AASCD 2008 Annual Conference
Meeting the Challenge of the Whole Child: Fitting the Pieces Together
June 15-18, 2008
Hot Springs Convention Center

You have a special invitation and a great opportunity to expand your knowledge, think about teaching and learning in a variety of different ways, and to earn quality professional development hours. Arkansas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (AASCD) will host our annual conference this summer June 15-18 at beautiful Hot Springs, Arkansas. We will be moving to the Hot Springs Convention Center this year as a result of the feedback from our attendees in the past. The registration for the conference and for housing at either the Embassy Suites or the Austin Hotel will be ready on-line in the very near future, so stay tuned.

We have outstanding keynote speakers that will share incredible in-sights into educating the whole child, with more than 50 break-out sessions presented by Arkansas educational practitioners, and our own Dr. Ken James, Arkansas Commissioner of Education speaking. We have also planned for a pre-conference on Sunday afternoon June 15th centered around learning state-of-the-art instructional technology. We are still confirming some surprise speakers that you will not want to miss.

Many of us are torn between the high stakes accountability model and authentic learning with deep understanding as well as the application of learning. We will strive to connect the two in a real down to earth approach around the five separate themes of the whole child; healthy children, safe children, engaged children, supportive children, and challenged children. Also, we will provide some different strands for educators to follow during the conference around technology, skills for the 21st century, academic/vocational integration, successful parental involvement programs, how to help our children avoid at-risk behaviors, and best practices for serving our special needs children.

We have many of our finest educators in Arkansas planning, working, and preparing to provide the best possible learning conference you have ever attended, this summer at the Arkansas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development June 15-18 in Hot Springs.