Conference Schedule

Empowering Educators 2002 Great Lakes Region

Professional Conference

Holiday Inn

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Wednesday, June 26, 2002

7:00-9:00pm - Conference Registration

7:30pm - Conference Facilitators’ Training Session

8:30-10:00pm - Conference Attendees’ Social Acorn III

Thursday, June 27, 2002

8:00am - 4:00pm - Conference Registration

8:00am - 4:00pm – Chapter and General Displays Acorn II

8:30am - Opening Session Birch

Welcome Anne Devney, Chicago Area Chapter

Introduction of Special Guests Myra Wright Powell, Great Lakes Region President

Introduction Guest Speaker Marietta Giovannelli, Gamma Pi Chapter

Keynote Address Dr. Michelle Parker

“Teaching in the Changing Landscapes of Education”

Overview of Conference Myra Wright Powell, Great Lakes Region President

9:45-10:00am - Coffee Break

Concurrent Sessions

10:00-11:00am -

Enhanced Learnings for the Kindergarten Child Walnut II

Dr. Debbie Coonrod Audience: PST, ECT, ET, AD

Building experience, opportunity to communicate, and immersion in print from multiple sources empowers the child to express self with a more competent performance. Learn skills for community building that can provide enhanced learning for the kindergarten child.

Grieving Ritual: Time for Classroom Healing Walnut III

Johanna Lopez Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

In today’s violent world, the tragedy of death for a child of any age affects the learning process. Sometimes, it is the death of a child within your classroom. Learn a ritual you can facilitate within your class, so that your students can again focus on learning.

Technology … The Evolution Continues Walnut I

Gregory and Myra Powell Audience: EV

This session will focus on the ever-changing field of technology. Participants will see some ideas shaping how technology may be found within our classrooms over the next few years. Ideas from how textbooks may change to how we test and evaluate student learning as well as how we deliver knowledge and skill development.

11:15am-12:45pm - Lunch, Entertainment, and Acknowledgements Maple

Lunch - Ticket Required

Pistachio Encrusted Chicken Lunch, Chef’s Garden Greens with Ranch/Raspberry Vinaigrette dressings, Vegetable, Duchess Potatoes, Rolls/Butter, Apple Pie, Coffee/Tea

Entertainment - A Saxophone Melody Steph Gunnels, Direct Honors

Introduction of Possible New Pi Lambda Theta Song Johnna Lopez, Greater Milwaukee Chapter

Greetings to the Region from International Barbara Sorenson, PLT International President

Acknowledgements - Marietta Giovannelli, Gamma Pi Chapter

Anne Devney, Chicago Area Chapter

Myra Wright Powell, Gamma Delta Chapter

1:00- 2:00pm -

Understanding the Bush Agenda: “No Child Left Behind Act 2001” Acorn I

Albert J. Holmes, Jr. Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT

The No Child Left Behind Act 2001 (NCLB) redesigned the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs to emphasize reform. Participants who attend this session will be introduced to the basic principal. Participants will come to understand how Title I, Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Title II, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (Teacher Quality); Title IV, Safe and Drug-Free schools and Communities; and Title V, Innovative Programs, address the overarching goal of NCLB which is to ensure every child meets challenging state academic achievement standards. This session will help participants better understand how the school district, school building, principal, teachers, students, and parents must work together to close the achievement gap between high and low performing children.

What’s in the Future for PLT? Walnut III

Marsha L. Berry and Barbara Sorenson Audience: PLT Members

Participants will become aware of the seven goals identified by the International Board at their February, 2002 meeting. This will basically be a question and answer session on what the International Board is doing and how it will benefit the individual members.

Crisis Management – What we need to Know about HIV/AIDS! Walnut I

Rebecca Daugherty Audience: EV

“Approximately 6,000 young people aged 15 to 24 became infected with HIV every day – that is, about five every minute.” Educators need the right information about AIDS/HIV so they can share this information with their students so it will help cut these numbers down. Attend this session and see how educators can be empower our youth to make the right choices.

Classroom Management Through the Use of Children’s Literature, K-3

Charlene Handzel Walnut II

Audience: PST, ET

The session will help teachers gain interest in exposing children to the wonder and magic of books.

2:15- 3:15pm -

I.E.P.: A Case Study Walnut II Janet Bowen Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

This session will include profiles of the participants in a specific child’s IEP team meeting. An overview of the different perspectives involved in the development of the IEP will be covered. Reviews of assessment, referral, eligibility, and interpretation of medications, goals, and benchmarks will be included. Participants will role-play an IEP team meeting based on a case study.

On-Line Assessments … Is N.W.E.A. in Your Future? Walnut I

Randy Carpenter Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

This session will show participants some of the on-line assessments available to enhance students’ learning. These are available now and may already be in your school district, or will be there very soon.

Crisis Learning – What is it? What do I do with it? Walnut II

Dr. Anne M. Devney Audience: EV

This session will present Dr. Devney’s dissertation research on learning outcomes during a crisis. A developing model of “crisis learning” will be presented as experienced and described by participants whose relatives were in an intensive care unit for severe injuries to the head or spinal cord. Suggestions for using this information in a positive way following personal experiences (including the 9-11 tragedy) will be sought from session participants.

