Calendar of Events by Date

The Capacity Building Institute is co-sponsored by the IDEA Partnership at NASDSE's Community of Practice on Transition, the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, the National Post-School Outcomes Center, and the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center. The Institute will begin the evening of Monday, May 6 at 5:00 p.m. and end at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The IDEA Partnership's Community of Practice on Transition will again host its annual meeting from Sunday, May 5 through Monday, May 6.

During the Institute, interdisciplinary state teams will engage in a continuous improvement process to gain secondary transition knowledge and skills, capacity building strategies, and participate in facilitated team planning to target improved transition services, high school completion rates, and post-school outcomes of students with disabilities.

The conference offers 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.

This forum is hosted by the National Science Teachers Association. The keynote speaker is Ainissa Ramirez. Program strands will include
PreK–2 (Early Childhood)
Grades 3–5
Grades 6–9
Grades 10–12
Administrators
Effective STEM Partnerships with PreK–Middle Schools

In addition to regular sessions, there will be invited panel discussions and associated workshops on the following STEM tracks:
STEM Lessons, Curriculum, and Resources
School/Districtwide Implementation of STEM
Effective Business/Industry/Government/Education Partnerships

The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) and the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (CGTL) will collaborate to provide a one-day workshop that provides a basic understanding of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), their role in evaluation, the national landscape of SLO use, the SLO process, and the benefits and challenges of using SLOs in educator evaluation systems. The workshop will include examples of state and district templates, rubrics, guidebooks, and scoring schemes as well as general solutions for addressing the common challenges of SLO implementation.

This meeting is by invitation only.

The Mississippi Autism Advisory Committee will conduct its third meeting of the year on May 28, 2013.

The Georgia Association of School Personnel Administrators Spring Conference will take place May 29 through May 31, 2013, at St. Simons Island, Georgia.

This is an educational technology conference for Pre-K through 5th-grade educators to explore learning opportunities for elementary students, strategies for curriculum integration, and technology-rich learning environments. It is for teachers, principals, technology and curriculum specialists, librarians, and others involved in integrating technology into early education. Sessions will include presentations (a presenter-led discussion sharing best practices, strategies, tools, and/or techniques) and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device—interactive sessions with hands-on learning for participants using the attendees’ personal equipment, such as iPads, laptops, etc.). Five preconference workshops will be available.

This three-day professional growth and development opportunity is designed to address issues affecting middle and high school administration. The workshop will also provide collaboration opportunities for attendees and a chance for quality professional development needed to be effective leaders and to maintain continuing education credits. Speakers will include Alan November, Jamie Vollmer, Stephen Peters, and Adam Saenz.

This is the second national STEM education and employment conference. Attendees will include professionals and policy makers form education, government, industry, and associations. Also attending will be individuals from advocacy groups, companies, communities, organization, and schools who focus on STEM education and jobs related to STEM. Five session tracks are planned:
The Demand Side: Industry and Jobs Today
The Supply Side: Education and America’s STEM Future
Seeking the Best Return on Investment: Creating a Framework for STEM Longevity
Policy and Performance: Aligning Thinkers and Solvers
Communications: Sparking a “Sputnik Moment”

The conference will feature science leaders who share strategies for instruction to help students succeed on Texas' rigorous STAAR science assessment. There is no charge for the conference and it offers CPE credit. Presenters include Michele McCurdy and Lola West.

Texas Rural Education Association is a statewide organization with a formal affiliation to the National Rural Education Association. TREA promotes quality education opportunities and experiences for all students from rural public schools, which enables them to live and compete in global society.

Keynote speakers will include Shaun Martin (2012 NREA Teacher of the Year) and the 2013 Teacher of the Year, to be announced.

The ISTE annual conference and exposition offers an array of professional learning and collaborative networking opportunities. In addition to keynote speakers (Jane McGonigal, Steven Johnson, Adam Bellow) and concurrent sessions, there are learning station sessions, research paper sessions, workshops, and networking lounges.

