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

21-26 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Annual Seminar of the
International Society for Teacher Education,
sponsored by Montclair State University,
for teacher-educators, at the Best Western
Executive, Fairfield, New Jersey in Fairfield,
N.J. Contact: Colette Killian, Montclair State
University, (973) 655-7753, email: admin@
isfte2015.org, website: isfte2015.org.
22-23 SCIENCE: International Conference
on Geology, sponsored by the OMICS Group,
for researchers, at geology.conferenceseries.
com in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Lisa Barber,
OMICS Group, (650) 268-9744, email:
geology@conferenceseries.net, website:
geology.conferenceseries.com/.
22-24 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,
PARENT INVOLVEMENT: National Family
and Community Engagement Conference,
sponsored by the Institute for Educational
Leadership, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Palmer
House, a Hilton Hotel, in Chicago. Contact:
Sarah Grunberger, Institute for Educational
Leadership, (202) 822-8405, email:
grunbergers@iel.org, website: www.iel.org.
22-24 SCIENCE: 3rd International
Conference on Oceanography, sponsored
by the OMICS GROUP, for researchers, in
Boston. Contact: Michael johnson, OMICS,
(650) 268-9744, email: oceanography.
conference@omicsgroup.us, website: www.
oceanographyconference.com.
22-25 EDUCATION POLICY: Canada
International Conference on Education,
sponsored by the Infonomics Society, for
teachers, at the University of Toronto in
Toronto. Contact: Charles Shoniregun,
Infonomics Society, email: info@ciceducation.
org, website: infonomics-society.org/.
22-26 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
TEACHERS: Building Blocks for Literacy
for Graduate Credit, sponsored by the Stern
Center for Language and Learning, for
teacher-educators and teachers, at the Stern
Center for Language and Learning in Vt.
Contact: The Stern Center, (802) 878-2332,
email: rlapidow@sterncenter.org, website:
www.sterncenter.org.
22-26 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, teachers, and
technology personnel, at the University
School of Nashville in Nashville, Tenn.
Contact: NSRF, (812) 330-2702, email:
luci@nsrfharmony.org, website: www.
nsrfharmony.org/merchandise_services/
upcoming_events.
22-26 LEADERSHIP, MATHEMATICS:
Leadership Worksop, sponsored by
Michigan State University, Connected
Mathematics Project, for administrators,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in
East Lansing, Mich. Contact: Connected
Mathematics Project, (517) 432-3636,
email: cmp@math.msu.edu, website:
connectedmath.msu.edu/.
22-26 MATHEMATICS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Getting to Know CMP,
sponsored by Michigan State University
Connected Mathematics Project, for
administrators, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference
Center in East Lansing, Mich. Contact:
Connected Mathematics Project, (517)
432-3635, email: cmp@math.msu.edu,
website: connectedmath.msu.edu/newsand-events/events/getting-to-know-cmpworkshop/?utm_source=gtk-cmp&utm_
medium=education-week&u.
22-26
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: National Mariachi Workshops
for Educators, sponsored by VanderCook
College of Music, for teachers, at the Golden
Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Contact: Marcia Neel, Music Education
Consultants, Inc., (702) 361-3553, email:
marcia@musicedconsultants.net, website:
www.musicedconsultants.net.
22-26 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
STUDENT BEHAVIOR: Specialized
Classroom Management 5-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.
25-28 PARENT INVOLVEMENT, SPECIAL
EDUCATION: Beyond All Limits/NDSC
Convention, sponsored by the National
Down Syndrome Congress, at the JW
Marriott, Desert Ridge in Phoenix.
Contact: MaryKate Vandemark, National
Down Syndrome Congress, (770) 6049500,
email: info@ndsccenter.org, website:
ndsccenter.org.
26-28 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 2015
ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence,
sponsored by the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development, for
administrators, reading specialists, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Gaylord
Opryland Resort & Convention Center
in Nashville, Tenn. Contact: ASCD, (800)
933-2723, email: member@ascd.org, website:
www.ascd.org/conference-on-teachingexcellence.
