Upcoming Events

The conference offer unique opportunities to meet with colleagues to discuss issues and share the most up-to-date information about successful programs for students in at-risk situations. Talk one-on-one with TEA consultants, receive current state and federal updates on programs and funding availability, and network with fellow ACET members who share the same concerns.

Contact: Wade Burroughs
Phone: 406-862-3275
E-mail: wburroughs@bresnan.net
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This webinar will include a review of the Texas Administrative Code requirements that directly impact the implementation and use of research-based instructional strategies chosen by content-area teachers new to the education of English language learners (ELLs).

The webinar is designed to provide professional development for appropriate staff at the 20 regional educational service centers in Texas.

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Contact: D'Ette Cowan, EdD
Phone: 512-391-6510
E-mail: dette.cowan@sedl.org
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This is an opportunity to share effective strategies, policies, research, and information, as well as provide colleagues with insights and best practices addressing many of the issues confronted by Pre-K-8 educators.

Chris Gardner, Marlee Matlin, Greg Mortenson will be the  keynote speakers.

Contact: Vanessa Herman
Phone: 800-386-2377 or 703-684-3345
E-mail: convention@naesp.org
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A substantive educational conference with workshops and general sessions, which will help all migrant educators and staff better assist the migrant families, children, and youth, with whom they work.

Contact: NASDME Conference Coordination Office
Phone: 505-508-2999
E-mail: NASDME2009@mgr-events.com
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The theme addresses the conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges and opportunities inherent in understanding how and what people learn across time and space. Such an ecological focus encourages education researchers to draw on interdisciplinary constructs and theories, complex research designs, and multiple methods of data analysis. The meeting will stimulate new conversations and collaborations that fundamentally expand our understanding of the richness of the diversity of the human experience and enable us to use that knowledge to enrich and expand opportunities to learn for all.

The headquarter hotels for the meeting are the Hyatt Regency Denver and the Sheraton Denver.

Contact: AERA Customer Service
Phone: 800-893-7950 or 484-625-4355
E-mail: aerameetings@expologic.com
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This webinar is designed to provide professional development for appropriate staff at the 20 regional educational service centers in Texas.

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Contact: D'Ette Cowan, EdD
Phone: 512-391-6510
E-mail: dette.cowan@sedl.org
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The institute pre-session will provide information and address issues concerning administration and implementation of the federal education programs under NCLB. The meeting is designed for ESC staff who are unfamiliar with NCLB program management and implementation.

Lunch is provided.

Contact: Annie Molina in the NCLB Program at TEA
Phone: (512) 463-9374
E-mail: annie.molina@tea.state.tx.us
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Institute Description:
Participants will engage in reviewing the NCLB federal grant cycle, beginning with the comprehensive needs assessment (CNA), followed by the use of funds, the application process, compliance reports, and monitoring. General sessions will be supported by breakout sessions specific to individual programs and title fund sources.

Audience:
LEAs, ESCs, and charter schools with programs administered under NCLB.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zollie Stevenson, Jr., USDE

Contact: Annie Molina in the NCLB Program at TEA
Phone: (512) 463-9374
E-mail: annie.molina@tea.state.tx.us
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This webinar is designed to provide professional development for appropriate staff at the 20 regional educational service centers in Texas.

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Contact: D'Ette Cowan, EdD
Phone: 512-391-6510
E-mail: dette.cowan@sedl.org
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This is the major event of the year for PK-8 school leaders in Texas.

Conference keynote speakers:
  Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
  Brad Cohen, author of Front of the Class, a chronicle of his life with Tourette Syndrome
  Drum Café uses the power of music to unite, uplift, and inspire.

Contact: Kirsten Hund
Phone: 800-252-3621
E-mail: kirsten@tepsa.org
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The workshop provides opportunities for principals to collaborate with peers through region meetings. By seeking more effective ways to help students be successful, principals and assistant principals live the mission of TASSP, “Above All, Students First.” Building a collegial spirit by learning together empowers principals to be intellectually and instructionally physical as leaders. Participating in the TASSP Summer Workshop provides the quality professional development principals need to be effective leaders.

