Monday, April 19, 2010

MCPS Travel Freeze Lifted!

Didn't Superintendent Jerry Weast tell the County Council there was a travel freeze until further notice? 
Fooled 'em!


Superintendent Weast and staff just LOVE to travel. And the Board of Education members love it too! So don't expect the Board to enforce any cut back of travel, even during a budget crisis!


Maybe the MCPS travelers will send the furloughed county employees a postcard!


Board of Education Vice-President Christopher Barclay is just back from the April 10-12 National School Board's Association conference in Chicago


Here's a sample of travel for MCPS staff. Please note that these are conferences where MCPS staff is listed as a presenter. We have no idea how many conferences MCPS staff are attending just as participants! 


August 2-6, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada John Brewer, MCPS Foundations Office at CompTIA Breakaway 2009.


October 5-7, 2009 Chicago, Illinois Janine Bacquie, MCPS Director Early Childhood Programs and Services at Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference.


October 15-16, 2009 Minneapolis, Minnesota William McGrath, MCPS Occupational Therapist - HIAT; Linda Bastiani Wilson, MCPS Special Education - HIAT; Denise DeCoste, MCPS OTR Special Education - HIAT.


January 22-24, 2010 Louisville, Kentucky Jerry Weast, MCPS Superintendent at Kentucky School Boards Association Annual Conference.


February 7-10, 2010 Columbus, Ohio Michelle Pace, MCPS Reading Coach at the Reading Recovery of North America Conference.


March 4, 2010 Baltimore, Maryland Lynn Wiegand, MCPS Staff Development Teacher and Richard Jolles, MCPS Coordinator Student E-Learning at Maryland Distance Learning Conference.


March 10-12, 2010 Williamsburg, Virginia Sherry Watts, MCPS Division of AEI - Instructional Specialist at the National Curriculum Network Conference. 


March 12, 2010 Union, New Jersey Jerry Weast, MCPS Superintendent at New Jersey Network for Student Success 


April 21-24, 2010 San Diego, California Robyn Silbey, MCPS Focus Teacher at National Conference of Teachers of Mathematics.


April 25-27, 2010 Denver, Colorado Jerry Weast, MCPS Superintendent at the 2010 Council on Foundations Annual Conference.


April 29-30, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Christian Anderson, MCPS Division of AEI at the College Board A Dream Deferred Conference.


April 30-May 1, 2010 Baltimore, Maryland Beth Poss, MCPS Speech Pathologist at the MSET Conference.


April 30-May 3, 2010 Denver, Colorado Shahpar Modarresi, MCPS Supervisor Shared Accountability, Huafang Zhao, MCPS Coordinator Shared Accountability, Shihching Liu, MCPS Shared Accountability Evaluation Specialist, and Janine Bacquie, MCPS Director Early Childhood Program and Services, at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting.


July 15-17, 2010 San Antonio, Texas Robyn Silbey MCPS Focus Teacher at the CAMT 2010 Conference.


July 17-21, 2010 Seattle, Washington Keith Adams,  MCPS Resource Teacher at the National Staff Development Council Conference. 


MCPS travel compiled by Lyda Astrove.

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