Jon Ray has served as principal of numerous schools in California and as superintendent of Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District in Humboldt County. Outside of his role as superintendent, Jon Ray belongs to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), which will hold its Conference on Teaching Excellence from June 30 to July 2, 2017.
The ASCD’s Conference on Teaching Excellence will bring together education professionals in Denver, Colorado, for a variety of networking and educational events. The conference will kick off with a general session titled Crafting the Perfect Assessment System by Rick Stiggins, an author with the ASCD and the founder of the Assessment Training Institute.
Other educational sessions include Differentiation Advice for New Teachers: News You Can Use, which will be co-led by Marcia B. Imbeau, a University of Arkansas professor, and Alyx Ramsey, a third-grade teacher at George Elementary School in Springdale, Arkansas. Outside of the educational sessions, attendees can sign up for keynote luncheons. Friday’s keynote luncheon will feature Nadia Lopez, and Saturday’s luncheon is with Tony Frontier.
To learn more about the ASCD and its upcoming events, visit www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx.
