Education Week - August 21, 2013 - C15

25-26 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
LEARNERS: Georgia TESOL
Conference, sponsored by Georgia
TESOL, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, and teachers,
at the Atlanta Marriott Hotel Buckhead
in Atlanta. Contact: Harvey Oaxaca,
Ga. TESOL, (404) 580-7786, email:
oaxaca@fultonschools.org, website:
www.gatesol.org.
25-26 SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS:
Center for Research on Girls Biennial
Symposium, sponsored by the Center
for Research on Girls at Laurel
School, for teacher-educators and
teachers, at the CRG at Laurel School
in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Contact:
Lisa Damour, CRG, (216) 455-3061,
email: ldamour@laurelschool.org,
website: www.laurelschool.org/CRG.
25-27 COUNSELING: 21st Century
Athenas: Cultivating Resilience
and Achievement, sponsored by
the Center for Research on Girls at
Laurel School, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, and
teachers, at the Laurel School in
Shaker Heights, Ohio. Contact:
Kim Lobe, CRG, (216) 455-3033,
email: klobe@laurelschool.org,
website: www.laurelschool.org/about/
CRGBiennialSymposium.cfm.
26 COMMON STANDARDS:
Fostering Global Competency Among
Our Students, sponsored by Bank
Street College of Education, for
administrators, community members,
and teachers, at Bank Street College
of Education in New York City.
Contact: Hannah Weitzer, GEC, (212)
529-0377, email: hannah@gng.org,
website: gecnyc.wordpress.com.
26 TECHNOLOGY: Technology
Use in the Classroom, sponsored by
University of California HistorySocial
Science Project, for teachers,
at Dwinelle Hall in Berkeley,
Calif. Contact: Rachel Reinhard,
UCBHSSP, (510) 643-0897, email:
ucbhssp@berkeley.edu, website:
ucbhssp.berkeley.edu.
26-28 HIGHER EDUCATION:
HACU 2013 Annual Conference,
sponsored by the Hispanic
Association of Colleges and
Universities, for administrators,
counselors, researchers, school
board members, state policymakers,
teachers, and technology personnel,
at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago.
Contact: Norma Jean Garcia, HACU,
(210) 576-3206, email: njrevilla@
hacu.net, website: www.hacu.net/
hacu/default.asp.
27-29 COMMON STANDARDS,
READING: Annual Conference:
Literacy for All Learners, sponsored
by the New York State Reading
Association, for administrators,
reading specialists, researchers, and
teachers, at the Hilton Albany in
Albany, N.Y. Contact: Liz Yanoff,
NYSRA, (518) 337-4842, email:
yanoffe@strose.edu, website: www.
nysreading.org/Conference/2013.
27-29 MAGNET SCHOOLS: Fall
Technical Assistance Training Institute,
sponsored by Magnet Schools
of America, for administrators,
community members, school board
members, teacher-educators, teachers,
and technology personnel, at The
Westin Las Vegas Hotel, Casino &
Spa in Las Vegas. Contact: Judy Shen,
Magnet Schools of America, (202)
824-0672, email: events@magnet.edu,
website: www.magnet.edu.
27-30 ONLINE EDUCATION:
iNACOL Blended and Online
Learning Symposium 2013,
sponsored by the International
Association for K-12 Online
Learning, for administrators,
researchers, school board members,
state policymakers, teachereducators,
teachers, and technology
personnel, at Swan and Dolphin
in Orlando, Fla. Contact: Tracy
Breithaupt, iNACOL, (703) 7526201,
email: tbreithaupt@inacol.org,
website: www.inacol.org.
28-29 CHARTER SCHOOLS:
2013 Charter School Leadership
Update Conference, sponsored by
the Charter Schools Development
Center, for administrators,
community members, researchers,
school board members, state
policymakers, teacher-educators,
teachers, and technology personnel,
at the Hyatt Regency San
Francisco in Burlingame, Calif.
Contact: Kristina Conner,
CSDC, (916) 538-6612, email:
kconner@chartercenter.org,
website: www.chartercenter.org.
29-30 GIFTED EDUCATION,
SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Responding to the Military
Child With Exceptional Needs,
sponsored by the Military
Child Education Coalition, for
counselors, at Universities of
Shady Grove Conference Center
in Rockville, Md. Contact:
Myriam Virella, MCEC, (254)
953-1923, email: myriam.
virella@militarychild.org,
website: www.militarychild.org.
30-Nov. 2 COUNSELING:
FASP’s 40th Annual
Conference, sponsored by
the Florida Association of
School Psychologists, for
counselors, at Omni Orlando
Resort at ChampionsGate in
ChampionsGate, Fla. Contact:
Amy Vance, FASP 2013
Conference Co-Chair, (863) 2069434,
email: 2013faspconf@gmail.
com, website: www.fasp.org.
30-Nov. 3 URBAN
EDUCATION: 57th Annual
Fall Conference, sponsored
by the Council of the Great
City Schools, for school board
members, at the Hyatt Regency
Albuquerque in Albuquerque,
N.M. Contact: Terry Tabor,
Council of the Great City
Schools, (202) 393-2427, email:
ttabor@cgcs.org, website: www.
cgcs.org.
31-Nov. 1 RURAL
EDUCATION: Rural Education
National Forum, sponsored
by Battelle for Kids, for
administrators, at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio. Contact:
Lindsey Gulliver, Battelle for
Kids, (866) 543-7555, email:
Support@BattlelleforKids.org,
website: www.battelleforkids.org/
events/rural-education-forum.
EDUCATION WEEK 2013 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY www.edweek.org/go/calendar 15
NOVEMBER
1 HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES:
Annual Professional Development
Conference for Teachers in Civics,
Law, and Government, sponsored by
the Constitutional Rights Foundation
Chicago, for administrators, researchers,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at
McDonald’s Corporate Campus in Oak
Brook, Ill. Contact: Dee Runaas, CRFC,
(312) 663-9057, email: runaas@crfc.
org, website: www.crfc.org.
1 TECHNOLOGY: Game-Making for
Learning, sponsored by World Wide
Workshop, for administrators and
teachers, at the World Wide Workshop
headquarters in New York City. Contact:
Kara Burritt, World Wide Workshop,
(646) 895-9167, email: kara@
worldwideworkshop.org, website: www.
globaloria.org.
1-2 PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: NMSI English
Secondary Training Year 1-Modules 1 &
2, sponsored by the National Math and
Science Initiative, for administrators and
teachers, at NMSI in Dallas. Contact:
Heather Victor, NMSI, (214) 525-3016,
email: hvictor@nms.org, website: www.
nms.org.
1-2 READING: Literacy: Passport to
the World!, sponsored by California
Reading Association, for teachereducators,
at Sonoma State University
in Rohnert Park, Calif. Contact:
Kathy Belanger, California Reading
Association, (714) 435-1983, email:
kandbbelanger@cox.net, website: www.
Califreads.org.
1-3 LEADERSHIP: ASCD Conference
on Educational Leadership, sponsored
by ASCD, for administrators, at The
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las
Vegas. Contact: ASCD, (800) 933-2723,
email: cel@ascd.org, website: www.
ascd.org.
2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
EdCamp GR 2013, sponsored by
Kent Intermediate School District,
for administrators, counselors,
researchers, school board members,
state policymakers, teacher-educators,
teachers, and technology personnel,
at Kent Intermediate School District
in Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact: Ron
Houtman, Kent Intermediate School
District, (616) 364-1333, email:
ronhoutman@kentisd.org, website:
kentisd.org.
3-5 COUNSELING: MSCA 2013
Fall Conference, sponsored by ACT
Inc. Midwest Region, for counselors,
at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach,
Mo. Contact: Tobie Smith, MSCA,
(314) 854-6652, email: tobiesmith@
claytonschools.net.
3-5 READING: 24th Annual Literacy
for All Conference, sponsored by
Lesley University, Center for Reading
Recovery and Literacy Collaborative,
for administrators, counselors, reading
specialists, researchers, school
board members, state policymakers,
teacher-educators, and teachers, at
the Rhode Island Convention Center
in Providence, R.I. Contact: Sharon
Winston, Lesley University, (617)
349-8402, email: literacy@lesley.edu,
website: www.lesley.edu/center-forreading-recovery.

