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28-30 LEADERSHIP: NSBA Technology Leadership Network Site Visit to East Penn School District, sponsored by the National School Boards Association, for administrators, reading specialists, school board members, teachers, and technology personnel, in Emmaus, Pa. Contact: NSBA, (703) 838-6722, email: ngonzalez@nsba.org, website: www.nsba.org/tlnsitevisits. 28-30 PARENT INVOLVEMENT: National Conference on Family Literacy, sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy, for teacher-educators, at Galt House in Louisville, Ky. Contact: Gail Price, NCFL, (502) 584-1133, email: gprice@famlit. org, website: www.famlit.org. 28-MAY 2 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: 40th Annual Head Start Conference, sponsored by the National Head Start Association, for administrators, counselors, parents, researchers, state policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Contact: Sharon Kirksey-Walcott, NHSA, (703) 7390875, email: swalcott@nhsa.org, website: www.nhsa.org. 29-MAY 1 INSTRUCTION: CORE 2013 National Conference, sponsored by the Coalition for Residential Education, for administrators, community members, state policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at The California Endowment in Los Angeles. Contact: Tanya Hales, CORE, (301) 656-6101, email: tanyahales@residentialeducation. org, website: www. residentialeducation.org. 29-MAY 2 MINORITY EDUCATION: Educating the Black and Hispanic Male Child Conference, sponsored by African American Images, for administrators, at Oak Lawn Hilton in Chicago. Contact: Alicia Archer, African American Images, (708) 672-4909, email: aarcher@africanamericanimages. com, website: www. africanamericanimages.com. 30 ENGLISH: Phonological Awareness, Spelling, and Handwriting, sponsored by The Hill Center, for reading specialists and teacher-educators, at The Hill Center in Durham, N.C. Contact: Pam Hoggard, THC, (919) 489-7464, email: phoggard@ hillcenter.org, website: www. hillcenter.org. MAY 1 COUNSELING: College and Career Readiness Workshop, sponsored by ACT Inc. Northeast Region, for counselors, at Fordham University in New York City. Contact: Debbie Haines, ACT, Inc, (508) 2290111, email: Debbie.Haines@ act.org, website: www.act.org/ learningevents/workshops/index. html. 1 HIGHER EDUCATION: College and Career Readiness Workshop, sponsored by ACT Inc. Northeast Region, for administrators, counselors, researchers, and school board members, at University at Albany in Albany, N.Y. Contact: Nancy Cox, ACT Inc., (508) 229-0111, email: Boston@act. org, website: www.act.org/ learningevents/workshops/. 1 SPECIAL EDUCATION: Third Annual Autism Conference, sponsored by the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, for administrators, counselors, parents, school board members, teacher-educators, and teachers, at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg-Smith Hall in Greensburg, Pa. Contact: Anna Hare, Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, (724) 836-2460, email: ahare@wiu.k12.pa.us, website: www.wiu.k12.pa.us. 1-2 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: Flagstaff Seminar: Educational Leaders Without Borders, sponsored by Northern Arizona University, for researchers, at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. Contact: Rosemary Papa, (916) 832-1336, email: rosemary. papa@nau.edu. 1-3 BILINGUAL EDUCATION: MATSOL 2013 Conference, sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages, for administrators, community members, reading specialists, researchers, state policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Framingham Hotel & Conference Center in Framingham, Mass. Contact: MATSOL, (617) 8205099, email: matsol@matsol.org, website: www.matsol.org. 1-3 TECHNOLOGY: NSBA Technology Leadership Network Site Visit to Vancouver Public Schools, sponsored by the National School Boards Association, for administrators, reading specialists, school board members, teachers, and technology personnel, in Vancouver, Wash. Contact: Natalia Gonzalez, NSBA, (703) 838-6722, email: ngonzalez@nsba.org, website: www.nsba.org. 2 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: College and Career Readiness Workshop, sponsored by ACT Inc. Northeast Region, for administrators and counselors, at SUNY Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Contact: Debbie Haines, ACT, Inc, (508) 229-0111, email: Debbie.Haines@act.org, website: www.act.org/learningevents/ workshops/index.html. 3-4 LEARNING DISABILITIES: Advance L.A. Innovate Conference for Parents, Professionals, and Young Adults, sponsored by The Help Group, for administrators, counselors, parents, researchers, and teachers, at American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Contact: Amy Griffiths, The Help Group, (818) 779-5327, email: agriffiths@ thehelpgroup.org. 3-4 MATHEMATICS, STANDARDS: Chicago Lesson Study Conference, sponsored by the Lesson Study Alliance, for administrators, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Prieto