AUGUST
9-14--Teachers: Advanced Placement Institute: AP Courses teacher training, sponsored by the College Board, for AP teachers and department heads from the public and private sectors and from the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Registration deadline: July 15, 1998. Contact: Diether Raff, University of Heidelberg, Max-Weber House, Zeigelhauser Landstrasse 17, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany; 49-6221-457410/12; fax: 49-6221-457430.
9-14--Teachers: Mandel Teacher Fellowship conference, sponsored by the education department of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for the Mandel Associated Foundation, for teacher fellows, at the museum in Washington. Contact: USHMM, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place S.W., Washington, DC 20024; (202) 488-0456; e-mail: sfeinberg@ushmm.org.
10-11--Mathematics: Mathematics Education: Secondary In-service Workshops, sponsored by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, for teachers, in Chicago. Registration deadline: July 29. Contact: Carol Siegel, 5835 S. Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637; (773) 702-1130; e-mail: ucsmp@uchicago.edu.
10-14--Professional development: Implementing Student-Centered Learning, sponsored by Early Childhood Resources, for teachers of grades 3-5, in Corte Madera, Calif. Contact: Carola Ashford, ECR, 50 El Camino Drive, Corte Madera, CA 94925; (415) 924-8714; fax: (415) 924-8913.
14-16--English-language teaching: 1998 TESOL Academies, sponsored by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc., for English teachers, at Seattle University in Seattle. Contact: TESOL Academies, 1600 Cameron St., Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314-2751; (703) 836-0774; fax: (703) 836-7864; e-mail: academy@tesol.edu; Web site: www.tesol.edu/.
*19-20--Sexual harassment: Annual conference, sponsored by Sociologists Against Sexual Harassment, for educators, at the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco. Contact: Kimberly J. Cook, Coordinator, SASH, University of Southern Maine, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104; (207) 780-4399; fax: (207) 780-4987; e-mail: kjcook@usm.maine.edu.
23-27--Chemistry: National meeting, sponsored by the American Chemical Society, for scientists, educators, and others, in Boston. Contact: ACS Meetings, 1155 16th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-4899; (202) 872-4396; fax: (202) 872-6128; e-mail: natlmtgs@acs.org.
*29-30--Conflict resolution: Advanced Conflict Resolution Training, sponsored by Children’s Creative Response to Conflict, for educators, in Washington. Contact: CCRC, 7710 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912; (301) 270-1005; fax: (301) 270-0151; e-mail: ccrcdc@erols.com.
SEPTEMBER
4-8--Environmental education: Environmental Education in Urban Environments, sponsored by the North American Association for Environmental Education, for environmental educators, at the Hilton and Towers Hotel in Atlanta. Contact: Janet Thoreen, NAAEE Publications, Membership, and Conference Registration Office, PO Box 400, Troy, OH 45373; (937) 676-2514; e-mail: jthoreen@igc.apc.org; Web site: http://www.naaee.org/ .
