Please note the NEW LOCATION for the 2008 ETEA Convention

Please note the NEW LOCATION for the 2008 ETEA Convention, October 23-24, 2008

Farragut High School

Directions to Farragut High School (Knox County, Tennessee):
From I-40 Westbound, take the Campbell Station Road exit (Exit # 373) and turn left onto Campbell Station Road. Go approximately 1.5 miles to the intersection with Kingston Pike and turn left onto Kingston Pike. At the second traffic light, turn left onto West End Avenue. At the four-way stop, turn left. This will lead you to a circle drive in front of the school. From I-40 Eastbound, take the Campbell Station Road exit (Exit # 373) and turn right onto Campbell Station Road. Then follow the same directions as listed above.

Over 50 exhibitors will be conducting demonstrations, exhibiting new texts, and showcasing new software and hardware. Come and learn more about exciting, new materials you can use in your classroom.

(Presenter: Gale Stanley, Campbell County Schools) .................................Exhibit Area, booth 612

Come learn about science activities in Tennessee and receive free materials that are available to Tennessee teachers. Learn more about the science teacher organizations in Tennessee that provide professional development for teachers, as well as conferences and materials to help you teach the Tennessee science standards. Gale Stanley will be present to discuss science opportnities and materials you can use in your standards-based classroom.

HOW DOES THE CHILD LEFT BEHIND FIT INTO THE BELL CURVE? WHAT NEXT?? Room Cafeteria Annex

(Presenter: Rosemary "Pete" Kerr, Intervention Specialist, Greenback School, Loudon County)

Response to intervention is based on discovering what works best for an individual student, not what might be the 'best' intervention for everyone. Additional methods are tried until students 'respond' to the intervention and improve their skills. Come to this interactive Roundtable and learn how students that do not respond, or respond at significantly low rates, fit into the famous bell curve. Come join the discussion!

Come to this session and learn about issues connected to your retirement! Guidance for employees anticipating retirement will be provided, and topics covered will include

requirements for retirement, payment plans available, eligibility for continuation of medical insurance, and the Medicare supplement. Learn how you can become

Over 50 exhibitors will be conducting demonstrations, exhibiting new texts, and showcasing new software and hardware. Come chat with exhibitors and learn more about exciting, new materials you can use in your classroom.

Happy 105^th Birthday to ETEA! Come to the coffee break and visit the exhibits. Visit with your colleagues, have coffee, and visit the vendors and exhibitors.

(Presenter: Dr. David Peterson, Morehead State University)
This was the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson. We will take a look at this 275 year-old plantation. We will also see Plantation street, with a kitchen, slave quarters and storage buildings. We will see the schoolhouse Thomas Jefferson attended, and we will also discuss the famous Randolph Family, owners of Tuckahoe.

(Presenter: Gale Stanley, Campbell County Schools) .................................Exhibit Area, booth 612

Come learn about science activities in Tennessee and receive free materials and stipends that are available to Tennessee teachers. Learn more about the science teacher organizations in Tennessee that provide professional development for teachers, as well as conferences and materials to help you teach the Tennessee science standards. Gale Stanley will be present to discuss science opportnities you can use in your standards-based classroom.

Sponsored by the Mental Illness Awareness Coalition
(Presiding: Dr. Jo Lynn Cunningham, The University of Tennessee)
(Presenter: Hollie Raynor)

Learn about lifestyle issues related to emotional and physical health of students--and teachers too. Dr. Ryanor is a clinical psychologist, registered dietitian, and nutrition educator. She will provide information and strategies for responding appropriately to such challenges and eating disorders, the obesity epidemic, fad diets and couch potatoes.

HOW DOES THE CHILD LEFT BEHIND FIT INTO THE BELL CURVE? WHAT NEXT?? Room Cafeteria Annex

(Presenter: Rosemary "Pete" Kerr, Intervention Specialist, Greenback School, Loudon County)

9:30am - 10:30am
THE THREE Rs OF STRESS MANAGEMENT: RELAXATION, RESPIRATION, AND RE-CREATION Room 101

Sponsored by the MentaI llness Awareness Coalition
(Presiding: Dr. Jo Lynn Cunningham, The University of Tennessee)

Learn simple strategies for transforming yourself and your students through energy healing. Ms. Smith is a certified Brennan Healing Science practiitioner and yoga teacher who has taught yoga , stress management, and wellness for individual, groups and corporations throughtout the contry. She willl lead participations in stress reduction exercises that can be used in classroom settings.

“Elementary Math Strategies That Work: Tried and True Hands-On Activities”

Are you looking for engaging and motivating ways to introduce math strategies which increase student achievement in the elementary mathematics curriculum? Do you need high interest math strategies to serve as powerful models for building motivation in students who struggle? Come to this session and get creative ideas that can be used in group and independent settings. Join us for a hands-on, interactive workshop showcasing some of the most successful, easy, inexpensive and fun ways to get your elementary students excited about learning math.

(Presenters: Paul Ludwig, Union County High School Writing Coach & Sherrie Collins, Union County High School English Teacher and Librarian )

Come to this session and learn about some new strategies you can use to make your students more proficient writers! These strategies will introduce you to some hands-on, real world applications that focus on how high school teachers do NOT need to forsake content to teach writing. The presenters will give you some great ideas on how to explicitly teach your students writing that will help them most in the subject area you teach.