The voice and vision of special education
Te Bully and the Bullied: Tiered
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A CEC Webinar Series
Designed for teachers and administrators at all levels, this series
introduces strategies for addressing bullying behaviors, explores targeted
interventions for supporting the development of students who experience
bullying, and discusses functional behavior assessments for bullying
prevention and intervention.
• Oct. 8 Bullying Behavior: Prevention and Intervention
• Oct. 22 Students Who Are Bullied: Prevention and Intervention
• Nov. 6 Functional Behavior Assessments of the Bullies and the
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 2013

http://www.nms.org http://www.magnet.edu http://www.nms.org http://www.kentisd.org http://www.gatesol.org http://www.Califreads.org http://www.crfc.org http://www.Califreads.org http://www.inacol.org http://www.laurelschool.org/CRG http://www.ascd.org http://www.ascd.org http://www.globaloria.org http://www.globaloria.org http://www.lesley.edu/center-for-reading-recovery http://www.lesley.edu/center-for-reading-recovery http://www.laurelschool.org/about/CRGBiennialSymposium.cfm http://www.cec.sped.org/webinars http://www.laurelschool.org/about/CRGBiennialSymposium.cfm http://www.chartercenter.org http://gecnyc.wordpress.com http://www.militarychild.org http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu http://www.cec.sped.org/webinars http://www.fasp.org http://www.hacu.net/hacu/defalut.asp http://www.hacu.net/hacu/defalut.asp http://www.cgcs.org http://www.cgcs.org http://www.nysreading.org/Conference/2013 http://www.nysreading.org/Conference/2013 http://www.cdl.org http://www.cdl.org http://www.battelleforkids.org/events/rural-education-forum http://www.battelleforkids.org/events/rural-education-forum http://www.edweek.org/go/calendar

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