Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter

CAT Tracks for December 23, 2008 "CLOSING THE GAP" CONFERENCE

Many of you have attended this annual conference in the past...and it's not until March, but...

Since teachers are reportedly having to engage in battles to attend workshops this year and being turned down often, figured you could use an early warning.

Good luck!!!

Conference offers practical education strategies

BY ASHLEY MCRAVEN, SIUC University Communications

CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Division of Continuing Education and the Southern Illinois P-20 Education Alliance will co-host “Closing the Gap: Practical Strategies for All Educators” on March 30, 2009.

The conference is for elementary, high school, college and university faculty, administrators and future teachers. It runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at John A. Logan College in Carterville.

Presenting the keynote address, “Children as Complete Human Beings: Going Beyond a Narrow Approach to Measuring Student Achievement,” will be Michael Giesen, a Prineville, Ore., science teacher and recipient of the 2008 National Teacher of the Year Award from President George W. Bush.

A special “I Can Do It!” workshop, focusing on classroom management, is also on the conference schedule. Limited to 60 participants, it’s for first-year to fourth-year teachers and those planning to enter the teaching professions. Those not attending this workshop will participate in breakout sessions.

On-site registration for “Closing the Gap” begins at 7:30 a.m. the day of the conference. Presentations start at 8:30 a.m. The conference registration fee is $60 for professionals or $15 for college/university students. The registration fee covers all conference materials as well as breakfast and lunch.

For advance registration or more information, contact the SIUC Division of Continuing Education at 618/536-7751 or visit the Web site at www.dce.siu.edu.