(NAME-MCE) FREE conference - NECME on Oct 21, 2009

[Howe, William]

Please find attached a flier for the NECME conference. The keynote is a
nationally recognized expert and scholar on Culturally Responsive
Education - Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine. I had the honor of introducing
her as a keynote at a conference of the National Association for
Multicultural Education in Atlanta, Georgia. The keynote session was
memorable also because the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King was sitting
up front and after I acknowledged her presence the entire ballroom
erupted into applause and the attendees all rose to give her a sustained
round of applause. It was touching too to see many of the hotel wait
staff rush over to give her a big hug. I had met her and gave her a hug
before the session started and it gave me goose-bumps.
 
Anyway, Dr Irvine proceeded to give a very inspiring and informative
talk on how we must do better to close the achievement gap by focusing
on better ways to teach students of color through Culturally Responsive
Education. This event is free but there is limited seating so please
register now. PLEASE, if you find out you cannot attend, please notify
ACES so others can take your seat. 

The conference is only a half day because of the lack of funding -
starts at 8:30 and ends at noon. But there will be a special workshop
planned at the UHART Multiple Intelligences Magnet School on the campus
lead by Dr. Sonia Nieto, author of the #1 best selling textbook on
multicultural education. More details on that to follow. Go to 
www.necme.org
 
You can register for the 14th Annual New England Conference on
Multicultural Education (NECME), University of Hartford, West Hartford,
CT - Wed. Oct. 21, 2009 at the ACES website at:
 
https://www.protraxx.com/scripts/ezcatalogny/ViewClass.aspx?ID=157826&Cu
stomerID=71
 
Any problems with registration or if you have to cancel, please contact
the ACES Registrar:


Mary Lou Woods
Professional Development/School Improvement 
ACES 
205 Skiff Street 
Hamden, CT 06517
mwoods at aces.org <mailto:mwoods at aces.org> 
Tel: (203) 407-4403

I hope to see you there.
 
 
 
 
Dr. William A. Howe
State Title IX Coordinator/Civil Rights Compliance
CT State Department of Education
Bureau of Accountability & Improvement - new
165 Capitol Avenue, Room 221 - new
Hartford, CT 06106 - new
Phone: (860) 713-6752  - new
Fax: (860) 713-7035  - new
email: william.howe at ct.gov
 
SDE website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde <http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde> 
Multicultural Education
<http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2681&q=320458>  - website
Title IX, Sexual Harassment
<http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2681&q=320472>  - website


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