Monday, March 20, 2006

In Good Company: Brokaw...Dreyfuss...Kreutzberger

Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference

This spring, the UnConvention Center on NYC’s Pier 94 will become the fairgrounds for very important festivities—The Celebration of Teaching and Learning, presented by Public Broadcasting Stations “thirteen” and “WLIW21,” in partnership with regional BOCES, including Nassau BOCES. The weekend-long celebration, which takes place on Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25, will feature television newsman Tom Brokaw and renowned actor Richard Dreyfuss, along with a host of educational experts and 300 exhibition booths. The educational celebration doesn’t end on Sunday night, however. The Nassau BOCES Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology will conduct a series of day-long workshops led by Marvin Kreutzberger from July 5 to 7, covering Instructional Strategies to Improve Student Math Performance

The conference will be 2 full days, Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, so there are opportunities to include coaches, teachers as well as media specialists and administrators. We can accommodate up to 3,500 educators each day for the professional development piece of the Celebration, and the cost is $180 per person per day to participate.
We will be presenting multiple professional development strands covering a range of topics, including literacy; math; social studies; high school reform; leadership; differentiating instruction, and other pressing educational issues. All topics will be addressed from the perspective of a media and technology integration, and will feature nationally renowned educational experts and local providers offering keynotes and hands-on workshops.

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