PETERBOROUGH, N.H., March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Staff Development for Educators (SDE), one of the nation's leading providers of professional development for K-12 educators, is pleased to announce its new 2014 National Conference on Reading, Writing, Math & More! Practical Strategies in an Era of High Expectations, taking place June 25-27, 2014 in New Orleans.
Designed by teachers for teachers, and specific to teachers and administrators grades K-5, this inaugural conference provides an opportunity for teachers to discover new, effective strategies to transform their classroom, align with the standards, maximize student learning, and apply best practices.
The conference's subtitle "Practical Strategies in an Era of High Expectations," appropriately reflects the rigor, teachable moments, and standard-meeting tactics illustrated within the event to elevate students' academic achievement. Expert presenters will provide fresh instructional strategies to implement the standards, further distill content within them, and ensure educator comfort with them so solutions can be delivered confidently upon return to the classroom.
Sessions are presented by some of the nation's foremost experts, including best-selling author & teacher favorite Dr. Jean Feldman, leading educational proponent Robin Fogarty, Ph.D., Deanna Jump, the #1 seller for teacherspayteachers.com, award-winning educator and motivational speaker Principal Baruti Kafele, and motivational expert Charles Beaman, Ed.D.
"More than ever, educators need highly effective, hands on strategies that they can easily implement in their classroom. Reading, Writing, Math and More is a conference that targets best practices and common core standards, while empowering educators and administrators with the tools they need for success.," explains Kim Breton, SDE's National program planner. "SDE believes that educators have the most important job in the world, and we want to support educators by providing a professional development experience with top notch presenters who will deliver amazing content that teachers are telling us they want. "
All sessions are designed to meet the biggest challenges educators are experiences in the classroom today, including:
- HIGH FIVE! Fifty Nifty Centers You Can Create in 5 minutes
- Six-Trait Writing: A Framework for Writing Success in the Differentiated Classroom
- Simple Steps to SMART Success
- Interactive Make 'n' Take Math Games on the GO!
- Strategies for Struggling Readers in the Content Areas
- Narrative Writing: Capture Your Audience & Keep Them!
- Powerful Comprehension & Fluency Strategies: Let's Go Deeper
- Beyond Apps: iPad® Instructional Best Practices
- Pump Up the Volume: Developing Strong Vocabulary
Jump Right In! Integrating Math, Reading, Writing & Fun!
The conference is designed for teachers and administrators alike. With a deliberate focus on interactivity, learning in action, and technology integration, teachers will leave excited to infuse their teaching with new and innovative ways to elevate students' academic achievement. Administrators will find sessions devoted solely to them and centered around issues such as walkthroughs, teacher evaluation, and leadership best practices. A new "Ask the Expert" session with Principal Baruti Kafele offers an additional administrator benefit.
"Innovative, interactive and highly engaging sessions are the focus of Reading, Writing, Math & More! With all the demands on educators, this conference was designed to help target key skills while integrating across the content areas, " Breton clarifies. " When planning the event, the focus was to give educators and administrators a variety of sessions to choose from, delivered by the very best in the education field, that will reach and teach standards."
The Reading, Writing, Math & More! conference is one of five outstanding national conferences that SDE hosts each summer, divided between Las Vegas and New Orleans. Attendees can realize substantial savings on tuition by registering before SDE's "Early Bird" discount deadline of March 15th, 2014.
About SDE
SDE is one of America's leading providers of professional development for PreK through Grade 12 educators. Through Onsite PD, PD Events, Web-based PD, and PD Resources, the company empowers teachers and administrators across the country with ongoing professional development that is not only research-based, innovative, and rigorous, but also practical, motivating, and fun. All SDE training is presented by the nation's top authors and educational experts, with the goal of creating extraordinary classrooms that prepare students for the evolving demands of the 21st century.
For more information about SDE, educators are encouraged to visit www.sde.com, or to call 1-800-462-1478.