ON APRIL 8, 2008

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY ’S

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

PROUDLY PRESENTS…

Featuring:

Andrea Peterson

2007 National Teacher of the Year

&

Robert Kelty

2008 Arizona Teacher of the Year

7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

College of Education , Ashurst Auditorium and

Cline Assembly Hall

Conference Agenda

7:30 – 2:00 On-site Registration in College of Education lobby

8:30 - 9:15 Welcome and 2007 National Teacher of the Year

          Featuring: Andrea Peterson

Location: Ashurst Auditorium

9:35-10:50 Breakout Sessions, College of Education

11:10-12:25 Breakout Sessions, College of Education

12:35 – 1:00 Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 2007 Arizona Teacher of the Year

               "A Contemporary Civil Rights Movement Starts with Us:Teachers as Change Agents"

               Featuring: Robert Kelty, 2007 Arizona Teacher of the Year

               Location: Cline Auditorium

2:20 – 3:35      Breakout Sessions, College of Education  

Session Descriptions        

9:35-10:50 Breakout Sessions, College of Education

Room 174 – Mamie Spillane: Strategies for Meeting the Needs of ELLs in the Regular Classroom.  Participants will gain an understanding of cooperative learning strategies, multi-sensory activities (games, songs, drama), the importance of culture and language.

Room 200 – Tamára McAllister: You Get What You Expect. Participants will receive practical and effective strategies for empowering and managing difficult students while maintaining high expectations.

Room 201 – Chuck Gallagher: How to Connect with Kids. Tips and advice from a high school career and technical education teacher. “When teachers really love what they are doing, students share their enthusiasm. Showing students the relevance of their lessons in the classroom gives them an idea of the kind of real world they will face after graduation”.

Room 203 – Jay Stanforth: Survivor: Elementary School. Tips for a long-lasting and rewarding career as an elementary teacher. How to survive the stress and strain and turn it into a lifelong passion. Tips will range from the practical to the philosophical with some humor and politics thrown in.

Room 204 – Freddy Yanez: Starting the Year and Making it Relevant. 

This workshop will cover simple strategies to get the year off to a solid start and provide ideas for making curriculum relevant and interesting to students.  Although some examples will be specific to the high school English classroom, the strategies may be applied to other disciplines.

Room 205 – Larry Johnson: Fun, Exciting, Effective Learning, & Student Engagement This presentation will explore the following areas as they relate to effective instruction: Learning Theory - Active Involvement, Management Curriculum Instruction, Affective Domain Versus Cognitive Domain, Process Versus Product, Understanding by Design , 5E Model – Engagement, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate, Problem Based Learning

Room 208 - Krista Gypton: Discussion techniques for any class: 
How to incorporate a variety of discussion techniques into the class that involve even your most tentative students.  
Will incorporate technology tips for the future.

Room 211 – Lisa Hoelzen: Early Childhood Hands On Science: Integrating math and writing with science in early childhood classrooms.

11:10 – 12:25 Breakout Sessions, College of Education

Room 174 – Mamie Spillane: Strategies for Meeting the Needs of ELLs in the Regular Classroom.  Participants will gain an understanding of cooperative learning strategies, multi-sensory activities (games, songs, drama), the importance of culture and language.

Room 200 – Tamára McAllister: You Get What You Expect. Participants will receive practical and effective strategies for empowering and managing difficult students while maintaining high expectations.

Room 201 – Chuck Gallagher: : How to Connect with Kids. Tips and advice from a high school career and technical education teacher. “When teachers really love what they are doing, students share their enthusiasm. Showing students the relevance of their lessons in the classroom gives them an idea of the kind of real world they will face after graduation”.

Room 203 – Jay Stanforth: Survivor:Elementary School. Tips for a long-lasting and rewarding career as an elementary teacher. How to survive the stress and strain and turn it into a lifelong passion. Tips will range from the practical to the philosophical with some humor and politics thrown in.

Room 204 – Freddy Yanez: Starting the Year and Making it Relevant. 

      This workshop will cover simple strategies to get the year off to a solid start and provide ideas for making curriculum relevant and interesting to students.  Although some examples will be specific to the high school English classroom, the strategies may be applied to other disciplines.

Room 208-Krista Gypton: Discussion techniques for any class: 
How to incorporate a variety of discussion techniques into the class that involve even your most tentative students.  
Will incorporate technology tips for the future.

Room 211 – Lisa Hoelzen: Early Childhood Hands On Science: Integrating math and writing with science in early childhood classrooms.

