Focus on TUSD - July 2007

Four-day Back to School Conference at Tucson High
Now's your chance to learn geek speak, create a readers' corner in your library or figure out how to use Promethean boards and smart boards. Those topics are just a few of the many sessions set for the annual Back to School Conference, July 30-Aug. 3.

The conference will be in the Technology Building at Tucson High Magnet School, 400 N. Second Ave. Participants should register each day and design their own schedules. Although sessions are open to everyone, capacity may be limited, so participants should have an alternate plan if sessions are full. Some sessions are offered more than once during the conference.

Salary Increment Credit forms will be distributed each day at the registration table. Participants must have their presence validated on the form, which is the only verification of attendance.

A limited number of box lunches will be available in the lobby of the Technology Building each day for $2.50.

Some of the topics that will be covered are No Child Left Behind, presented by the Tucson Education Association; teacher evaluation protocol; classroom behavior management; expanded book repair; Title I paperwork; LIRC resources; tips for media presentation; and health plans.

For more information, visit http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/btsconference/.

-- By Sharon Dunham
Communications & Media Relations