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Thousands of your colleagues from Minnesota and across the country attended the National Association of Elementary
School Principals' 90th annual convention and exposition in Seattle.
For registration materials and a complete convention program of speakers, workshops, and exhibits, visit NAESP's Web site (click above).
- Zone 7 Connections!
Minnesota principals joined our Zone 7 colleagues for an annual breakfast and a new evening reception.
Who
is in Zone 7? Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming. We found out what is happening
in Zone 7, networked with colleagues, and met new friends. - Earn CEUs! The Minnesota Elementary School Principals'
Association coordinates continuing education units (CEUs) for MESPA
members who attend the convention. They are mailed out after the convention.
BOOKS recommended at the convention Teaching with Poverty in Mind: by Eric Jensen Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential: by Eric Jensen
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: by Diane Ravitch The Fourth Way: The Inspiring Future for Educational Change: by Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley
Professional Capital: transforming teaching in every school: by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan
Activate: a Leaders Guide to People, Practices, and Processes: by Douglas Reeves Standards, Assessment, & Accountability: Real Questions from Educators with Real Answers: by Douglas Reeves
Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization: by Yong Zhas Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World, by Rafe Esquith
Visible Learning by Teachers: by John Hattie
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Minnesota Reception
Thursday evening, March 22, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel
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Leaders
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Zone 7 Breakfast and Booth
Who is in Zone 7? Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.
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Fun
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Zone 7 Reception
Held at the Blue Acre Clam. Who is in Zone 7? Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.
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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 addressed the current state of American education and
the many efforts underway to change it -- read a summary of her gripping, call-to-action keynote by Olivia Gault, MESPA Director of Communications.
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| Closing keynote by Rafe Esquith | Celebrated fifth-grade teacher Rafe Esquith shared 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
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