Education Week - February 18, 2015 - Special Report - 17

7-9 LEADERSHIP, TEACHER EDUCATION:
NASDTEC Annual Conference,
sponsored by the National Association
of State Directors of Teacher Education
and Certification (NASDTEC), for state
policymakers, at the Hilton Portland &
Executive Tower in Portland, Ore. Contact:
Mike Carr, NASDTEC, (859) 492-1752,
email: mike.carr@nasdtec.com, website: www.
nasdtec.net.
7-10 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 2015 National Institute for
Early Childhood Professional Development,
sponsored by the National Association
for the Education of Young Children, for
administrators, reading specialists, researchers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, in New Orleans. Contact: NAEYC,
(202) 350-8857, email: ewarne@naeyc.org,
website: www.naeyc.org/.
8-11 COUNSELING, LEADERSHIP,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Advanced
Skills and Standards, 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: pa.org.
8-11 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Systems Thinking Level
2: Embracing the Power of Visual Tools,
Including Simulation Models, sponsored by
the Waters Foundation, for administrators,
community members, reading specialists,
school board members, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Pima Regional Support
Center in Tucson, Ariz. Contact: Romy
Banks, Waters Foundation, (412) 968-9700,
email: r.banks@watersfoundation.org, website:
watersfoundation.org.
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.
1-3 COUNSELING, LEADERSHIP,
MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Technical Skills Intensive,
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:
pa.org.
1-4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Systems Thinking Level 1 - Developing
Critical Thinking Skills, sponsored by the
Waters Foundation, for administrators,
reading specialists, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Pima Region Support Center
in Tucson, Ariz. Contact: Romy Banks,
Waters Foundation, (412) 968-9700, email:
r.banks@watersfoundation.org, website:
watersfoundation.org.
2-3 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIALEMOTIONAL
LEARNING, STUDENT
BEHAVIOR: Well-Managed Schools
2-day Training, sponsored by Boys Town,
for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, 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.
3-24 ACHIEVEMENT, EARLY-CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION, SUMMER LEARNING:
Academic Summer Enrichment Program
2015, sponsored by Envision Children,
in Cincinnati. Contact: Kimberly Lampl,
Envision Children, (513) 772-5437, email:
kim.lampl@envisionchildren.org, website:
envisionchildren.org.
4-5 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,
PARENT INVOLVEMENT, SOCIALEMOTIONAL
LEARNING: Common Sense
Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers
Authorized Parent Trainer 2-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.
4-5 LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING: Administrative Intervention
2-Day Training, sponsored by Boys Town, for
administrators and counselors, 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.
4-7 CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Adventure Programming, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for counselors, teachereducators,
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.
8-12 CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PBL
Ohio, sponsored by the Educational Service
Center of Central Ohio, for teacher-educators,
in Dayton, Ohio. Contact: Teresa Dempsey,
ESC of Central Ohio, (614) 753-4649, email:
teresa.dempsey@escco.org, website: www.
escco.org.
11-12 ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER TRAINING:
Check & Connect Preparation and
Implementation Training, sponsored by
the University of Minnesota College of
Education and Human Development, for
administrators, counselors, school board
members, and teachers, at the University
of Minnesota Continuing Education and
Conference Center in Saint Paul, Minn.
Contact: Gretchen Hatch, Institute on
Community Integration, (866) 434-0010,
email: checkandconnect@umn.edu, website:
checkandconnect.umn.edu/.
11-12 STEM, TEACHER TRAINING,
TEACHERS: WomenTech Educators
National Institute: More Females in
Your STEM Classrooms, sponsored
by New Traditions for Women, Inc.,
for administrators, counselors, state
policymakers, and teachers, at the Four
Points Sheraton Hotel in the San Francisco
Bay Area, Calif. Contact: Christine Lesaca,
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology
and Science (IWITTS), (510) 749-0200,
email: seminars@iwitts.org, website: www.
iwitts.org.
