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NASSPE VI
NASSPE's Sixth International Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10, 2010
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Registration is open!
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How much does it cost? How do I register?
How much does it cost? The registration fee is $360.00 per person, for individuals registering alone.
For groups of 2, 3, or 4, registering together, the fee drops to $330.00 per person.
For groups of 5 or more, registering together, the registration fee is $300.00 per person.
Speakers receive a discount of $100 off the applicable registration fee.
Refunds:We will refund 90% of the registration fee if your refund request is received before September 1;
between September 1 and October 1, just 80%; after October 1, no refunds will be provided. However, you can SWAP names at no charge through September 15.
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click here to fill out the registration form at this link, then print it out and fax it to 610 993 3139.
Register by MAIL: Please click here to fill out the registration form; then please mail the form,
along with your check or purchase order, to NASSPE, 64 E. Uwchlan Ave., #259, Exton, Pennsylvania
19341-1203.
Purchase orders will be accepted only from accredited schools, colleges, and universities.
If you have questions about methods of payment, please call NASSPE at 610 296 2821 during our business hours
(9 AM to 4 PM Eastern time, Monday through Friday), and ask to speak with Katie.
Where is the conference taking place?
The conference venue will be the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel. We recommend that attendees stay at the Flamingo Las Vegas, because that's where all conference
activities will take place. You can make your room reservation NOW, at the specially discounted rate of just $69/night for NASSPE attendees, at this
link to the NASSPE / Flamingo reservations page. Even if you're not 100% sure that you're going to attend, you might want to reserve your room now, as we have only a limited number of rooms at the discounted group rate.
What's the conference agenda: when does it start, when does it end, and what's included?
Friday evening, October 8, we will have a welcoming reception which will also serve as a time for conference registration. If you are able to join us
Friday evening between 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM at the Flamingo, this will be a good time to meet others who are interested in single-sex education.
Light refreshments will be served. We have invited all of our presenters to prepare posters to display at this session, to promote an opportunity to
"meet and mingle." This was a very well-attended event at our conference in Atlanta last October (2009). So if you are able to join us Friday evening, that's great; but the formal activities of the conference do not begin until Saturday morning.
Saturday morning, October 9, you will first need to pick up your registration packet (including your conference program, nametag, and your complimentary copy of
Advances in Gender and Education)
if you didn't do so Friday evening. Then you can enjoy a light breakfast before the conference
officially opens at 9 AM Saturday morning with a general/plenary session.
The first breakout session will begin at AS:45 Saturday morning. There will be about twelve different sessions to choose from during each
of the five breakout sessions.
We will have a hot buffet lunch
beginning at 12 noon on Saturday. At lunchtime, you will have the OPTION of sitting with people who are interested in all-girls classrooms,
or all-boys classrooms, as well as other tables just for charter schools. Attendees at previous conferences have found these tables to provide good opportunities to network with people with similar interests.
The second breakout session will begin at 1:15 PM Saturday afternoon, and the third breakout session will begin around 2:30 PM.
After the third breakout session, we will have coffee and soft drinks available next to the conference bookstore, which will provide another chance to meet and mingle with other
attendees. Saturday evening we have no events scheduled, so you will be on your own to enjoy the attractions of Las Vegas. The Flamingo Las Vegas is right in the middle of the action.
Sunday morning we will again have a continental breakfast at 8 AM, followed by the fourth breakout session which begins at 9:15 AM. The fifth and final breakout session
begins at 10:30 AM. The conference concludes at 12 noon on Sunday. We hope to see you there!
Please contact us between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, with any questions about the conference.
Speakers and topics for the 2010 conference, in alphabetical order
Jim Anderson, Principal of Andersen Junior High School, Chandler, Arizona, will share his experience leading a school
which offers both coed and single-gender classrooms on the same campus, with particular attention to practical questions
such as: Which students are better suited for single gender, and which do better in coed classes?
Mike Arnold, from San Antonio, Texas, will give a presentation entitled "The Three Rs of Manhood: Reality, Responsibility and Relationships."
Lacy Asbill and Elana Metz, co-founders of Girls Moving Forward in San Francisco (California),
will give a presentation entitled "Creating a Different Kind of Space for Girls in After-School Hours."
Michele Basolo and Nina Carrol, from Ruben P. Diaz Elementary School in Las Vegas, will describe some of the challenges facing urban girls from low-income neighborhoods, and how the all-girls format empowers these girls
to be successful.
Lynn Bertram, Executive Director of the PACE Center for Girls in Jacksonville, Florida, along with Debbie Moroney, Director of Program for PACE Center for Girls
(statewide in Florida), will give a presentation entitled "Creating a Gender-Responsive Classroom," building on what they have learned serving girls from at-risk populations in an all-girls setting.
