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JANUARY 2009
01/01/09 - 01/31/09
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month
Cervical cancer can cause a great deal of fear, with 11,000 new
cases diagnosed in the United States each year. But cervical cancer is
preventable, and now is a great time to protect yourself and your
family. http://www.nea.org
01/01/09 - 01/31/09
January is National Mentoring Month
National Mentoring Month (NMM) is a nationwide initiative created
by The Harvard Mentoring Project to recruit volunteer mentors for
adolescents who are at risk of not achieving their full potential.
http://www.nea.org
01/16/09 - 01/18/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Western Regional Leadership Conference
January 16-18, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Contact: Jeannie Battin
(303) 294-3548
01/16/09 - 01/18/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Midwest Regional Leadership Conference
January 16-18, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Contact: Patricia Martinez
(303) 294-3541
01/23/09 - 01/25/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Northeast Regional Leadership Conference
January 23-25, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Liza Soviak
(202) 822-7143
01/23/09 - 01/25/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Mid-Atlantic Regional Leadership Conference
January 23-25, 2009
Charlotte, North Carolina
Contact: Robin Jones
(202) 822-7111
01/23/09 - 01/28/09
2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO
http://www.ala.org
01/30/09 - 02/01/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Southeast Regional Leadership Conference
January 30-February 1, 2009
Montgomery, Alabama
Contact: Delona Curtis
(770) 996-9047
FEBRUARY 2009
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02/01/09 - 02/28/09
African American Read-In
Help make literacy a traditional focus of Black History Month by
joining over a million readers in the Twentieth Annual African
American Read-In. http://www.nea.org
02/02/09 - 02/06/09
National School Counseling Week
Always celebrated the first full week of February, this observance
focuses public attention on the unique contributions of professional
school counselors and the impact they have in helping students achieve
school success and plan for a career. The theme for 2009 is School
Counselors: Making a Difference.
http://www.nea.org
02/13/09 - 02/15/09
NEA's Regional Leadership Conference
Pacific Regional Leadership Conference
February 13-15, 2009
Seattle, Washington
Contact: Marija Buljan-Bergero
(650) 347-6000
02/21/09 - 02/28/09
National Entrepreneurship Week
National Entrepreneurship Week celebrates the contributions of
entrepreneurs in America and the value of educating students in 21st
century skills. http://www.nea.org
MARCH 2009-10
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03/02/09 - 03/02/09
NEA's Read Across America Day
On March 2, 2009, the National Education Association is calling for
every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult.
http://www.nea.org
03/07/09 - 03/06/09
The Celebration of Teaching and Learning
THIRTEEN & WLIW21's Celebration of Teaching & Learning is the place
where knowledge meets inspiration as the world's best thinkers,
practitioners, and more than 8,000 educators come together to play a
role in shaping the future of schools.
http://www.nea.org
03/12/2010 - 03/14/2010
2010 NEA ESP Conference
Flamingo Hotel and Casino
3555 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
The Education Support Professionals (ESP) National Conference is a
great opportunity for ESP members to develop new skills they can use
to build stronger locals and learn more about relevant, important
issues. http://www.nea.org
03/13/09 - 03/16/09
ASCD 2009 Annual Conference: Materials from NEA
This list of NEA resources is being distributed to attendees of
the ASCD 2009 Annual Conference. The Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development annual conference offers nearly 500 sessions of
professional development for educators. March 13-16, 2009, Orlando,
Florida. ASCD Conference.
http://www.nea.org
03/23/09 - 03/23/09
Earth Hour, 8:30-9:30 PM
Join NEA and the World Wildlife Fund and make a statement by being
a part of Earth Hour on March 28, 2009. From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local
time, individuals, schools, governments, and whole cities around the
world will show their collective concern about climate change by
turning out the lights for one hour and switching on support for
solutions.
APRIL 2009
04/01/09 - 04/30/09
School Library Media Month
3 Ways for Educators and parents can celebrate libraries and
library workers in April.
04/07/09 - 04/09/09
NEA-Retired Regional Conferences
Open to all NEA-Retired members and state affiliate staff, these
conferences will focus on the new administration's stance on Social
Security, Medicare, and ESEA; and provide updates on GPO/WEP
legislation. Conferences are scheduled for March 31-April 2, Portland;
and April 7-9, Oregon. http://www.nea.org
04/10/09
Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University:
Commercialization in the Life Sciences in Portland, OR
http://www.invention2venture.org/ohsu_psu09/
04/12/09 - 04/18/09
National Environmental Education Week
This event promotes understanding and protection of the natural
world by engaging students and educators in a week of learning and
activities. http://www.nea.org
04/13/09 - 04/17/09
2009 AERA Annual Meeting
“Disciplined Inquiry: Education Research in the Circle of
Knowledge”
San Diego, CA - San Diego Convention Center, the San Diego Marriott
Hotel & Marina, the Manchester Grand Hyatt, and the Omni San Diego.
