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Are you a teacher or a school board member?

I'm a science teacher so I go to CAST(in Dallas this year in
November) and NSTA convention in the spring -- I think it is
in Chicago this year -- so I won't be going :(. Generally I
have to pay out of pocket, so you can count on these two
being great conventions/conferences to go to. You do not
have to be a teacher to go to these. And I can almost
guarantee you will come home rejuvenated! :)

(Almost forgot, there is also a mini-CAST in the spring, too.
Smaller, but much cheaper.)

I haven't gone in years, but middle school has their own
conference as does the math -- these were good as well.

On 7/17/14, One among you wrote:
> I came home rather depressed after attending this year's TAS
> B Summer Leadership Conference. If it had a theme it was "Ho
> w to save our failing public school system." There were a co
> uple of good presenters but overall the mood was panicky and
> militant. One of the presenters praised districts that spen
> d money on billboards to advertise their schools. In order t
> o earn my hours I attend these TASB conferences but my exper
> ience is that it is an organization that is not really dedic
> ated to public education but simply self preservation of the
> ir own interests, region service centers, and I might even s
> ay they are trying to open the door for Common Core. Are the
> re any board members that read this that could suggest anoth
> er conference? I am not interested in earning hours through
> TASB or an ESC. What else is available? I won't return to TA
> SB and I was re-elected this year so I'm interested in findi
> ng a better conference/way to earn my hours. Sticking your h
> ead in the sand and pretending there aren't problems (STAAR,
> the coming T-TESS, teacher protests and mass exiting) isn't
> being proactive.
>
> I would advise TASB to ask why students are leaving public e
> ducation rather than ask taxpayers to spend money on billboa
> rds. This Go Public Campaign just illustrates the problems t
> hat are driving students into charter and private schools. I
> would love for TASB to take a stand like NEA has against Ar
> ne Duncan. How about TASB stand up and just say no.

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