Ned Blake, Bryant Hicks, and Donald E. Myers, from Ronald McNair Middle School in Lake City, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled "Best Practices for Teaching History in Single-Sex Classrooms."
Eric Brown, principal of Killian Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled "Empowering Black Males," sharing what he has learned about how to use the
all-male classroom format to engage Black males in academic excellence.
Maria Brown and Donna Price, from C.J. Hicks Elementary School in Conyers, Georgia, will give a presentation entitled
"Gender TECH: Integrating Gender Based Technology in Single Sex Classrooms."
Torrence Broxton, principal of Woodward Avenue Elementary School in Deland, Florida, along with teachers Jodi Lewitt and Dana Zacharko, will share what they have learned about how best to
customize the curriculum for the single-gender classroom, including specific examples of lesson plans for the girls' classroom and lesson plans for the boys' classroom.
Christopher Brueningsen, Headmaster of the Kiski School (a boys' school in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania), along with Marcus Muster, Director of Technology at the school, will give a presentation entitled
"Teaching Boys in a Virtual Classroom," sharing what they have learned about webcasting class meetings and using eLearning technologies, with an emphasis on "blended learning" - combining on-line and face-to-face instruction -
in the all-boys setting.
Stephanie Burke, of the College of Idaho, will give a presentation entitled "Listening to student voices: measuring self-efficacy within single-sex classrooms,"
sharing the research she has done at a rural public elementary school in Idaho.
Patrice Caldwell and Dyisha Taylor, of Killian Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled "GEMS: Girls
Engaged in Math and Science," sharing what they have learned about how to use the all-girls format to engage girls in the classroom.
Brandy Caroway and Sarah Deason, from A. R. Rucker Middle School in Lancaster, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled
"Bonding with Books: How Single-Gender Bookclubs Can Help Students Connect with Books and Each Other".
Tiffani Casurra and Sonya Mosely, from C. J. Hicks Elementary in Conyers, Georgia, will give a presentation entitled "Defying the Myths in an All-Girls Classroom", sharing how girls in their all-girls classroom
love to compete, love math and science, learn better after exercise breaks, etc.
Tawanna Coleman, Shayla Hicks, Alexis Carwise, and Keithrick Alexander, from public schools in Columbia, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled "Creating Families within the Single-Gender Classroom:
strategies that create security and confidence in boys and girls.
Kevin Davern, headmaster of the Avalon School (a boys' school in Gaithersburg, Maryland), will give a presentation entitled
'The Boy is Father of the Man': Teaching Literature to Boys and Young Men".
Walter L. Davis III, from the North Clayton Middle School Male Academy in College Park, Georgia, will give a presentation entitled
"Changing the Minds of Reluctant Male Readers", sharing what he has learned about how to use the all-boys format to engage teenage boys
in reading.
Dr. Margaret Ferrara, University of Nevada at Reno, will share her research on which teacher is most effective with girls,
and which teacher is most effective with boys (hint: whether the teacher is female or male does NOT appear to be a major factor).
Dr. Ferrara will give a second presentation, joined by her husband and former schools superintendent Dr. Peter J. Ferrara, entitled "Turning Anecdotes Into Data", emphasizing
practical tips for school administrators who want to understand and analyze what's happening in their single-sex classrooms.
Sara Franklin and Suzanne Wright, of Jefferson Middle School in Springfield, Illinois, will share gender-specific lesson plans which have
been effective in their all-girls and all-boys classrooms.
Audra Garnett, from Red Deer Public Schools in Red Deer, Alberta, will give a presentation entitled
"When Single-Gender Classes Are Not an Option: Practical Instructional Strategies to Engage and Motivate Boys in a Mixed-Gender Classroom".
Dr. Miguel David Gelpi, of Fordham Prep (a boys' school in the Bronx) will give a presentation entitled
"The Quest for the Male Soul".
Jennifer Gribben, Diane Haines, Danielle Leckinger, and Caitlin Mackenzie, from McNair Middle School in Lake City, South Carolina, will give a presentation
entitled "Odd Girl In: How to make sure that EVERY girl feels at home in your all-girls classroom."
Rachel Harjes, a student at the University of South Carolina - Aiken, will give a presentation on "The Princess Effect," sharing her research with 145 students in South Carolina,
exploring how girls' beliefs about the importance of personal appearance or the approval of others predicted those girls' symptoms of depression; and also the extent to which race
(African-American / European-American) influenced these associations.
