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13-15 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Teaching Social Skills In Schools 3-day Training, sponsored by Boys Town, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, teachereducators, 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 COUNSELING, 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. 14-16 ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS: NASDTEC Professional Practices Institute, sponsored by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC), for administrators and state policymakers, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Buckhead in Atlanta. Contact: Mike Carr, NASDTEC, (859) 492-1752, email: mike.carr@nasdtec.com, website: www. nasdtec.net. 15-18 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Based Counseling, sponsored by Project Adventure, for counselors, teachereducators, and teachers, at the Wagon Road Camp in Chappaqua, N.Y. Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org, website: pa.org. 16 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Adventure Games, 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. 16-18 RURAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS: 107th National Rural Education Association Convention and Research Symposium, sponsored by the National Rural Education Association, for administrators, community members, counselors, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, school nurses, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis. Contact: John Hill, NREA, (765) 494-0086, email: jehill@purdue.edu, website: nrea.net. 19-21 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. 21-23 CURRICULUM: 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. 21-23 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, STEM: Teacher Educator Institute, sponsored by Engineering Is Elementary, for teachereducators, at the Museum of Science in Boston. Contact: Max Siegel, Engineering is Elementary, (617) 589-4203, email: eiepd@ mos.org, website: eie.org/. 25-28 ARTS EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: Nashville Music Teacher In-Service Conference 2015, sponsored by the National Association for Music Education, for administrators, researchers, school board members, teachereducators, and teachers, at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Conference Center in Nashville, Tenn. Contact: Lindsay Sheldon, National Association for Music Education, (703) 860-4000, email: lindsays@nafme.org, website: www.nafme.org. 30-Nov. 1 ADMINISTRATORS, LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 2015 ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership, sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, for administrators, teachereducators, and technology personnel, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego. Contact: ASCD, (800) 933-2723, email: member@ascd.org, website: www.ascd. org/conference-on-educational-leadership. November 3-4 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, CURRICULUM, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: 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. 4 ADMINISTRATORS, MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: TESOL International Symposium: Innovations and Breakthroughs in English Language Teaching, sponsored by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., for administrators, researchers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Cancun Center in Cancun, Mexico. Contact: TESOL International Association, (703) 518-2517, email: edprograms@tesol.org, website: tesol.org/ education. 4-7 CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: La Cosecha 20th Annual Dual Language Conference, sponsored by Dual Language Education of New Mexico, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, school nurses, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: Leslie Sanchez, Dual Language Education of New Mexico, (505) 243-0648, email: leslie@dlenm.org, website: dlenm.org/. 5-6 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. 5-8 ARTS EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: North Carolina Art Education Association Professional Development Conference, sponsored by the National Art Education Association, for teacher-educators, at the Renaissance Asheville, in Asheville, N.C. Contact: Sandra Williams, Conference Chair of NCAEA, (252) 347-1402, email: art4ncaea@gmail.com, website: ncaea.org. 5-8 COUNSELING, 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) 5244555, email: registration@pa.org, website: pa.org. 5-8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AASL 17th National Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), for administrators and teacher-educators, at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Anne Weglewski, AASL, (312) 280-4383, email: aasl@ala.org, website: aasl.org. 7-8 CURRICULUM, SPORTS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education workshop, sponsored by Project Adventure, for 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 ACHIEVEMENT, CURRICULUM: iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium, sponsored by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, for teacher-educators, at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Contact: Tracy Breithaupt, iNACOL, (703) 7526216, email: tbreithaupt@inacol.org, website: inacol.org. 8-11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: 2015 iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Sym;osium, sponsored by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, for administrators, researchers, school board members, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Contact: Tracy Breithaupt, iNACOL, (703) 752-6216, email: tbreithaupt@inacol.org, website: www.inacol.org. 9-11 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, PARENT INVOLVEMENT: 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. 12-13 PARENT INVOLVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT BEHAVIOR: 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. 12-16 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: NAGC 62nd Annual Convention, sponsored by the National Association for Gifted Children, for administrators, reading specialists, researchers, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix. Contact: Robin Feldman, NAGC, (202) 785-4268, email: rfeldman@nagc.org, website: www.nagc.org. 13-15 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Adventures in Low Elements, sponsored by Project Adventure, for counselors, teacher-educators, 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: pa.org. 13-15 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Portable Adventure, sponsored by Project Adventure, for counselors, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Project Adventure in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 5244555, email: registration@pa.org, website: pa.org. 14-15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SPORTS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Achieving Fitness, sponsored by Project Adventure, for 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. 16 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: VAIS Annual Conference, sponsored by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, school nurses, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Hilton Richmond Hotel, Short Pump in Richmond, Va. Contact: Joan Fargis, VAIS, (804) 282-3592, email: joanfargis@vais.org, website: www.vais.org/RelId/33637/ISvars/ default/Home.htm. 16-18 ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Adventure with Youth at Risk, sponsored by Project Adventure, for administrators, counselors, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Project Adventure in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion, Project Adventure, Inc., (978) 5244555, email: registration@pa.org, website: pa.org. 18-21 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NAEYC Annual Conference and Expo, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, for counselors, reading specialists, researchers, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, in Orlando, Fla. Contact: NAEYC, (202) 350-8857, email: ewarne@naeyc.org, website: www.naeyc.org. 18-21 HEALTH AND SAFETY, SPORTS/ PHYSICAL EDUCATION: 78th Annual NYS AHPERD Conference, sponsored by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, for teachereducators and teachers, at the Turning Stone Convention Center in Verona, N.Y. Contact: Jessica Synenki, NYS AHPERD, Inc., (315) 823-1015, email: jsynenki@nysahperd.org, website: nysahperd.org. 18-22 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: 43rd National Conference, sponsored by the National Alliance of Black School Educators, for administrators, teacher-educators, and teachers, at the Mariott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Contact: Ed Potillo, NABSE, (202) 608-6310, email: Epotillo@nabse.org, website: nabse.org. December 2-4 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. 2-4 SPECIAL EDUCATION: 2015 TASH Annual Conference, sponsored by TASH, for researchers, at the Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront in Portland, Ore. Contact: Edwin Canizalez, TASH, (202) 540-9020, email: ecanizalez@tash.org, website: tash.org/. 3-4 HEALTH AND SAFETY, LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Creating Healthy Habits, sponsored by Project Adventure, for counselors, school nurses, 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 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS, INSTRUCTION: Excellence in Language Instruction: Supporting Classroom Teaching & Learning, sponsored by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., for administrators, teacher-educators, and teachers, at the National Institute of Education, Singapore in Singapore. Contact: TESOL International Association, (703) 518-2517, email: edprograms@ tesol.org, website: tesol.org/education. 5-6 ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Improving Social Skills through Adventure, sponsored by Project Adventure, for administrators, counselors, 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. 7-10 COUNSELING, 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. 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