2:20 – 3:35 Breakout Sessions, College of Education

Room 174 – Mamie Spillane Strategies for Meeting the Needs of ELLs in the Regular Classroom.  Participants will gain an understanding of cooperative learning strategies, multi-sensory activities (games, songs, drama), the importance of culture and language.

Room 203 – Jay Stanforth: Survivor: Elementary School. Tips for a long-lasting and rewarding career as an elementary teacher. How to survive the stress and strain and turn it into a lifelong passion. Tips will range from the practical to the philosophical with some humor and politics thrown in.

Room 204 – Freddy Yanez: Starting the Year and Making it Relevant. 

This workshop will cover simple strategies to get the year off to a solid start and provide ideas for making curriculum relevant and interesting to students.  Although some examples will be specific to the high school English classroom, the strategies may be applied to other disciplines.

Room 205 – Larry Johnson: Fun, Exciting, Effective Learning Student Engagement The presentation will explore the following areas as they relate to effective instruction: Learning Theory - Active Involvement, Management Curriculum Instruction, Affective Domain Versus Cognitive Domain, Process Versus Product, Understanding by Design , 5E Model – Engagement, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate, Problem Based Learning

Room 208-Krista Gypton: Discussion techniques for any class: 
How to incorporate a variety of discussion techniques into the class that involve even your most tentative students.  
Will incorporate technology tips for the future.

Room 211 – Lisa Hoelzen: Early Childhood Hands On Science: Integrating math and writing with science in early childhood classrooms.

Presenters

Andrea Peterson: 2007 National Teacher of the Year. A music teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School in Granite Falls , Washington. Because of her community focus, teamwork with other teachers, and a desire to see all students succeed, Peterson was named 2007 National Teacher of the Year. In her ten years at Granite Falls , she has revitalized the music programs at both the elementary and high school levels. The growth of the music program in Granite Falls School District has encouraged students to participate in county, state, and national music competitions, and to create two auditioned elementary choirs, cross-curricular performances, an auditioned high school chorus, jazz band, and marching band.

         Teaching music is only part of Peterson’s instruction—it serves as a vehicle to other areas. “Music is an amazing tool to unlock students’ potential. The most visible benefit from their success in music is their increased confidence and self-esteem.”   With this philosophy, Peterson introduced a cross-curriculum program, wherein she takes lessons taught in other classes, such as English and math, and expands upon them in an eight-week unit.

         Peterson was born in Invermere , British Columbia , Canada .  She lived there until she was eight years old when her family moved to the United States . She graduated in 1991 from Onalaska High School in Onalaska , Washington . Peterson became a permanent resident of the United States upon her arrival in the country in 1981and gained citizenship in 2004. Peterson received her bachelor’s degrees in music education and arts music from the University of Washington in 1996, graduating cum laude. She was the first National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) in early and middle childhood music in the state of Washington . After receiving her certification, she became a NBCT facilitator and liaison coordinator for Washington , encouraging other educators to advocate policy changes in education. She is actively involved with the Northwest Wind Symphony.

Robert Kelty, 2008 Arizona Teacher of the Year.  Originally from Louisiana , Mr. Kelty came into teaching with Teach for America in 2001. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in philosophy and zoology and then earned his Masters of Elementary Education at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque .  He is a proud advocate for indigenous language and Title I schools. He has taught on the Navajo reservation for many years and is now working at Puente de Hozho, a trilingual K-6 school that teaches in Navajo, English, and Spanish in Flagstaff , Arizona , where he teaches second and third grade. Puente de Hozho is committed to revitalizing the Navajo language as well as teaching students in 21^st Century curriculum with a deep focus on cultural relevancy. During his travels as Arizona Teacher of the Year, Robert plans to advocate vigorously for his students and his school. He is also working on his educational doctorate at Northern Arizona University . Robert believes that teaching is a powerful profession. He believes teachers are actively participating in a contemporary civil rights movement centered on education when they fight for their students’ social, academic, and economic mobility. He also believes it is one of the most rewarding and exciting jobs available.   The Parada del Sol was proud to honor Robert as one of our Modern Day Heroes.

Arizona Teacher Ambassadors

Chuck Gallagher: 2008 Teacher Ambassador for Arizona . Mr. Gallagher graduated from State University College at Buffalo in Buffalo , New York where he earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Arts. He received his Masters degree in Vocational Education from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff . Chuck has been teaching for 24 years, currently as a construction and drafting teacher at Santa Rita High School in Tucson where, among other activities, he and his students build homes for Habitat for Humanity.

Special Thanks To:

College of Education
Arizona Historical Society