Education Week - August 20, 2014 - Special Report - 12

Council, for teacher-educators, at the Prairie
Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill.
Contact: Carrie Sheridan, Illinois Reading
Council, (309) 454-1341, email:
irc@illinoisreadingcouncil.org, website:
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org.
2-4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
SCHOOL BOARDS, URBAN EDUCATION:
Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE)
47th Annual Conference, sponsored by the
National School Boards Association, for school
board members, at the Four Seasons Hotel
Miami in Miami. Contact: Deborah Keys,
NSBA, (703) 838-6742, email: dkeys@nsba.org,
website: www.nsba.org/events.
2-5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Adventure in the Classroom, sponsored by
Project Adventure, Inc., for teacher-educators,
and teachers, at Project Adventure, Inc. in
Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion, PA,
(978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: www.pa.org.
3-5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Technical Skills Intensive, sponsored by Project
Adventure, Inc., for counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at Project Adventure,
Inc. in Beverly, Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion,
PA, (978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: www.pa.org.
4 TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS:
TEACH: Better Together, sponsored by WJCT,
for teacher-educators, at the Hyatt Regency
Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.
Contact: Circe LeNoble, WJCT, (904) 3586329,
email: clenoble@wjct.org, website:
wjct.org/TEACH.
6 TEACHERS: Co-Teaching in the Inclusive
Classroom, sponsored by CESA 7 Regional
Service Network Project/Dept., for teachereducators,
at CESA 7 in Green Bay, Wis.
Contact: Becky Broderick, CESA 7, (920) 6175626,
email: bbroderick@cesa7.org,
website: www.cesa7.org.
6-8 ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS:
2014 Core Knowledge Regional Conference,
sponsored by the Core Knowledge Foundation,
for teachers, at the Conference & Event Center
Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Contact:
Erin Lynch, CKF, (434) 220-3377, email:
conference@coreknowledge.org, website:
www.coreknowledge.org/conference.
7 COMMON STANDARDS, CURRICULUM:
Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids
to Succeed, sponsored by the Council for
Leaders in Alabama Schools, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, school board members,
state policymakers, and teachers, at the
Riverview Plaza in Mobile, Ala. Contact: Susie
Ellison, CLAS, (800) 239-3616, email: susie@
clasleaders.org, website: www.clasleaders.org.
7-8 WORKSHOP/SEMINAR: Adventure
Curriculum for Physical Education, sponsored
by Project Adventure, for teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the University of Colorado-Boulder
in Boulder, Colo. Contact: Keri Hinchion, PA,
(978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: www.pa.org.
8 ADMINISTRATORS, LEADERSHIP,
TEACHERS: Amanda Ripley-FREE Speaker
Event, sponsored by the Houston A+
Challenge, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, school nurses, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, teachers, and technology
personnel, at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston in Houston. Contact: Kat White,
Houston A+ Challenge, (713) 658-1881,
email: kwhite@houstonaplus.org, website:
www.houstonaplus.org.
8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Fall
Down 7 Times, Get up 8: Teaching Kids
to Succeed, sponsored by the Council
for Leaders in Alabama Schools, for
administrators, at the Marriott Legends in
Prattville, Ala. Contact: Susie Ellison, CLAS,
(800) 239-3616, email: susie@clasleaders.org,
website: www.clasleaders.org.
8-10 STEM, TEACHER EDUCATION: 14th
Annual STEM Education Conference,
sponsored by the Triangle Coalition for STEM
Education, for teacher-educators, at The Sphinx
Club at Franklin Square in Washington, D.C.
Contact: Susie Fernald, Triangle Coalition for
STEM Education, (703) 516-5966, email:
sfernald@trianglecoalition.org, website:
www.trianglecoalition.org.
8-10 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT,
URBAN EDUCATION: Building Positive
School and Classroom Culture, sponsored
by the AUSL (Academy for Urban
School Leadership), for administrators,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
AUSL Schools in Chicago. Contact:
Clarence Ewing, AUSL, (773) 534-0129,
email: cewing@auslchicago.org, website:
auslchicago.org/about/advisory-services.
8-11 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
VTS Advanced Practicum - Portland, OR,
sponsored by Visual Thinking Strategies,
for teacher-educators, at the Portland Art
Museum in Portland, Ore. Contact:
Erica Sera, VTS, (718) 302-0232,
email: esera@vue.org, website:
www.visualthinkingstrategies.org.
