Education Week - February 18, 2015 - Special Report - 13

CALENDAR OF EVENTS MARCH-APRIL 2015
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013
Forum of North Carolina NCCAP, for
administrators, researchers, school board
members, state policymakers, and teachers,
at the Greenville Convention Center in
Greenville, N.C. Contact: Tracey Greggs, The
Public School Forum NCCAP, (919) 7816833,
email: tgreggs@ncforum.org, website:
www.nccap.net.
24 EDUCATION LAW, EDUCATION POLICY,
GIFTED EDUCATION: Leaving Gifted Kids
Behind, sponsored by the Public Interest Law
Center of Philadelphia, for teacher-educators,
at the United Way Building in Philadelphia.
Contact: Jason Fortenberry, PILCOP, (267)
546-1316, email: jfortenberry@pilcop.org,
website: www.pilcop.org.
24-29 BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ENGLISHLANGUAGE
LEARNERS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Pre- and Postconvention
Institutes, sponsored by Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., for
administrators, reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Toronto
Convention Center in Toronto. Contact:
TESOL International Association, (703) 8360774,
email: edprograms@tesol.org, website:
www.tesol.org.
24-29 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION:
Experiential Global Learning Excursion in
Belize, sponsored by 4 the World, for teachers,
at Rumors Resort in Cayo, Belize. Contact:
Shea Kerkhoff, 4 the World, (919) 9952623,
email: shea@4theworld.org, website:
4theworld.org.
25 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: United Way School
Support Network, sponsored by the United
Way of Northern New Jersey, for teachereducators,
at The College of Saint Elizabeth
in Morristown, N.J. Contact: Robyn
Ulmer, UWNNJ, (973) 993-1160, email:
robyn.ulmer@unitedwaynnj.org, website:
unitedwaynnj.org.
25-26 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
Excellence in The Early Grades: District
Leadership Summit, sponsored by the Ounce
of Prevention Fund, for administrators
and school board members, at the
InterContinental Hotel Chicago in Chicago.
Contact: Joy Lewis, Ounce of Prevention
Fund, (847) 867-3611, email: jlewis@
ounceofprevention.org, website: www.
theounce.org
25-28 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self:
Summit Series on Transformative Teaching,
Training, and Learning in Research and
Practice, sponsored by James Madison
University, for researchers, at James Madison
University in Harrisonburg, Va. Contact:
Teresa Harris, James Madison University,
(540) 568-6572, email: harristt@jmu.edu,
website: www.jmu.edu/summitseries.
25-28 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Napa Valley Education Exchange, sponsored
by the Napa Valley Unified School District,
for administrators, at the Embassy Suites
Napa Valley, in Napa, Calif. Contact: Jill
Durfee, Napa Valley Education Foundation,
(707) 227-9997, email: jilldurfee@sbcglobal.
net, website: www.nvef.org.
25-28 STEM, TECHNOLOGY: ITEEA
77th Annual Conference and Exhibition,
sponsored by the International Technology
and Engineering Educators Association, for
administrators, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Wisconsin
Center in Milwaukee. Contact: Katie de
la Paz, ITEEA, (703) 860-2100, email:
kdelapaz@iteea.org, website: www.iteea.org.
25-28 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: TESOL
International Convention & English
Language Expo: Crossing Boarders, Building
Bridges, sponsored by Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at the Toronto
26-28 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Best Practices Institute, sponsored by
Institutes on Academic Diverstiy, for
administrators, reading specialists, teachereducators,
teachers, and technology personnel,
at the University of Virginia, Jordan Hall
in Charlottesville, Va. Contact: Kimberly
Jennings, Institutes on Academic Diversity,
(434) 243-5576, email: siaduva@gmail.com,
website: www.differentiationcentral.com.
26-28 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2015 NAEA National Convention,
sponsored by the National Art Education
Association, for teachers, at the New Orleans
Convention Center and Hilton New Orleans
Riverside in New Orleans. Contact: Kathy
Duse, NAEA, (703) 860-8000, email:
convention@arteducators.org, website: www.
arteducators.org/.
26-27 COMMON STANDARDS,
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION,
MATHEMATICS: Linking the E & M
in STEM, sponsored by Engineering
Is Elementary, for teacher-educators, at
Museum of Science in Boston. Contact:
Engineering is Elementary, (617) 589-4260,
email: EiEPD@mos.org, website: www.eie.
org.
26-29 TEACHER TRAINING: Adventure
Programming, sponsored by Project
Adventure, for counselors, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at Project Adventure in Beverly,
Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project
Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: www.pa.org.
27 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS: The
37th Annual maaps Conference, sponsored
by the Massachusetts Association of C766
Approved Private Schools (maaps), for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
school board members, school nurses, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and
technology personnel, at the Best Western
Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, Mass.
Contact: Theresa Melito, maaps, (781) 9095308,
email: tmelito@maaps.org, website:
www.maaps.org.
27-29 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Sharing the Fire Storytelling, sponsored
by Education Week Digital Directions,
for teacher-educators, at the University of
Massachusetts Campus Center and Hotel in
Amherst, Mass. Contact: Karen Wollscheid,
League for Advancement of New England
Storytelling (LANES), (978) 712-8285,
email: lanesdirector@gmail.com, website:
www.lanes.org.
28 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES:
Emancipation & Assassination: Remembering
Abraham Lincoln, sponsored by the
Massachusetts Historical Society, for teacherConvention
Center in Toronto. Contact:
TESOL International Association, (703) 8360774,
email: edprograms@tesol.org, website:
www.tesol.org.
