July 13-14, 2010
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

At our annual national conference, administrators and teacher leaders gather to share ideas and questions, successes and challenges on the road to schoolwide implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach.

RCSC 2010 will be held July 13-14 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with preconference workshops on July 12. The cost of the conference will be $350/person, plus $179/person for the preconference workshops. Registration is open now! See "How to Register" for more details.

Schedule
RCSC 2010 will include two plenary sessions with keynote speakers, four blocks of ninety-minute breakout sessions, a book signing, a raffle, and an optional day-long pre-conference. See the schedule for the 2010 Responsive Classroom Schools Conference.

Sessions
Choose among over thirty breakout sessions offered by experienced educators, including administrators, teacher leaders, Responsive Classroom consultants, and authors. Browse session descriptions.

Cost
$350 per person, breakfasts and lunches included.

Lodging & Directions
For directions, lodging information, and area attractions in Amherst, MA, visit the RCSC lodging page.

Questions?
Email us at registration@responsiveclassroom.org or call 800-360-6332 x 130.

SCHEDULE

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS, MONDAY, JULY 12

• The Responsive Classroom Approach: An Overview for Administrators Karen Casto, Responsive Classroom consultant and author

• Elements of Responsive Schoolwide Discipline Babs Freeman-Loftis, Responsive Classroom consultant and author

• Read detailed descriptions of the preconference sessions.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

A lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Kennedy School of Government, Richard Weissbourd focuses on childhood vulnerability and resilience, the achievement gap, moral development, and effective schools and children's services. He has worked as a psychologist in community mental health centers and on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's New Futures Project, an effort to keep children in school. Mr. Weissbourd has founded several interventions for at-risk children, including the citywide literacy initiatives ReadBoston and WriteBoston and, with Robert Selman, Project ASPIRE, a social and ethical development intervention. He is also a founder of the Lee Academy, which enrolls children at 3 years old. Mr. Weissbourd has advised city, state, and federal officials on family policy and school reform and has written for many scholarly and popular publications and for National Public Radio. The American School Board Journal recently named his 1996 book The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do About It as one of the top ten education books of all time. The New Yorker magazine recognized Mr. Weissbourd's book The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development as one of the top 24 nonfiction books of 2009. His remarks will be based on that book.
Photo © Tom Kates courtesy of Harvard Graduate School of Education

Since beginning her teaching career thirty-seven years ago, Caltha Crowe has taught a range of elementary grades and preschool in a variety of settings, including schools in inner city New Haven, Connecticut; in the Chicago suburbs of Winnetka and Glencoe; and in Westport, Connecticut. She has been involved with Connecticut's Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) program from its inception more than twenty years ago, serving as a mentor to new teachers, helping with mentor training, and serving on program advisory groups. A Responsive Classroom consulting teacher, Ms. Crowe travels around the country to present workshops and coach teachers on using the Responsive Classroom approach. She has a BA from Smith College, a master's degree in early childhood from Goddard College, and a master's degree in educational leadership from Bank Street College of Education. Ms. Crowe is the author of Solving Thorny Behavior Problems: How Students and Teachers Can Work Together and Sammy and His Behavior Problems: Stories and Strategies from a Teacher’s Year. She will speak about the schoolwide supports that enabled her to succeed in her work with Sammy.