Education Week - Calendar of Events & Professional Development Directory - Spring 2013 - C13

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.

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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

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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.

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