ASCD will also have exhibits at the Singapore Teachers Conference (Sept. 6-7) and at ECIS in November. If any of you will be in attendance, please stop by and say hello!

One more to add... The East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS), October 30 - November 2, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Conferences & Workshops

Do you know of a conference or workshop coming up during the 2010-2011 school year in an international location which might be of interest to educators around the world? If you do please let us know. Some which are scheduled for the the coming year include:

- English Teachers Association Switzerland (ETAS) SIG Day, September 11, 2010 Wetzikon, Switzerland. www.e-tas.ch
- Mediterranean Association of International Schools (MAIS), Annual Conference Tunis, Tunisia, November 4-9, 2010 http://www.mais-web.org/
- European Council of International Schools (ECIS) 2010 Annual Conference, Nice, France, 19-21, November, 2010 www.ecis.org
- Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA), 2011 Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, March 18-19, 2011, www.ceesa.org
- Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA), 2010 All Africa Educators' Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, October 17-20, 2010, www.aisa.or.ke
- Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE), 2011 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 14-17 2011 www.aaie.org
- Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA), 2010, Leadership Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 21-24, 2010 and in 2011 Spring Educators' Conference April 2-5, 2011 www.nesacenter.org


If you know of a conference or workshop taking place in your region of the world please share the information with others on the message board or on the Overseas and International Schools Group link.

Diane Simmons-Tomczak, ASCD Overseas & International Schools Network

Interesting message from Dr. Carter in the June EdUpdate entitled Building Ties Through Worldwide Partnerships: http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/jun10/vol52/num06/Building-Ties-Through-Worldwide-Partnerships.aspx

ASCD has seized the moment to play a major role in influencing the transformation of individual lives and of society as a whole worldwide through education.

Calling all reflective leaders: nominate an educator for the Outstanding Young Educator Award at www.ascd.org/oyea by August 1st.