Education Week - August 20, 2014 - Special Report - 14

27-28 LEADERSHIP: Responsive Classroom
Leadership Conference, sponsored by the
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.,
for administrators, counselors, school board
members, state policymakers, and teachers, at
the JW Marriott Chicago in
Chicago. Contact: Laura Schlaikjer,
NEFC, (800) 360-6332, email:
registration@responsiveclassroom.org,
website: www.responsiveclassroom.org.
27-28: RURAL EDUCATION: Battelle for
Kids, sponsored by Battelle for Kids, for
administrators, state policymakers, and
teacher-educators, at the Hilton Columbus/
Polaris in Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Lindsey
Gulliver, Battelle for Kids, (614) 481-3141,
email: krauch@battlelleforkids.org,
website: www.battelleforkids.org/go/
ruralforum.
28 EDUCATION POLICY, TEACHER
TRAINING, TEACHERS: Billie Grace Goodrich
Lecture, sponsored by the Graduate School of
Education, University of Tennessee, for teachereducators,
at the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville, Tenn. Contact: Diane Booker, GSE,
Univ of Tennessee, (865) 974-6638, email:
dbooker@utk.edu, website: gse.utk.edu.
28-29 COMMON STANDARDS: 4th Annual
Common Core State Standards Summit:
Strengthening the Core, sponsored by the
Contra Costa County Office of Education, for
administrators, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Concord, Calif.
Contact: Sharon Marks, CCCOE, (925) 9423356,
email: smarks@cccoe.k12.ca.us, website:
www.cccoe.k12.ca.us.
28-30 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 2014
Professional Practices Institute, sponsored by
the National Association of State Directors
of Teacher Education and Certification,
for state policymakers, at the Newport
Marriott in Newport, R.I. Contact: Phillip
Rogers, NASDTEC, (202) 204-2208, email:
philrogers@nasdtec.com, website:
www.nasdtec.net.
28-30 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Workshop 2014, sponsored by the New Jersey
School Boards Association, for school board
members, state policymakers, teacher-educators,
and technology personnel, at the Atlantic
City Convention Center in Atlantic City, N.J.
Contact: Lauren Cuervo, New Jersey School
Boards Association, (888) 886-5277, email:
info@njsba.org, website: www.njsba.org.
29 COUNSELING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING: United Way School Support
Network, sponsored by the United Way of
Northern New Jersey, for teacher-educators,
at the College of Saint Elizabeth in
Morristown, N.J. Contact: Robyn
Ulmer, United Way of Northern
New Jersey, (973) 993-1160, email:
robyn.ulmer@unitedwaynnj.org,
website: unitedwaynnj.org.
29-30 LEADERSHIP: Leadership for College
Readiness, sponsored by AVID Center, for
administrators, and school board members,
at the Leon County District Office in Tallahassee,
Fla. Contact: Events & Training Department,
AVID Center, (858) 380-4800,
email: edtrainings@avid.org,
website: www.avid.org.
29-31 MATHEMATICS: NCTM 2014
Regional Conference & Exposition:
Indianapolis, sponsored by the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics, for administrators,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at
the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
Contact: Michael Barbagallo, NCTM, (800)
235-7566, email: nctm@nctm.org, website:
www.nctm.org/Indianapolis.
30-31 LEADERSHIP: Restorative Leadership
Development: Authority with Grace,
sponsored by the International Institute for
Restorative Practices, for administrators,
counselors, and teachers, at the IIRP
Campus in Bethlehem, Pa. Contact:
International Institute for Restorative Practices
Graduate School, (610) 807-9221, email:
iirpinfo@iirp.edu, website: www.iirp.edu.
30- Nov. 2 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Advanced Skills and
Standards, sponsored by Project Adventure,
for counselors, teacher-educators, and teachers,
at the Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center in
Covington, Ga. Contact: Keri Hinchion, PA,
(978) 524-4555, email: registration@pa.org,
website: www.pa.org.
30- Nov. 2 ADMINISTRATORS,
CHARACTER EDUCATION, EDUCATION
RESEARCH: National Forum on Character
Education, sponsored by the Character
Education Partnership, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, school board
members, state policymakers, and teachers, at
the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Contact: Heather Cazad, CEP, (202) 2967143,
email: hcazad@character.org, website:
www.character.org.