9 INSTRUCTION: Building Your Team
Dynamics, sponsored by Learning
Forward Virginia, for teacher-educators,
at the Sheraton Park South in Richmond,
Va. Contact: Judy Newhouse, Learning
Forward Virginia, (703) 490-5499, email:
newhousejw@gmail.com, website:
www.learningforwardvirginia.org.
9 LEADERSHIP: Breakfast Conversation,
sponsored by the Principals' Center at Cardinal
Stritch University, for administrators, at the Best
Western Midway Hotel in Brookfield, Wis.
Contact: Jill Anderson, The Principals' Center
at Cardinal Stritch University, (414) 410-4552,
email: stritchprincipalscenter@gmail.com,
website: www.stritch.edu/principalscenter.
9 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Fall
Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids to
Succeed, sponsored by the Council for Leaders
in Alabama Schools, for administrators and
counselors, at the Embassy Suites in Huntsville,
Ala. Contact: Susie Ellison, CLAs, (800)
239-3616, email: susie@clasleaders.org, website:
www.clasleaders.org.
9-10 AT-RISK YOUTH: Changing the Odds
Conference, sponsored by the Momentous
Institute, for administrators, counselors,
reading specialists, researchers, school board
members, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Hyatt Regency
Dallas at Reunion in Dallas. Contact:
Maureen Fernandez, Momentous
Institute, (214) 915-4768, email:
mfernandez@momentousinstitute.org.
9-10 WORKSHOP/SEMINAR: Achieving
Fitness, sponsored by Project Adventure, for
teacher-educators, teachers, at the University of
Colorado-Boulder in Boulder, Colo. Contact:
Keri Hinchion, PA, (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: www.pa.org.
9-11: ADMINISTRATORS, EDUCATION
RESEARCH, HEALTH AND SAFETY: 88th
Annual School Health Conference, sponsored
by the American School Health Association,
for administrators, counselors, researchers,
school board members, school nurses, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
in Portland, Ore. Contact: Abby Brdlik,
American School Health Association,
(703) 506-7675, email: abrdlik@ashaweb.org,
website: www.ashaweb.org.
9-11 EDUCATION LAW: Council of School
Attorneys (COSA) School Law Practice
Seminar, sponsored by the National School
Boards Association, for administrators, at
the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in
Denver. Contact: Sonja Trainor, NSBA, (703)
838-6711, email: strainor@nsba.org, website:
www.nsba.org.
10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Our Family Story: The NICU's Lifelong
Effects, sponsored by the Erikson Institute,
for counselors, researchers, school nurses, state
policymakers, and teachers, at the Erikson
Institute in Chicago. Contact: Matthew
Zaradich, Erikson Institute, (312) 893-7171,
email: mzaradich@erikson.edu, website:
www.erikson.edu/continuing-education.
10-12 ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Total Quality Improvement
in Education, sponsored by the National
Superintendents Roundtable, for
administrators, at the Mayflower Park
Hotel in Seattle. Contact: James Harvey,
National Superintendents Roundtable, (205)
526-5336, email: harvey324@earthlink.net,
website: www.superintendentsforum.org.
10-12 EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
Pacific Oaks Early Childhood Leadership
Institute, sponsored by Pacific Oaks College,
for administrators, school board members,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
Sheraton Pasadena Hotel in Pasadena,
Calif. Contact: Jayanti Tambe, Pacific
Oaks College, (626) 529-8461, email:
jtambe@pacificoaks.edu, website:
www.pacificoaks.edu.
10-13 TEACHERS: National FORUM for
Entrepreneurship Education, sponsored by the
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education,
for teachers, at the Millennium Hotel in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact: Gene Coulson,
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Educaion,
(304) 344-8577, email: gcoulson@entre-ed.com,
website: www.entre-ed.com.
11 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS: ECET2-LA,
sponsored by The College-Ready Promise,
for reading specialists, and teachers, at
the Davidson Conference Center at USC
in Los Angeles. Contact: Erin Abshere,
TCRP, (323) 565-1683, email: eabshere@
thecollegereadypromise.org, website:
thecollegereadypromise.org.
12 CHARACTER EDUCATION, SOCIALEMOTIONAL
LEARNING: Fall 2014
Educational Seminar, sponsored by The
Peaceful Solution Character Education Inc.,
for administrators, counselors, researchers,
school board members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
Auditorium in Clyde, Texas. Contact:
Rebekah Mathews, The Peaceful Solution
Character Education Inc., (325) 672-9492,
email: Info@peacefulsolution.org, website:
www.peacefulsolution.org.
