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Join thousands of your colleagues at the National Association of Elementary
School Principals' 90th annual convention and exposition: The only national conference you'll need in 2012!
Start planning for NAESP's Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. It's a destination voted by travelers as one of America's favorite cities. Join elementary and
middle-level principals from across the country and learn how to
transform your school into a high-performing learning community. You'll
take away best practices and turnaround strategies to achieve and
sustain success in your school. TRAVEL WITH YOUR MN PEERS:
Take advantage of the MESPA Convention Travel and Hotel Package
For a number of
years, MSP Travel has worked with MESPA to set up a NAESP Convention
travel and hotel arrangements package. This
package allows MESPA to reserve rooms at the convention
headquarters hotel and seek lower airfares, providing you with a
superior group rate and travel service. Please take advantage of these
travel arrangements!
What is the MESPA Travel
Package? A limited number of seats are available at the package
price. Reservations are confirmed on the date your deposit is received
by the MSP Travel Group. Remember to register and pay NAESP separately
for the convention itself!
Package cost:
$ 1,380 single occupancy (one principal)
$ 1,050 double occupancy, per
principal
$ 720 spouse or traveling companion
The package
includes:
-- Round trip airfare:
Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul for Seattle
Wednesday, March 21, 9:05 a.m.
(Arrive Seattle 11 a.m.)
Depart Seattle for Minneapolis/St. Paul
Saturday, March 24, 3:15 p.m.
(Arrive Minneapolis 8:30 a.m.)
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Three nights with other MESPA principals in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.
-- Round trip
ground transportation between the airport and hotel, including tip.
--
NAESP Zone 7 Breakfast (Friday, March 23, 7 a.m., Seattle Sheraton)
--Travelers are responsible for their own
baggage fees and Sky Cap tips.
For complete details, scroll to the
Travel Package PDF below.
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NAESP Convention Travel Reservation: For details of the MESPA
NAESP Travel Package -- with complete instructions and timelines for
placing your reservation, scroll to the MESPA Travel Package PDF below. A limited number of seats are available at
the package price, so make your reservations today!
Completed
reservation form (scroll to the document below) and deposit of $650 due December 12, 2011 to MSP Travel; full payment is due by January 3, 2012. Also, remember to register for the convention itself
through NAESP; link above. Questions about your
reservation, or would like information on alternative hotels
or flights?
Contact Stephanie Larson at MSP Travel: 800.686.9907; steph@msptravelgroup.com
2012
Convention Details and Registration
For registration materials and updated information on
speakers, workshops, and more, visit NAESP's Web site (click above).
- Zone 7 Breakfast included with the MESPA Travel Package!
Plan to join your Zone 7 colleagues for an annual breakfast.
Who
is in Zone 7? Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming Come find out what is happening
in Zone 7, network with your colleagues, and meet new friends. If
you
make your own travel arrangements and would like to attend the
breakfast, please contact Judy Bolduc (jbolduc@mespa.net;
651-999-7310) in the MESPA office -- to pay and make your reservation.
The breakfast cost is $25.
If you
are traveling with the MESPA Travel Package, your Zone 7
Breakfast tickets are automatically purchased for you as part of the
package.
- Earn CEUs! The Minnesota Elementary School Principals'
Association coordinates continuing education units (CEUs) for MESPA
members who attend the convention. They will be mailed to you from
MESPA after the convention.
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MESPA_NAESP_Travel_Package_2012.pdf
MESPA_NAESP_Reservation_Form_2012.pdf
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| Opening keynote by Diane Ravitch! | Diane Ravitch is an historian of education at New York University. Her best-selling book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System,
has made her one of the nation’s most sought after speakers on current
issues. Ravitch will address the current state of American education and
the many efforts underway to change it.
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| Closing keynote by Rafe Esquith | Hear celebrated fifth-grade teacher Rafe Esquith share his school’s story in the closing keynote address, “Lighting Their Fire.”
For the past two decades, Esquith has taught at a public school in a Central Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and violence. His exceptional classroom at Hobart Elementary—known simply as Room 56—is unlike any other in the country.
Esquith’s students are mostly immigrants or children of immigrants, living in poverty, and learning English as a second language. Yet, under his tutelage, they voluntarily come to class at 6:30 a.m. and often stay until 5 p.m. They learn math, reading, and science. But they also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, often score in the top 1 percent on standardized tests, and go on to attend the best universities.
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| Five Plenary Sessions | Attend five plenary sessions that represent education’s most forward-looking, innovative thinking and deliver the best professional development value for elementary and middle-level principals anywhere. Douglas Reeves Andrew Hargreaves Richard and Rebecca DuFour Eric Jensen Yong Zhao
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| Special 2-Hour Sessions | Justin Baeder Michael Chirichello Marcus Conyers & Donna Wilson Charlotte Danielson Malachi Pancoast Rick Stiggins
Read all about them!
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| Future Conventions |
2013, Washington D.C.
July (dates to be determined)
2014, Nashville, TN
Dates to be determined
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| For MN photos of 2011 convention action, scroll down. | To view 100s of convention photos from NAESP, click here.
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