The National School Climate Center (formerly, the Center for Social and Emotional Education), The Winston Preparatory School and the CUNY School of Professional Studies presents their 15th annual Summer Institute: Promoting Equitable, Democratically informed and High Achieving K-12 School Communities
New York City
July 10-12th
This three-day Institute is designed to support school, district and state teams, as well as other school, family and community leaders, in developing school climate improvement plans. We will focus on how to create plans to promote equitable, safe, caring, and civil schools that support positive youth development, student learning/achievement and Upstander behavior (the inclination and ability to say “no” to bully-victim behavior). The Institute’s over-arching goal is to support the development of school climate improvement plans that actualize the National School Climate Standards (www.schoolclimate.org/climate/standards.php). These Standards support K-12 school communities working and learning together to address four essential questions:
(1) What is our school community’s vision for the kind of school you want ours to be?
(2) How can we develop school policies and/or systems of support for the shared vision?
(3) How can we collaboratively develop practices, programs and community supports and sustain our shared vision, rules and policies?
(4) How can school communities ensure that equity is a vital, integral, and effective aspect of school climate improvement efforts?
An optional Post Institute Workshop : Learning disabled students: Creating a climate for learning and promoting social, emotional and civic learning will be held on July 13.
More details can be found at: www.schoolclimate.org or call 212.707.8799
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The 19th National Forum on Character Education
Washington, DC
November 1-3
At the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. This year’s conference theme Developing Leaders of Integrity CEP’s Forum is the place to go to explore strategies and solutions that transform schools into schools of character. Hear from national and international experts on research in character education while your experienced peers share best practices related to student leadership, service learning, positive school climate, bullying prevention, and more. You’ll leave the Forum with concrete ideas to improve your school. Three accomplished keynote speakers are scheduled for the Forum: Paul Tough; Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D.; and Bertice Berry, Ph.D.
For more information and to register visit http://www.character.org/registration
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International Conference on Moral Education
San Antonio, Texas
November 8-10, 2012
This year, Association for Moral Education (AME) moves on to San Antonio, Texas. The 38th AME conference and annual meeting will be held at The Historic Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, which is next to both The Alamo—a major site of American, Texan, and Mexican History—and The River Walk—a public park lined with unique restaurants, hotels, attractions and more. The theme is Civility and Incivility: Respectful Disagreement in a Divided World. Civility as a topic of inquiry addresses the ability to work and live together while respecting ideological, political, interpersonal, and cultural differences. We hope at AME 2012 to explore some topics that divide philosophers, psychologists, educators, as well as people, nations, and families, and examine the question, “Is civility always good?” We welcome your work in this and other areas concerning moral education, psychology, philosophy, and development.
Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Virginia, USA
Dr. Haidt will deliver the Kohlberg Memorial Lecture as well as participate in a formal discussion session with other members of AME. If you want to know more about Dr. Haidt’s work, you can access his home page at http://people.virginia.edu/~jdh6n/.
For more information and updates visit: http://www.salisbury.edu/ame2012/
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92nd Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Seattle, WA
November 16-18
The conference will take place at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, WA. The 92nd NCSS Annual Conference is your opportunity to rejuvenate your teaching strategies and collaborate with some of the leaders in social studies education. When you attend the conference, you will:
Learn from over 400 presentations by the leading social studies researchers and practitioners
Receive classroom-ready lessons
Interact with well known speakers and educators as they share their ideas, experiences, and knowledge
Earn contact hours, recertification points or college credit
Share teaching strategies and solutions with peers, building your own learning community around topics that matter to you
Discover the latest teaching products and services
Keynote speakers include: Rick Steves, Regie Routman, Alan Sears, Daniel Edelson, Charles Haynes and Geneva Gay
For more information: http://www.ncss.org/annualconference