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The Council of Educational Administrative and Supervisory Organizations of Maryland is proud of their long standing tradition of providing quality professional development to educators in our state.  Our conferences have focused on sharing the "Best Practices" for educating our students and developing leadership skills.  This year we are excited to continue our mission of providing powerful professional development through collaboration with professional organizations in our state.  Common Ground 2012, a professional development event for educators in Maryland and beyond, will provide educators engaging opportunities to gain quality information regarding best practices in the areas of leadership, instruction and technology.  It is our goal that every participant leaves this event with strategies to implement in their classroom and school immediately.  CEASOM, in collaboration with six professional organizations in Maryland and the Maryland State Department of Education, stand together to bring this professional development consortium to support our educators in Maryland. 

The Common Ground 2012 professional development event will take place April 19-20, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland.  Over 125 sessions will be offered, Diane Ravitch, Hall Davidson, Karen Cator, Jack Berckemeyer and Michelle Shearer as keynote speakers and more than 100 exhibitors will be on site. 

CEASOM is accepting proposals for presentations through December 7, 2011.  To submit a proposal, please go to www.msetonline.org/commonground2012.  Group and individual registration information is now available at www.mdpddays.org.  This is an event you don't want to miss!

Past Conferences, conference information, and file associated with past conferences are available online.

Common Ground 2012

Conference Resources (File Downloads/Links)

Date and Location

The conference will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center.
It will be held on Wednesday, April 18th through Friday, April 20th, 2012.

Co-chairs

Dr. Karen Salmon, CEASOM

Dr. Judith Flood, MSET

Registration

Dates: Wednesday, April 18, Thursday, April 19, and  Friday, April 20, 2012.  April 18 is designated for preconference events.
 
Location: Baltimore Convention Center
 
Organizations providing the planning: PSSAM, CEASOM, MSET, MMSA, MdASCD, LFM, MATE, MSL, and MSDE
 
Format: April 18, 2012 Pre-Conference Activities – Ticketed Events by participating
                              Organizations
 
    April 19, 2012 Keynoter and Concurrent Sessions
               
    April 20, 2012 Keynoter and Concurrent Sessions
 
Registration: The early bird registration fee for two days (April 19 & April 20) will be $150. Registration will be open to any interested educator in Maryland and in surrounding states.              
 
Theme: Effective Classroom Instruction + Quality Educational Leadership =  Increased Student Achievement
 
Event Mission: Share educational practices and knowledge on a statewide scale using professional development standards in the planning process. Planning will address quality content and information sharing along the continuum of before, during, and after the event. For example, school districts can design projects so they can use local credits toward recertification.
 
Event Size: The Planning Committee is anticipating 3,000 registrants and 100 vendors. There will be approximately 125 concurrent sessions each day and two keynote speakers each day.

Speakers & Sessions

Keynote Speakers:

April 19, 2012 Karen Cator and Hall Davidson

April 20, 2012 Diane Ravitch, Michelle Shearer, Jack Berckemeyer

 

Exhibit & Sponsor Information

Over 100 Exhibitors

If you are interested in being an exhibitor, please contact Joanne McConnell at EdEvents; jmcconnell@edevents.net

Exhibitor site is www.regonline.com/cg2012

 

Additional Information

Proposals being accepted now!  Go to www.msetonline.org/commonground2012.

Online registration will be available soon.

Early Bird Registration (April 19 & 20) is $150.00.  Regular is $175.00.

One Day Registration Early Bird is $100.00 and regular is $120.00.

Full time education student registration good for full conference is $75.00.

Lead Presenter Registration is $85.00. 

Conference Volunteer Registration is $85.00 and there will be an application form online to apply.

Preconference events, April 18, 2012, have separate registrations.