symposium
f o r t h e S u p p o rt o f
Beginning Teachers
Preparing for Change: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Thurs & Fri, july 30 & 31, 2009
a.K. Hinds University center | western carolina university
presenters
symposium Lead presenters
Keynote speaker
Dr. Perry Schoon
Dean of the College of Education & Allied Professions
We would like to welcome the new Dean of the College of Education &
Allied Professions! Prior to his appointment at WCU, Dr. Schoon served
as the Senior Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University
of Texas at Arlington. He has also served as interim associate dean of
the northern campuses for the College of Education at Florida Atlantic
University, as well as department chair of the Department of Instructional
Technology and Research, and vice president of the faculty assembly. He
taught previously at Illinois State University and in junior and senior
high schools in Tampa, Fla. He earned his bachelor’s degree in technology education from Illinois State
University in 1989, master’s degree in technology education from Ball State University in 1990, and doctorate
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in educational administration from Illinois State in 1997. Dr. Schoon’s research has resulted in two top paper
awards. One of these papers, entitled Selection of an Instructional Management System, was awarded the Top
Paper Award in the Educational Leadership strand at the 1999 annual Society of Information Technology in
Education International Conference. The other paper, entitled Designing Multimedia and Web-Based Units
for Technology Integration: Motivation and Student Learning Styles, was awarded the Top Paper Award at the
1999 annual meeting of the World Conference on the WWW and Internet. Dr. Schoon traces his career to his
high school industrial arts teacher, Russ Furr, who mentored him and his interest in technology education and
introduced him to a professor who worked in the field. “It is because of him that I now understand that teacher
recruitment truly does start in high school.” He and his wife, Kelly, have been married for 12 years and have
two daughters, 9-year-old Rylee and 5-year-old Sawyer.
Preparing for Change: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Thurs & Fri, july 30 & 31, 2009
a.K. Hinds University center | western carolina university
CO-SPONSORED by Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
& Western North Carolina SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Guest speaker
Amie Dean
Behavior Management Consultant & National Trainer
Amie Dean is a Certified Lead Consultant and National Trainer
in behavior management techniques. She received her MA Ed from
Cambridge College in the area of Middle School Education. Upon
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completion of her degree, Amie taught at both the elementary and middle
school levels. She has been privileged to teach students with wide-ranging
abilities, including students with emotional/behavior disorders, learning
disabilities, and autism. To further her qualifications in the area of
working with Special Needs students, Amie received her National Board
Certification as an Exceptional Needs Specialist. Currently, Amie provides classroom teachers, administrators,
program supervisors, and other central office personnel with behavior management strategies and techniques
based on the De-Escalation Model developed by Dr. Terry W. Alderman. Along with these techniques, Amie also
focuses on motivating urban students, implementing multiple intelligences in the classroom, and relaying the
importance of cultural diversity.
Symposium Agenda
at a g l a n c e
Pre-K to 5th grade
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 2009
Registration | 8:30 – 8:45 am | University Center, Third Floor
Welcome | 8:45 – 9:30 am | Theater
Time
Thursday, July 30th session
Location
8:30 – 8:45 am
Registration
University Center, Third Floor
8:45 – 9:30 am
Welcome:
Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean, CEAP
University Center Theater
9:45 – 10:45 am
Session One: Building Relationships with Parents/First Days
uc Grand Room
10:50 – 11:50 am
Session Two: Online Program Orientation
ILLUSIONS
12:00 – 12:50 pm
LUNCH
Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
UC Grand Room
12:50 – 1:50 pm
Session Three: Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers
Multipurpose A & B, Cardinal,
Catamount, Rogers rooms
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Session four: Grade level / Content area specific
See detailed agenda for
session breakout information
Time
Friday, July 31st session
Location
8:00 – 8:30 am
Registration
University Center, Third Floor
8:30 – 10:40 am
Session five: Classroom Management
Amie Dean, Consultant
University Center,
Multipurpose Room
10:40 – 11:30 am
Poster Session
uc Grand Room
Janice Holt, Director – Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
Carol Douglas, Beginning Teacher Coordinator – Haywood County Schools
Keynote: Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean – College of Education and Allied Professions
Session One | 9:45 – 10:45 am | Multipurpose Room
Building Relationships with Parents/First Days. Tamara Houchard, Mitchell County
Session Two | 10:50 – 11:50 am | Multipurpose Room
Online Program Orientation. Janice Holt, Director, CSBT
Janet Nichols, Online Coordinator, CSBT
Lunch | 12:00 – 12:50 pm | Grand Room
Change is in the Air: Teacher Leadership and the New Teaching Standards