Dr. Tamika Hibbert and Dr. Amy McLemore of the Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership School in Atlanta, Georgia, will give a
presentation entitled "An Evaluation of the Implementation of a Single-Gender Middle School".
Shannon Holland and Mary Rumsey, from Sandlapper Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina, will share their experience in an all-girls
classroom in a presentation entitled "Using technology to engage girls in math and science".
Dr. Abigail James (Orange, Virginia) will give presentations regarding best practice for all-girls classrooms
and all-boys classrooms.
Young-joo Jeong, from Oryunam Elementary School in Seoul, South Korea, will give a presentation entitled
"An Analysis of Students' Gender Role Identity, Gender Egalitarianism, and School Life Adjustment among Korean 6th-Graders."
LaKeacha Jett from Atlanta, Georgia, will give a presentation entitled "The impact of mentoring programs on the academic and social behavior of girls."
Jenee Johnson, from C. J. Hicks Elementary in Conyers, Georgia, will share her experience in an all-boys classroom in a presentation
entitled "Building Teamwork with Boys to Increase Achievement".
Laurie LaMondie and Elizabeth Albert, from Woodward Avenue Elementary School in Deland, Florida, will share what they have learned from their years teaching in single-gender elementary-school classrooms, about
gender differences in the responses to stress, and in anxiety levels, as well as gender-specific strategies to address the emotional needs of girls and boys in single-gender classrooms.
Dr. Michael Leatch of the Crescent Academy, a boys' school in Toronto, will give a presentation sharing strategies for building community-wide support networks for single-gender schools.
Jim Lee, an educator at Rocky Mount Preparatory School, a charter public school, will give a presentation
entitled "Teaching reading in the single-gender middle-school classroom," focusing
on gender-specific best practice for middle-school reading.
Maribel McAdory, principal of Ruben P. Diaz Elementary in Las Vegas, along with assistant principal Mark Connors, with share their experiences of what has worked and what has NOT worked over two full years
of implementation of a single-gender program at their school.
Shelley McClure and Sharon Klein, from Duncan, British Columbia, will share their leadership program for 15- to 18-year-old girls in a presentation entitled
"Journey to the Heart of Young Leaders: Personal Mastery in Girls".
Sara McLaughlin and Kristen Williams, from Woodbridge Middle School in Woodbridge, Virginia, will give a presentation entitled "Girls + Girls = Success in Math!", sharing strategies which they have tested and refined
during their three years' experience teaching math in all-girls classrooms.
LaTonya Mercer, principal of LaGrange-Moscow School in Moscow, Tennessee, along with educator Kerri Kimery,
will share the successes and challenges which they have encountered in the
first two years of their single-gender program for students in grades 3 through 5.
Philip Mickles, principal of Rucker Middle School in Lancaster, South Carolina, along with teacher Robert Nunnery, will share data
documenting the success of their single-gender program in a presentation entitled "Is single-gender education the answer for African-American males?".
Camilla Moore, Kara McKone, Jeannette Altman, and Margie Myers, from Ronald McNair Middle School in Lake City, South Carolina, will give a presentation entitled "Math Divided by Gender = Success,"
documenting the gains in math achievement by both girls and boys in single-gender classrooms.
Jodi Notch and Jane Kinkel, from Ruben P. Diaz Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada, will share strategies they have developed to help boys in the all-boys independent classroom become passionate about WRITING.
Christine Orama and Stephanie McCorkle, from Jefferson Middle School in Springfield, Illinois, will share what they have learned over three years'
experience in single-gender classrooms in a presentation entitled "How to implement organizational strategies for middle school boys.".
Dr. Kathy Piechura-Couture, and Dr. Elizabeth D. Heins, of the Nina B. Hollis Institute of Educational Reform at Stetson University in Deland, Florida, will give a presentation entitled
"The Boy Factor in Special Education: Over-represented, or Misguided Pedagogy?"
Professor Piechura-Couture will also give a second presentation, joined by her Stetson colleague Douglas MacIsaac, entitled "Reasons To Incorporate Movement Into Both Girls' And Boys' Classrooms."
Dr. Chris Raeker and Lisa Greenstein, both elementary-school principals from St. Louis County, Missouri, will share their experiences implementing single-sex classrooms in public elementary schools, including
the importance of creating mentoring relationships among teachers, as well as strategies for engaging the parents, and also partnering with local colleges and universities.
Brad Rathgeber, director of the Online School for Girls (headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland), will describe the nation's
only online girls-only educational program, launched as a collaboration among ten established girls' schools, enabling these schools to offer
courses such as AP Computer Science which they might not be able to offer individually.