Math and Science Academy in Chicago. Contact: LSA, (773) 888-3404, email: info@lsalliance. org, website: LSAlliance.org. 4 PRIVATE SCHOOLS: MAAPS 35th Annual Conference and Vendor Exposition, sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, school nurses, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, Mass. Contact: Gerri Dansky, maaps, (781) 2451220, email: gdansky@maaps. org, website: www.maaps.org. 5-8 MAGNET SCHOOLS: Magnet Schools of America National Conference, sponsored by Magnet Schools of America, for administrators, counselors, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Hyatt Hotel in Tulsa, Okla. Contact: Scott Thomas, MSA, (202) 8240672, email: executive.director@ magnet.edu, website: magnet.edu. 6-7 TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY: Data Wise Impact Workshop: Collaborating to Take Our Work to the Next Level, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, counselors, researchers, school board members, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Programs in Professional Education, (800) 545-1849, email: ppe@gse.harvard.edu, website: www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12. 8-10 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Building Understanding: Transforming Learning Through Writing and Talking, sponsored by the Institute for Learning, for teacher-educators and teachers, at Dallas Marriott City Center in Dallas. Contact: Carolyn Mazzella, IFL, (412) 624-8913, email: ifl@pitt.edu, website: www. instituteforlearning.org. 8-10 TEACHER EDUCATION: EiE Teacher Educator Institute, sponsored by Engineering is Elementary, for administrators, researchers, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Museum of Science in Boston. Contact: Valerie Costa, EiE, (617) 589-4239, email: eie@mos.org, website: www.mos.org/eie. 8-11 SPECIAL EDUCATION, URBAN EDUCATION: Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative’s Spring 2013 Member Meeting, sponsored by the Education Development Center, for administrators, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego. Contact: Sarah Melpignano, Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, (617) 618-2189, email: smelpignano@ edc.org, website: www. urbancollaborative.org. 9-10 HEALTH AND SAFETY, STUDENT BEHAVIOR: Head to Toe: A Conference for People Working to Improve Student Health and Academic Success, sponsored by the New Mexico Department of Health, for administrators, counselors, parents, school nurses, teacher-educators, and teachers, in Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: Jennifer McMath, KesselmanJones, (505) 266-3451, email: h2t@ kessjones.com, website: www. attendhead2toe.com. 11 TEACHERS: Second Saturday Series: “Teachers as Writers: How to Get Published,” sponsored by Writers in the Schools, for teachers, at Bright Sky Press in Houston. Contact: Tina Angelo, WITS, (713) 523-3877, email: tangelo@ witshouston.org, website: www. witshouston.org. 11 LEARNING DISABILITIES: Conference on Best Practices, sponsored by the Eagle Hill School, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, teachereducators, and teachers, at Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Conn. Contact: Kathleen Rinaldi, Eagle Hill School, (203) 622-9240, email: k.rinaldi@eaglehill.org, website: www.eaglehillschool.org. 11 LIBRARIES, READING: Embracing Your Core: Libraries, Literature, and the New Common Core State Standards, sponsored by the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California, for administrators, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, teacher-educators, and teachers, at South Pasadena Middle School in South Pasadena, Calif. Contact: CLCSC, (626) 744-4389, email: publicity@ childrensliteraturecouncil.org, website: childrensliterature council.org. 12-14 TEACHER EDUCATION: Teacher Teams, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, counselors, researchers, school board members, teacher-educators, and teachers, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Programs in Professional Education, (800) 545-1849, email: ppe@gse. harvard.edu, website: www.gse. harvard.edu/ppe/k12. 14-17 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Creating Emotionally Literate Schools: A Skill-Based, Sustainable Approach, sponsored by Yale University, Health Emotion and Behavior Laboratory, for administrators, school board members, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Contact: Bonnie Brown, Yale University, (917) 514-9777, email: bonnie@ rulergroup.com, website: therulerapproach.org. 15-17 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: Think Tank on Global Education, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, state policymakers, teachereducators, teachers, and technology personnel, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Programs in Professional Education, (800) 545-1849, email: ppe@gse.harvard.edu, website: www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12. Education WEEk 2013 CALENDAR OF EVENT S & P ROFESSIONAL DEVEL OPMENT DI R E C TO RY 17-19 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: 2013 National Economics Challenge, sponsored by the Council for Economic Education (formerly known as the National Council on Economic Education), for community members, teachereducators, and teachers, at Council for Economic Education in New York City. Contact: Rosanna Castillo, Council for Economic Education, (212) 730-7007, email: economicschallenge@ councilforeconed.org, website: www.councilforeconed.org/events/ national-economics-challenge/. 