Thank you for joining us for for the 12th Annual Michigan's Charter School Conference.  Mark your calendars for next year's conference - November 1st & 2nd, 2010!

2009 keynote speakers:

Conference Agenda

Monday, November 2, 2009

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Breakout Session

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakout Session

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Dedicated Exhibit Time

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Keynote Luncheon featuring Flip Flippen

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Breakout Session

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dedicated Exhibit Time

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Breakout Session

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Dedicated Exhibit Time

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Breakout Session

1:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Keynote Luncheon featuring Kay Toliver

12 Tracks to Choose From!

This year’s conference allows you to choose from over 125+ breakout sessions, organized into 12 tracks (attend any session or track that meets your need).  Be sure to maximize your investment by participating in our year round continuous learning programs!  We are excited to offer you the opportunity to continue to develop the concepts that you will take from the conference throughout the school year!  We will be offering a series of webinars, information our website, and other continuing resources for you to gain the most complete and up-to-date trainings. Here is a glimpse of what’s to come:

Board members - fantastic fundraising for schools, handling budgets and money issues in the day-to-day.

Administrative leadership - technology-based staff development, understanding adult development on your team, recruitment and retention of a high-quality staff, positive teacher supervision experiences and budget and money issues.

General education - bullying/harassment prevention, dealing with angry parents, hands-on minds-on science, unconventional approach to ELL with art, reading and response to intervention (RTI) and everyday geometry.

21st Century Education - 21st century skills for students including critical thinking, resiliency and global assessments and improving literacy instruction and achievement with technology.

Elementary teachers - new literature for children, GLCEs for writing, web-based production tools, ESL & technology, solids & gases, the Book Whisperer and poetry, puppetry, music and more!

Middle school teachers - GLCEs and science, Talk Early, Talk Often program, differentiating literature, powerful questions for effective math results and reading in the science classroom.

High school teachers - MME, science and GLCEs, differentiated instruction for the alternative classroom, academic and intercultural benefits of debate, and using technology to improve parent involvement.

Special education teachers - servicing children with disabilities, CIMS II and “hot topics” of special education.

Specialist teachers - trauma’s cognitive impact on children, P.E. and developing athletic programs at your school.

Fine arts teachers - dance in the classroom and a look at Opening Minds Through the Arts program.

Parents (Tuesday only) - raising resilient children, brain compatible learning in kids and the impact of family meals on academics.

Para-professionals and support staff - helping adolescents in grief, handling children with oppositional behavior and legal support for the front office.

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