Other Events

May 17
Center for Youth Citizenship; Community Showcase. Contact: Joseph P. Maloney, Ph.D.; Sacramento, CA, cyc@scoe.net, http://www.youthcitizenship.org/

June 1-3
Points of Light Foundation
; National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Contact: Michelle Nunn, CEO; Atlanta, GA, info@pointsoflight.org, http://www.pointsoflight.org/

June 11-13
Sports P.L.U.S.
; A National Leadership Summit to Connect Sports, Health and Learning in Out-of-School Time. Contact: Dr. Jeffrey Pratt Beedy; Vail, CO, info@sportsplus.org, http://www.sportsplus.org/

June 16-18
Character Development Group Inc; 14th Annual Character Education Conference. Contact: Dr. Phil Vincent; St. Louis, MO, info@charactereducation.com, http://www.charactereducation.com/

June 16-18, June 22-24
Center for Youth Issues
; "Healthy Choices: Overcoming Barriers to Learning"-3 locations. Contact: ; Indianapolis, IN & Dallas TX, Chattanooga, TN, info@ncyi.org, http://www.ncyi.org/www

June 16-21
Love and Logic Institute
; Jim Fay's 24th Annual Love and Logic Conference: Classroom Discipline Techniques that Work. Contact: Jim Fay/Foster W. Cline, Founders; Colorado Springs, CO, cservice@loveandlogic.com, http://www.loveandlogic.com/

June 17
Division of Career and Technology Education; 4th Annual Partners for Rigor through Relevancy: "Engaging Secondary School Students and Their Communities". Contact: Laura R. Grace; Germantown, MD, Laura_R_Grace@mcpsmd.org, http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/cte/

June 22-24
National
Center
for Youth Issues; 9th Annual SE Regional Character Education Conference: Overcoming Barriers of Learning. Contact: Robert Rabon, President; Chattanooga, TN, info@ncyi.org, http://www.ncyi.org/www

June 24-27 
National Coalition of Girls Schools; 2008 NCGS Annual Conference. Contact: Meg Milne Moulton & Whitney Ransome, Co-Exec. Dir; Cleveland, OH, ncgs@ncgs.org, www.ncgs.org

June 26-27

National Youth Leadership Council; 5th Annual Service-Learning Institute; St. Paul, MN; www.nylc.org/happening_event.cfm?oid=5848

June 30 - July 2 
Center for the 4th & 5th R's
; "Smart & Good Schools: Helping Your Students Do Their Best Work and Do the Right Thing". Contact: Dr Tom Lickona; Cortland, NY, lickona@cortland.edu, www.cortland.edu/character    Download Flyer    Download Registration Form  

June 30-July 1
Character Development Center, University of San Diego; 11th Annual Character Development Conference. Contact: Ed DeRoche/CJ Moloneycharacter@sandiego.edu, http://www.sandiego.edu/academics/soles/instcenter/icce/

July 8-10
Center for Social & Emotional Ed; 11th Annual Summer Institute- Educating Minds & Hearts: Promoting Safe & Civil Schools Measuring and Improving School Climate. Contact: Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D.; CUNY, NY, sel@csee.net, http://www.csee.net/

 

July 16-18 

Characterplus; 14th Annual Character Education Conference. Contact: Liza Gibbons, Director; St. Louis, MO, characterplus@csd.org, http://www.characterplus.org/

July 22-23 
Responsive Classroom
; Responsive Classrooms Schools Conference. Contact: Ben & Roxanne Kriete, Exec. Dir.; Boston, MA, director@responsiveclassroom.org, http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/

July 28-30 
Community of Caring
; 2008 Annual Community of Caring National Conference: "Fueled By Character". Contact: Ariana Prazen; Salt Lake City, UT, kfink@communityofcaring.org; contact@communityofcaring.org, http://www.communityofcaring.org/

October 17-19
Character Education Partnership "Character is Destiny," Hyatt Regency Crystal City. Contact rsipos@character.org for information. www.character.org.

Nov 6-8 
Coalition of Essential Schools
; Fall Forum 2008. Contact: Lewis Cohen, Exec. Director; Charlotte, NC, lcohen@essentialschools.org, http://www.essentialschools.org/
 

 

 

 

 

 

“Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.” 

-Thomas Carlyle, 19th-century Scots-English historian, author

"Not in time, place or circumstance, but in the man lies success.” 

-James Joyce, 20th-century Irish novelist