November
1-2 CURRICULUM: Adventure Curriculum
for Physical Education, sponsored by Project
Adventure, for teacher-educators, and teachers,
at Project Adventure in Beverly, Mass. Contact:
Keri Hinchion, PA, (978) 524-4555, email:
registration@pa.org, website: www.pa.org.
2 ENGLISH, TEACHERS: Walk for Literacy,
sponsored by the Philadelphia Writing Project,
for teacher-educators, and teachers, at the
University of PA/ Penn Park at Shoemaker
Green in Philadelphia. Contact: Miriam Harris,
Philadelphia Writing Project, (215) 898-1919,
email: miriamh@gse.upenn.edu, website:
www.gse.upenn.edu/philwp.
2-5 DROPOUTS: 26th Annual National
Dropout Prevention Network Conference,
sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention
Center/Network, for teacher-educators, at The
Galt House in Louisville, S.C. Contact: John
Gailer, National Dropout Prevention Center/
Network, (864) 656-2675, email: jgailer@clemson.
edu, website: www.dropoutprevention.org.
2-5 LEADERSHIP: Fall Instructional
Leadership Conference, sponsored by the
Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools,
for administrators, at the Perdido Beach
Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama. Contact:
Susie Ellison, (800) 239-3616, email: susie@
clasleaders.org, website: www.clasleaders.org.
2-5 LEADERSHIP: PLTW National Summit,
sponsored by Project Lead The Way, for
administrators, counselors, researchers, school
board members, state policymakers, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the JW Marriott
in Indianapolis. Contact: Laura Greenaway,
PLTW, (317) 669-0843, email: lgreenaway@
pltw.org, website: www.pltw.org.
3-4 CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: 5th Annual Fall Convening:
Navigating the Path to Personalized Learning,
sponsored by The Institute @ CESA #1, for
administrators, counselors, teacher-educators,
and teachers, at the Country Springs Hotel
and Conference Center in Pewaukee, Wis.
Contact: Monica Sepic, The Institute @
CESA #1, (262) 787-9500, email:
msepic@cesa1.k12.wi.us, website:
theinstituteatcesa1.org.
3-4 TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER
TRAINING: Midwest Facility Masters
Conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin
Association of School Business Officials,
for administrators, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Kalahari Resort & Conference
Center in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Contact:
Aine Calgaro, WASBO, (608) 249-8588,
email: wasbo@wasbo.com, website:
www.wasbo.com.
5-6 DEBRIEFING TOOLS: Sponsored by
Project Adventure, 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.
5-7 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Conference on Integrated Learning: The
School-to-Career Connection, sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
for administrators, counselors, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Penn Stater
Conference Center Hotel in State College,
Pa. Contact: Eleanor Bicanich, Penn State
Greater Allegheny, (412) 675-9065, email:
eeb6@psu.edu, website: www.pde.state.pa.us/
integratedlearningconference.
5-8 ADMINISTRATORS, EDUCATION
RESEARCH, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING: 2014 Florida Association of
School Psychologists' Annual Conference,
sponsored by the Florida Association of School
Psychologists, for administrators, counselors,
researchers, teacher-educators, and teachers, at
the Hyatt Regency Sarasota in Sarasota, Fla.
Contact: Amy Vance, Florida Association of
School Psychologists, (863) 206-9434, email:
faspannualconference@gmail.com, website:
www.fasp.org/Events/Annual_Conference.html.
6 ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS: AdvancED
Missouri Fall Conference, sponsored by
AdvancED, for administrators, teachereducators,
and teachers, at the Hampton Inn
& Suites in Columbia, Mo. Contact: Tina
Woolsey, AdvancED Missouri, (888) 413-3669,
email: twoolsey@advanc-ed.org, website:
www.advanc-ed.org.
6-7 HEALTH AND SAFETY: Northern
California Safe & Healthy Schools 2014
Conference, sponsored by the California
Region 4 County Offices of Education, for
administrators, counselors, school nurses,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at the Clark
Kerr Conference Center, UC Berkeley in
Berkeley, Calif. Contact: Student Wellness &
School Climate Programs, Alameda County
Office of Education, (510) 670-4197, email:
wellness@acoe.org, website: tinyurl.com/
2014norcalconference.
6-8 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, PARENT
INVOLVEMENT: District Leaders Network
on Family and Community Engagement
Baltimore Learning Lab, sponsored by the
Institute for Educational Leadership, for
administrators, and school board members,
in Baltimore. Contact: Sarah Grunberger,
Institute for Educational Leadership, (202)
822-8405, email: grunbergers@iel.org, website:
www.iel.org.