28-30
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS:
LearnXDesign 2015, sponsored by
DESIGN-ED Coalition, for researchers,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago in
Chicago. Contact: Joseph Schwartz, The
DESIGN-ED Coalition, (908) 331-0862,
email: jschwartz@design-ed.org, website:
design-ed.org.
28-July 2 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: AACTE Leadership
Academy, sponsored by the American
Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education, for administrators and teachereducators,
at the Hilton Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati. Contact:
Christine Tambini, American Association
of Colleges for Teacher Education, (202)
478-4591, email: events@aacte.org, website:
aacte.org.
28-July 2 TECHNOLOGY: 2015 National
Technology Student Association Conference,
sponsored by the Technology Student
Association, for teachers, at the Gaylord
Texan Resort in Dallas. Contact: Kelly
Gulich, Technology Student Assocation,
(703) 860-9000, email: kgulich@tsaweb.org,
website: www.tsaweb.org.
29-July 1 INSTRUCTION, READING/
WRITING: Comprehensive Intervention
Model, sponsored by the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock/Center for Literacy,
for administrators and teachers, at the
Marriott Hotel in Little Rock, Ark. Contact:
Tara Haynes, University of Arkansas at Little
Rock Center for Literacy, (501) 683-7343,
email: tchaynes@ualr.edu, website: ualr.edu/
literacy/.
29-July 2 READING/WRITING, SUMMER
LEARNING: Summer Literacy Institute,
sponsored by the Boston University
School of Education, for teachers, at the
Sheraton Colonial Boston North Hotel
and Conference Center in Wakefield, Mass.
Contact: Marc Hartigan, Boston University
School of Education Literacy Institute, (617)
353-4478, email: literacy@bu.edu, website:
www.bu.edu/sed/.
30-July 2 ADMINISTRATORS,
LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: NAESP Best Practices
for Better Schools Annual Conference
& Exposition, sponsored by the National
Association of Elementary School Principals,
for administrators, at www.naesp.org in
Long Beach, Calif. Contact: Deborah Young,
National Association of Elementary School
Principals, (703) 518-6296, email: dyoung@
naesp.org, website: www.naesp.org.
July
5-8 BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ENGLISHLANGUAGE
LEARNERS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 2015 IFTE/CEE Summer
Conference, sponsored by the International
Federation for the Teaching of English, for
teacher-educators and teachers, at Fordham
University in Bronx, N.Y. Contact: Customer
Service, NCTE, (877) 369-6283, email:
conventionquestions@ncte.org, website: ncte.
connectedcommunity.org/IFTE/home/.
6-10 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 5-day Critical Friends
Group® New Coaches Training, sponsored
by the National School Reform Faculty, for
administrators, reading specialists, school
board members, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at Wildwood
School in Los Angeles. Contact: NSRF, (812)
330-2702, email: luci@nsrfharmony.org,
website: www.nsrfharmony.org/merchandise_
services/upcoming_events.
6-10 MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SUMMER
LEARNING: Loyola University Chicago
Advanced Placement Summer Institute,
sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago,
Center for Science and Math Education,
for teachers, at Loyola University Chicago
in Chicago. Contact: James Hyde, Loyola
University Chicago, Center for Science
and Math Education, (773) 508-3513,
email: apsi@luc.edu, website: luc.edu/
cse/highschoolmathematicsandscience/
apinstitute/index.shtml.
6-17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING,
STUDENT BEHAVIOR: Social Cognition I,
sponsored by the Stern Center for Language
and Learning, for teacher-educators and
teachers, at the Stern Center for Language
and Learning in Vt. Contact: The Stern
Center, (802) 878-2332, email: rlapidow@
sterncenter.org, website: www.sterncenter.org.
