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The Eighth International Conference
on Single-Gender Education
Houston, Texas
Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21, 2012
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We are accepting submissions for our next conference!
The Eighth International Conference on Single-Gender Education will take place Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21, 2012, in Houston, Texas.
Have you led a single-sex classroom? If you are a teacher who has recently taught a classroom of all girls, or all boys, in any grade K-12, and you have learned something about how to use the single-gender format to broaden
educational horizons and/or improve academic achievement and/or change attitudes and/or reduce discipline referrals and/or create community in the classroom and the school, then your fellow teachers want to learn from you!
If you are an administrator who is leading a single-gender school, or a coed school with single-gender classrooms, then your fellow administrators would like to learn from your experience.
If you are a researcher who has learned something about gender-specific pedagogy, other researchers would like to learn from you.
If you are a teacher, administrator, or researcher with something to share about gender and education, then please consider presenting at our upcoming conference in Houston.
Your proposal should include:
- Title of your presentation, plus name(s) of presenter(s)
- Brief description of your presentation
- Target audience: teachers, administrators, or researchers?
- Age range of students involved: early elementary, late elementary, middle school, or high school
- Have you given this presentation before? If so, where?
- Please provide your affiliation: school, or school district, or university, or other
- What handouts might you include?
You may send your proposal via e-mail to nasspe @ verizon.net (this is not an actual e-mail link, to avoid automated spam programs; you will have to type nasspe @ verizon.net into your e-mail program). Or,
you may send your proposal via regular mail to NASSPE, 64 East Uwchlan Avenue, #259, Exton, PA 19341. Or, you may fax it to us at 610 993 3139.
You should hear back from us within two weeks of submitting your proposal; if you don't, please CALL US at 610 296 2821
between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
Limits: No more than three presentations from any one school; no more than three speakers per presentation
Deadline for submitting a proposal is June 30 2012.
At this time we are only accepting proposals for presentations. Registration to attend the conference will open in June.
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How much does it cost? How do I register?
How much does it cost? The registration fee is $400.00 per person, for individuals registering alone.
For groups of 2, 3, or 4, registering together, the fee drops to $350.00 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.
Registration will open in March, at which time you will be able to register online via credit card; or via purchase order; or via check.
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.
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.
What's the conference agenda: when does it start, when does it end, and what's included?
Friday evening, October 19, 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, 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." 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 20, you will first need to pick up your registration packet (including your conference program and nametag)
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 10:45 Saturday morning. There will be at least ten 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 and other tables primarily for independent 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 the Houston Galleria.
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.
Where should I stay? How much does the hotel cost?
We recommend that all conference attendees stay at the
Westin Galleria Hotel, because all conference activities - the Friday evening reception, all meals, and all conference sessions Saturday and Sunday - will take place at the Westin Galleria.
Attendees at the NASSPE conference may book a room at the Westin Galleria for just $119/night, which is a big discount over the hotel's usual rate (currently $229/night for that weekend). The link to make reservations at the discounted rate will go up here on March 31 - until then, please be patient. This rate is not yet available online.
Comments from attendees at our previous Conferences:
"We began the 2009 - 2010 school year with all male classes, without any training or experience in single gender education. We were overwhelmed with classroom management and learning style issues.
The procedures and teaching styles that worked in coed classrooms did not work within a single gender environment. Then we attended the NASSPE conference in Atlanta [October 2009].
The colleagues we met during the NASSPE conference provided us with so many ideas, strategies and gender specific classroom management ideas.
The breakout sessions were invaluable to us, as we changed our classroom layout, procedures and discipline.
Everything changed and a new year began. Our students were excited about the changes and responded magnificently.
The end of year results showed amazing growth and mastery of skills.
The administration was so excited about the success in the single gender classes that they decided to expand the single gender classes from three in 2009-2010, to six in 2010-2011.
Since attending the NASSPE conference, the philosophy of our administration and several teachers have changed dramatically in support of single gender education."
Diana Wagner and Tamara Perry, Palmetto Elementary, Poinciana, Florida
"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 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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