CONFERENCE SESSIONS

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS

The following pre-conference sessions will be held June 27, 2012. Each session requires an additoinal fee for attendance.

Session A: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Motivating and Managing Hard to Reach, Uninterested and Disruptive Students
Presented by: Brian Mendler, M.Ed.

Session B: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Becoming a Master of Challenging Moments
Larry Thompson, M.Ed.

GENERAL SESSIONS

The following is a list of general sessions presented by our keynote presenters. Dates and times are subject to change.

Effectively Reaching the Facebook Generation
Presented by: Dr. Foster Cline

Tools for Teaching: Preventing Discipline Problems
Presented by: Dr. Fred Jones

Becoming a Master of Challenging Moments
Presented by: Larry Thompson, M.Ed.

Dare to Take Charge
Presented by: Judge Glenda Hatchett

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS

  • Specific Tools and Techniques for Specific Situations
  • Fred Jones' Tools for Teaching: Meaning Business and Building Responsibility
  • Alternatives to Detention and Suspension
  • The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander - Barbara Coloroso, National Speaker/Author
  • Self-Regulation Training:  A Framework for Success - Brad Chapin, Psychologist/Director of Children's Services
  • Positive Behavior for Everyone! - Amy Murray, Author/Counselor/Mentor
  • Trust Theatre Ensemble:  The Bullycide Project - Lori Thompson, Trust Theatre Artistic Director & Members of Acting Team
  • Learn to Use DISC Personality Styles to Speak Students' Language - Lynne Watts, School Counselor
  • Classroom Discipline: That's Not My Job...Or Is It? - Shelley Lucas, Time to Teach
  • Practice Doesn't Make Perfect, Practice Makes Permanent - Douglas Milligan, Principal
  • A School Note That Does It All -- Monitor, Motivate, Guide Behavior Planning - Tricia Wells, Director, Creating Student Success
  • Para-Intervention Team (P.I.T.) - Margaret Rehberg, Assistant Director Special Education & Holly Fitzgerald, Para-Interventionist
  • Building a Positive Peer Culture Through Restorative Learning Practices - Page Nichols, Restorative Learning Facilitator
  • The Elementary Counselor's Role in Supporting Effective Schoolwide Discipline - Heidi Jensen, Elementary Counselor
  • "Boys to Men":  How to Inspire Struggling Male Students to Be Young Men of Valor, Integrity and Respect Who Lead in Their Schools and Communities - Jeremy Burroughs, School Psychologist
  • Creating a Culture of "Can" With Students Who Typically Won't! - Wade Pearce, Director of Education
  • Classroom Management Training:  Using Parts of Several Effective Programs - Carol Hincker, Assistent Superintendent & Ann Ouradnik, Coordinator of Training/Evaluations
  • Calming Chaos:  Returning Common Sense in the Classroom - Steph Jensen, BoysTown Director Community Contracts
  • Rethinking School Discipline - Larry Epstein, Director School-Based Services
  • Improving School Climate! - Dave Derpak, Principal & Chris Parker
  • The 3 R's for the 21st Century: Repair, Reduce, Restore - The GATEWAY Program - Trish Muldowney Brooks, Social Worker/Mediator & Chuck Buttle, Safe Schools Principal
  • Effective Behavior Management Tools for Middle Schools - Catherine Roberts, School Counselor
  • Positive Behavior with Positive Psychology - Rebecca Thrush - CEO, CyberCitizen.org
  • 10 Strategies to Inspire Even the Most Difficult Students - Christian Moore, Founder WhyTry Program
  • Building Relationships in the Classroom - Roger Soweid, Director Student Life
  • Addressing Young Adolescent Moral Judgment and Risk-Taking in Light of Most Current Brain Research - Greg Richards, Director, Middle School Ethics Project
  • How to Be Bully Free on a Budget - Traciana Graves, CEO/Founder Project Bully Free Zone
  • Mitigating, Preventing, Responding and Recovering from Active Shooters Incidents - Bill Lowe, Associate Professor of Terrorism & Kem Kimbrough, Sherriff Clayton County, GA
  • Mean Boys: Research-Based Insights for Preventing Bullying & Helping Troubled Boys - Mike Paget, Consultant/Author
  • Wired Differently:  5 Keys to Working with Students with Emotional & Behavioral Challenges-Mike Paget, Consultant/Author
  • Project C.R.A.S.H. - Khalil Shakeel, Social Worker/Intervention Specialist
  • The Unforgiven: The Five Strategies That Sustain the Spirit to Transform Tough kids - Ed Orszulak, School Principal/Author/University Instructor
  • Restorative School Discipline - Tonya Featherston, Founder/CEO Urban Education Services
  • Hasta la Vista, Baby! – Say goodbye to Classroom Discipline Problems Using Research-Based Strategies - Ronald Antinori, Instructional Supervisor

* Break-out sessions and speakers are subject to change.