3:30-4:30pm - Great Lakes Region Business Meeting, Part 1 Birch

5:00pm - Dinner on Your Own (Optional Trip)

Friday, June 28, 2002

8:00am - 4:00pm - Conference Registration

8:00am - 5:00pm - Chapter and General Displays Acorn II

Concurrent Sessions

8:30-9:30am -

Using Picture Books to Establish a Collaborative Community of Learners

Helen Hirsch & Karen Work-Heinsbergen Walnut I

Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT

This session will be an interactive program co-presented by two Pi Lambda Theta National Board Certified Teachers. It will focus on the use of picture books to promote a spirit of collaboration in the classroom. This entertaining program focuses on the power of literature to help build community in the classroom. In addition to a bibliography of powerful children’s literature, strategies for using literature to foster team-building will be explored.

Saving a Life = Heart-saver CPR Certification & Child CPR Walnut III

Dr. Thalia D. Sipple Audience: EV

Participants will understand signals of heart attacks, strokes, chain of survival, risk factors, perform adult/child CPR, 102 rescuer, choking – conscious and unconscious, rescue breathing, blood borne pathogens, Good Sam laws, and Heart-saver CPR.

Successful Grant Writing: Show me the Money! Walnut II

Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson Audience: EV

How do you write successful grants? In times of limited resources, it is important to understand how to get access to support for learning. Learn about effective grant writing techniques. Discuss key issues and develop solution to barriers for planning.

9:45-10:45am -

Growth, a PLT Tradition Walnut III

Dr. Debbie Coonrod Audience: EV

From the moment of initiation, the PLT journey is one of growth, personally and professionally. Traditionally, initiation has sealed and bonded recognition of personal talents and professional development with challenging leadership experiences through the diverse tapestry of program offerings and the service component to the larger educational community. The growth of members on their pathways to excellence has paralleled the continuing growth of Pi Lambda Theta, the international honor and professional association in education. Assessment of personal journeys by participants will reflect the capacity of PLT to continuously renew vision, vitality, and vigor for meaningful educational endeavors.

Curriculum Design for Standards and Students’ Success Walnut II

Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

In order for teachers to implement standards-based instruction and learning, they need to consider the following questions: What are the essential elements of standards-based teaching? What is the role of student work for linking assessment and instruction? Learn the role of curriculum and assessment design in helping teachers achieve excellence in teaching.

Coloring Outside the Lines Walnut I

Dr. Richard R. Hays Audience: PST, MT, HT

Creativity: The energy of life. Don’t block it; use it! Students love it. They really get into it when asked for directions. Have you been guilty of: “We’ve never done it that way!”, “We’re not ready for that!”, “ It just won’t work!”, “It costs too much!”? Come to this session to find out what would happen if: The Canterbury Tales came alive. The student rewrote Medea who kills her children with a hedge-trimmer. Phaedre is written as a Mafia story. With your new ideas, you will be challenged to keep your wits and hold onto your purple crayon.

11:00am-12:00noon -

Data—How to Use it Effectively and Efficiently to Make Quality Decisions

Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson Walnut II

Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

This session provides a blueprint of how to use data to improve learning and instruction. Learn about types of data and a process to use data for school improvement.

Snapshots of Women as Law-Makers: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Dr. Claudia Crump Walnut III

Audience: PST, ECT, ET, MT, HT

In this interactive session, participants will: Receive snapshot biographies for stepping into roles of a series of women of the Midwest who have been influential in defining and promoting equity and understanding. Join the presenter in rehearsing formats and guidelines for incorporating first-person as a powerful strategy in a research-based, multi-leveled, interdisciplinary curriculum. Match content and skills with National Standards through strategies illustrating “Living History, Geography and citizenship.”

What do You Value? Acorn I

Marsha L. Berry, Patricia Kemp, Tamela Paul, Lori Reed, and Elissa Stranahan Audience: ST, ECT, ET, MT, HT, AD

Participants will become aware of the six values identified by the International Board of Pi Lambda Theta at their February, 2002 meeting. Individuals will explore how those values fit with their present track in PLT and how to incorporate them into their future goals within the organization. This presentation is based significantly on Stephen Covey’s concept of principle-centered leadership.

Membership … Gaining and Retaining! Walnut I

Richard Hays Audience: Chapter Members

This session will focus on how to increase your chapter membership and how to retain those members.

12:15am-1:45pm - Lunch and Speaker Maple

Lunch - Ticket Required

Broiled Atlantic Salmon, Chef’s Garden Greens with 1000 Island/Raspberry Vinaigrette dressings, Vegetable, Chef’s Rice Pilaf, Rolls/Butter, New York Cheese Case with Strawberries, Coffee/Tea

Introduction Guest Speaker Charlene Handzel, Gamma Delta Chapter

Luncheon Address Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson

“Lessons Learned from Great Teachers”

2:00-3:00pm -

The Relationship Between Reflective Disposition toward Teaching and Effective Teaching Acorn I

Dr. Marietta Giovannelli Audience: EV

This study demonstrated that a reflective disposition toward teaching is related to effective teaching, especially in the domains of instructional behavior, classroom organization, and teacher expectation. Data used to test the hypothesis were composed of reflective disposition scores earned by teacher candidates and effective teaching scores given teacher candidates by their field instructors. The measure of reflective disposition consisted of six components: the composite of Reflective Disposition and the composite of Effective Teaching, Reflection on what teachers should know and be able to do, Reflection on teaching, Reflection on learning, Reflection on the relationship between learning and teaching and Reflection on what if would be like to be a teacher in the classroom. The measure of Effective Teaching consisted of five components: the composite of Effective Teaching, Classroom Management, Instructional Behavior, Classroom Organization, and Teacher Expectations.

Curriculum Design for Standards and Students’ Success Walnut II

Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson Audience: P