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The Mid-America Conference and
The Sixteenth Annual Great Lakes Conferene

Conference Speakers
2008



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University of St. Francis
and cosponsored by The
Will and Grundy-Kendall Counties Professional Development Alliance

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Chick Moorman &
Thomas Haller

June 2008

The Five Voices of Classroom Discipline

Marian Leibowitz

June 2008

Authentic Education

July 2008

Ken Horn

June 2008

Cutting Edge Brain Research for Educators

Sue Nelle DeHart, Ed.D.

June 2008

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

July 2008

Mark Johnson and
Sam Stecher

June 2008

The Number One Position

Corwin Kronenburg

The Above the Line Classroom

July 2008

Sally Northway Ogden

Thank God It's Monday

July 2008

Barbara Coloroso

Just Because It's Not Wrong
Doesn't Make It Right,
Teaching Kids to Think and Act Ethically

July 2008

The Five Voices of Classroom Discipline

 

 

Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman combine their backgrounds of therapist and educator into a team that is respected worldwide for their expertise in dealing with children. They are two of the world’s foremost authorities on communication strategies that improve the lives of children and the adults who care about them.

 

Together they have written Teaching the Attraction Principle™ to Children, The Only Three Discipline Strategies You Will Ever Need, The 10 Commitments: Parenting with Purpose, and Couple Talk: How to Talk Your Way to a Great Relationship. They publish FREE email newsletters for educators and parents. Subscribe at www.personalpowerpress.com.

Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman

The 10 Commitments is an inspirational and practical guide to parenting from the heart. It contains straight talk about what it means to be a committed parent in today’s world. It will challenge and make more effective parents. It will help reduce stress in parenting life and bring increased harmony to family.

Authentic Education

 

Marian Leibowitz is currently an educational consultant providing a wide variety of services to school districts, state departments of education, professional organizations and agencies throughout the United States and abroad. Traveling across the United States giving seminars for groups like ASCD an I/D/E/A/ have also contributed to her wide diversity of educational experiences.

 

During the last few years her interests and energies have focused on long-term contracts in assisting schools and school districts in planning and implementing change. With an emphasis on elementary and secondary schools, she is currently involve with a variety of districts - Grand Rapids, Michigan; Middletown, New Jersey; Loudoun County Virginia and San Antonio, Texas - in transforming schools to better personalize instruction and raise student achievement. The work involves not only instructional design but has a strong emphasis on leadership and program evaluation.

 

Marian brings a variety of both teaching an administrative experience (K-12) to her role having been an Assistant Superintendent in Teaneck, New Jersey. She was a site visitor for the U.S. Office of Education/Secondary School Recognition. Her writings include "Instruction for Process Learning," "Teaching the Work Ethic," as well as numerous audio and video-taped professional development programs produce for ASCD, Video Journal, and Canter and Associates. She has most recently developed an Inquiry Kit for ASCD, "Using Student Data to Promote Learning" and the "Work Ethic Tool Kit" for the Akron Workforce Development Board.

Marian Liebowitz

Cutting Edge Applications of the
Brain Research for Educators

Ken Horn is a contributing author, presenter, parent, teacher and former school administrator. He has over 30 years of experience in education and has taught everything from pre-school through graduate college classes. Ken is an adjunct professor for Grand Valley State University and has written comprehensive curriculum for Michigan AE, EMI and TMI programs. He is trained in group facilitation skills, school improvement facilitation skills and the TRIBES process. Ken has worked with parents and educators all across the United States. He is a frequent keynote presenter who has worked with groups from 15 to 4,500. He is well known for his lively style, keen sense of humor and ability to translate brain research into readily understood terms. Ken, his wife Barb, and their two sons live in the picturesque Lake Michigan community of Montague, Michigan.

SueNelleDeHart

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Sue Nelle DeHart, Ed.D. of Denton, Texas, and has been a professional educator since 1964 having served as a classroom teacher, teacher of the deaf, special education teacher, K-12 gifted and talented coordinator, curriculum consultant, assistant principal, elementary principal, central office administrator, and adjunct professor. As principal, her school, while being considered a low socioeconomic campus, was repeatedly recognized for its innovative techniques, inclusion practices, and outstanding academic gains of at-risk students.

Sue Nelle also has taught at Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX and currently serves as a consultant for aha! Process, Inc.

Sue Nelle DeHart, Ed.D.

The Number One Position
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Sam Stecher

Mark Johnson

The Above the Line Classroom

Corwin Kronenberg is a parent, author, teacher, and outstanding presenter. His thirty-four years of experience in the classroom make it possible for him to bring extensive down to earth knowledge of the realities of working with kids. Corwin is a highly sought after expert and speaker in the areas of self-concept and discipline. Thousands of educators and parents have attended his workshops giving him excellent evaluations and standing ovations for his dynamic presentations. He presents his topic with enthusiasm, drama, humor, and credibility. He has gained recognition as a national presenter as a result of his fast-paced, entertaining style, and the usefulness of the information presented.

Corwin Kronenberg


Sally Northway Ogden


Just Because It's Not Wrong Doesn't Make It Right:
Teaching Kids to Think and Act Ethically

Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, non-violent conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice. She is an educational consultant for school districts, the medical and business community, the criminal justice system and other educational associations in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and Iceland.

Barbara has served as a classroom teacher, a laboratory school instructor, and a university instructor. She is the author of three international bestsellers: Kids are Worth it! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline, Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change and The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School—How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence. Barbara's latest book, is Just Because It's Not Wrong Doesn't Make It Right. For information on these and other books written by Barbara, you may go to http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Barbara+Coloroso&ots=Kk7gx7Q0Xv&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title

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