.org.
10-11 SCIENCE: Everyone
Engineers!, sponsored by
the Museum of Science,
Boston, for administrators,
state policymakers, and
teachers, at the Museum of
Science in Boston. Contact:
Valerie Costa, Engineering
Is Elementary, Museum of
Science, Boston, (617) 5890230,
email: EiE@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/EiE.
12-14 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
ASHA Schools 2013,
sponsored by the American
Speech Language Hearing
Association, for
administrators, at the Long
Beach Convention Center in
Long Beach, Calif. Contact:
Karen Niles, ASHA, (301) 2965752,
email: kniles@asha.org,
website: www.asha.org.
21-25 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Learning
Forward Summer Conference
2013, sponsored by Learning
Forward, for teachereducators,
at the Hilton
Minneapolis in Minneapolis.
Contact: Leslie Miller,
Learning Forward, (513)
523-6029, email: office@
learningforward.org, website:
www.learningforward.org.
August
8-9 SCIENCE: Everyone
Engineers!, sponsored by
the Museum of Science,
Boston, for administrators,
state policymakers, and
teachers, at the Museum of
Science in Boston. Contact:
Valerie Costa, Engineering
Is Elementary, Museum of
Science, Boston, (617) 5890230,
email: EiE@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/EiE.
September
14-15 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Coaching
Pathways: Where Quality
Conversations Improve
Educational Practice,
sponsored by the Michigan
State University Office
of K-12 Outreach, for
administrators, counselors,
researchers, state
policymakers, teachers, and
teacher-educators, at the
Hyatt Regency in Dearborn,
Mich. Contact: Megan
Koebel, MSU Office of K-12
Outreach, East Lansing,
Mich., (571) 353-8950, email:
koebelm1@msu.edu, website:
www.education.msu.edu/k12.
October
10-11 SCIENCE: Everyone
Engineers!, sponsored by
the Museum of Science,
for administrators, state
policymakers, and teachers,
at the Museum of Science
in Boston. Contact: Valerie
Costa, Engineering Is
Elementary, Museum of
Science, Boston, (617) 5890230,
email: EiE@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/EiE.
23-25 TEACHER EDUCATION:
Engineering Is Elementary
Teacher Educator Institute,
sponsored by the National
Center for Technological
26 EDUCATION WEEK 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY www.edweek.org/go/calendar
Literacy at the Museum of
Science, Boston, for teachereducators,
at the Museum of
Science in Boston. Contact:
Shannon McManus, Museum
of Science, Boston, (617) 5894296,
email: eie@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/eie.
25-26 EDUCATION RESEARCH:
Center for Research on
Girls Biennial Symposium,
sponsored by the Center
for Research on Girls at
Laurel School, for teachereducators
and teachers,
at the Center for Research
on Girls at Laurel School
in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Contact: Lisa Damour,
CRG, (216) 455-3061, email:
ldamour@laurelschool.org,
website: www.laurelschool.
org/CRG.
November
21-25 TEACHERS: NCTE Annual
Convention, sponsored by the
National Council of Teachers
of English, for administrators,
reading specialists,
researchers, teacher-educators,
teachers, and technology
personnel, in Boston. Contact:
NCTE Customer Service,
NCTE, (877) 369-6283, email:
conventionquestions@ncte.
org, website: www.ncte.org/
annual.
December
4-6 TEACHER EDUCATION:
Engineering Is Elementary
Teacher Educator Institute,
sponsored by the National
Center for Technological
Literacy at the Museum of
Science, Boston, for teachereducators,
at the Museum of
Science in Boston. Contact:
Shannon McManus, Museum
of Science Boston, (617) 5894296,
email: eie@mos.org,
website: www.mos.org/eie.
7-11 ACHIEVEMENT: Learning
Forward Annual Conference
2013, sponsored by Learning
Forward, for administrators,
counselors, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Gaylord Texan
in Grapevine, Texas. Contact:
Leslie Miller, Learning Forward,
(513) 523-6029, email: office@
learningforward.org, website:
www.learningforward.org.
See additional
events online at
www.edweek.
org/go/calendar.
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