Guest Speaker. Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
Session Three | 12:50 – 1:50 pm | rogers Room
Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers. Adam Clontz, Cherokee County
Kami Tipton, Cherokee County & Tamara Houchard, Mitchell County
Session Four | 2:00 – 3:00 pm | catamount room
Session Title TBD. Jo Peterson Gibbs, Asheville City Schools
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Registration | 8:00 – 8:30 am | University Center, Third Floor
Session Five | 8:30 – 10:40 am | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
11:30 – 12:30 pm
LUNCH
Travis Collins, Principal
Meadowbrook Elementary
Haywood County
UC Grand Room
12:45– 3:00 pm
Session Six: Classroom Management
Amie Dean, Consultant
University Center,
Multipurpose Room
Poster Session | 10:40 -11:30 am | Grand Room
Lunch | 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Grand Room
Welcome to the Profession. Guest Speaker. Travis Collins, Haywood County Schools
Session Six | 12:45 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
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Middle Grades
high school
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 2009
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 2009
Registration | 8:30 – 8:45 am | University Center, Third Floor
Registration | 8:30 – 8:45 am | University Center, Third Floor
Welcome | 8:45 – 9:30 am | Theater
Welcome | 8:45 – 9:30 am | Theater
Janice Holt, Director – Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
Carol Douglas, Beginning Teacher Coordinator – Haywood County Schools
Janice Holt, Director – Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
Carol Douglas, Beginning Teacher Coordinator – Haywood County Schools
Keynote: Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean – College of Education and Allied Professions
Keynote: Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean – College of Education and Allied Professions
Session One | 9:45 – 10:45 am | cardinal room
Session One | 9:45 – 10:45 am | catamount room
Building Relationships with Parents/First Days.
Building Relationships with Parents/First Days.
Jo Peterson Gibbs, Asheville City Schools
Dianne Chadwick, Haywood County Schools
Session Two | 10:50 – 11:50 am | Multipurpose Room
Session Two | 10:50 – 11:50 am | Multipurpose Room
Online Program Orientation. Janice Holt, Director, CSBT.
Janet Nichols, Online Coordinator, CSBT
Online Program Orientation. Janice Holt, Director, CSBT.
Janet Nichols, Online Coordinator, CSBT
Lunch | 12:00 – 12:50 pm | Grand Room
Lunch | 12:00 – 12:50 pm | Grand Room
Change is in the Air: Teacher Leadership and the New Teaching Standards
Guest Speaker. Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
Change is in the Air: Teacher Leadership and the New Teaching Standards
Guest Speaker. Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
Session Three | 12:50 – 1:50 pm | illusions
Session Three | 12:50 – 1:50 pm | illusions
Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers. Amber Gilliam, Swain County Schools
Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers. Katy Huscusson, Macon County Schools
Session Four | 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose room
Adding Movement to the Classroom. David Claxton & Bob Beaudet, HPER, WCU
Dianne Chadwick, Haywood County Schools
Session Four | 2:00 – 3:00 pm | multipurpose room
Adding Movement to the Classroom. David Claxton & Bob Beaudet, HPER, WCU
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Registration | 8:00 – 8:30 am | University Center, Third Floor
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Session Five | 8:30 – 10:40 am | Multipurpose Room
Registration | 8:00 – 8:30 am | University Center, Third Floor
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Session Five | 8:30 – 10:40 am | Multipurpose Room
Poster Session | 10:40 -11:30 am | Grand Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Lunch | 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Grand Room
Poster Session | 10:40 -11:30 am | Grand Room
Welcome to the Profession. Guest Speaker. Travis Collins, Haywood County Schools
Lunch | 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Grand Room
Session Six | 12:45 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose Room
Welcome to the Profession. Guest Speaker. Travis Collins, Haywood County Schools
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Session Six | 12:45 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Agenda
K - 1 2 C e r t i f i e d / V o c at i o n s
S p e c i a l E d u c at i o n
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 2009
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 2009
Registration | 8:30 – 8:45 am | University Center, Third Floor
Registration | 8:30 – 8:45 am | University Center, Third Floor
Welcome | 8:45 – 9:30 am | Theater
Welcome | 8:45 – 9:30 am | Theater
Janice Holt, Director – Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
Carol Douglas, Beginning Teacher Coordinator – Haywood County Schools
Janice Holt, Director – Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers
Carol Douglas, Beginning Teacher Coordinator – Haywood County Schools
Keynote: Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean – College of Education and Allied Professions
Keynote: Dr. Perry Schoon, Dean – College of Education and Allied Professions
Session One | 9:45 – 10:45 am | Rogers Room
Session One | 9:45 – 10:45 am | rogers Room
Building Relationships with Parents/First Days.