12-14 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION: 2014 National Career Pathways
Network Conference, sponsored by the National
Career Pathways Network (NCPN), for
teachers, at the Walt Disney World Resort in
Orlando, Fla. Contact: Sheila Wilson, NCPN,
(254) 741-8329, email: swilson@cord.org,
website: www.ncpn.info.
12-14 GIFTED EDUCATION,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: OAGC
Annual Fall Conference, sponsored by the
Ohio Association for Gifted Children, for
teacher-educators, at the Hilton Easton in
Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Ann Sheldon,
Ohio Association for Gifted Children, (614)
337-0386, email: excutivedirector@oagc.com,
website: www.oagc.com.
12-14 STEM, TEACHER TRAINING,
TEACHERS: International STEM Education
Association STEM Expo, sponsored by the
International STEM Education Association,
for administrators, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Branson Convention
Center in Branson, Mo. Contact: Jill Ward,
International STEM Education Association,
(620) 308-7010, email: admin@edublue.org,
website: www.isea-stem.org.
14-15 SCIENCE: New Jersey Science
Convention, sponsored by the New Jersey
Science Convention, for teachers, at the
Princeton Marriott at Forrestal in Princeton,
N.J. Contact: Lola Szobota, New Jersey
Science Convention, (201) 213-0630, email:
szobota@nvnet.org, website:
www.njscienceconvention.org.
14-16 COUNSELING, HEALTH AND SAFETY,
LEADERSHIP: Ohio's 2014 Special Education
Leadership Conference, sponsored by the
Ohio Office for Exceptional Children, for
teacher-educators, at the Greater Columbus
Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Contact: Carol Daniels, Center for Special
Needs Populations/OSU, (614) 292-7510,
email: daniels.121@osu.edu, website:
www.edresourcesohio.org.
15 CURRICULUM, ENGLISH,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: University
of California Articulation Conference,
sponsored by the University of California
Office of the President, for administrators,
counselors, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at UC Riverside in Riverside, Calif.
Contact: High School Articulation,
University of California Office of the
President, (510) 987-9570, email:
hsupdate@ucop.edu, website:
www.ucop.edu/agguide/getting-started/
announcements.
15 CURRICULUM: The Connecticut Business
Educators Assocation Annual Conference,
sponsored by the Connecticut Business
Educators Association, for administrators,
state policymakers, teacher-educators,
teachers, and technology personnel, at 15,
2014 in Middlebury, Conn. Contact: Amy
Wernicki, CBEA, (860) 202-3095, email:
amy.wernicki@gmail.com, website:
www.cbea.biz/index.html.
15-16 EDUCATION RESEARCH: Cultural
Proficiency Institute, sponsored by Learning
Forward, for administrators, counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Collin College
Preston Ridge Campus Conference Center in
Frisco, Texas. Contact: Taryn Williams,
Corwin, (805) 410-7625, email:
Taryn.Williams@corwinpress.com,
website: www.corwin.com/dallascpi.
16 ENGLISH, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: UC Articulation Conference,
sponsored by the University of California Office
of the President, for administrators, counselors,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
University of California, Irvine in Irvine, Calif.
Contact: High School Articulation, UCOP,
(510) 987-9570, email: hsupdate@ucop.edu,
website: www.ucop.edu/agguide.
16-18 SCIENCE: NSTA Richmond
Area Conference on Science Education,
sponsored by the National Science Teachers
12 EDUCATION WEEK 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY www.edweek.org/go/calendar
http://www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org http://www.clasleaders.org http://www.ashaweb.org http://www.oagc.com http://www.nsba.org/events http://www.nsba.org http://www.trianglecoalition.org http://www.isea-stem.org http://www.pa.org http://www.erikson.edu/continuing-education http://www.auslchicago.org/about/advisory-services http://www.njscienceconvention.org http://www.pa.org http://www.superintendentsforum.org http://www.visualthinkingstrategies.org http://www.edresourcesohio.org http://www.wjct.org/TEACH http://www.learningforwardvirginia.org http://www.pacificoaks.edu http://www.cesa7.org http://www.ucop.edu/agguide/getting-started/announcements http://www.ucop.edu/agguide/getting-started/announcements http://www.stritch.edu/principalscenter http://www.entre-ed.com http://www.coreknowledge.org/conference http://www.cbea.biz/index.html http://www.clasleaders.org http://www.thecollegereadypromise.org http://www.clasleaders.org http://www.corwin.com/dallascpi http://www.pa.org http://www.peacefulsolution.org http://www.pa.org http://www.ucop.edu/agguide http://www.houstonaplus.org http://www.ncpn.info http://www.edweek.org/go/calendar
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