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Our 2008 Conference Theme and Highlights

21st Century Leading and Learning Skills:
"Middle Schools Making it Happen"

A quality that distinguishes a middle school from a junior high school is the notion of shared leadership. Instead of a top down, hierarchical model, middle schools strive to share leadership with the goal of teaching consensus through collegial relationships. Of course, the principal is still the key leader, but all members of the school community - teachers, students, and parents are encouraged to assume leadership roles. This is why "leading" is one theme of this year's conference.

Four Themed Strands

Keys to Middle School Success

Middle Level 101
Schools to Watch
Transition to High School via a College Going Culture
Teaming 101 or 301
Co-Teaching

21st Century Technology

RA with Technology
Technology Integration

Literacy for the 21st Century

Preventing Reading Failure
Read to Learn
Finding the Time for Intervention
Writing to Learn

21st Century Student Leadership

Creating an Integrated Curriculum - with Student Input!
From Advisor to Advisee
Student-Led Conferences

The other theme is "learning" obviously the primary mission of any middle school. In this era of testing and technology there are many challenges - insuring that each student can have success, that "no child is left behind," all while preparing young adolescents for 21st century technology in a climate that is sensitive to the fragile nature of these young people.

Come learn how some of your colleagues are attempting to meet these challenges!

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

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

Lehigh University Middle Level Partnership Annual Conference

What:

A one-day conference exploring the theme:
21st Century Leading and Learning Skills: "Middle Schools Making it Happen"

When:

Friday, April 25, 2008
8:00 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 2008

7:30 - 8:30 Coffee, Danish & Late Registration
8:00 - 8:30 CATASAUQUA MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ COMBO

8:30 - 9:15 Keynote Address: Jack Berckemeyer Sponsored by the National Middle School Association

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

• A. Reading Apprenticeship in the 21st Century: Utilizing Technology to Support Literacy Development
• B. Creating an Integrated Curriculum - With Student Input!

OR

-You may choose TWO of these one-hour sessions

• 1. Middle Level 101
• 2. Schools to Watch
• 3. The Nuts & Bolts of Content Area Reading
• 4. "It's About Time!" Finding the Time for Intervention
• 5. Can Reading Failure be Prevented?
• 6. Teaming 101 - Teaming in Action

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

-You may choose ONE of these two-hour sessions

• C. Voice of Teens: Writers Matter
• D. From Picasso to Pythagoras: Blending Technology into Multiple Content Areas

OR

-You may choose TWO of these one-hour sessions

• 7. Co-Teaching - A True Partnership for Maximizing the Learning of ALL Students
• 8. AVID Inspires a College-going Culture and Facilitates the Transition to High School
• 9. Student Led Conferences - The Sure Bet
• 10. From Advisor to Advisee: How to Engage Middle Level Students in Shaping School Culture
• 11. Teaming 301- Continuously Improving Teams
• 12. Team Leader Sharing - A Cracker Barrel Session
• 13. Administrator Sharing - A Cracker Barrel Session