11-13 ACHIEVEMENT, ARTS EDUCATION:
Florida Alliance for Arts Education,
sponsored by Florida Alliance for Arts
Education, for administrators and teachers, at
the Hilton Double Tree, Downtown Orlando
in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Julie Hebert,
Florida Alliance for Arts Education, (407)
488-9951, email: director@faae.org, website:
www.faae.org.
12 TEACHERS: Annual Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony and Banquet, sponsored
by the National Teachers Hall of Fame,
for teacher-educators, at Emporia State
University in Emporia, Kan. Contact: Carol
Strickland, The National Teachers Hall of
Fame, (620) 341-5660, email: nthfdirector@
emporia.edu, website: www.nthf.org.
14-17 LEADERSHIP: 2015 CLAS
Convention, sponsored by the Council
for Leaders in Alabama Schools, for
administrators, counselors, at the Renaissance
Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention
Center in Montgomery, Ala. Contact:
Susie Ellison, CLAS, (800) 239-3616,
email: susie@clasleaders.org, website: www.
clasleaders.org.
15-17 ACHIEVEMENT, CURRICULUM,
READING/WRITING: Comprehensive
Literacy Institute, sponsored by the University
of Arkansas at Little Rock/Center for
Literacy, for reading specialists and teachers,
at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock, Ark.
Contact: Tara Haynes, University of Arkansas
at Little Rock Center for Literacy, (501) 6837343,
email: tchaynes@ualr.edu, website: ualr.
edu/literacy/.
15-18 ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP:
Minnetonka Institute for Leadership,
sponsored by Minnetonka Public Schools,
for administrators and teacher-educators, at
Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka,
Minn. Contact: Eric Schneider, Minnetonka
Public Schools, (952) 401-5010, email: eric.
schneider@minnetonka.k12.mn.us, website:
minnetonka.k12.mn.us/tonkainstitute.
15-18 CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION,
MATHEMATICS: Common Core
Mathematics K-12 Summer Institute,
sponsored by the Center For Mathematics
and Science Education - Ole Miss, for
administrators and teachers, at Jones County
Junior College: Advanced Technology
Center in Ellisville, Miss. Contact: Jessica
Sowers, CMSE, (662) 915-6621, email:
jasowers@olemiss.edu, website: www.
umcmse.com.
15-19 ARTS EDUCATION: Summer Institute
2015, sponsored by the Alabama Institute
for Education in the Arts, for teachereducators,
at MMFA/Saint James School in
Montgomery, Ala. Contact: Randy Foster,
AIEA, (334) 396-2432, email: rfoster@asf.net,
website: artseducation.org.
15-20 INSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, STEM, TEACHER
TRAINING: Inquiry Institute: Focus on
Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning,
sponsored by the Center for STEM
Education and Research, for administrators
and teachers, at the University of Texas
at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. Contact:
Christine Salmon, Center for STEM
Education and Research, (972) 883-5118,
email:christine.salmon@utdallas.edu,
website: utdcser.org.
18-30 CIVIC EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: 2015 Supreme
Court Summer Institute for Teachers,
sponsored by Street Law, Inc., for teachereducators
and teachers, at Georgetown
University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Contact: Christina Barnett, Street Law, Inc.,
(240) 821-1324, email: cbarnett@streetlaw.
org, website: www.streetlaw.org.
19 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
INSTRUCTION, READING/WRITING:
Reading the Child's Way, sponsored by
Counterpane Montessori School, for
administrators, reading specialists, and
teachers, at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Contact: Brenda Erickson, Souns for literacy,
(770) 335-2743, email: Souns@counterpane.
org, website: www.souns.org.
21-26 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS:
Cultures of Independence Teacher Institutes,
sponsored by the National Endowment for
the Humanities, for teachers, at the National
Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Contact: Beth Twiss Houting, Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, (215) 732-6200,
email: btwisshouting@hsp.org, website: hsp.
org/education/cultures-of-independenceinstitute.
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