Conference strands:
School Improvement
Technology Infrastructure
Professional Learning
Digital Age Teaching and Learning
Virtual Schooling/E-Learning

The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi will host the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) three-day "mini" institute for K–2 and 3–5 educators. The professional development opportunity will be held at the Jones County Community College.

This AASA institute provides an opportunity to learn about the most current information and tools for successful leadership. Topics will include teacher and administrator evaluation, assessment and accountability, school safety and security, and others. Among the speakers scheduled are Frederick M. Hess, Donald Smith, Gene Bottoms, and Charlotte Danielson.

The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents (MASS) will host its 2013 MASS/Alliance Summer Convention July 7–12, 2013, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Participants will include superintendents, principals, federal programs coordinators, special education directors, curriculum coordinators, and other school and district administrators.

This conference will showcase the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) instructional tools developed by the Gates Foundation to help teachers meet new standards. These tools have been field tested in several SREB states during the past 2 years and have proven to engage students in deeper learning and increase student achievement. Teachers in middle grades, high schools, and technology centers are encouraged to attend.

The conference features professional networking, updates on federal and national activities affecting data collection and reporting, and information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics. The conference will include training and business meetings for state CCD and EDFacts data coordinators. In addition, there will be a range of informative sessions targeted toward interests in Common Core of Data, Common Education Data Standards, data collection and management, data privacy, data dissemination, data linking beyond K-12, data standards and quality, data usage, growth models, school finance, and Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems.

There is no fee for this conference.

Learning Forward's conference is about inspiring, informing, and helping teacher leaders and administrators provide the most powerful forms of professional learning to all teachers with whom they work. The conference will feature more than 150 preconference and concurrent sessions.

Conference strands:

• Learning Communities
  
• Leadership
  
• Resources
  
• Data
  
• Learning Designs
  
• Implementation
  
• Outcomes
  

Keynote speakers include Jim Knight, Michelle Shearer, Yvette Jackson, Jaime Casap, and Anthony Muhammad.

The institute is designed to provide teams of administrators, math coaches, and K–6 lead teachers a firm foundation in the fundamentals of Singapore mathematics instruction and the Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program. Attendees will work with a team of experts and consultants to create a plan for learning. Dr. Yeap Ban Har will be returning to the third annual National Singapore Math Summer Institute in Denver, Colorado, on July 30–August 1. Attendees will work closely for 3 days with Dr. Ban Har and other mathematics experts in small sessions.

The AIE conference is aimed at connecting education leaders—including teachers, instructional coaches, school leaders, district representatives, and professional service providers—to inspire accountability, innovation, and possibility for school improvement through partnerships and research-based best practices.

Conference strands:
Cultivate teacher/leader effectiveness
Advance academic performance
Strengthen school climate
Increase family/community engagement
Enhance district efficacy

This annual conference will feature well known authorities discussing critical issues in college- and career-readiness. Among topics will be the extent to which college readiness and career readiness can be evaluated using the same assessment, how such assessments can be validated, and considerations for states in comparing state high school tests with other alternatives.

This forum is the premier networking and educational experience designed to engage, enlighten and empower women school system leaders from across the country. Focused on leadership excellence, this forum will help you build your skills, share solutions, strengthen professional networks and sharpen your career planning. The conference features stories of great accomplishment to renew the passion for public education; application of successful business principles; strengthening support networks through dialogue with other school system leaders; and one-on-one coaching sessions for career advancement.

This conference provides an opportunity for rural educators to share ideas and information and learn about tools and resources to aid in delivering the best learning strategies for rural children. The opening keynote speaker will be John Nash from the University of Kentucky. The NREA Research Symposium will be held in conjunction with the convention. It will offer presentations by rural school teachers, administrators, researchers, and other stakeholders in rural education.

This conference, sponsored by the publishers of Educational Leadership, will give participants an opportunity to listen to experts on leadership, share ideas and information with other leaders, and reflect on their performance as leaders. It will feature 50 two-hour sessions in addition to pre-conference institutes (on October 31), general sessions, and networking opportunities.