Contact: Cindy Kirby
Phone: 512-443-2100, Extension 225
E-mail: cindy@tassp.org
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This event will be held in place of the one known in the past as the LEP Symposium: Addressing the Needs of Secondary LEP Students.

Target Audience: Administrators and teachers working with English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-12.

The event is only available to Title III-funded LEAs.

Contact: Elizabeth Minjárez
Phone: (512) 463-9696
E-mail: elizabeth.minjarez@tea.state.tx.us
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The 2010 conference is not only about salient issues around assessment that look at where we are, where we need to be, and what needs to be done to get it right – but an opportunity to “pay it forward” to a city in need. The education community has an opportunity to provide economic support in a time when the Detroit auto industry is faced with depressed economic times and an urban district that has been pegged as “ground zero” by the Secretary of Education.

We as educators have the chance to bring great content and discussion to a city that struggles like so many other urban cities when it comes to educational reform. NCSA can provide a forum to look at how we can better provide students with an education system that will give them the skill sets they need to make a difference in today’s world.

Contact: CCSSO Staff
Phone: 202-336-7074
E-mail: ncsa@ccsso.org
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This meeting is a gathering of researchers conducting studies funded by IES and the Department of Education. The conference will feature an opening plenary presentation by IES Director John Q. Easton. There will be 36 panel and open forum sessions, 500 poster presentations, and many opportunities for dialog and collaboration during the conference.

Contact: IES Staff
Phone: 800-USA-LEARN (800-872-5327)
E-mail: IESResearchConf@seiservices.com
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This webinar is designed to provide professional development for appropriate staff at the 20 regional educational service centers in Texas.


9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Contact: D'Ette Cowan, EdD
Phone: 512-391-6510
E-mail: dette.cowan@sedl.org
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This conference is intended to supply state, district, school, and teacher leaders with new strategies for designing schools that provide more students with relevant, meaningful educational experiences, so more students graduate and they graduate prepared for college, advanced training and careers in the 21st-century economy.

Pre-conference workshops begin Monday, July 12, and conclude at noon on Wednesday, July 14. The conference will begin Wednesday afternoon, July 14, and conclude Saturday, July 17.

Proposals to present at the 24th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference are due by April 16, 2010.

Contact: Anna Johnston
Phone: 404-962-9629
E-mail: SummerStaffDev@sreb.org
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Conference Strands:

  • Learning Communities: Creating, sustaining, and evaluating school-based learning teams.
  • Technology: Leveraging technology as a resource for professional learning.
  • Professional Learning Processes: Developing skills for planning, facilitating, presenting, advancing, and evaluating learning.
  • The Learning Gap: Applying research-based strategies to improve student performance in the discipline areas.
  • New Teacher Support: Accelerating new teacher competence and developing mentors
  • Teacher Leadership: Identifying, developing, engaging, and supporting teacher leaders.
  • Administrator Development: Strengthening principal and central office instructional leadership and professional development skills.

Keynote speakers: Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Milton Chen, Jennifer James, Vicki Phillips, and Taylor Mali

Contact: NSDC staff
Phone: 800-727-7288
E-mail: NSDCoffice@nsdc.org
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Registration will open June 15, 2010.

With more than 8,000 attendees, the TASA/TASB Convention draws the major players from three-quarters of the state's 1,033 school districts.

School leaders attend this event to get continuing education, learn about trends in public schools, and explore products and services offered by hundreds of exhibitors. Attendees include school board members,superintendents, business managers, administrative staff, exhibitors, and other individuals interested in the education of Texas schoolchildren.

Contact: Mark Pyeatt
Phone: 800-725-8272
E-mail: MPyeatt@tasanet.org
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