Theme: Live, Rooted, and Built Up In Christ
(Colossians 2:6-8)
Thursday, October 18, 2018
At St. Croix Lutheran Academy, West St. Paul, MN
7:45-8:45 – Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:45-10:00 – Opening Devotion with Communion - Offering designated to: Vietnamese Lutheran Seminary
Welcome to the Conference, Dave Gartner, MNDLTC Chairman
Welcome to Campus, Nate Kallies, Principal - St. Croix Middle School
10:00-10:20 – Break, Snacks & Vendor Visiting
10:20-10:45 – Reports & Elections
10:45-12:00 – Religious Keynote: Boldly Lutheran Conversations - Pastor Dave Scharf - All
12:00-12:30 – New Business & Reports
12:30-1:30 – Lunch & Vendor Visiting
1:30-2:45 – Educational Keynotes:
2:45-3:00 – Break & Snacks
3:00-4:00 – Sectional #1
A) Top 20 Parents: Thinking About Relationships - Sharon Kaniess - Room 111
B) Music Play with Purpose - Jim Gill - PK-2 - Room 211/311
C) Changing Our Homework Mindset - Cathy Vatterott - All - Chapel
D) Noah's Ark and the Flood - Kevin Piel - All - Room 112
E) ECE Round Table - Kristin Mantey (MN District Early Childhood Coordinator) - Room 204
F) Class and Culture - Ben Clemons - K-8 - Room 210
G) Family Literacy - Cheryl Loomis - Room 113
H) Reading Around the World - Karyn Clemons - K-8 - Room 114
I) The Grammar Puzzle - Jon Roux - Gr 1-8 - Room 109
J) Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Macord Johnson - 5-8 - Room 105
K) Bringing Broadway to Your School - Mike Markquardt - 3-8 - Room 205
4:00-4:15 – Break, Snacks & Vendor Visiting
4:15-4:45 – Elections & Reports
4:45-5:00 – Devotion
5:00-5:45 – Mentors & Mentees Meeting - M. Yotter, M. Ring
7:00-10:00 – Optional Entertainment, Snacks & Beverages at Dakota Lodge in Thompson Park. $15 per person.
Friday, October 19, 2018
7:45–8:30 – Continental Breakfast
8:30–8:45 – Devotion
8:45–9:15 – Reports, Business, and Vendor Prize Drawings
9:15–10:15 – Sectional #2
A) How and When Should Homework Be Graded? - Cathy Vatterott - All - Chapel
B) Dinosaurs - Kevin Piel - All - Room 112
C) Teaching Every Reader in K-2 (Part 1) - Anna Geiger - K-2 - Room 111
D) Filling Your Early Childhood Assessment Toolbelt - Cheryl Henckel - ECM - Room 210
E) Creative Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - Rachel Feld - PK-2 - Room 406
F) Reading Around the World - Karyn Clemons - K-8 - Room 114
G) The Invisibles: Women in the American Revolution - Anna Endorf - 5-8 - Room 113
H) Chromebooks and 21st Century Learning - John Dorn - 5-8 - Room 204
I) Chapter Books for the Middle and Upper Grades - Jon Roux - Room 109
J) Grading Art - An Objectively Subjective Method - Lucas Boehm - Gr 5-8 - Room 105
K) School Law 2018 - Dr. Klindworth - Principals and Teacher Leaders - Room 205
10:15-10:30 – Break & Snacks
10:30–11:30 – Sectional #3
A) Quality Homework Tasks - Cathy Vatterott - All - Chapel
B) The Heavens Declare the Glory of God - Kevin Piel - All - Room 112
C) Teaching Every Reader in K-2 (Part 2) - Anna Geiger - K-2 - Room 111
D) *Suicide Awareness & Prevention* - Christian Family Solutions (WLCFS) / Jennifer Londgren - All - Room 113
E) Filling Your Early Childhood Assessment Toolbelt - Cheryl Henckel - ECM - Room 210
F) Copying - A Foundation for Young Creative Minds - Lucas Boehm - K-3 - Room 105
G) New Picture Books to Explore - Jon Roux - PreK-8 - Room 109
H) Purposeful Movement to Enhance Learning - Karen Grunwald - PK-8 - Room 211/311
I) Chromebooks and 21st Century Learning - John Dorn - 5-8 - Room 204
J) School Law 2018 - Dr. Klindworth - Principals and Teacher Leaders - Room 205
11:30–11:45 – Break
11:45–12:00 – Closing Devotion
12:00–12:30 – Lunch Served for those staying for licensure classes
12:30–2:00 – Licensure Class 1: Teaching With Technology - Prof. Carlovsky (a required component of license renewal)
2:00–2:15 – Break
2:15–3:45 – Licensure Class 2: Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies with Accommodations, Modification, and Adaptation of Curriculum, Materials, and Instruction - Dr. Whaley (a required component of license renewal)