Education Week - February 18, 2015 - Special Report - 19

13-16 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
QPA Summer Institute, sponsored by
the Center for Collaborative Education,
for administrators, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at Simmons College in
Boston. Contact: Allison Short, Center for
Collaborative Education, (617) 421-0134,
email: ashort@ccebos.org, website: ccebos.org.
13-17 ADMINISTRATORS, 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, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at the Holiday
Inn in Bloomington, Ind. Contact: Luci
McKean, NSRF, (812) 330-2702, email:
luci@nsrfharmony.org, website: www.
nsrfharmony.org.
13-17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Camp Snowball, sponsored by the SoL
Education Partnership, for administrators,
school board members, teacher-educators, and
teachers, in Portland, Ore. Contact: LeAnne
Grillo, SoLEd Partnership, (617) 532-0906,
email: leanne@spaces-for-change.com,
website: www.campsnowball.org.
13-17 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING,
SPECIAL EDUCATION: Specialized
Classroom Management 5-day training,
sponsored by Boys Town, for administrators,
counselors, reading specialists, and teachereducators,
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.
13-24 LEADERSHIP, SUMMER LEARNING:
SSI (Summer School Institute), sponsored
by the Morningside Teachers' Academy,
for teacher-educators and teachers, at the
Morningside Academy in Seattle. Contact:
Alan Szech, (206) 709-9500, email:
alan@morningsideacademy.org, website:
morningsideacademy.org.
13-24 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER TRAINING: SSI (Summer School
Institute), sponsored by the Morningside
Teachers' Academy, for teacher-educators,
at the Morningside Academy in Seattle.
Contact: Alan Szech, (206) 709-9500, email:
alan@morningsideacademy.org, website:
morningsideacademy.org.
14 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Games,
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: pa.org.
14-16 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventures in Low
Elements, 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.
15-17 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Facilitation
Skills, 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.
15-18 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, STEM: 29th Annual HSTW
Staff Development Conference, sponsored by
the Southern Regional Education Board, for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
school board members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, 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.
17-20 COMMON STANDARDS,
EDUCATION RESEARCH, READING/
WRITING: International Reading
Association's 2015 Conference, sponsored
by the International Reading Association,
for administrators, reading specialists,
researchers, school board members, teachereducators,
and teachers, at America's Center
Convention Complex in St. Louis. Contact:
Customer Service, IRA, (800) 336-7323,
email: cservice@reading.org, website: www.
iraconference.org.
18 LEADERSHIP: Educational Leadership
Program Information Session, sponsored
by the Graduate School of Education
& Information Studies, UCLA, for
administrators and school board members, at
Moore Hall UCLA in Los Angeles. Contact:
Shan Boggs, UCLA Educational Leadership
Program, (310) 206-0558, email: boggs@gseis.
ucla.edu, website: gseis.ucla.edu/education/
academic-programs/educational-leadershipprogram/.
19-24
SCIENCE, SUMMER LEARNING,
TEACHERS: Physics of Atomic Nuclei,
sponsored by the Joint Institute for Nuclear
Astrophysics, for teachers, at the National
Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
in East Lansing, Mich. Contact: Zachary
Constan, National Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory, (517) 908-7363, email: constan@
nscl.msu.edu, website: www.nscl.msu.edu.
20-21 HEALTH AND SAFETY, TEACHERS:
Creating Healthy Habits, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for counselors, school
nurses, teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
University of Colorado-Boulder in Boulder,
Colo. Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project
Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: pa.org.
20-22 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Program
Management, 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.
20-23 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Based
Counseling, 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.
20-24 TEACHER TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY:
Science Leadership Academy's Summer
Teacher Institute, sponsored by the Science
Leadership Academy, for teachers, at the
Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia.
Contact: Joshua Block, Science Leadership
Academy, (215) 979-5620, email: jblock@
scienceleadership.org, website: inquiryschools.
org/summer-teaching-institute/.
22-23 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHERS: Debriefing Tools, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the University of
Colorado-Boulder in Boulder, Colo. Contact:
Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc.,
(978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: pa.org.
22-24 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SCIENCE, STEM: Teacher Educator Institute,
sponsored by Engineering Is Elementary, for
teacher-educators, at the Museum of Science
in Boston. Contact: Max Siegel, Engineering
is Elementary, (617) 589-4203, email: eiepd@
mos.org, website: eie.org/.
