2012 NAREN National Conference Schedule

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• Special Hotel Rates for Conference Attendees
• Pre-Conference Seminar
• Conference Schedule
• Post-Conference Seminar
• Conference Sponsors

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• About the Conference
• Conference Keynotes & Breakout Sessions
• Conference Registration Forms
• Call for Presenters & Presenter Registration
• Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
• Download the Conference Flyer (in PDF format)

Special Hotel Rates for Conference Attendees

Conference attendees will receive a reduced rate for their stay at Edgewater Beach Resort! Call them at (800) 874-8686 to book your room(s) and quote the code #1029CF to receive this special discount!

Pre-Conference Seminar

Monday, February 20, 2012

Seminar Theme: Managing for Effectiveness & Developing Healthy Learning Communities

There are fundamentals to effective management whether for the classroom or a school. Effective management lowers stress while increasing performance. It is an obtainable goal! Participants will learn better communication skills, group processes, scheduling and prioritizing skills, goal-setting and how to handle daily stress while preventing long-term decay due to unaddressed issues. Shaping the future effectively demands intelligent, informed, and efficient managing of issues and people whether students, parents, teachers, administrators, community.

Anthony Dallmann-Jones

Facilitator: Anthony Dallmann-Jones, PhD, is the author of seven published books about increasing human effectiveness in one capacity or another. Pieces from each will be included in the seminar.

• Shadow Children (2^nd Edition, 2010) — understanding and bringing out the best in at-risk youth AND adults.
• Effective Teaching & Assessment Strategies — knowing how to select and implement the best learning and testing strategies.
• Living a Stress Free Life — a knowledge base of stress issues for people, professionals, and public schools.
• The Expert Educator — effective classroom teaching and curriculum supervising.
• Is Education Having a Heart Attack? (with Rick Osterhaus) — the ten vulnerable areas needing vital addressing in schools and administrative and teaching personnel.
• Educating for Human Greatness (with Lynn Stoddard) — establishing school climates that develop better human beings as well as increase achievement scores.
• The NAREN Nine — nine facets of quality at-risk education programming.

NOTE: One graduate credit is available for this seminar via NCATE accredited Marian University. Forms will be available at the pre-conference. Some online research and a reflective paper are required to complete the course.

Two credits can be obtained by attending the seminar and the FULL conference. Seminar notes and a reflective paper are required. See front desk at the conference for Marian University registration forms. Dr. Dallmann-Jones is the professor of record for both credits.

For more information: Cheryl@AtRiskEducation.net or 920-251-2052.

Seminar Schedule

• 8:00am-8:30am — Continental Breakfast and check-in/new registrations

• 8:30am-12:00pm — Pre-Conference Seminar

• 12:00pm-1:00pm — Sandwich bar provided free of charge

• 1:00pm-4:30pm — Pre-Conference Seminar (cont'd)

• 4:30pm — Gulf/golf time!

• 6:00pm-8:00pm — The NAREN registration desk open in the Conference Center, if you wish to check in and get your nametags, etc. No need coming before 6:00pm — please let the staff get set up before approaching the desk. You can also wait to check in on Tuesday morning at between 8:00am-8:45am. The reception, last year held on Monday night, will this year be on Tuesday night at 7:00pm

Register now for the 2012 Pre-Conference Seminar!

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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• PLUS! 7:00pm - 8:00pm — Wednesday night at at the Edgewater Beach Resort Conference Center: "Addiction in the 21st Century", a panel discussion with both national and local representation experts and students from Panama City. Admission is free to conference goers and a donation will be asked from non-attendees.

• PLUS! 8:10pm - 9:00pm — In honor of Black History Month, Marcus Gentry, a social activist and entertainer from Chicago, will present A King's Journey a presentation telling Dr. King's story in the first person. Mr. Gentry's vocal impression of Dr. King captures his personal side while recreating the emotions experienced during some of his most memorable moments and speeches for his audiences' enjoyment. Admission is free to conference goers and a donation will be asked from non-attendees.

Thursday February 23, 2012

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Frank Kros

Post-Conference Seminar

Friday, February 24, 2012

Seminar Theme: Change Your Language, Change Their Lives: What Adults Can Say Differently Today to Transform the Tomorrows of Our Youth

Full-day seminar with Frank Kros, Director of The Upside Down Organization.

Stay tuned for more info!

Seminar Schedule

• 8:00am-8:30am — Continental Breakfast and check-in/new registrations

• 8:30am-12:00pm — Pre-Conference Seminar

• 12:00pm-1:00pm — Sandwich bar provided free of charge

• 1:00pm-4:30pm — Pre-Conference Seminar (cont'd)

• 4:30pm — Gulf/golf time!

Register now for the 2012 Post-Conference Seminar!

Conference Sponsors

To be announced.

If you would like to become a sponsor for our 2012 conference, please see our Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities page for more info.

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