26 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Bite of Science, sponsored by the Center
for Excellence in Education, for teachers,
at JCHS Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va.
Contact: Natasha Schuh-Nuhfer, CEE, (703)
448-9062, email: nschuh@cee.org, website:
www.cee.org.
26 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Orton-Gillingham Refresher Workshop,
sponsored by the Stern Center for Language
and Learning, for reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at Stern Center for
Language and Learning. Contact: The Stern
Center, (802) 878-2332, email: rlapidow@
sterncenter.org, website: www.sterncenter.org.
26-27 COMMON STANDARDS,
MATHEMATICS, STEM, TEACHERS:
Linking the E & M in STEM, sponsored by
Engineering Is Elementary, for teachers, at
the Museum of Science in Boston. Contact:
Max Siegel, Engineering is Elementary, (617)
589-4203, email: eiepd@mos.org, website: eie.
org/.
educators and teachers, at the Massachusetts
Historical Society in Boston. Contact:
Kathleen Barker, Massachusetts Historical
Society, (617) 646-0557, email: education@
masshist.org, website: www.masshist.org.
29-April 2 EARLY-CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 42nd Annual Head Start
Conference, sponsored by the National Head
Start Association, for administrators, school
nurses, state policymakers, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Contact: Jaqi Borokinni, National Head
Start Association, (703) 739-0875, email:
jborokinni@nhsa.org, website: www.nhsa.
org/?e=events.detail&event_id=167.
30 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Differentiated Instruction and the Learning
Brain: Instruction that Engages ALL
Learners, sponsored by the Learning &
the Brain Foundation, for administrators,
community members, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, school board members,
school nurses, state policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and technology personnel,
at the Courtyard by Marriott Hartford
Cromwell in Cromwell, Conn. Contact:
Learning & the Brain, (781) 449-4010,
email: registration@learningandthebrain.com,
website: www.learningandthebrain.com.
30 SPECIAL EDUCATION: Helping All
Children Learn: From Assessment to
Instruction, sponsored by the Learning &
the Brain Foundation, for administrators,
counselors, reading specialists, researchers,
school board members, school nurses, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
technology personnel, at the Courtyard by
Marriott Hartford Cromwell in Cromwell,
Conn. Contact: Learning & the Brain,
(781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website: www.
learningandthebrain.com.
30-31 CHARTER SCHOOLS: NJCSA 7th
Annual Conference, sponsored by the New
Jersey Charter Schools Association, for
administrators, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at Bally's Atlantic City in Atlantic City, N.J.
Contact: Carrie Wetherby, NJCSA, (609)
989-9700, email: cwetherby@njcharters.org,
website: www.njcharters.org/.
30-31 CHARTER SCHOOLS: New Jersey
Charter Schools 7th Annual Conference,
sponsored by the New Jersey Charter Schools
Association, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at Bally's Atlantic City Casino &
Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. Contact: Carrie
Wetherby, NJCSA, (609) 989-9700, email:
conference@njcharters.org, website: www.
njcharters.org/conference.
31 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Differentiated Instruction and the
Learning Brain: Instruction that Engages
ALL Learners, sponsored
by the Learning & the
Brain Foundation, for
administrators, community
members, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, school
board members, school
nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel,
at the Holiday Inn BostonDedham
Hotel in Dedham,
Mass. Contact: Learning
& the Brain, (781) 4494010,
email: registration@
learningandthebrain.
com, website: www.
learningandthebrain.com.
31 SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Helping All Children
Learn: From Assessment to
Instruction, sponsored by
the Learning & the Brain
Foundation, for administrators,
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counselors, reading specialists, researchers,
school board members, school nurses, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at the Holiday
Inn Boston-Dedham Hotel in Dedham,
Mass. Contact: Learning & the Brain,
(781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website: www.
learningandthebrain.com.
April
1-3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Deeper Learning 2015, sponsored by High
Tech High, for teachers, at High Tech Middle
in San Diego. Contact: Angela Guerrero,
High Tech High, (619) 250-7109, email:
aguerrero@hightechhigh.org, website: www.
deeper-learning.org/dl2015/.
1-3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
RENEW Facilitator Training Institute,
sponsored by the Institute on Disability,
University of New Hampshire, for teachers, at
the Hotel in Concord, N.H. Contact: Sarah
O'Rourke, Institute on Disability, (603) 2282084,
email: sarah.orourke@unh.edu, website:
renew.unh.edu.
7-8 INSTRUCTION: Smaller Learning
Community Study Visits: Hillsdale High
School, sponsored by the Stanford Center
for Opportunity Policy in Education, for
administrators, school board members, and
teachers, at Stanford University in Stanford,
Calif. Contact: Alethea Andree, SCOPE,
(650) 723-7331, email: aandree@stanford.edu,
website: edpolicy.stanford.edu.
8-11 GIFTED EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 2015 CEC Annual
Convention & Expo, sponsored by the
Council for Exceptional Children, for
administrators, counselors, researchers,
school board members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the San Diego Convention
Center in San Diego. Contact: Council
for Exceptional Children, (888) 232-7733,
email: service@cec.sped.org, website: www.
cec.sped.org.
8-11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
CEC 2015 Convention & Expo, sponsored
by the Council for Exceptional Children,
for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, teacher-educators,
teachers, and technology personnel, at
the San Diego Convention Center in San
Diego. Contact: Carol Serrano, Council
for Exceptional Children, (703) 264-9455,
email: dianes@cec.sped.org, website: www.
cec.sped.org.
9 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Social
Cognition: Visual Methods for Improving
Social Understanding, sponsored by the
Stern Center for Language and Learning, for

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