Disproportionality Related Conferences



DISPROPORTIONALITY-RELATED CONFERENCES

National Conferences

League of United Latin American Citizens 79th Annual National Convention and Exposition



July 7-12, 2008

Hilton Washington Hotel

Washington, DC

Audience: Community organization leaders and activists, elected officials, members of the corporate and academic communities, senior citizens and youth.

A multi-focus conference covering education, public health, policy, community development, etc.

National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE)



November 18-23, 2008

Hotel - TBA

Atlanta, GA

Audience: African-American educators, superintendents, principals, school board members, education HR professionals, deans, professors, education department heads, administrative/educational support staff, teachers, parents, curriculum specialists, students.

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) 2008 Conference



February 2009

Location: To be announced

Audience: Bilingual and English-As-A-Second Language Teachers, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, University Professors and Students, Researchers, Advocates, Policymakers and Parents.

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference: Beyond Celebrating Diversity – ReACTivating the Equity and Social Justice Roots of Multicultural Education



November 12-16

Sheraton New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Audience: Professional educators and specialists, including early childhood, classroom and higher education faculty, administrators, psychologists, social workers, counselors, curriculum specialists, librarians, scholars and researchers.

National Black Child Development Institute



October 25-28, 2008

Hyatt Regency Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Audience: Elementary/middle school teachers and administrators, social workers, infant and toddler educators, researchers, child advocates, parents.

National Council of La Raza Annual Conference (NCLR)



July 12-15, 2008

San Diego Convention Center

San Diego, California

Audience: Hispanic/Latino community organization leaders and activists, elected officials, members of the corporate and academic communities, senior citizens and youth.

A multi-focus conference covering education, public health, policy, community development, etc.

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Conference (NDPC/N)

November 16-19, 2008

Crowne Plaza Ravinia

Atlanta, Georgia

Audience: Educators and practitioners, researchers and policymakers.

Research-based strategies and information on dropout prevention.

National Indian Education Association (NIEA) 39th Annual Convention

October 23-26, 2008

Seattle, Washington

Audience: Educators and others supporting Native American/Native Hawaiian/Native Alaskan students, including administrators, community/school board members, early childhood educators, paraprofessionals, parents/caregivers, post-secondary students, teachers K-12, teachers adult/higher education, K-12 students.

The convention covers a broad range of topics impacting the education of American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian students.

National Indian School Board Association (NISBA) Summer Conference 2008/ Bureau of Indian Education Partnership Conference



July 2008

Location: To be announced

Audience: school board members, tribal officials, tribal education directors, administrators, teachers, BIA Education Line Officers, parents, school support staff, counselors, school social workers, students.

Contact NISBA at (406)883-3603.

National Title I Conference



February 19-22, 2009

San Antonio, Texas

Audience: School district state and federal programs staff, County Office of Education state and federal programs staff, school board members, principals and building level staff.

National Urban League (NUL) Conference 2007



July 30-August 2, 2008

Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center

Orlando, Florida

Audience: Community activists, young professionals, policy makers, educators

A national conference with a few education sessions focusing on working with Black/African American students.

Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) Summit: Celebrate Our Rising Stars Summit 7



October 2008

Location: To be announced

Washington, DC

Audience: School and School District administrators, coordinators, consultants, education program specialists, Native American grant recipients, parents, policy makers, principals, researchers, superintendents, teachers and professors, Title III subgrantee administrators, educators who serve ELL students.

The Organization of Chinese Americans Convention



July 31 – August 3, 2008

Washington Hilton Hotel

Washington, DC

Founded in 1973, OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of nearly 12 million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.

Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication

July 14-25, 2008 (various workshops one to five days long available)

Intercultural Communication Institute

Portland, Oregon

42nd Annual Teachers of English To Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Convention and Exhibit 2007

April 2-5, 2008

New York Hilton and Sheraton New York

New York City, New York

Audience: Bilingual Educators, Elementary and Secondary ESL Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Administrators, Teacher Educators

State/Local/Regional Conferences

Differentiation in the Classroom (UW-Stout)



June 16 – August 10, 2008

Online Course

Audience: Classroom teachers and support staff at all levels, including Special Education teachers and curriculum coordinators.

Description: This research-based course facilitates your work with culturally and linguistically diverse children, helping them to realize their unique potential.

Minnesota 26th Annual Johnson O’Malley (JOM) Program/Title VII Program Conference



May 2008

Fond du Lac Ojibway School

Cloquet, Minnesota

Audience: teachers, parents, students, tribal education board members, community members, college students, state education staff.

The focus of the conference is the effective education of American Indian students, as well as in meeting state and federal education requirements.

Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) Annual Conference



November 6-8, 2008

Location: Radisson Paper Valley Hotel

Appleton, Wisconsin

Audience: Language teachers at all levels of instruction

Wisconsin Association for Bilingual Education



April 18-19, 2008

Location: Concourse Hotel

Madison, Wisconsin

Audience: Teachers, administrators, and parents of English Language Learners.

The focus of the conference is on second language acquisition, bilingual education, assessment, accountability, different models of instruction and Special Education.

Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA) Convention



April 6-8, 2008

Concourse Hotel

Madison, Wisconsin

Audience: Teachers, administrators, home-school liaisons/coordinators, parent committee members, parents, students.

Wisconsin Statewide Equity and Multicultural Conference 2008

November 2008

To be announced

Audience: Educators, administrators.

 

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