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2001: A Middle Level
Odyssey
The California
League of Middle Schools Annual Conference
March 9-11, 2001
San Diego, California
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Sacramento, we have a
problem
Middle level schools in
California face challenges that would stump Captains Kirk and Piccard.
From
incorporating standards to API scores, teacher preparedness, and the
misalignment of assessments and curriculum, middle level educators have new
responsibilities. How do we prepare our diverse students to succeed on state
tests, yet still provide them with a meaningful middle level education?
Professional
development for the real world
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The California League of
Middle Schools annual conference is the largest statewide middle level event for
a reason. CLMS knows that to
improve teaching and learning, classroom teachers need professional development
that is geared to the classroom environment.
Join 4,000 of your
colleagues in sunny San Diego to improve your administrative, teaching, or
classroom management techniques. Discover dozens of great content area lessons
and activities. Learn how to better serve as mission control for your students
as they build skills in preparation for the difficult testing that lies ahead.
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Keynote Speakers
LeVar Burton
Best known
for his roles as Kunta Kinte in the mini-series Roots and Lt. Commander
Geordi LaForge in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, LeVar Burton
is an accomplished actor with a social conscience. As a teenager, he
studied for the priesthood before discovering acting. As the co-producer and
host of the 17-year PBS children's series Reading Rainbow, he has been a
prominent advocate for child literacy. Burton won a 2000 Grammy Award for
his narration of The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol is one of America's
most sustained, impassioned voices for human dignity and equity in education.
In
1967, he was fired for reading a thought-provoking poem to his fourth grade
students. His follow-up memoir, Death at an Early Age, won a national
book award. He has since written such books as Savage Inequalities, the national
bestseller Amazing Grace, and most recently, Ordinary Resurrections, a story
documenting the resilience of poor inner city children.
San Diego
Known as “America’s finest city,” San Diego attractions include the San
Diego Zoo, Sea World, Horton Plaza, Seaport Village, Old Town, the Gaslamp
Quarter, Balboa Park museums, and the Old Globe Theatre.
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Practical professional
development
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Schoolwide testing &
literacy strategies
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Active learning
opportunities
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400+ sessions taught by
classroom veterans
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100+ educational exhibits
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Collegial networking and brainstorming
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