Despite the lazy days of summer, the professional learning taking place at the Learning Forward Summer Conference held in Denver, CO was anything but. This was the largest attended summer conference in Learning Forward’s history.

The Eye On Education booth was abuzz all three days with attendees thumbing through our titles and learning about our Professional Services.

Eye On Education recently returned from the Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools that Work Staff Development Conference at the New Orleans Convention Center. Nearly 800 teachers, school leaders, district administrators, and other educators stopped by Booth #105 to enter our raffle to win a Kindle Fire, chat with our authors and purchase some great books!

Eye On Education recently returned from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) annual convention at the San Diego Convention Center. We had a great time in sunny San Diego, meeting teachers, school leaders, and many other educators who are constantly looking for new and better ways to integrate technology into their schools and districts. 300 people stopped by Booth #5482 to chat with us and enter our raffle for a free Technology Book Bundle!

The following blog post was written by Eye On Education's Senior Editor, Lauren Davis.

Earlier this month, I attended the International Reading Association’s 57th Annual Convention, held this year in Chicago. The event brings together educators and educational publishers from across the country to share best practices and resources. I was accompanied by Eye On Education’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Annamarie Cerreta. We had a great time! Here are some highlights from our trip.

The following post was written by Eye On Education's Senior Editor, Lauren Davis.

Last weekend, Vice President Dan Sickles and I represented Eye On Education at NCTE's Annual Convention, held this year in Chicago. The event brings together English teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum leaders, and educational publishers from around the country to share ideas and resources. Here are some highlights from our trip:

Eye On Education sent four staff members to the NMSA/AMLE Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky: Morgan Dubin (Marketing Associate), Lauren Beebe (Editor), Jon Rothman (National Accounts Manager), and James Canero (Sales Assistant).

The conference was a great success with the following authors visiting us in the booth: Todd Whitaker, Sherrel Bergmann, Judith Allen Brough, David Shepard, Bryan Harris, and Amy Sandvold. Attendee loves our new What Great Teachers Do Differently t-shirts, and David Shepard taught some attendees how to do the longitude/latitude dance right in our booth!

Are you attending the NMSA/AMLE 2011 Conference and Exhibition? Come by the Eye On Education booth #213 on Thursday, November 10th at 11:15AM and 3:30PM for a book signing with Todd Whitaker! The first 50 buyers at each signing get a free t-shirt that features What Great Teachers Do Differently, 2nd Edition.

Be prepared to be inspired as Todd Whitaker unlocks the secrets of what matters most!

Register for a FREE one-time-only live webinar to benefit from Todd's research and experience on the behaviors that distinguish great educators from all of the rest. He will share his insights grounded in stories from classrooms and schools across the country, and inspire you to become a more effective educator. You will learn how great educators:

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The momentum of the Common Core State Standards continues to build. Two weeks ago, SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) released its "content maps and specifications" in English/language arts and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) issued its "content frameworks" in both subjects. These are both draft documents that will be modified based on feedback. Meanwhile, as this work continues to move forward, do teachers just sit and wait?

As your school year gets underway, I am proud to announce a new monthly service from Eye On Education. Starting next month, we will be offering a series of free interactive webcasts to help teachers and school leaders improve practice and boost student achievement. These webinars will feature some of your favorite authors and speakers who will present practical solutions to educational challenges and facilitate online discussions with you and other participants. It will be easy for you to work with our technology and you can register for just one of our webinars or engage in them as an ongoing professional development activity – your choice.

Four members of the Eye On Education staff were in Nashville, TN three weeks ago for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)’s High Schools That Work Staff Development Conference. The event took place at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, which is quite a complex. If you haven’t already done so, check out the pictures posted to our Facebook page. It’s a pretty cool place!

Dr. Sandra Harris, co-author of Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools: 8 Steps from Analysis to Action, Managing Conflict: 50 Strategies for School Leaders, and other Eye On Education titles, won the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) 2011 Living Legend Award. This award honors those who have dedicated themselves to research and teaching and made significant contributions to the field of educational administration.

Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) High Schools That Work Conference took place on July 20-23, 2011 in Nashville, Tennesse's Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. The theme of the conference was Creating Learning Opportunities That Make Every Student Extraordinary.

Eye On Education had a number of author sessions and signings at the conference. Click here to see our author's presentation topics.

Did you know that the the second edition of Todd Whitaker's bestselling book, What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most, comes out November 2011? In honor of this upcoming release, we're giving away 50 complimentary What Great Teachers Do Differently T-shirts featuring the signature butterfly!

Learning Forward Summer Conference 2011
Indianapolis, IN - JW Marriott 
July 17- 20, 2011

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