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Our 2009 Conference Theme and Highlights


Arrive early to hear KEITH VALLEY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Directed by
Ms. Erin Freund

21st Century Leading and Learning Skills:
"Middle Level Education in a Hot, Flat, Crowded World"


The Theme for our 2009 conference is a futuristic one and seeks to address two challenges America will face in the next 25 years and how Middle Level educators might respond to them. One is the prospect that in the 21st Century international circumstances will likely change the place of the United States on the world stage. The second is the effect that global warming, vastly improved technology and a growing world population will have on the life of everyone in the 21st Century.

Middle Level Basics

So while our program will again offer the "Middle Level Basics" we are excited to present the following presentations in keeping with our theme:

  • From Picasso to Pythagoras: Blending Technology into Multiple Content Areas
  • Engaging Students in Cultural Understanding
  • Green Light: How Middle Schools can take Steps Toward Sustainability
  • Conversations that Matter: The Future of Middle Schools in a World of Global Competition
  • Learning 2.0 --- Engaging 21st Century Learners
  • Accessing the Virtual Classroom
  • The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program

In addition we will be offering some popular past presentations as well as some new ones on:

  • Is Bullying Prevention Possible?
  • Looking Good and Feeling Good --- Ways to Boost Morale and Create Wellness Opportunities for Your Staff
  • Learn, Share and Beware! --- Building Confident Learners in the Special-Education Co-teaching Classroom
  • Using Data to Measure Student Performance and Drive School Improvement
  • The Fateful Transition from Elementary School to Middle School

The very latest publications on middle school topics will be available at the bookstall provided by the Pennsylvania Middle School Association.

Qualifies for

Pennsylvania Act 48 Credit
New Jersey Professional Inservice Credit

Lehigh University Middle Level Partnership Annual Conference

What:
A one-day conference exploring the theme:
"Middle Level Education in a Hot, Flat, Crowded World"
When:
Friday, April 24, 2009
8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Where:
Lehigh University, College of Education
Mountaintop Campus, Iacocca Hall
111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA
 
Who:
Administrators, Teachers, Parents, and Board Members
Cost:
$135 per person

OR

$125 per person as part of a team of 3 or more individuals from the same district registering at the same time.

Cost includes materials, lunch, and refreshments.

AGENDA 2009

7:30 - 8:30 Coffee, Danish & Late Registration
8:00 - 8:30 KEITH VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

8:30 - 9:15

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Nancy Doda

Nancy Doda is a highly regarded consultant in Middle Education. She began her career as a middle level teacher and since then has continued to act as a teacher advocate in both her writing and her presentations. Her passion for teaching, her love of children, and her commitment to the improvement of middle schools is apparent to all who hear her. Her keynote, "What kind of a Middle School would you like to see?: Bolder days ahead" will address the challenges that young adolescents and their teachers will face in a world that author Thomas Friedman has described as “Hot, Flat and Crowded.”

9:30 - 11:45 Double Sessions

OR

9:30 - 10:30   Single Session
10:45 - 11:45 Single Session

11:55 - 12:45 Chew, Chat & Share (Lunch)

1:00 - 3:15 Double Sessions

OR

1:00 - 2:00 Single Session
2:15 - 3:15 Single Session

MORNING SESSIONS

-You may choose ONE of these two-hour sessions

OR

-You may choose TWO of these one-hour sessions

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

-You may choose ONE of these two-hour sessions

OR

-You may choose TWO of these one-hour sessions

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