A symbol (*) marks deadlines that have not appeared in a previous issue of Education Week. For a complete listing of educational conferences and seminars, see our 1998-99 Calendar of Events.
July
*15--Education reform: Lessons From the Front: Triumphs in Education Reform From the Rainbow, sponsored by the Center for Education Reform, for educators, at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington. Contact: CER, 1001 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 204, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 822-9000; fax: (202) 822-5077.
15-17--Curriculum: Connecting Curriculum: Choices and Challenges for the 21st Century, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the National Council for the Social Studies, for English and social studies teachers, in Washington. Contact: Kimberly E. Soehnlein, Meetings and Exhibits Coordinator, NCSS, 3501 Newark St. N.W., Washington, DC 20016-3167; (202) 966-7840, ext. 108; fax: (202) 966-2061; Web site: www.ncss.org/profdev.
15-17--Professional development: Academy for New Personnel Administrators, sponsored by the American Association for School Personnel Administrators, for administrators, in Bellevue, Wash. Contact: AASPA, 3080 Brickhouse Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23452; (757) 340-1217; fax: (757) 340-1889; Web site: www.aaspa.org.
18-20--Advocacy: Legislative Summit/Children and Youth Action Network, sponsored by the Council for Exceptional Children, for special education teachers, administrators, parents, and individuals interested in political advocacy, at the Wyndham Hotel in Washington. Contact: CEC Constituent Services; (888) 232-7733.
18-21--Gender equity: Annual conference, sponsored by the National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education, for teachers, administrators, supervisors, equity specialists, and counselors, at the Minnesota Entertainment and Convention Center in Duluth, Minn. Registration deadline: June 18, 1999. Contact: Theordora F. Martin, Business Manager, NCSEE, PO Box 534, Annandale, NJ 08801-0534; (908) 735-5045.
18-21--Public relations: Annual conference, sponsored by the National School Public Relations Association, for school public relations professionals, principals, superintendents, and board members, at the Omni Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Contact: Judi Cowan, Manager of Communication Services, NSPRA, 15948 Derwood Road, Rockville, MD 20855; (301) 519-0496; fax: (301) 519-0494; e-mail: nspra@nspra.org.
18-22--Professional development: Frontiers of the 21st Century, sponsored by the World Future Society, for educators, policymakers, business leaders, and analysts, at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington. Contact: Susan Echard, Assembly Director, WFS, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 450, Bethesda, MD 20814; (800) 989-8274 or (301) 656-8274; fax: (301) 951-0394; e-mail: echard@wfs.org; Web site: www.wfs.org/wfs.
18-23--Professional development: Leadership academy, sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, for principals, assistant principals, central office personnel, and teachers aspiring to become schools administrators, at the Key Bridge Marriott in Washington. Contact: Gwendolyn J. Cooke, NASSP, 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191; (703) 860-7273.
19--Conflict resolution: Social and Emotional Learning Through Conflict Resolution, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for early-childhood teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
19-20--Student behavior: Working with Aggressive Youth, sponsored by Boys Town, for educators, guidance counselors, youth-care workers, and school nurses, in Denver. Contact: National Resource and Training Center Support Services, Box 145, Boys Town, NE 68010; (800) 545-5771, ext. 65; Web site: www.ffbh.boystown.org.
19-21--Bullying: Creating the K-6 Peaceable Classroom and Preventing Bullying, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for K-6 teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
19-21--Conflict resolution: Conflict Resolution in Classrooms and Advisories, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for middle and high school teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
19-21--Middle-level education: Rocky Mountain Middle Level Education Symposium, sponsored by Utah State University and the Utah Middle Level Association, for teachers, administrators, and board members, at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Contact: Martin Tadlock, Symposium Director, 2805 Old Main Hill, USU, Logan, UT 84322-2805; (435) 797-0382; fax: (435) 797-0372; e-mail: tadlock@coe.usu.edu.
19-21--Teachers: Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, for middle and high school teachers, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Contact: Sylvia Kay, Conference Coordinator, USHMM, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place S.W., Washington, DC 20024; (202) 488-2639; fax: (202) 488-2696; e-mail: skay@ushmm.org.
19-22--Support programs: Schools as Family and Community Resources: Preparing for the New Millennium, sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, for superintendents, administrators, teachers, early-childhood professionals, and parents, in New Haven, Conn. Contact: School of the 21st Century, Yale Bush Center, 310 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511; (203) 432-9944; fax: (203) 432-9945; Web site: www.yale.edu/21C.
*19-23--Literacy: Summer literacy institutes, sponsored by Celebration Press, for teachers of grades K-6, at Metz Elementary School in Austin, Texas. Contact: Toni Riccio, CP; (800) 435-3499, ext. 8024.
19-23--Professional development: The Lab School Approach, sponsored by the Lab School of Washington, for educators, in Washington. Contact: Diana Meltzer, LSW, 4759 Reservoir Road N.W., Washington, DC 20007; (202) 944-3082; fax: (202) 965-5106; e-mail: Dianalab@aol.com.
19-23--Professional development: Annual institute and conference, sponsored by the National Association of Educational Office Professionals, for education office personnel, at the Wichita Hyatt Regency in Wichita, Kan. Contact: Doris Baittie, Conference Chairman; (630) 969-7595.
19-23--Special education: Specialized Classroom Management, sponsored by Boys Town, for teachers, paraprofessionals, and support-staff members, in Boys Town, Neb. Contact: National Resource and Training Center Support Services, Box 145, Boys Town, NE 68010; (800) 545-5771, ext. 65; Web site: www.ffbh.boystown.org.