9:30 am - 10:25 am
Hopsewee Plantation Room 102
(Presenter: Dr. David Peterson, Morehead State University)
We will visit the home of Thomas Lynch, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Hopsewee is a typical Rice plantation of the South Carolina low country. We will discuss the man and his contributions to history.

(Presenter: Gale Stanley, Campbell County Schools) .................................Exhibit Area, booth 612

Come learn about science activities in Tennessee and receive free materials that are available to Tennessee teachers. Learn more about the science teacher organizations in Tennessee that provide professional development for teachers, as well as conferences and materials to help you teach the Tennessee science standards. Find out how Biology in a Box, Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and project WET can assist you with free materials. Gale Stanley will be present to discuss science opportnities and materials you can use in your standards-based classroom.

HOW DOES THE CHILD LEFT BEHIND FIT INTO THE BELL CURVE? WHAT NEXT?? Room Cafeteria Annex

(Presenter: Rosemary "Pete" Kerr, Intervention Specialist, Greenback School, Loudon County)

(Presenter: Julie Shirer, Literacy Leader, Arnold Elementary School, Cleveland City Schools)

This session will focus on lesson adaptations and effective classroom strategies to maximize achievement for students who struggle with reading. Come to this session and learn how to maximize instructional time and motivate students to achieve at higher levels. Julie Shirer is a Literacy Leader who will addrss classroom adaptations that create an enriched and supportive environment for learning She will give you hands-on examples and reliable strategies that really work!

(Presenter: Dr. David Peterson, Morehead State University)
We will look at the only house Jackson ever owned. We will see slides of his house, hear about his ten years as professor of Natural Philosophy and Artillary tactics at the Virginia Military Institute. From 1851 to 1861 he lived and worked here in
Lexington, Virginia. In April 1861 Jackson rode off to war, never to return alive. We will discuss his military contributions and learn how he earned the nickname Stonewall!

(Presenters: Paul Ludwig, Union County High School Writing Coach & Sherrie Collins, Union County High School English Teacher and Librarian )

Come to this session and learn about issues connected to your retirement! Guidance for employees anticipating retirement will be provided, and topics covered will include requirements for retirement, payment plans available, eligibility for continuation of medical insurance, and the Medicare supplement. Learn how you can become

Upper-Level Elementary & Middle School Math Strategies That Work: Tried and True Hands-On Activities

Are you looking for engaging and motivating ways to introduce math strategies which increase student achievement in the upper elementary and middle school mathematics curriculum? Do you need high interest math strategies to serve as powerful models for building motivation in students who struggle? Come to this session and get creative ideas that can be used in group and independent settings. Join us for a hands-on, interactive workshop showcasing some of the most successful, easy, inexpensive and fun ways to get your upper elementary and middle school students excited about learning math.

(Presenter: Gale Stanley, Campbell County Schools) .................................Exhibit Area, booth 612

Come learn about science activities in Tennessee and receive free materials that are available to Tennessee teachers. Learn more about the science teacher organizations in Tennessee that provide professional development for teachers, as well as conferences and materials to help you teach the Tennessee science standards. Find out how Biology in a Box, Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and project WET can assist you with free materials. Gale Stanley will be present to discuss science opportnities and materials you can use in your standards-based classroom.

(Presenter: Julie Shirer, Literacy Leader, Arnold Elementary School, Cleveland City Schools)

11:30am - 12:30pm -- Interactive Roundtable -- Light refreshments will be served

(Presenter: Rosemary "Pete" Kerr, Intervention Specialist, Greenback School, Loudon County)
When a student is identified as having difficulties in school, a team provides interventions of increasing intensity to help the child catch up with the rest of his or her peers. After interventions have been tried and proven ineffective, the child may then be referred for additional services. Response to intervention is based on discovering what works best for an individual student, not what might be the 'best' intervention for everyone. Additional methods are tried until students 'respond' to the intervention and improve their skills. Come to this interactive Roundtable discussion and learn how students who do not respond, or respond at significantly low rates, fit into the famous bell curve.

(Presenter: Gale Stanley, Campbell County Schools) .................................Exhibit Area, booth 612

Come learn about science activities in Tennessee and receive free materials that are available to Tennessee teachers. Learn more about the science teacher organizations in Tennessee that provide professional development for teachers, as well as conferences and materials to help you teach the Tennessee science standards. Find out how Biology in a Box, Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and project WET can assist you with free materials. Gale Stanley will be present to discuss science opportnities and materials you can use in your standards-based classroom.

METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL: DEVELOPING PROFICIENT HIGH SCHOOL READERS

Come to this session and learn about some new strategies you can use to make your high school students more proficient readers! These strategies include: schema, sensory images, questions, inferences, determining importance, synthesizing, and monitoring for comprehension/fix-up strategies. Jama Mosher will introduce you to some hands-on, real world applications that focus on how high school teachers do NOT need to forsake content to teach reading. She will give you some great ideas on how to explicitly teach your students to read and think about the text that you must assign to cover your content and to teach your students strategies that will help them most in the subject area you teach.

Upper-Level Elementary & Middle School Math Strategies That Work: Tried and True Hands-On Activities