22 ACHIEVEMENT: Ensuring Learning for All Students: Sharing Successful Practices for Students who Struggle, sponsored by the Pace University School of Education, for teachers, at Pace University Lubin Graduate Center in White Plains, N.Y. Contact: Fran Wills, Pace School of Education, (914) 773-3289, email: fwills@pace.edu, website: www. pnwboces.org/catalog. 22-23 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Journey Through Hallowed Ground Annual Conference, sponsored by the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, for teachers, at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, Pa. Contact: Esther Turner, JTHG, (540) 882-4929, email: esther@jthg.org, website: www.hallowedground.org. 28-JUNE 2 MINORITY EDUCATION: National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, sponsored by the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies, for teachereducators and teachers, at New Orleans Riverside Hilton in New Orleans. Contact: Justin Lincks, NCORE Asst. Project Manager, (405) 325-3694, email: lincks@ ou.edu, website: ncore.ou.edu. 29-31 TEACHER EDUCATION: Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Learning Strategies for Preservice Educators, sponsored by The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL), for teacher-educators, at Joseph R. Pearson Hall on the University of Kansas Campus in Lawrence, Kan. Contact: Mona Tipton, KUCRL, (785) 864-0626, email: monatipton@ku.edu, website: www.kucrl.org/classes. 29-31 TEACHER EDUCATION: Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Content Enhancement Routines for University and Preservice Educators, sponsored by the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL), for teachereducators, at Joseph R. Pearson Hall on the University of Kansas Campus in Lawrence, Kan. Contact: Mona Tipton, KUCRL, (785) 8640626, email: monatipton@ku.edu, website: www.kucrl.orglasses/ details/sim-content-enhancementroutines-for-preservice-educators. 30-31 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: Native American Student Advocacy Institute, sponsored by College Board, for administrators, community members, counselors, researchers, state policymakers, teachereducators, and teachers, at University of Montana, Missoula/ Salish Kootenai College in Missoula, Mont. Contact: The w w w.e dw e e k.org/go/cal e n dar 13 CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL –MAY 2013 Association Annual Meeting, sponsored by the American Educational Research Association, for researchers, in San Francisco. Contact: Ashley Lusk, AERA, (202) 238-2300, email: outreach@aera. net, website: www.aera.net. http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops/index.html http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops/index.html http://www.aera.net http://www.LSAlliance.org http://www.attendhead2toe.com http://www.attendhead2toe.com http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops http://www.councilforeconed.org/events/national-economics-challenge http://www.councilforeconed.org/events/national-economics-challenge http://www.witshouston.org http://www.nsba.org/tlnsitevisits http://www.witshouston.org http://www.maaps.org http://www.pnwboces.org/catalog http://www.pnwboces.org/catalog http://www.wiu.k12.pa.us http://www.famlit.org http://www.magnet.edu http://www.eaglehillschool.org http://www.hallowedground.org http://www.nhsa.org http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org http://ncore.ou.edu http://www.matsol.org http://www.residentialeducation.org http://www.residentialeducation.org http://www.instituteforlearning.org http://www.instituteforlearning.org http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.kucrl.org/classes http://www.nsba.org http://www.africanamericanimages.com http://www.africanamericanimages.com http://www.mos.org/eie http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops/index.html http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops/index.html http://www.therulerapproach.org http://www.hillcenter.org http://www.kucrl.orglasses/details/sim-content-enhancement-routines-for-preservice-educators http://www.hillcenter.org http://www.kucrl.orglasses/details/sim-content-enhancement-routines-for-preservice-educators http://www.urbancollaborative.org http://www.urbancollaborative.org http://www.act.org/learningevents/workshops/index.html http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.edweek.org/go/calendar

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