22-24 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEACHER EDUCATION: Teacher Educator
Institute, sponsored by Engineering Is
Elementary, for teacher-educators, at the
Museum of Science in Boston. Contact:
Engineering is Elementary, (617) 589-4260,
email: EiEPD@mos.org, website: eie.org.
23 ACHIEVEMENT, MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION: Cultural Competence Institute,
sponsored by Indianapolis Public Schools, for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Indianapolis Public Schools Office
of Multicultural Education in Indianapolis.
Contact: Patricia Payne, Indianapolis Public
Schools Office of Multicultural Education,
(317) 226-2430, email: PayneP@myips.org,
website: myips.org.
26-31 CIVIC EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 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) 7326200,
email: btwisshouting@hsp.org, website:
hsp.org/education/cultures-of-independenceinstitute.
26-Aug.
1 ARTS EDUCATION: Back to the
Source 2015, sponsored by the American
Conservatory Theater, for teachers, at
A.C.T. in San Francisco. Contact: Elizabeth
Brodersen, A.C.T., (415) 439-2475, email:
ebrodersen@act-sf.org, website: www.act-sf.
org/home/education.html.
27-28 HEALTH AND SAFETY, TEACHERS:
Creating Healthy Habits, sponsored by
Project Adventure, for counselors, school
nurses, 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.
27-29 CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventure in the Classroom,
sponsored by Project Adventure, for teachereducators
and teachers, at Project Adventure
in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion,
Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: pa.org.
27-30 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
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: pa.org.
28-30 ADMINISTRATORS,
MATHEMATICS: 66th Annual MCTM
Institute and Conference, sponsored by
the Michigan Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at TCAPS-Central High School in
Traverse City, Mich. Contact: Chris Berry,
MCTM, (734) 477-0421, email: info@
mictm.org, website: mictm.org.
29-30 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Debriefing Tools, sponsored
by Project Adventure, for counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at Hunterdon Central
Regional High School in Flemington, N.Y.
Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure,
Inc., (978) 524-4555, email: registration@
pa.org, website: pa.org.
30-31 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING:
Improving Social Skills through 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: pa.org.
August
3-4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SPORTS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Adventure
Curriculum for Physical Education workshop,
sponsored by Project Adventure, for teachereducators
and teachers, at Project Adventure
in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion,
Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: pa.org.
3-5 COUNSELING, 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.
3-5 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: PBL NY 2015, sponsored
by Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES,
for administrators and teachers, at OnCenter
in Syracuse, N.Y. Contact: Kate Walters,
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, (315)
433-2662, email: kwalters@ocmboces.org,
website: pbl.ocmboces.org.
4-6 ADMINISTRATORS, LEADERSHIP,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: School
Administrators of Iowa Annual Conference
& Exhibits, sponsored by the School
Administrators of Iowa, for administrators
and teachers, at the Community Choice
Credit Union Convention Center at Veterans
Memorial in Des Moines, Iowa. Contact: Tracy
Harms, SAI, (515) 267-1115, email: tharms@
sai-iowa.org, website: www.sai-iowa.org.
5-6 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Achieving Fitness,
sponsored by Project Adventure, for teachereducators
and teachers, at Project Adventure
in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion,
Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555,
email: registration@pa.org, website: pa.org.
5-7 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: The 14th Annual Big
Picture Learning Summer Conference:
Big Bang in the Big Easy, sponsored by
Big Picture Learning, for administrators,
community members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the New
Orleans Marriott in New Orleans Contact:
Carlos Moreno, Big Picture Learning, (401)
378-1808, email: carlos@bigpicturelearning.
org, website: www.bigpicture.org.
6-7 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, STEM:
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/.
6-7 ACHIEVEMENT, MATHEMATICS,
STEM: Linking the E & M in STEM,
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.
6-9 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: 2015
National Conference on Geography
Education, sponsored by the National
Council For Geographic Education, for
administrators, researchers, school board
members, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the JW Marriott Washington DC in
Washington, D.C. Contact: Zach Dulli,
National Council For Geographic Education,
(202) 775-7841, email: zach@ncge.org,
website: www.ncge.org.
10-12 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Adventures in Low
Elements, 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.
10-12 TECHNOLOGY: Global Cloud
Computing Conference, sponsored by
OMICS International, for technology
personnel, at the Double Tree by Hilton
Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia.
Contact: Saroj Deo, OMICS International,
(650) 268-9744, email: cloudcomputing@
conferenceseries.net, website: cloudcomputing.
conferenceseries.com/index.php.
10-13 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
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