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24-28 SCIENCE: Space Across the Curriculum Class: Astronomy Principles for the ClassroomKinesthetic Astronomy, sponsored by the Space Foundation, for teacher-educators and teachers, at Colorado State University-Pueblo in Pueblo, Colo. Contact: Chrys Rheinbolt, Space Foundation, (719) 576-8000, email: education@ spacefoundation.org, website: www.spacefoundation.org. 24-28 STEM: Making Sense of Science Force and Motion Institute for Middle and High School Educators, sponsored by the ASSET STEM Education, for teachers, at ASSET STEM Education in Pittsburgh. Contact: Karen Savitz, ASSET STEM Education, (412) 481-7320, email: ksavitz@assetinc.org, website: www.assetinc.org. 24-28 STEM: STEM Education Leadership Institute, sponsored by Washington State LASER, for administrators, community members, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at Southcenter DoubleTree Guest Suites in Seattle. Contact: Sonia Siegel Vexler, Washington State LASER, (206) 443-2903, email: ssiegelvexler@pacsci.org, website: www.wastatelaser.org. 25-27 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: Primary Years Programme Workshop, sponsored by the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education, for researchers, and teacher-educators, at Atlanta International School in Atlanta. Contact: CASIE, (404) 848-9044, email: info@casieonline.org, website: www.casieonline.org. 25-27 ONLINE EDUCATION: WIDA Summer Academy: Data Digging, sponsored by the WIDA Consortium, for administrators and teachers, at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wis. Contact: WIDA Consortium, (866) 276-7735, email: pdinfo@ wida.us, website: www.wida.us. 26 READING: Know Your Roots: Building Vocabulary and Language Arts Skills, sponsored by The Hill Center, for reading specialists and teacher-educators, at The Hill Center in Durham, N.C. Contact: Pam Hoggard, THC, (919) 4897464, email: phoggard@hillcenter. org, website: www.hillcenter.org. 26-27 ASSESSMENT: NJCIE’s Annual Summer Inclusion Conference, sponsored by the New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Education, for teachers, at The College of New Jersey, Brower Student Center in Ewing, N.J. Contact: Paula Lieb, NJCIE, (732) 6130400, email: njcie@njcie.net, website: njcie.net. 26-28 READING: Comprehensive Literacy Model: An Introduction, sponsored by Illinois Reading Recovery, for administrators, reading specialists, state policymakers, and teachers, at NIU Conference Center, Naperville, IL in Naperville, Ill. Contact: Chantavia Weathersby, IRRC, (630) 874-4602, email: cweathersby1@ nl.edu, website: www.nl.edu/irrc/. 27-28 EDUCATION POLICY: Inaugural Government, Politics, and Media Institute, sponsored by the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, for teachers, at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta. Contact: Jane Kunberger, HIES, (404) 303-2150, email: jane.kunberger@hies.org, website: www.hies.org. 27-29 CURRICULUM: 2013 National Conference on College & Career Readiness and Common Core State Standards, sponsored by the Center for College & Career Readiness, for administrators, reading specialists, school board members, teachereducators, teachers, and technology personnel, at JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes Resort and Spa in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Lauren Zake, CCCR, (630) 282-1639, email: info@collegecareer.org, website: www.collegecareer.org. 27-30 ACHIEVEMENT: 8th Annual Schools to Watch Conference, sponsored by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, for administrators, at Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. Contact: Deborah Kasak, National Forum, (217) 351-2196, email: dtkasak@gmail.com, website: www.middlegradesforum.org. 29-JULY 3 ACHIEVEMENT: Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Excellence with Equity, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, community members, counselors, parents, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, 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. 30-JULY 3 ACHIEVEMENT: 2013 ASCA Annual Conference, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, for counselors, at Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Contact: Kelly Frey, ASCA, (703) 683-2722, email: kfrey@schoolcounselor. org, website: www. schoolcounselor.org. Cindi Hubbard, University of Connecticut-Music Dept/Gullah Voices, (415) 847-2487, email: nehgullahvoices@uconn.edu, website: www.gullahvoices.org. 7-13 READING: Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston and Her Eatonville Roots, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, for teachers, at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Contact: Brenda Clark, Florida Humanities Council, (727) 873-2009, email: bclark@flahum.org, website: www.floridahumanities.org/ teachers/Zora. 8-10 HEALTH AND SAFETY: NASP 2013 Summer Conferences-Cincinnati, sponsored by the National Association of School Psychologists, for reading specialists, at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati in Cincinnati. Contact: Rosie Levine, NASP, (301) 3471673, email: rlevine@nasponline. org, website: www.nasponline. org/summerconferences. 8-11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Advisers Institute, sponsored by the Journalism Education Association, for teacher-educators and teachers, at Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Contact: Kelly Furnas, JEA, (785) 532-5532, email: furnas@ksu.edu, website: www.jea.org. 8-12 SCIENCE: Space Across the Curriculum Class: Early Childhood Space Exploration, sponsored by the Space Foundation, for teachereducators and teachers, at Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. Contact: Chrys Rheinbolt, Space Foundation, (719) 576-8000, email: education@ spacefoundation.org, website: www.spacefoundation.org. 8-12 TEACHER EDUCATION: Universal Design for Learning: Reaching All Learners, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, community members, counselors, parents, reading specialists, researchers, school board members, state policymakers, 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. 