Deb Robinson, principal of Burlington Central School, and Jackie Button, vice principal of
White Oaks Secondary School (both in Burlington, Ontario), will share their experience with single-gender classrooms in a
presentation entitled "The impact of single-gender learning opportunities in literacy and
numeracy at the high school level."
Dr. Leonard Sax, of NASSPE in Exton, Pennsylvania, will provide an overview of what's happening nationally with single-gender educational opportunities
in public schools.
Adam Schultheis, from Ruben P. Diaz Elementary School in Las Vegas, will give a presentation entitled "The Beat of a Different Drummer: engaging boys and girls in music, in single-sex classrooms."
Denise Scott, of James Elementary School in Tampa, Florida will give a presentation entitled "Building the Road to Success through classroom strategies K-5 Boys and Girls,"
based on her experience with single-gender classrooms there.
Diana Wagner and Tamara Perry, from Palmetto Elementary School in Poinciana, Florida, will give a presentation entitled "Surviving the first year in an all-boys class."
Carla Wall, of King's Junior High in Shoreline, Washington, will give a presentation entitled "Gender differences in small-group activities for middle school boys and girls."
Alicia Watson, DeVon Chinn, and Regina Willingham of the Girls' Leadership Academy in College Park, Georgia, will give a presentation entitled "Girls Gone Creative!" -
sharing strategies which they have found to be effective in all-girls middle-school classrooms.
Dr. Elaine Weigert of the University of South Carolina Upstate, along with Dr. Megan Che of Clemson University, will give a presentation entitled "Proportional Reasoning in Single-Sex
Middle-School Classrooms: a longitudinal study."
Terri Wiley, of the Rhodes Young Women's Leadership School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will share her experience of leading a women's studies literature program
in the context of an all-girls public school.
Sherrod Willaford, principal, and Chara Moore, assistant principal at C. J. Hicks Elementary School in Conyers, Georgia, will share what they learned
in the course of launching a single-gender program at their school.
Brooke Winston and Anna Miller, from Middleton Heights Elementary in Middleton, Idaho, will give a presentation entitled "Success with LOTTU," sharing strategies
which they have found to be effective in the all-girls elementary classroom.
Benjamin Wright, Superintendent of Alternative Schools for the Philadelphia School District (Pennsylvania), will give a presentation entitled "Creating An Oasis In Your School."
Comments from attendees at previous NASSPE Conferences:
"I had a wonderful weekend here. I have learned so much about single-sex classrooms. I can't wait to get home and try some of the things I have learned. I didn't realize how unprepared I was to teach single-sex classes.
Thank you so much for all the information."
Sarah Tomblyn, Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School, Buckhannon, West Virginia
"One of the best conferences I have ever attended!"
Lisa Robson, Flamborough Centre School, Hamilton, Ontario
"This conference reignited my excitement for my single-gender class. My approach to the literature for males will never be the same."
Joanne Bachman, Hillcrest High, Greenville, South Carolina
"Each time I attend the conference I gain new strategies and a more effective means of implementing existing strategies. The presenters have been fabulous. Thank you for sharing the knowledge!"
Tisha D. Jones, Diaz Elementary School, Las Vegas, Nevada
"This was my first NASSPE conference. I had a wonderful time. The environment, food, and staff were all top notch. There was great diversity in the breakout sessions.
Speakers were very informative."
James W. Blackmon, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee
"I really enjoyed this conference. I get so much information and ideas from fellow teachers who are also doing single-sex education. Fellowshipping with others who are doing what I am doing, I KNOW that I am doing the right thing!"
Daryl Jackson, Aberdeen Primary School, Aberdeen, North Carolina
"The NASSPE conference is always a great opportunity to network with others on the front lines of gender-specific classrooms. Learning new strategies and having existing strategies affirmed has been helpful.
It was nice to collaborate and learn from experts in the field. It really helps to validate the whole process for me. Thanks!"
Annette Duncan, Cunningham Elementary School, Waterloo, Iowa
"This was a fabulous, insightful and interesting conference. I am so glad I came. It felt like family.
It was good to network with teachers, counselors and administrators from all different experiences to bring to the board.
It was also a great representation of schools from all over the States, as well as from Iceland, Spain, Canada, Mexico, and Australia."
Denise Blakely, San Luis Obispo, California
"An outstanding learning opportunity for all educators. The VARIETY of topics covered provided an excellent opportunity for all. Keep up the excellent work!"
Doug Trimble, principal, C. G. Stirling Elementary School, Hamilton, Ontario
"This conference was the best professional development I have ever experienced - in 30 years of teaching. Thank you for the careful, insightful preparation given to this day, and for your evident passion for this work!"
Terry Hume, Robert Turner Elementary School, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
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