7th Education Conference

NURTURING THE CREATIVE ELEMENT FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

An Education Conference
Celebrating Successes in Educating African American Children

2009 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE and WORKSHOPS
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Registration and Reception
5:00–6:30 pm

Dinner & Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alfred Tatum, Ph.D.
7:00–9:00 pm

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30–9:00 am

Plenary Session & Keynote Address
Dr. Donna Y. Ford
9:00–10:30 am

Concurrent Workshops
10:45 am—12:15 pm

A. What’s Style Got To Do With It?
Presenters: Stacie Stanley and Pam Booker,
East Metro Integration District
Audience: Elementary and Secondary Teachers

Participants will identify their personal teaching style and analyze how instructional preferences may be impacting the active engagement and creative element of their students. Facilitators will model strategies that can be used to actively engage students and foster high involvement learning.

B. Elder’s Wisdom, Children’s Song: Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom Through Community Elders
Presenters: Larry Long and Anthony Galloway,
West Metro Education Program
Audience: Elementary and Secondary Teachers, Parents, and Community

The Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song is a 10-day learning unit in which students interview an elder in their community, research the life stories of these individuals and create a song honoring their lives. The students often incorporate dance, percussion and other cultural art forms into their performances giving students more diverse exposure to the cultures around them.

C.Creative Parent Involvement Towards Academic Success
Presenter: Dr. Tracine Asberry, Interlocking Realities, Inc.
Audience: Parents, Teachers, Administrators, and Community

Participants will actively explore ways to creatively build effective networks between schools and working class parents toward sustaining the children and ensuring academic success.

D. Arts Integration and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning
Presenters: Jeff Zastrow, Principal and Stephanie Vleck, Curriculum Integration Coordinator at Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts
Audience: Elementary Teachers

At Birch Grove, we believe that the dedicated and sincere integration of the Arts throughout a student’s educational experience has a direct impact on their learning and achievement. We will demonstrate how the Arts have been infused across all curricular areas and how our students receive more and earlier direct instruction than almost anywhere else.

E. Nurturing the Creative Element Through Integration of
Art and Science
Presenters: Mary Jo Thompson, Natalie Rasmussen,
and Alyssa Baguss
Minneapolis North High and Arts for Academic Achievement
Audience: Secondary Teachers

Looking at a short video documentary of ninth graders at North High School who spent one week during their science unit on simple machines working with a visual artist, we’ll identify the evidence in the film and accompanying student work and try to parse how each illustrates how integrating art with science can open the door to understanding for hands-on visual learners

F. Connecting Curriculum Creativity Through Art and Technology
Presenter: Tami Staloch-Schultz,
Glacier Hills Art and Science Magnet School, District 196
Audience: Elementary Teachers

This presentation will empower participants to reflect on their own building’s strengths in creating a culture of creativity. We will examine use of space, teacher and material resources and community involvement. Student examples of work will be presented.

G. Nurturing the Creative Element through Administrators
Presenters: Dr. Carole Gupton, Dr. Barbara Shin,
and Dr. Gloria Kumagai
University of Minnesota CEHD Preparation to Practice Group
Audience: Pre-K - 12 Principals and Superintendents,
Higher Education Faculty

We will share a model for transforming schools to cultural proficiency that provides interventions at all stages along a pathway from new knowledge, to beliefs, values, and attitudes that lead to new professional behaviors. Specific examples of interventions in support of higher achievement for students of African ancestry will be shared

H. Culture, Collectivism, and Individualism—Impact on Learning
and Achievement
Presenter: Dr. Rosilyn Carroll. Hamline University Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching
Audience: Elementary or Secondary Teachers

This session will explore how a student’s or family’s culture is collectivist or individualistic and how these belief systems impact learning and achievement. It will be interactive and  fun exploring how we can use the arts in a creative manner that end in cultural relevance.

Lunch
12:45–1:45 pm

Concurrent Workshops (Repeated from Morning)
2:00 - 3:30 pm

Closing Reception
3:30 - 5:00 pm

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