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Register now for Celebrating Opportunities Conference!

Focus is on new approaches to educating diverse student populations

The Arizona School Boards Association will host this year’s Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Students of All Cultures Conference, March 25-28 at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix. This event, which brings together public school leaders from four states, is designed to give attendees information about new approaches in successfully educating their diverse student populations. Programs, projects and strategies that have proven successful will be highlighted. Three excellent keynote speakers will challenge and motivate attendees to meet the educational needs of students of all cultures:

• Jacob Moore is the former president of the Arizona State Board of Education and also serves as tribal relations coordinator for the Arizona State University Office of Public Affairs, where he helps to coordinate the American Indian Newly Elected Official (AINEO) program.
• Arturo Vargas, a nationally recognized expert in Latino demographic trends, electoral participation, voting rights, the Census, and redistricting, is the current executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).
• Joe Prince is an author, special educator and head track and field coach at Sahuarita High School in southern Arizona, who overcame mild autism and cancer to achieve his dream of inspiring and motivating young people.

ASBA encourages Arizona school board members and administrators to take advantage of this unique opportunity to network with governing board members and school staff, engage in courageous conversations about what can be done to meet the educational needs of all children, and hear about ways to create pathways to success for both students and staff! For details and to register, click on the Celebrating Opportunities link in the What’s New section of the ASBA home page: www.azsba.org

ASBA Spring Legal Seminar

Two identical one-day seminars bring together some of the best speakers for the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Law Conference with timely, essential topics to assist school boards and their administrators in making the difficult decisions ahead. The seminars will be held Saturday, Feb. 27, in Tucson at the JW Marriott Starr Pass and Friday, March 5, in Flagstaff at the NAU/High Country Conference Center.

Topics will include:

• A Complete Legislative and Legal Update: A Run-Down of the Latest from the Capitol and the Courts (with special attention on the financial condition of the state and school districts for FY2010 and FY2011)
• Free Speech and Whistle-blowing: Where, When and How Can School Employees Complain Under the Law?
• Executive Sessions – Do's and Don'ts Under Arizona's Open Meeting Law
• Are Your Employee Evaluations Up to Snuff? (Part One: Legal Parameters for Fair Evaluations; Part Two: Practical Considerations for Reliable Evaluations)
• How to Prepare Your School Community for Bad News
• The Changing Landscape of Public Records: Legal and Practical Considerations

Registration is open online now at www.azsba.org .

PHOENIX TO SERVE AS EDUCATION’S ‘GLOBAL CAPITAL’
Former Vice-President Al Gore to Deliver Keynote Address at Education Conference

Featuring a keynote address by former Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, the EduRG Conference 2010 will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center, February 27-28. With speakers and workshops covering all aspects of education, and hundreds of exhibitors displaying the latest in education-based products and technology, the Conference is guaranteed to have something for anyone seeking to further their education, improve their teaching methods, or showcase their school or business.

Scottsdale-based EDU Research Group hopes to provide a needed spark to education in Arizona by bringing some of the industry’s greatest minds, organizations and technology under one roof to discuss and suggest improvements in the field, while simultaneously giving students free access to higher education institutions and information from around the world.

For more information on the event visit www.edurg.com .

 
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