July 13-16, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri
Either virtually or in person, join thousands of school counseling professionals for the premier school counseling professional development at American School Counselor Association’s annual conference. Discover best practices, resources, and evidence-based materials for your school counseling program.
July 16-19, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada
Join the Computer Science Teacher Association in July to reconnect with your community of fellow K-12 computer science teachers. CSTA 2024’s educational program is crafted by teachers for teachers and focuses on supporting you both in your classroom and your personal professional development, whether you’re new to teaching computer science or entering your twentieth year. This year, CSTA is featuring over 200 educational sessions to help you get the best educational experience possible. With exclusive content designed to be hands-on for the best in-person experience, you don’t want to miss this year’s program.
Uncharted Learning National Summit 2024
July 16-17, 2024; Chicago, IL
Learn from experts and elevate your program in two full days of entrepreneurship-focused, master-class-style workshops and events. The INCubatoredu program engages students in real-world business entrepreneurship education led by teachers, mentors, and coaches from the community. We train educators of any discipline to lead this course. It’s designed to enhance content skills, knowledge, and inspire better support for students’ entrepreneurial journeys.
July 22-23, 2024; Washington, DC
Expect to envision new ideas and capture insights through Horizons workshops, panels, and interactive discussions at this event where more than 1,000 leaders, funders, innovators, workers, learners, and more will share their expertise. Leading thinkers and innovators transforming the education and workforce systems will join forces at this annual summit.
July 22-25, 2024; Memphis, TN
Big Bang is Big Picture Learning’s annual conference on student-centered learning, an intergenerational collaboration where students, educators, leaders, and partners come together as equals to learn from one another and from the host community.
October 3-5, 2024; San Diego, CA
Come together with an amazing community of STEM educators, administrators, and advocates for PLTW Summit 2024—a dynamic in-person and virtual conference created to celebrate, support, and inspire all. During the event, you’ll explore PLTW PreK-12 STEM Programs, discover how to improve student outcomes, and create connections that can help your programs thrive. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from engaging keynote speakers, learn about impactful professional development opportunities, and immerse yourself in hands-on PreK-12 STEM curriculum from PLTW.
National Rural Education Association Conference
October 31-November 1, 2024; Savannah, GA
National Forum to Advance Rural Education Conference has been designed to create an environment for collaboration and innovation with a diverse community that includes, national experts, K–12 and higher education practitioners, leading researchers, policymakers, and philanthropic leaders. The goal is to help communities innovate and leverage local assets to create meaningful learning experiences for rural students.
November 6-9, 2024; Chicago, IL
Experience the Innovative Schools Summit — the nation’s top K-12 education conference that brings together internationally recognized thought leaders, administrators, teachers, and consultants to share innovative best practices and research-based methodologies in an engaging, inspiring event.
November 3-5 2024; New Orleans, LA
The Aurora Institute Symposium brings together innovators working to transform K-12 education. Join the premiere event for K-12 education. Stay for the community, lessons about education innovation from the field, and the latest research and policy to support education transformation. Leave equipped to take immediate action in advancing next generation learning designs.
Big Picture Learning: Front Range Leadership
December 2024; Colorado
The annual Big Picture Learning Leadership Conference aims to empower leaders to build strong connections with individuals, communities, and networks to enhance, sustain, and elevate their work. Leaders engage with peers through school tours and advisory sessions to discover valuable tools, innovative ideas, and resources for effective implementation. The ultimate objective is for leaders to rejuvenate and strengthen themselves, enabling them to lead with love, care, and vulnerability.
ACTE’s CareerTech VISION Conference
December 4-7, 2024; San Antonio, TX
VISION offers comprehensive programming covering high-quality CTE in secondary and postsecondary environments and emerging trends in the field to help career and technical educators thrive in their careers. VISION provides attendees with a rich array of networking opportunities, an Expo, hundreds of concurrent program sessions, and numerous networking opportunities.
What conferences are you looking forward to for the second half of 2024? Let us know in the comments!
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