Education Week - February 18, 2015 - Special Report - 11

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Center in Chevy Chase, Md. Contact:
Crista DeRicco, Northeast Foundation for
Children, Inc., (800) 360-6332, email: crista@
responsiveclassroom.org, website: www.
responsiveclassroom.org.
9-11 ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER TRAINING: 5-day Critical Friends
Group® New Coaches Training, sponsored
by the National School Reform Faculty,
for administrators, reading specialists,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
Wingate Hotel by Wyndham in Orlando,
Fla. Contact: NSRF, (812) 330-2702, email:
nsrf@nsrfharmony.org, website: www.
nsrfharmony.org.
9-12 HEALTH AND SAFETY, STUDENT
BEHAVIOR: Four-Day Event: Basic
Restorative Practices, sponsored by IIRP
- International Institute for Restorative
Practices, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at Saluda Shoals Park, River Center
in Columbia, S.C. Contact: The International
Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate
School, (610) 807-9221, email: iirpinfo@iirp.
edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
10 CHARTER SCHOOLS: The 2nd Bonds
and Blackboards: Investing in Charter
Schools Symposium, sponsored by the
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, for
administrators, researchers, school board
members, and state policymakers, at the
Harvard Club of New York in New York
City. Contact: Sybil St. Hilaire, Educational
Facilities Financing Center, (212) 455-9381,
email: effc@lisc.org.
10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Bite of Science, sponsored by
the Center for Excellence in Education,
for teachers, at the Florida Institute of
Technology, Hartley Center in Melbourne,
Fla. Contact: Natasha Schuh-Nuhfer, CEE,
(703) 448-9062, email: nschuh@cee.org,
website: www.cee.org.
10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TECHNOLOGY: Utilizing Technology for
Productivity and Collaboration to Meet
Alabama Standards, sponsored by the
Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools,
for administrators, at the Riverview Plaza in
Mobile, Ala. Contact: Susie Ellison, CLAS,
(800) 239-3616, email: susie@clasleaders.org,
website: www.clasleaders.org.
11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Bite of Science, sponsored by
the Center for Excellence in Education, for
teachers, at the Florida Gulf Coast University
in Fort Myers, Fla. Contact: Natasha
Schuh-Nuhfer, CEE, (703) 448-9062, email:
nschuh@cee.org, website: www.cee.org.
11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TECHNOLOGY: Utilizing Technology for
Productivity and Collaboration to Meet
Alabama Standards, sponsored by the
Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools, for
administrators, at the Marriott Legends in
Prattville, Ala. Contact: Susie Ellison, CLAS,
(800) 239-3616, email: susie@clasleaders.org,
website: www.clasleaders.org.
12 INSTRUCTION, TEACHERS: Waldorf
Speaker Series: The Creativity Crisis with
Ashley Merryman, sponsored by The Waldorf
School of Garden City, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, school board
members, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Waldorf School
of Garden City in Garden City, N.Y. Contact:
Dr. Chris Bleecker, The Waldorf School
of Garden City, (516) 742-3434, email:
bleeckerc@waldorfgarden.org, website: www.
waldorfgarden.org/.
12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Bite of Science, sponsored by
the Center for Excellence in Education,
for teachers, at the DeVry Millenia
Campus in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Natasha
Schuh-Nuhfer, CEE, (703) 448-9062,
email:nschuh@cee.org, website: www.cee.org.
12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Utilizing Technology for
Productivity and Collaboration to Meet
Alabama Standards, sponsored by the
Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools,
for administrators, at the Embassy Suites
in Huntsville, Ala. Contact: Susie Ellison,
CLAS, (800) 239-3616, email: susie@
clasleaders.org, website: www.clasleaders.org.
12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
The Principals' Center at Cardinal Stritch
University Breakfast Conversation, sponsored
by the Principals' Center at Cardinal Stritch
University, for administrators, at the Best
Western Midway Hotel in Brookfield, Wis.
Contact: The Principals' Center at Cardinal
Stritch University, (414) 410-4552, email:
stritchprincipalscenter@gmail.com, website:
www.stritch.edu/principalscenter.
12-14 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Annual
Conference, sponsored by the New York State
Council for the Social Studies/New York
State Social Studies Supervisory Association,
for teachers, at the University Sheraton in
Syracuse, N.Y. Contact: Kathy DeForge,
NYSCSS/NYS4A Program Co- Chair, (315)
454-9108, email: kdeforge@marcellusschools.
org, website: www.nyscss.org.
13-14 PARENT INVOLVEMENT: 92nd S.C.
PTA Annual State Convention, sponsored by
the South Carolina Parent Teachers Association,
at the Airport Midlands Technical College in
West Columbia, S.C. Contact: Lorene Welch,
SC PTA, (800) 743-3782, email: lwelch@scpta.
org, website: www.scpta.org.
13-14 TEACHERS: 15th Annual National
TAP Conference, sponsored by the National
Institute for Excellence in Teaching, for
teachers, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
in Los Angeles. Contact: Gary Stark, NIET,
(310) 570-4860, email: tapconf@niet.org,
website: www.niet.org.
13-15 PARENT INVOLVEMENT: Portable
Adventure, sponsored by Project Adventure,
for administrators, counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Charlie Elliott
Wildlife Center in Mansfield, Ga. Contact:
Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc., (978)
524-4555, email: registration@pa.org, website:
www.pa.org.
14 CHARTER SCHOOLS, TEACHERS:
Annual Charter School Teacher Fair,
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sponsored by the Eastbank Collaborative
of Charter Schools (ECCS), for teachers,
at Hynes Charter School in New Orleans.
Contact: Gina Dupart, ECCS, (504) 2677239,
email: gdupart@slc-gno.org, website:
www.eastbankcollaborative.com.
14 COMMON STANDARDS: Professional
Learning for the 21st Century: Common
Core Symposium, sponsored by the Riverside
County Office of Education, for teachereducators,
at the Riverside County Office of
Education Conference Center in Riverside,
Calif. Contact: Deirdre Edwards, Riverside
County Office of Education, (951) 826-6381,
email: dedwards@rcoe.us, website: www.
centerforteacherinnovation.org/.
14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
NEOEA Megaconference 2015, sponsored
by the North Eastern Ohio Education
Association, for counselors, reading specialists,
school nurses, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Corporate College east in
Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Contact: Linda
Grunden, North Eastern Ohio Education
Association, (216) 518-0200, email: desk@
neoea.org, website: neoea.org.
14-17 URBAN EDUCATION: Annual
Legislative/Policy Conference, sponsored by
the Council of the Great City Schools, for
school board members, at the Renaissance
Flower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Contact:
Terry Tabor, CGCS, (202) 393-2427, email:
ttabor@cgcs.org, website: www.cgcs.org.
15-16 HEALTH AND SAFETY: Out on
Campus: 4th Annual Counselor Symposium,
sponsored by Clark University, for counselors,
at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
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