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14-19 URBAN EDUCATION: National Institute for Urban School Leaders, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, counselors, researchers, teachereducators, 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. 15-18 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: New Teacher Institute, sponsored by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, for teachers, at The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Karen Zeitlin, ISACS, (312) 255-1244, email: info@ isacs.org, website: www.isacs.org. 15-18 READING: Summer Literacy Institute: Genre Study: Teaching With Fiction and Nonfiction Books in a Readers’ Workshop, sponsored by Lesley University, Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative, for teachers, at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Sharon Winston, Lesley University, (617) 3498402, email: literacy@lesley.edu, website: www.lesley.edu. 15-18 READING: Summer Literacy Institute, sponsored by Hamline University, for administrators, reading specialists, teachereducators, and teachers, at Hamline University campus in St. Paul, Minn. Contact: Kasia McMahon, HU, (651) 523-2600, email: kmcmahon01@hamline.edu, website: www.hamline.edu/sli. 17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ATPE Professional Learning and Networking (PLAN) Day, sponsored by the Association of Texas Professional Educators, for teacher-educators, at Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Contact: Andrea Davis, ATPE, (512) 467-0071, email: meetings@atpe. org, website: atpe.org. 17-20 HIGHER EDUCATION: Hispanic College Institute (HCI), sponsored by the Virginia Latino Higher Education Network, for parents, at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va. Contact: Diana Hernandez, VALHEN, (571) 449-1953, email: hci@valhen.org, website: www.valhen.org/hci. 19-21 GIFTED EDUCATION: Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted Annual Conference, sponsored by SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted), for administrators, counselors, parents, researchers, teachereducators, and teachers, at Orlando World Center Marriot in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Lori Comallie-Caplan, SENG, (575) 526-4222, email: lori.comallie@ sengifted.org, website: www. sengifted.org. 19-21 SPECIAL EDUCATION: Taking Our Convention A Mile High (41st Annual Convention), sponsored by the National Down Syndrome Congress, for parents, reading specialists, teachereducators, and teachers, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Contact: NDSC, (800) 232-6372, email: info@ ndsccenter.org, website: www. ndsccenter.org. 21-24 STEM: HI-TEC Conference, sponsored by HI-TEC Conference, for teacher-educators, at Austin Renaissance Hotel in Austin, Texas. Contact: Sheila Wilson, HI-TEC, (254) 772-8756, email: swilson@cord.org, website: www.highimpact-tec.org. 21-25 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Learning Forward Summer Conference 2013, sponsored by Learning Forward, for teacher-educators, at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis. Contact: Leslie Miller, Learning Forward, (513) 523-6029, email: office@learningforward.org, website: www.learningforward.org. 22-24 COUNSELING: NASP 2013 Summer Conferences, sponsored by the National Association of School Psychologists, for reading specialists, at Hotel Albany in Albany, N.Y. Contact: Rosie Levine, NASP, (301) 347-1673, email: rlevine@nasponline.org, website: www.nasponline.org/ summerconferences. 22-24 STANDARDS: Meeting the Challenge: Standards, Interventions, and Assessment, sponsored by the University of KentuckyPIMSER P-12 Math and Science Outreach, for administrators, teacher-educators, teachers, and technology personnel, at Embassy Suites in Lexington, Ky. Contact: Jessica Dutzy, UK-PIMSER, (859) 257-4836, email: jessicadutzy@ uky.edu, website: www.uky.edu/ p12mathscience. 22-26 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Founders Fellowship, sponsored by the Bill of Rights Institute, for teacher-educators and teachers, in Arlington, Va. Contact: Laura Vlk, BRI, (703) 894-1776, email: events@billofrightsinstitute.org, website: billofrightsinstitute.org. 22-26 INSTRUCTION: Project Zero Classroom, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for administrators, counselors, reading specialists, researchers, 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. 22-26 READING: Introduction to Guided Reading in a Good Literacy Program, Grades 3-8, sponsored by Lesley University, Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative, for teachers, at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Kelly Adams, Lesley University, (617) 349-8165, email: kadams@lesley. edu, website: www.lesley.edu/crr. 23 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Supreme Court 101, sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, for teachers, at the Illinois Supreme Court in Chicago. Contact: Dee Runaas, CRFC, (312) 663-9057, email: runaas@crfc.org, website: www. crfc.org. 23 SCIENCE: Particles and Prairies Educator Workshop, sponsored by the Fermilab Education Office, for teachers, at Lederman Science Center in Batavia, Ill. Contact: Sue Sheehan, Fermilab, (630) 8405058, email: sheehan@fnal.gov, website: ed.fnal.gov. 23-26 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/ summervision. 25-27 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: ETSU Annual Early Childhood Conference, sponsored by the ETSU Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development, for administrators, teachereducators, and teachers, at Millennium Centre in Johnson City, Tenn. Contact: Julia Herwig, ETSU, (423) 4397614, email: herwig@etsu.edu, website: www.etsu.edu/coe/ child/programs/conference.aspx. 25-27 URBAN EDUCATION: Council of Urban Boards of Education Summer Issues Seminar, sponsored by the National School Boards Association, for administrators, counselors, school board members, teacher-educators, and teachers, at Seattle, Washington in Seattle. Contact: Mutsa Meda, NSBA, (703) 838-6722, email: mmeda@nsba. org, website: www.nsba.org/cube. 28-30 EDUCATION POLICY: Born in Another Time, sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Education, for administrators, researchers, and state policymakers, at Ritz-Carlton Thinking about starting a virtual school? Calvert can help. When you partner with Calvert, you maintain control of your budget, your program, and your teachers. Calvert provides an economic solution helping you retain 50% or more of your funding compared to other virtual school providers. 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