The exhibit hall will be open Tuesday, April 14 – Thursday, April 16
in the Sails Pavilion at the San Diego Convention Center.
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?id=5348
04/16/09 - 04/17/09
Lilly East Conference on College and University Teaching -
Millennial Learning: Teaching in the 21st Century
Lilly Conferences are retreats that combine workshops, discussion
sessions, and major addresses, with opportunities for informal
discussion about excellence in college and university teaching and
learning.
http://www.udel.edu/lillyeast/
04/17/09
Human and Civil Rights
The National Education Association is recruiting members to apply
as new cadre trainers to one of four different national cadres that
deliver specific training to NEA members. Based on experience, members
of each cadre will be selected from various regions of the country.
The application deadline for each cadre is April 17, 2009.
http://www.nea.org
04/24/09 - 04/26/09
Global Youth Service Day
In April 2009, young people around the world will perform community
service projects for the Global Youth Service Day, the largest service
event in the world. http://www.nea.org
MAY
2009
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JUNE 2009
06/05/09 - 06/07/09
The Teaching Professor Conference
Celebrating its 6th year in Washington, DC on June 5-7, 2009.
Learn pedagogical practices that work and network with other faculty.
Visit
www.teachingprofessor.com for details.
06/15/09 - 06/17/09
Teaching for a Change: Take Learning to the EDGE in Flagstaff, AZ
Teaching from the BACK of the Room! 12 Ways to Step Aside and Let
Them Learn
Flagstaff, AZ
http://www.teachingforachange.com/
06/17/09 - 06/19/09
2nd Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology
Applications for Online Learning
This symposium will bring togther people who are interested in the
ways emerging technologies are transforming education by addressing
challenges in learning, affordability, accessibility, and faculty and
student satisfaction.
San Francisco, CA
http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org
Contact: Christine Hinkley
06/17/09 - 06/20/09
Teaching in Higher Education - Between the Tides
The University of New Brunswick hosts the 29th Annual STLHE
conference in June 2009. This year's theme is Teaching in Higher
Education: Between the Tides.
http://www.unb.ca/stlhe
06/21/09 - 06/26/09
2009 Institute for New Faculty Developers
The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching &
Learning (http://www.collab.org/)
and the POD Network are pleased to announce that registrations are now
being accepted for the Institute for New Faculty Developers, to be
held June 21-26, 2009, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Institute is
designed to answer questions asked by new faculty developers and to
provide the resources to get them started in planning, developing, and
managing programs that will be effective in strengthening teaching and
learning on campus.
http://www.podnetwork.org/conferences/rfp.htm
06/22/09 - 06/26/09
ED-MEDIA 2009-World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia & Telecommunications
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunications is an international conference, organized by the
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Honolulu, Hawaii - Sheraton Waikiki Beach
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/
06/22/09 - 06/25/09
National Conference for Academic Disciplines
Spanning over five states – Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Connecticut – this 4-day conference showcases
academic research in various disciplines and the splendors of New
England in summer.
Boston, MA
http://www.internationaljournal.org/boston.html
JULY 2009
07/01/09 -
07/06/09
NEA 2009: Hope Starts Here
2009 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly (RA)
Delegates will gather July 1 through July 6 in San Diego, CA for the
Association's 147th Annual Meeting and 88th Representative Assembly.
http://www.nea.org/annualmeeting/index.html
07/08/09 - 07/10/09
2009 National Forum on Education Policy
Education Commission of the States: Shifting Education and the
Economy into High Gear
Join us in Nashville as we explore how education can be an
engine to ignite the economy.
Nashville, TN - Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
http://www.ecs.org/
07/09/09 -
07/15/09
ALA (American Library Association) 2009 Annual Conference
Chicago, IL at McCormick Place West located at 2301 S. Lake Shore
Drive Chicago, IL 60616.
http://www.ala.org
07/13/09 - 07/17/09
Lincoln Teacher Fellows Program
A five-day summer seminar for social studies, history, and English
teachers held at three of Washington's D.C.'s most historic Civil War
era sites. http://www.nea.org
07/20/09 - 07/23/09
22nd International Conference on The First-Year Experience
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The 22nd International Conference on The First-Year Experience
provides a setting for sharing ideas, concepts, resources, assessment
tools, programmatic interventions, and research results focused on the
first year of college/university.
http://www.sc.edu
AUGUST 2009
08/01/09 -
08/05/09
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
Conference
Hundreds of people interested in media literacy will convene in
Detroit to share ideas, research, and educational approaches. This
year's theme is Bridging Literacies: Critical Connections in a Digital
World. Visit the NAMLE Web site for information and to register.
