LEARNING VARIABILITIES TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS
NEIGHBOR ISLAND CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Thanks to a generous grant from the Oak Foundation fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation, the Schools of the Future Conference is pleased to offer a limited number of needs-based travel scholarships for administrators and teachers from Neighbor Island schools to attend the 2019 Conference which takes place October 2 to 4, 2019, at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu.
GRANT SPECIFICATIONS
According to the guidelines of the grant, preference in the award of these travel scholarships will be given to public and charter school educators on the island of Hawaii who work with students with learning differences; however, educators from public, charter and private schools on any island who work with students with learning differences are also eligible to apply for these grants. 

A maximum of two travel scholarships will be awarded to educators from the same school. Awards will be granted in an amount up to $500 if attending the conference for 2 or 3 days, or $350 if attending only 1 day of the conference. The awards are intended to defray the costs of attending the Schools of the Future Conference and can be used to cover airfare, lodging, transportation and the cost of substitute teachers. Reimbursement of expenses up to the maximum amount of the award will occur upon completion of the event and will only be paid out once attendance is verified. Please note that all receipts must be submitted to the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools in order to receive the reimbursement.

The travel scholarships do not include conference registration. All recipients are responsible for registering for the conference and are required to pay the conference fee in effect at the time of registration.
ELIGIBILITY
  • Open to administrators and teachers from any Neighbor Island (Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii Island) public, charter or private school.
  • Preference will be given to Hawaii Island educators and to special education teachers and to those who work directly with students with learning differences. 
IMPORTANT DATES
  • Deadline to apply: Monday, August 12, 2019
  • Notifications will be sent by Monday, August 19, 2019.
  • Award recipients should register by August 31, in order to take advantage of the Standard Registration Rate. 
Questions? Please contact Deanna D'Olier
Conference Highlights
October 3rd Keynote Speakers
Sal Khan - Morning Keynote
Sal Khan is the founder of Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. Khan Academy's content and mastery learning platform has over 71 million registered users from all over the world and has been localized into over 30 languages. Sal holds three degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard. He has been profiled by 60 Minutes, was the only non-profit leader ever profiled on the cover of Forbes and recognized as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang - Afternoon Keynote
Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang  is the Professor of Education, Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Southern California. She studies the psychological and neurobiological development of emotion and self-awareness, and connections to social, cognitive and moral development in educational settings. She uses interdisciplinary studies of narratives and feelings to uncover experience-dependent neural mechanisms contributing to identity, intrinsic motivation, deep learning, and generative, creative and abstract thought. Her work has a special focus on adolescents from low-SES communities, and she involves youths from these communities as junior scientists in her work. 
October 4th Keynote Speakers
Jennie Magiera - Morning Keynote
Jennie Magiera is the Chief Program Officer for EdTechTeam. Prior to joining EdTechTeam, she was the Chief Innovation Officer Des Plaines Public School District 62 and previously the Digital Learning Coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership and a Chicago Public Schools teacher. Jennie uses her classroom experiences to inform her work supporting educators to create new and better opportunities for their students. She believes that despite the many challenges facing schools today, every classroom can be a place for “edventures”: student-centered, passion-based experiential learning. Jennie holds a B.A. from Columbia University in Psychology and History and a M.S. in Mathematics Education from University of Illinois-Chicago.
Learning Variabilities Featured Speakers October 3 & 4
Paul Singer
Head of School, Assets School (Ret.)
Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa  Professor of The Neuroscience of Learning, at the Harvard University Extension School and educational researcher with the Latin American Social Science Research Faculty (FLACSO) in Quito, Ecuador
Kate Blanchard, J.D., M.Ed.
Managing Director, Learner Variability & Special Education Initiative
Teach For America
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