6-8 MIDDLE SCHOOLS: AMLE2014 Annual
Conference for Middle Level Education,
sponsored by the Association for Middle Level
Education, for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, school board members, school nurses,
state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at the Gaylord
Opryland Resort & Convention Center in
Nashville, Tenn. Contact: Association for Middle
Level Education, (800) 528-6672, email:
info@amle.org, website: www.amle.org.
6-8 SCIENCE: NSTA Orlando Area
Conference on Science Education, sponsored
by the National Science Teachers Association,
for administrators, school board members,
state policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
technology personnel, at the Orange County
Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Contact:
Donna Fletcher, NSTA, (703) 312-9260, email:
dfletcher@nsta.org, website: www.nsta.org.
6-8 URBAN EDUCATION: International
Conference on Urban Education, sponsored
by The Urban Education Collaborative, for
teachers, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall in
Montego Bay, Jamaica. Contact: Ayana Allen,
The Urban Education Collaborative, (704)
687-1508, email: icue2014@gmail.com, website:
www.icue2014.org.
7 ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, URBAN
EDUCATION: 17th Annual Symposium
on Transforming Inner-City Education,
sponsored by the Gesu School, for
administrators, counselors, reading specialists,
researchers, school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Gesu School in
Philadelphia. Contact: Julianne Mesaric,
Gesu School, (215) 763-9077, email:
julianne.mesaric@gesuschool.org, website:
www.gesuschool.org/symposium.
7 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LSA
2014 Annual Conference-Rooted and
Growing, sponsored by the Lutheran Schools
Association-New York, for counselors, school
board members, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at the Long Island Lutheran Middle
& High School in Brookville, N.Y.
Contact: Jessica Raba, LSA-NY, (718) 8944858,
email: jraba@lsany.org, website:
www.lsany.org.
7-9 ADMINISTRATORS: Portable Adventure,
sponsored by Project Adventure, Inc., for
administrators, counselors, 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.
7-9 CURRICULUM, MATHEMATICS,
TECHNOLOGY: Mathematics Curriculum
Development, Delivery, and Enactment in
a Digital World, sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum,
for administrators, researchers, state
policymakers, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at The University
of Chicago in Chicago. Contact: Zalman
Usiskin, University of Chicago School
Mathematics Project, (773) 702-3921,
email: csmcintlconf@uchicago.edu,
website: cemse.uchicago.edu.
7-9 TEACHERS: Adventures in Low
Elements, sponsored by Project Adventure,
Inc., for counselors, teacher-educators, and
teachers, at Project Adventure, Inc. in Beverly,
Mass. Contact: Keri Hinchion, PA, (978) 5244555,
email: registration@pa.org,
website: www.pa.org.
7-9 TEACHERS: Adventure Program
Management, sponsored by Project Adventure,
Inc., for administrators, 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.
8 READING/WRITING: Celebration
of Writing and Literacy, sponsored by
the Philadelphia Writing Project, for
14 EDUCATION WEEK 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY www.edweek.org/go/calendar
http://www.nctm.org/Indianapolis http://www.amle.org http://www.theinstituteatcesa1.org http://www.responsiveclassroom.org http://www.iirp.edu http://www.nsta.org http://www.wasbo.com http://www.battelleforkids.org/go/ruralforum http://www.battelleforkids.org/go/ruralforum http://www.pa.org http://www.pa.org http://www.icue2014.org http://gse.utk.edu http://www.character.org http://www.pde.state.pa.us/integratedlearningconference http://www.pde.state.pa.us/integratedlearningconference http://www.gesuschool.org/symposium http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us http://www.pa.org http://www.lsany.org http://www.fasp.org/Events/Annual_Conference.html http://www.nasdtec.net http://www.gse.upenn.edu/philwp http://www.pa.org http://www.advanc-ed.org http://www.njsba.org http://www.dropoutprevention.org http://www.tinyurl.com/2014norcalconference http://cemse.uchicago.edu http://www.tinyurl.com/2014norcalconference http://www.unitedwaynnj.org http://www.clasleaders.org http://www.pa.org http://www.avid.org http://www.iel.org http://www.pltw.org http://www.pa.org http://www.edweek.org/go/calendar
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