20--Learning: Social and Emotional Learning Through Music, Movement, Art, and Language, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for early-childhood teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
20--Learning: Social and Emotional Learning Through Adventures in Peacemaking, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for early-childhood teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
22-23--Conflict resolution: Teaching Conflict Resolution Through Children’s Literature, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for K-8 teachers, administrators, counselors, parents, and community leaders, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
22-23--Conflict resolution: Leadership for the Peaceable School: Conflict Resolution, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for administrators and teachers, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
22-23--Special education: Social and Emotional Leadership for the Inclusive Classroom, sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, for K-12 administrators and teachers, in Boston. Contact: ESR, 23 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; (800) 370-2515.
22-24--Technology: Leading the New Millennium with Visualization Technology, sponsored by the Center for Image Processing in Education, for educators, at the Marriott University Park Hotel in Tucson, Ariz. Contact: CIPE, PO Box 13570, Tucson, AZ 85732-3650; (800) 322-9884; fax: (520) 327-0175; Web site: www.cipe.com.
22-25--School reform: Annual conference, sponsored by MicroSociety Inc., for teachers and administrators, in San Francisco. Contact: Kristen Ludwig, MS, 306 Cherry St., Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19106; (215) 922-4006; fax: (215) 922-3303; e-mail: msocinc@aol.com.
23-28--School food service: Meeting, sponsored by the American School Food Service Association, for school food service coordinators, in Denver. Contact: Ann E. Singer, Director of Meetings, ASFSA, 1600 Duke St., 7th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314; (703) 739-3900; fax: (703) 739-3915; e-mail: asinger@asfsa.org.
24-30--College admissions: Summer institute, sponsored by the Western regional office of the College Board, for high school guidance counselors and college admissions personnel, at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo. Contact: CB, Sandra Williams, 2099 Gateway Place, Suite 480, San Jose, CA 95110-1017; (408) 452-1400; fax: (408) 453-7396; e-mail: swilliams@collegeboard.org.
24-30--Literacy: Microbial Literacy Collaborative, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for teachers and students, in Washington. Contact: Gaynelle Bowden, AASA, 1200 New York Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20005; (800) 351-7542, ext. 6682; e-mail: gbowden@aasa.org.
25-27--School safety: Education and Leadership for Safe Schools, sponsored by the Conflict Resolution Education Network, for educators, at Boston University in Boston. Contact: CREnet; (202) 667-9700; fax: (202) 466-4769; e-mail: nidr@crenet.org.
*26-30--Literacy: Summer literacy institutes, sponsored by Celebration Press, for teachers of grades K-6, at Piscataway High School in Piscataway, N.J. Contact: Toni Riccio, CP; (800) 435-3499, ext. 8024.
26-30--Race relations: Strategies for Improving Racial and Ethnic Relations in Schools, sponsored by the University of Washington, for educators, in Seattle, Wash. Contact: UW, College of Education, Box 353600, Seattle, WA 98195-3600; (206) 543-2320 or (800) 543-2320.
26-31--Teaching thinking: Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking Into Classroom Instruction, sponsored by the National Center for Teaching Thinking, for K-12 and college educators, at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Contact: NCTT, 815 Washington St., Suite 8, Newtonville, MA 02460; (617) 965-4604; fax: (617) 965-4674.
27--Teaching: Teaching Academic Skills Through the Visual and Performing Arts, sponsored by the Lab School of Washington, for teachers and administrators, in Washington. Contact: Diana Meltzer, LSW, 4759 Reservoir Road N.W., Washington, DC 20007; (202) 944-3082; fax: (202) 965-5106; e-mail: Dianalab@aol.com.
27-30--Math: Mathematics for the Next Millennium, sponsored by the Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics, for math teachers and administrators, in Honolulu. Contact: NCTM, Convention Services Department, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1593; (800) 304-7709; fax: (703) 476-2970; e-mail: regconf@nctm.org.
28--Counseling: Psychological Assessment of Learning Disabilities for Psychologists--Part I, sponsored by the Lab School of Washington, for educators and school counselors, in Washington. Contact: Diana Meltzer, LSW, 4759 Reservoir Road N.W., Washington, DC 20007; (202) 944-3082; fax: (202) 965-5106; e-mail: Dianalab@aol.com.
28-31--Phonics: Meeting the Standards: Exemplary Phonics Teaching in the Reading/Writing Classroom, sponsored by the Lesley College Center for Reading Recovery, for K-4 teachers, in Cambridge, Mass. Contact: LCCRR, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140; e-mail: ktravelo@mail.lesley.edu; Web site: www.lesley.edu.
28-Aug. 1--Theater education: Conference, sponsored by the Educational Theatre Association and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, for theater educators, Holiday Inn-Mart Plaza in Chicago. Contact: Kathleen Hughes or Jeffrey Leptak-Moreau, ETA, 3368 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45225; (513) 559-1996; fax: (513) 559-0012; e-mail: eta-its@one.net.
29--Counseling: Psychological Assessment of Learning Disabilities for Psychologists--Part II, sponsored by the Lab School of Washington, for educators and school counselors, in Washington. Contact: Diana Meltzer, LSW, 4759 Reservoir Road N.W., Washington, DC 20007; (202) 944-3082; fax: (202) 965-5106; e-mail: Dianalab@aol.com.