6-28 CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: NGSS Summer Institutes,
sponsored by Montclair State University, for
teachers, at PRISM, Blanton Hall, Montclair
State University in Montclair, N.J. Contact:
Colette Killian, Montclair State University,
(973) 655-7753, email: killianco@mail.
montclair.edu, website: www.montclair.edu/
csam/prism/.
6-31 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
STEM: STEM Professional Development
for K-12 teachers, sponsored by MITS, Inc.
Museum Institute for Teaching Science, for
teacher-educators, at six regions of Mass.
Contact: Janine Whealand, MITS, Inc., (617)
328-1515, email: evwade@mits.org, website:
www.mits.org.
7-8 ONLINE EDUCATION: 12th Annual
Online Learning Consortium Blended
Learning Conference and Workshop,
sponsored by Online Learning Consortium,
for administrators, researchers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Sheraton
Denver Downtown in Denver. Contact:
Laurie Lulow, Online Learning
Consortium, (781) 583-7552, email:
conference@onlinelearning-c.org, website:
olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/
conference/2015/blended/welcome.
7-8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SPORTS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
Adventure Curriculum for Physical
Education workshop, sponsored by Project
Adventure, for teacher-educators and
teachers, at Hunterdon Central Regional
High School in Flemington, N.J. Contact:
Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc.,
(978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: pa.org.
7-10 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION,
MATHEMATICS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Early Math Summer
Institute, sponsored by the Erikson Institute,
for administrators, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Erikson Institute in Chicago.
Contact: Cody Meirick, Erikson Institute,
(312) 893-7163, email: cmeirick@erikson.edu.
8-14 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
READING/WRITING: Making Your Way
Through the Maze, sponsored by the Stern
Center for Language and Learning, for
reading specialists, at the Stern Center for
Language and Learning in Ala. Contact:
The Stern Center, (802) 878-2332, email:
rlapidow@sterncenter.org, website: www.
sterncenter.org.
9-10 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Achieving Fitness,
sponsored by Project Adventure, for teachereducators
and teachers, at Hunterdon Central
Regional High School in Flemington, N.J.
Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure,
Inc., (978) 524-4555, email: registration@
pa.org, website: pa.org.
9-10 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.
9-10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
STEM: Everyone Engineers!, sponsored by
Engineering Is Elementary, for teachers, at
the Museum of Science in Boston. Contact:
Engineering is elementary, (617) 589-4260,
email: EiEPD@mos.org, website: eie.org.
9-10 SCIENCE, STEM: Everyone Engineers!,
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/.
9-11 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION,
TEACHER EDUCATION: 6th American
Indian / Indigenous Teacher Education
Conference, sponsored by the College of
Education, Northern Arizona University, for
teacher-educators and teachers, at the College
of Education in Flagstaff, Ariz. Contact: Jon
Reyhner, NAU/COE, (928) 523-0580, email:
Jon.Reyhner@nau.edu, website: jan.ucc.nau.
edu/~jar/.
12-15 ADMINISTRATORS: 2015 Annual
Seminar, sponsored by the National
School Public Relations Association, for
administrators, at the Renaissance Nashville
Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Contact: Beth
Pernerewski, NSPRA, (301) 519-1230,
email: bpernerewski@nspra.org, website:
www.nspra.org/.
12-17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER EDUCATION: Confratute,
sponsored by the Neag Center for Gifted
Education and Talent Development,
for teacher-educators and teachers, at
the University of Connecticut in Storrs,
Conn. Contact: Jo Ann Easton, University
of Connecticut, (860) 486-4826, email:
confratute@uconn.edu, website: www.gifted.
uconn.edu/confratute.
13-15 MATHEMATICS, READING/WRITING:
College- and Career-Readiness Standards
Networking Conference, sponsored by the
Southern Regional Education Board, for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
school board members, state policymakers,
and teachers, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis,
the Hilton Atlanta and the Hyatt Regency
in Atlanta. Contact: Southern Regional
Education Board, (404) 875-9211, email:
summerstaffdev@sreb.org, website: sreb.org.
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