Building Relationships with Parents/First Days.
Cyrena Goodwin, Haywood County Schools
Cyrena Goodwin, Haywood County Schools
Session Two | 10:50 – 11:50 am | Multipurpose Room
Session Two | 10:50 – 11:50 am | Multipurpose Room
Online Program Orientation. Janice Holt, Director, CSBT.
Janet Nichols, Online Coordinator, CSBT
Online Program Orientation. Janice Holt, Director, CSBT.
Janet Nichols, Online Coordinator, CSBT
Lunch | 12:00 – 12:50 pm | Grand Room
Lunch | 12:00 – 12:50 pm | Grand Room
Session Three | 12:50 – 1:50 pm | catamount room
Session Three | 12:50 – 1:50 pm | catamount Room
Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers. John Moody, Asheville City Schools
Networking with 2nd-Year Teachers. Stephanie Zach, Haywood County Schools
Change is in the Air: Teacher Leadership and the New Teaching Standards
Guest Speaker. Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
Session Four | 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Cardinal Room
K-12 Certified Issues. Cyrena Goodwin, Haywood County Schools
Change is in the Air: Teacher Leadership and the New Teaching Standards
Guest Speaker. Karen Sumner, Teacher Recruiter, WRESA
Cyrena Goodwin, Haywood County Schools
Session Four | 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Cardinal Room
IEP Writing & Conferencing. Cyrena Goodwin, Haywood County Schools
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Registration | 8:00 – 8:30 am | University Center, Third Floor
Session Five | 8:30 – 10:40 am | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Poster Session | 10:40 -11:30 am | Grand Room
Lunch | 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Grand Room
Welcome to the Profession. Guest Speaker. Travis Collins, Haywood County Schools
Session Six | 12:45 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Registration | 8:00 – 8:30 am | University Center, Third Floor
Session Five | 8:30 – 10:40 am | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Poster Session | 10:40 -11:30 am | Grand Room
Lunch | 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Grand Room
Welcome to the Profession. Guest Speaker. Travis Collins, Haywood County Schools
Session Six | 12:45 – 3:00 pm | Multipurpose Room
Classroom Management. Amie Dean, Consultant
Notes
Notes
Notes
About CSBT
The College of Education and Allied Professions (CEAP) at Western Carolina University has
long recognized that effective support for beginning teachers must be provided in order to
improve retention rates and teacher quality. Western Carolina understands that beginning
teachers want and need a variety of support––emotional, procedural, technical, and
instructional––and that no one person or unit can provide all of these supports.
In 2005, Western Carolina’s Board of Trustees established the Center for the Support of
Beginning Teachers (CSBT). Housed in CEAP, the Center is designed to address identified
needs of Western North Carolina beginning teachers and build upon established
partnerships, programs, and past grant-funded initiatives by consolidating and formalizing
new teacher support.
The Center provides resources and professional development activities tailored to teachers
in WNC. Data are also collected examining the effects of mentoring and induction
programs on new teacher retention. The Center and its school partners seek external
funding in the form of grants to further support its activities.
Mission
The mission of the Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers is to address the need
for an adequate supply of highly qualified teachers by supporting the professional
development of beginning teachers and their transition to the classroom.
Contact
Janice Holt, Director
Center for the Support of
Beginning Teachers
holt@wcu.edu
Western Carolina University is a University of North Carolina campus and an Equal Opportunity Institution.
40 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $48.00 or $1.20 each. Office of Public Relations/Publications: July 2009 09-224
Brynn Jackson, Administrative Associate
Center for the Support of
Beginning Teachers
bjackson@wcu.edu
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Third Floor: UC Theater
Illusions
Grand Room
Conference Room 322
Special Thanks To Our
Guest Speakers:
Thursday: Mrs. Karen Sumner, Western
Regional Educational Service Alliance
Friday: Mr. Travis Collins, Principal,
Meadowbrook Elementary, Haywood
County Schools
Second Floor: Multipurpose Room A & B
Cardinal Room
Catamount Room
Rogers Room
Center for the Support of Beginning
Teachers School–University Teacher
Education Partnership
Killian 223 | Cullowhee NC 28723
828.227.7027 | 828.227.7090 fax
csbt.wcu.edu