Events 2008

• The 12th Annual Holmes Partnership Conference: Mobilizing Educational Partnerships for Equity and Access in Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida, January 24-27, 2008
• The Promise of Inclusion: Notes on the Cultural Work of Equity in Education at LeadScape Winter Institute, 2008
• 2008 Conference on Inclusive Education, Denver, Colorado, February 14 - 16, 2008 - This three day conference provides families and educators of students with disabilities with best practice educational strategies that support all diverse learners. Learn about increasing student achievement, strategies that support students in inclusive classrooms, building collaborative relationships between families and schools, Universal Design for learning, ideas for engaging students at all levels of the curriculum, and much more!
• NIUSI Training for Memphis City Schools, March 11-12, 2008
  Reinventing Special Education
  The National Policy Landscape
  Defining Inclusive Education
  
• Addressing Promises and Challenges of Response to Intervention Models for ELLs at The 31st Annual New York State Association for Bilingual Education Conference, March 13-16, 2008
• 2008 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, New York, March 24-28, 2008 - The 2008 AERA Program Theme is Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility. Discussions will be centered on topics such as higher education and community development, education and social service partnerships, and community-based teacher education.
• 2008 Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo, April 2-5, Hynes Convention Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Pre-convention workshops will provide in-depth interactions related to topics including Differentiated Instruction, Response to Intervention, Positive Behavioral Supports, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Early Intervention, Public Policy, Gifted Education, Technology, and Transition, to name a few. Some special events that are not to be missed are the CEC Professional Awards, Yes I Can! Awards Ceremony to Celebrate CEC's Students with Disabilities Who Achieve, Educational Site Visits, and CEC's 2008 Teacher of the Year Luncheon.
• 2008 National Conference, April 17-18, 2008 hosted by The Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University
• NCUST 3rd Annual Symposium, San Diego, May 7-9, 2008 - The Annual NCUST Symposium is an exceptional professional learning opportunity for school leaders. It features lively interactive breakout sessions with school leaders from outstanding urban schools and districts across the nation. Please visit NCUST Symposium for more information.
• The 29th Annual American Indian Language Development Institute, June 4-July 2, 2008 - Special topics will include NCLB & Native students, language immersion methods in the classroom, Native children's literature and writing and schooling in Native American communities.
• National Science Education Leadership Association’s (NSELA) Summer Leadership Institute: Powerful Professional Learning in Science, July 7-10 in Asheville, North Carolina.
  For more information and registration please click here: http://www.nsela.org/calendar/calendar.html
• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) 1st Summer Institute: Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Leaders: Strengthening America through Socially Just Corporate, Political, and Educational Partnerships, July 11, 2008 at the University of Philadelphia
• Leadscape Summer Institute, July 14-16, 2008 - LeadScape principals from around the country will be gathering in Seattle for our 3rd Principal Institute July 14-16. The Institute will focus on Instructional Designs for Inclusive Schools, Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Supports, and Student Voice. Presentations and tools created for this Institute will be posted at www.niusileadscape.org.
• 2008 School of the 21st Century National Conference, July 14-16, 2008 - Challenging the long held belief that formal learning begins in Kindergarten and is supported five days a week, six hours a day, for twelve more years, The School of the 21st Century (21C) is proving that learning really is a 24/7 process, beginning at birth. Using a community school model, the 21st Century program incorporates child care and family support services into schools, including school-based preschool, before and after-school care and family support services designed to promote the optimal growth and development of children beginning at birth. 21C, also known as Family Resource Center (FRC) in some communities, transforms the traditional school into a year-round, model.
  The 21C conference will focus on the Changing Roles of Schools: Schools of the 21st Century, Family Resource Centers, Early Care and Education, School-age Care, and other school-based family support programs. Workshops will be offered in the following areas:
  
  • Research and Program Development
  • Technology - New Opportunities
  • Effective Program Strategies
  • Establishing Partnerships and Collaboration
  • Leadership, Policy, and Program Management
  For more information visit their website http://www.yale.edu/21c/200821cconference.html.
• The Association of Teacher Educator’s (ATE) 2008 Summer Conference: The Global Imperative: Educating and Assessing the Whole Child, Teachers, and Community, August 2-6, 2008 in Washington D.C.
  For more information about sessions, keynote speakers, preconference workshops, and registration, please click here: http://www.ate1.org/pubs/ATE_2008_Washingon.cfm.