http://www.amlainfo.org/
08/13/09 -
08/16/09
Ninth Annual MERLOT International Conference
Teaching and Learning in a Networked World
The MERLOT International Conference is designed to foster
learning, innovation and practice in the use of information,
instruction, and communications technologies in higher education. It
is a venue for educators, administrators, and technologists who have
interests and expertise in technology-enabled teaching and learning
and who recognize the need to remain current in this rapidly advancing
field of educational practice and theory.
http://conference.merlot.org/2009/
SEPTEMBER 2009
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09/24/09 -
09/27/09
Ninth Annual Lilly North Teaching and Learning
Conference
The Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – Traverse
City will bring together faculty from a variety of disciplines and at
various stages of their academic careers to share new advances in
teaching and learning.
Traverse City, Michigan
http://lillyconferences.com/tc/default.shtml
OCTOBER 2009
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10/02/09 - 10/03/09
Integrating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning into Academic
Culture: Crafting a Commitment to Classroom Research
Featuring Randy Bass, Executive Director of Georgetown
University's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship
http://www.georgetown.edu/main/provost/candles/ and Kathleen
McKinney, Cross Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,
Illinois State University. Note: this will be a working conference
including presentations of SoTL research, interactive sessions,
workshops, and participant-driven discussions.
Maryville University - St. Louis, Missouri
http://www.maryville.edu/about-excellence-ctl-conference.htm
10/08/09 - 10/10/09
Global Education Network (GEN) Conference
Higher education conference focusing on International Perspectives
in Education, call open for papers and presentations, sessions address
a wide variety of international and global issues encountered at all
educational levels.
San Diego, CA
http://www.GENConference.org
10/11/09 - 10/14/09
2009 Conference on Information Technology
The League for Innovation's annual Conference on Information
Technology (CIT) is the premier showcase of the use of information
technology to improve teaching and learning, student services, and
institutional management. .
Detroit, Michigan
http://www.league.org/league/partners/confer_profile.htm#cit
10/15/09 - 10/17/09
APSCUF-PSEA Conference on Academic Labor
Multidisciplinary conference will examine issues confronting
academic labor in higher education, such as: academic freedom;
de-unionization and poverty; intellectual property; productivity and
assessment; and tenure and promotion.
Harrisburg PA
Contact: Amy R. Walters, Vice President, APSCUF -
awalters@apscuf.org
http://www.apscuf.org/apscufconferenceonlaborinhighereducation.html
10/22/09 - 10/23/09
Pedagogical education: contemporary problems, modern concepts,
theories and practices
methodology and didactics; educational standards; control in
pedagogical education; IT & CT in education; distance learning;
psychological, social and cultural issues of education; innovative
pedagogical education; ethical education
Organized by: Institute of Pedagogical Education, Russian Academy of
Education
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
http://www.iporao.ru/conference2009_eng
10/23/09
Fifth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research
The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research is designed to
feature the important role of research in advancing understanding of
equality and equity in education.
Speaker: Stephen W. Raudenbush, Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service
Professor, University of Chicago
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?id=891
10/26/09 - 10/30/09
E-LEARN 2009 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare & Higher Education
This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for
the exchange of information on research, development, and applications
of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government,
Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors.
Vancouver, BC Canada
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/
10/28/09 - 11/01/09
NAME’S 19th International Conference -A Mile High Commitment to
Change: Reaching New Heights in Equity & Social Justice Throughout the
Global Community
Denver, Colorado
http://www.nameorg.org/
10/28/09 - 11/01/09
2009 POD Network Conference
Welcoming Change: Generations and Regeneration
Our conference theme embraces the changes our different generations
see across the nation, on our home campuses, and in our students.
Houston, Texas
http://www.podnetwork.org/conferences/2009/index.htm
NOVEMBER 2009
11/13/09 -
11/14/09
Bridging the Generational Divide: Working Together to Teach
Millennial Students
The goal of this conference is to discover how faculty and staff
are tackling the issues and challenges that arise between
generations, both between faculty and students and among faculty
themselves.
Bloomington, MN
http://www.collab.org/programsservices/conferences/conferences.html
11/16/09 - 11/18/09
International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2009)
It is an international conference that aims to provide a forum for
educators, researchers, technologists and students to share their
knowledge and expertise in teaching and learning; to stimulate high
quality research work in teaching and learning so as to develop
state-of-the-art educational technologies; and to promote intellectual
discourse among the conference participants from around the world.
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
http://ictl.intimal.edu.my/
DECEMBER 2009
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12/10/09 -
12/10/09
Human Rights Day
This observance marks the anniversary of the United Nations
General Assembly's adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights-a document establishing a common standard for human
achievement for all peoples and nations, rooted in the values of
freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect, and shared
responsibility. http://www.nea.org
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