8-17 AT-RISK YOUTHS: Montessori Applied to Children At-Risk for Learning Differences I and II, sponsored by the Shelton School and Evaluation Center, for administrators, reading specialists, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Shelton School and Evaluation Center in Dallas. Contact: Consuela Teague, Shelton School, (972) 774-1772, email: cteague@ shelton.org, website: www. shelton.org/MACAR. 9-11 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: Diploma Programme Summer Workshop, sponsored by the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education, for researchers, and teachereducators, at Atlanta International School in Atlanta. Contact: CASIE, (404) 848-9044, email: info@ casieonline.org, website: www. casieonline.org. 9-12 ARTS EDUCATION: NAEA SummerVision D.C., sponsored by the National Art Education Association, for teachers, at Washington, D.C., area musuems in Washington. Contact: Renee Sandell, NAEA, (703) 860-8000, email: info@arteducators.org, website: www.arteducators.org. Museum of Science in Boston. Contact: Valerie Costa, EiE, (617) 589-4239, email: eie@mos.org, website: www.mos.org/eie/. 10-11 SCIENCE: Everyone Engineers! An Introduction to Engineering is Elementary, sponsored by the Museum of Science, Boston, for administrators, state policymakers, and teachers, at the Museum of Science in Boston. Contact: Valerie Costa, Museum of Science, Boston, (617) 5894239, email: EiE@mos.org, website: www.mos.org/eie. 10-12 MATHEMATICS: Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, sponsored by the Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics, for administrators, community members, school board members, state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Contact: Anita Hopkins, CAMT, (512) 335-2268, email: camt@camtonline.org, website: www.camtonline.org. 11-12 SCHOOL BOARDS: School District of Beloit Summer Learning Conference, sponsored by the School District of Beloit, for administrators, and teachers, at Central Christian Church in Beloit, Wis. Contact: Michelle Shope, SDB, (608) 361-4160, email: mshope@sdb.k12.wi.us, website: www.sdb.k12.wi.us. 12-14 SPECIAL EDUCATION: 9-12 TECHNOLOGY: Constructing Modern Knowledge, sponsored by Generation YES, for administrators, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at Radisson Hotel in Manchester, N.H. Contact: Gary Stager, Constructing Modern Knowledge, (310) 874-8236, email: gary@ constructingmodernknowledge. com, website: constructingmodernknowledge.com. 10-11 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: Engineering is Elementary, sponsored by Engineering is Elementary, for administrators and teachers, at the ASHA Schools 2013, sponsored by the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, for administrators, at Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. Contact: Karen Niles, ASHA, (301) 296-5752, email: kniles@ asha.org, website: www.asha.org. 13-19 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Habla Teacher Institute, sponsored by Habla: The Center for Language and Culture, for teachers, in Merida, Mexico. Contact: Kurt Wootton, Habla, (401) 374-3237, email: contact@habla.org, website: www.habla.org. 30-JULY 3 CHARTER SCHOOLS: National Charter Schools Conference, sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, for teachereducators, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. Contact: Jenny Wanger, NAPCS, (202) 289-2700, email: Jenny@ Publiccharters.org, website: www. publiccharters.org. JULY 7-12 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: Gullah Voices: Traditions & Transformations, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, for teachers, at the Inn at Ellis Square in Savannah, Ga. Contact: Education WEEk 2013 CALENDAR OF EVENT S & P ROFESSIONAL DEVEL OPMENT DI R E C TO RY w w w.e dw e e k.org/go/cal e n dar 15 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY –JULY 2013 email: dtoomey@wisc.edu, website: eop.education.wisc.edu/. http://eop.education.wisc.edu/ http://www.nl.edu/irrc/ http://www.mos.org/eie/ http://www.gullahvoices.org http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.hies.org http://www.spacefoundation.org http://www.floridahumanities.org/teachers/Zora http://www.mos.org/eie http://www.floridahumanities.org/teachers/Zora http://www.shelton.org/MACAR http://www.shelton.org/MACAR http://www.assetinc.org http://www.nasponline.org/summerconferences http://www.collegecareer.org http://www.nasponline.org/summerconferences http://www.camtonline.org http://www.casieonline.org http://www.casieonline.org http://www.jea.org http://www.middlegradesforum.org http://www.wastatelaser.org http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us http://www.arteducators.org http://www.spacefoundation.org http://www.asha.org http://www.casieonline.org http://www.constructingmodernknowledge.com http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/k12 http://www.habla.org http://www.wida.us http://www.schoolcounselor.org http://www.schoolcounselor.org http://www.hillcenter.org http://www.publiccharters.org http://www.publiccharters.org http://www.njcie.net http://www.nsba.org/tlnsitevisits http://www.nsba.org/tlnsitevisits http://www.edweek.org/go/calendar

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