Education Week - February 18, 2015 - Special Report - 14

teacher-educators and teachers, at the Stern
Center for Language and Learning. Contact:
The Stern Center, (802) 878-2332, email:
rlapidow@sterncenter.org, website: www.
sterncenter.org.
9-10 ADMINISTRATORS, LEADERSHIP,
PRINCIPALS: Restorative Leadership
Development: Authority with Grace,
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 the IIRP Campus
in Bethlehem, Pa. Contact: The International
Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate
School, (610) 807-9221, email: iirpinfo@iirp.
edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
9-11 CIVIC EDUCATION: More Powerful
Together, 26th Annual National ServiceLearning
Conference, sponsored by the
National Youth Leadership Council, for
administrators, researchers, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Washington Marriott
Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Contact:
Jason Stewart, National Youth Leadership
Conference, (651) 999-7381, email:
conference@nylc.org, website: www.nylc.org.
9-11 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: South
Dakota Early Childhood Education
Conference, sponsored by the South Dakota
Head Start Association, for administrators,
reading specialists, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, at the BW
Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center in
Rapid City, S.D. Contact: Kathy Cruse,
SDHSA, (605) 224-4161, email: sdhsa@
sdheadstart.org, website: sdheadstart.org.
10 LEADERSHIP: 4th Annual NW
Proficiency Conference, sponsored by
the Business Education Compact, for
administrators, counselors, school board
members, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Embassy
Suites Hotel- Portland Airport in Portland,
Ore. Contact: Tamra Busch-Johnsen, BEC,
(503) 646-0242, email: tbuschjo@becpdx.org,
website: www.becpdx.org.
10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Portable Adventure, sponsored by Project
Adventure, for administrators, 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.
10-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Adventures in Low Elements, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for 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.
10-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Technical Skills Intensive, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for counselors, teachereducators,
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.
11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
READING/WRITING: Let Me Teach!
Bringing Back the Joy!, sponsored by Florida
ASCD, for administrators, reading specialists,
school board members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, at NOVA
Southeastern University in Orlando, Fla.
Contact: Tom Lindsay, Florida ASCD, (224)
588-6291, email: kidsdeservethebest@gmail.
com, website: fascd.org.
11 TECHNOLOGY: VAIS Technology
Conference, sponsored by the Virginia
Association of Independent Schools, for
administrators, reading specialists, teachers,
technology personnel, at St. Catherine's
School in Richmond, Va. Contact: Joan
Fargis, VAIS, (804) 282-3592, email:
joanfargis@vais.org, website: www.vais.org.
11-12 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Restorative Responses to Adversity and
Trauma, 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 the
IIRP Campus in Bethlehem, Pa. Contact: The
International Institute for Restorative Practices
Graduate School, (610) 807-9221, email:
iirpinfo@iirp.edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
12 SUMMER LEARNING: 10th Annual,
sponsored by Envision Children, at ADC, Art
Design Consultants in Cincinnati. Contact:
Kim Lampl, Envision Children, (513) 7725437,
email: Kim.Lampl@EnvisionChildren.
org, website: www.EnvisionChildren.org.
13-15 ADMINISTRATORS, PARENT
INVOLVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Common Sense Parenting
Authorized Parent Trainer 3-Day Training,
sponsored by Boys Town, for administrators,
counselors, school nurses, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Boys Town Conference
Center in Boys Town, Neb. Contact:
Nancy Kava, Boys Town, (402) 498-3119,
email: nancy.kava@boystown.org, website:
boystowntraining.org.
13-16 HEALTH AND SAFETY: FourDay
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 the Hyatt Place
Tucson Airport in Tucson, Ariz. Contact: The
International Institute for Restorative Practices
Graduate School, (610) 807-9221, email:
iirpinfo@iirp.edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
13-16 HEALTH AND SAFETY: FourDay
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 the IIRP Campus
in Bethlehem, Pa. Contact: The International
Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate
School, (610) 807-9221, email: iirpinfo@iirp.
edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
13-16 HEALTH AND SAFETY: FourDay
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 the Hilton Garden
Inn North Shore/Evanston in Evanston,
Ill. Contact: TheInternational Institute for
Restorative Practices Graduate School, (610)
807-9221, email: iirpinfo@iirp.edu, website:
www.iirp.edu.
14 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Inspiring Creative Students
for the 21st Century: How the Brain Creates
the Extraordinary from the Ordinary,
sponsored by the Learning & the Brain
Foundation, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Palmer Events Center in
Austin, Texas. Contact: Learning & the
Brain, (781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website:
learningandthebrain.com.
14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Addressing Student Needs Through
Community Partnerships, 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.
14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The
Science of Smart Thinking: Using Principles
of Effective Problem Solving to Transform
the Classroom, 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 Palmer Events
Center in Austin, Texas. Contact: Learning
& the Brain, (781) 449-4010, email:
registration@learningandthebrain.com,
website: www.learningandthebrain.com.
