Technology Leadership Academy (TLA)
* Note Price Correction*
Cooperating School Districts is pleased to announce that registration is open for all educators (superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, librarians, media specialists, tech coordinators, and teachers) to attend the 2008-2009 TLA. This Academy will assist educators in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to use technology as a tool for more effective and efficient leadership in their schools.
TLA dates for the 2008-2009 school year are as follows:
· October 1
· November 5
· December 3
· January 7
· January 27 (METC)
· February 25
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm each day
Cost: $1200 per person
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14th Annual Character Education Conference (July 16 - 18)
Conference features national experts from our own back yard
The 14th Annual Character Education, hosted by CHARACTERplus, a project of Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD) is being held July 16-18, 2008. Please make note of its new location, the Millennium Hotel-St. Louis. CHARACTERplus is celebrating its 20th year and strives to fulfill its mission to develop positive character traits in young people by providing a high-quality character education process and resources to schools, homes, and communities.
This year's conference offers six pre-conference workshops, over 60 breakout sessions and truly benefits from area resources. Dr. Jerry Corley and Barbara Levin, coordinators of the 14th Annual Character Education Conference, have developed a pre-conference lineup that examines proven, powerful initiatives at the elementary, middle and high school level.
Fifteen of the 54 breakout sessions currently scheduled are presented by St. Louis area educators from Fox, Bayless, Francis Howell, Kirkwood, Lindbergh, Hazelwood, Ritenour, Rockwood, St. Charles, Sullivan, and Troy. They will be presenting along with educators from California to Maryland and from Toronto to Florida. Click here to learn more.
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Freeman Foundation Grant Awarded to International Education Consortium (IEC)
Grant provides continued support for China in Missouri program
The International Education Consortium (IEC), a program of the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD), has received a $350,000 renewed grant from The Freeman Foundation, which will fund the China in Missouri program for two years.
The China in Missouri program is a long-term, in-depth professional development opportunity for teachers and is focused on two goals: expanding teachers' knowledge of China and increasing their ability to engage their students in the kind of learning that supports achievement. Since 2000, more than 150 St. Louis-area teachers have participated and benefited from the opportunity provided by the International Education Consortium to travel to China to experience firsthand what they have been studying.
Teachers study the history and culture of China throughout the spring semester with Professor Robert Hegel of Washington University and other scholars. They then travel in China for three weeks, beginning with a week's residence at Beijing University, China's premier educational institution. During the following school year they develop ways to enhance their own classroom teaching and to share their new expertise with colleague.
Recruitment for China 2009 will begin in late August.
Additional information is available from Sheila Onuska, Project Director, IEC/CSD, at: sonuska@csd.org.
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2008 Missouri School Law Seminars
Dates and locations announced
The Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. Missouri School Law Seminar will be held on the following dates:
Friday, July 25 - Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach, MO;
Tuesday, July 29 - Courtyard by Marriott & Adams Pointe Conference Center, Blue Springs, MO;
Wednesday, July 30 - University of Missouri-St. Louis, Millennium Student Center, St. Louis, MO.
To register for this seminar, please visit the following Web site: http://www.tuethkeeney.com/Seminars/mo_school_0706.html
The Mickes Goldman O'Toole LLC Law Seminar will be held on the following dates:
Sunday, August 3 - Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach, MO;
Thursday, August 7 - St. Louis, MO
Friday, August 8 - Cape Girardeau, MO
Tuesday, August 12 - Kansas City, MO
Wednesday, August 13 - Springfield, MO
To register for this seminar, please visit the following Web site: http://www.mickesgoldman.com
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Cooperating
School Districts (CSD) is an educational consortium serving 65 public
school districts in Missouri and Illinois.
CHARACTERplus is a project
of CSD that works to advance the cause of character education and
sustain its impact on educators and students.
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