Welcome to Choose to Thrive in #205!
Welcome to Choose to Thrive in #205!
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Check-in/Arrival Time: 7:00am-8:00am
Check-in/Arrival Time: 7:00am-8:00am
Front Lobby of Galesburg Junior Senior High School
Front Lobby of Galesburg Junior Senior High School
Schedule for the Day
Schedule for the Day
Morning Keynote Speaker: Gerry Brooks
8:00am - 9:15amHegg Performing Arts CenterMorning Keynote Speaker: Gerry Brooks
About Gerry
Gerry Brooks is a veteran educator in Lexington, Kentucky. His educational experience includes six years in the classroom, two years as an intervention specialist, and twelve years as an administrator.
He is a passionate public speaker whose focus is on encouraging and helping teachers improve their instructional abilities. He also has a desire to help administrators successfully lead their staff.
An encouraging speaker, he has spoken to educational groups all around the nation. His focus is on encouraging teachers to improve their instruction through personal climate and culture strategies. He desires to help administrators focus on how to lead all staff in a positive and constructive manner.
His following on social media has developed through humorous videos that focus on real-world educational experiences. He is currently followed on these social media sites by over 500,000 people.
Visit his website here.
Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Chase Mielke
Mini Breakout Sessions (Sessions 2-4)Band Room A148Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Chase Mielke
About Chase
Chase Mielke is an award-winning educator, writer, and speaker focusing on preventing teacher burnout and increasing student engagement.
He has been awarded multiple honors, including being a Michigan Teacher of the Year nominee and an Allegan County “Outstanding People for Education” recipient. For his work minimizing the achievement gap with at-risk high schoolers, his Positive Psychology program received a Michigan Association of School Administrators’ “Winner’s Circle Award.” The program teaches concepts of positive emotion, engagement, meaning, and accomplishment to hundreds of students each year, especially at-risk high schoolers. Consistently, students reduce failure rates by at least 50% each year.
In addition to modeling excellence as an educator, his writing has been featured on WeAreTeachers, Huffpost, Edutopia, and EdPost. He received a WordPress “Freshly Pressed” distinction for his viral blog and video “What Students Really Need to Hear,” which has been used across the world to motivate students.
As an engaging, nationally recognized speaker, he has traveled across the nation and world to speak with students and educators on topics of resilience, mindset, applied neuroscience, and positive psychology.
The Burnout Cure Synopsis
How can you energize yourself to maintain or regain a positive outlook and love of teaching? What specific, immediate actions can you take to enhance your well-being and thrive both on and off the job?
Award-winning teacher Chase Mielke draws from his own research, lesson plans, and experiences with burnout to help you change your outlook, strengthen your determination to be a terrific teacher, and reignite your core passion for teaching.
Often lighthearted, yet thoroughly grounded in research on social-emotional learning and positive psychology, The Burnout Cure explains how shifts in awareness, attitudes, and actions can be transformational for you and for your students. The book describes specific steps related to mindfulness, empathy, gratitude, and altruism that you can use on your own and with students via classroom lessons and activities. Equipped with these tools, teachers can be their best, so they can give their best to the learners in their care.
Lunch, Social Time & Vendors' Gallery
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch in Lower CommonsSugar Daddy's Bakery & Vendors' Gallery in Thiel GymLunch, Social Time & Vendors' Gallery
What's for Lunch?
What's for Lunch?
Turkey, havarti cheese, and bibb lettuce sandwich on a croissant, Italian dressing-based pasta salad, chips, sliced fresh fruit cup, and dessert by Sugar Daddy's Bakery
Ham, cheddar, and bibb lettuce sandwich on a brioche bun, Italian dressing-based pasta salad, sliced fresh fruit cup, chips, and dessert by Sugar Daddy's Bakery
Cobb salad (lettuce, chicken, egg, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and bacon) with a sliced fresh fruit cup and dessert by Sugar Daddy's Bakery
Gluten-free, vegetarian, and other dietary needs will be marked with first & last names of those who requested them; this will include a sliced fresh fruit cup and dessert by Sugar Daddy's Bakery
Condiments, dressings, and sandwich toppings such as
tomatoes and pickles will also be available.
Soda, water, and other snacks will be available for purchase through concessions which will be located across from Thiel Gym.
Dessert? Yes, please!
Dessert? Yes, please!
Attendees will pick up a special treat personally provided by Silas Willard Elementary School student, Raleigh Gibbons, who is also a cupcake enthusiast and budding entrepreneur of Sugar Daddy's Bakery in Galesburg, IL. He will be set up in the Vendors' Gallery in Thiel Gym.
Don't forget to stop by and see him, and get your dessert, too!
Vendors Gallery
Vendors Gallery
Several area businesses will have a table with information available to attendees around lunchtime. You can socialize and learn more about the businesses in our community.
BONUS: Some of our vendors are donating prizes to be raffled off at the end of the day to some lucky attendees!
End-of-Event Activities
3:30pm - 4:00pmThiel GymEnd-of-Event Activities
We'll conclude the day in Thiel Gym. Attendees will complete a google reflection form, and we will be raffling prizes that were donated by our vendors.
NOTE: The link for the reflection form will not be posted until the end of the day, and you must complete this prior to leaving. It will be located under the Session Sign-ins & Reflections tab on this site.
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