14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
READING/WRITING, TEACHERS: The
Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders:
Diagnosis and Intervention, sponsored
by the Learning & the Brain Foundation,
for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Palmer Events Center in
Austin, Texas. Contact: Learning & the
Brain, (781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website:
learningandthebrain.com.
15 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: The Science of Smart
Thinking: Using Principles of Effective
Problem Solving to Transform the Classroom,
sponsored by the Learning & the Brain
Foundation, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Curtis Culwell Center in
Garland, Texas. Contact: Learning & the
Brain, (781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website:
learningandthebrain.com.
15 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Inspiring Creative Students
for the 21st Century: How the Brain Creates
the Extraordinary from the Ordinary,
sponsored by the Learning & the Brain
Foundation, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Curtis Culwell Center in
Garland, Texas. Contact: Learning & the
Brain, (781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website:
learningandthebrain.com.
15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
READING/WRITING, TEACHERS: The
Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders:
Diagnosis and Intervention, sponsored
by the Learning & the Brain Foundation,
for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Curtis Culwell Center in
Garland, Texas. Contact: Learning & the
Brain, (781) 449-4010, email: registration@
learningandthebrain.com, website:
learningandthebrain.com.
15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Addressing Student Needs Through
Community Partnerships, 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.
15-17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
READING/WRITING: State of Maryland
International Reading Association
Council State Conference, sponsored by
the International Reading Association,
for teachers, at the Hunt Valley Wyndam
Hotel in Hunt Valley, Md. Contact: Susan
Frank, SoMIRAC, (410) 829-1236, email:
sfrank1236@gmail.com, website: somirac.org.
15-18 ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHER
EDUCATION: 18th Annual National School
Social Work Conference, sponsored by the
School Social Work Association of America,
for teacher-educators, at the Sheraton
Music City, Nashville in Nashville, Tenn.
Contact: Rebecca Kunkel, School Social
Work Association of America, (800) 5884149,
email: rkunkel@sswaa.org, website:
sswaa.org.
15-18 MATHEMATICS: 2015 NCTM
Annual Meeting & Exposition, sponsored
by the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics, for administrators,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers,teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Boston Convention & Exhibition
Center in Boston. Contact: Michael
Barbagallo, NCTM, (800) 235-7566, email:
nctm@nctm.org, website: www.nctm.org/
boston.
16 HEALTH AND SAFETY, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Concussion Management,
sponsored by the Educational Information &
Resource Center, for administrators, school
nurses, and teachers, at EIRC in Mullica Hill,
N.J. Contact: EIRC, (856) 582-7000, email:
pwill@eirc.org, website: www.eirc.org.
16 PRINCIPALS: Principals' Center at
the 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.
16 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SPECIAL
EDUCATION: Addressing Student Needs
Through Community Partnerships, 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.
16-17 ADMINISTRATORS, EARLYCHILDHOOD
EDUCATION, PARENT
INVOLVEMENT: Common Sense Parenting of
Toddlers and Preschoolers Authorized Parent
Trainer 2-Day Training, sponsored by Boys
Town, for administrators, counselors, school
nurses, teacher-educators, teachers, at the
Boys Town Conference Center in Boys Town,
Neb. Contact: Nancy Kava, Boys Town, (402)
498-3119, email: nancy.kava@boystown.org,
website: boystowntraining.org.
16-17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
NPEA 2015 Annual Conference, sponsored
by the National Partnership for Educational
Access, for administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
Hotel in Philadelphia. Contact: Cate Gardner,
NPEA, (617) 423-6300, email: cgardner@tsf.
org, website: www.educational-access.org/.
17 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
TEACHERS: Primary Educators' Institute,
sponsored by the Educational Information
& Resource Center, for administrators,
and teachers, at EIRC in Mullica Hill, N.J.
Contact: EIRC, (856) 582-7000, email:
pwill@eirc.org, website: www.eirc.org.
17-18 ADMINISTRATORS, PARENT
INVOLVEMENT: Colorado PTA Convention,
sponsored by Education Week, for
administrators, counselors, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the DoubleTree Hotel by
Hilton in Denver. Contact: Liz Rowland,
Colorado PTA, (303) 420-7820, email:
convention@copta.org, website: copta.org.
17-19 ADMINISTRATORS, MENTORING,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Adventure with Youth at Risk, sponsored
by Project Adventure, for administrators,
counselors, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at Wagon Road Camp in Chappaqua, N.Y.
Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure,
Inc., (978) 524-4555, email: registration@
pa.org, website: pa.org.
18 ARTS EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION,
TEACHERS: Arts Integration Symposium,
sponsored by the Florida Alliance for Arts
14 Education WEEk 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY www.edweek.org/go/calendar
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