2013 Teachers for Tomorrow Conference
Event Information
Description
Do you want to be a teacher?
Do you want to be a better teacher?
Join us for a day of
enhancing teaching skills!
Keynote Speaker: Rives Collins
AND MUCH MORE PLUS EARN 6 CPDUs!
* Shuttle Service leaving Jones H.S. at 7:30 a.m. and Homewood Metra Station at 8:15 a.m.
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
9:00 A.M. – 9:30 WELCOME and CONFERENCE OPENING ADDRESS
Dr. Creg E. Williams, District 215 Superintendent
Dominic Belmonte, CEO & President, Golden Apple
Workshop Block 1 9:45 – 10:45 AM
Innovation and Creativity
- CSI – Constructing Inquiry-Based Science, Elizabeth Copper
- Tell Me A Story, Pam Kelly
Pedagogy
- Leading Effective Classroom Discussions, John Paulett
- The Basics of Differentiated Instruction, Jill Kryskinski and Scott Kryskinski
The Arts
- Creative Digital Arts Projects – STEAM into STEM, Tricia Fuglestad
- Teaching with Passion in the Arts, Melinda Wilson
Technology
- Gearing Up with Google, Gregory Regalado
- Getting to Know Your iPad, Charlene Chausis
10:45– 11:00 AM VISIT EXPO BETWEEN WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Workshop Block 2 11:00 – 12:00 PM
Innovation and Creativity
- Sounds of Learning, Carla Stone
- Making $ Club: Middle School Financial Literacy, Gerard Kovach & Rogelio Botello
- Teach the Most Popular Class with Highly Engaging Math, Donnell White
Pedagogy
- Backward Planning, Jill Krysinski, Shelia Hillier, and Nora Hayes
- Leadership Strength of Communication, Robert Taylor
The Arts
- Arts in the Foreign Language Classroom, Linda Egnatz
- Switching on Kids’ Brains with Song-Experience Games, Brooke Tippett Thompson
Technology
- Get Google to Work Harder: A Primer in Using Scripts, Jungsun Moon
- 60 in 60, Carol Broos
Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Overview
Golden Apple Scholars Question and Answer Session
12:00 – 12:30 PM LUNCH, NETWORK and VISIT EXPO
12:45– 1:30 PM STORYTELLING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rives Collins, Associate Professor Department of Theatre Northwestern University
Block 3 1:45 – 2:45 PM
Innovation and Creativity
- Globalizing Your Classroom, Sharon Takahashi
Pedagogy
- Collaborative Reading with Subtext on iPad, Charlene Chausis
- Inclusion of Special Needs Students, Gloria Moyer
- RTII Simplified, Jill Krysinski, Tino Villaflor, and Megan Springer
The Arts
- Audience Participation in Story Telling, Rives Collins
Technology
- Book Clubs 2.0, Eliza Ramirez
- Gearing Up with Google, Gregory Regalado
3:00 – 3:30 PM Closing Session
Raffle Prizes
Closing Remarks
Evaluation & CPDUs Registration Area