Third Annual NCUST Symposium: Building Excellence in Teaching, May 7-9, 2008
The Annual National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST) Symposium is an exceptional professional learning opportunity for school leaders. It features lively interactive breakout sessions with school leaders from outstanding urban schools and districts across the nation. In addition, the symposium features keynote presentations by national leaders in urban education improvement as well as an award ceremony for the schools from across the country that are winners of the NCUST Excellence in Urban Education Awards. This symposium will be held at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego, California.
Keynote speakers include:
Ellen Moir— Founder and Executive Director of the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, recipient of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. 2005 Prize in Education and the 2003 Distinguished Teacher Educator Award.
Robert Moses- Founder and President of The Algebra Project, Inc., author of The Algebra Project-Transition Curriculum, Eminent Scholar at the Center for Urban Education & Innovation at Florida International University in Miami.
Sonia Nieto—Professor Emerita and Chair of the Language, Literacy, and Culture Concentration at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, author and editor of numerous publications on culture and education.
Joseph Johnson—Director and Founder of San Diego State University’s National Center for Urban School Transformation.
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