2021 Program
2021 Minnesota District Lutheran Teachers' Conference
Fix Your Eyes On Jesus - Hebrews 12:1-3
Conference Host: West Lutheran High School - October 21-22, 2021
Thursday, October 21
7:45 - 8:45 - Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:45 - 9:45 - Opening Worship with Communion (WLHS)
Offering Designation: "Congregational Assistance and Relief Funds"
9:45 - 10:00 - Welcoming to the Conference and Announcements
Brian Mensching, MNDLTC Chairman
Dave Gartner, Principal - West Lutheran High School
10:00 - 10:20 - Break
10:20 - 11:30 - Educational Keynotes (Gym):
Brad Fulton (Elementary) - How Do You Teach a Whale? A STEM Approach
Derek Deprey (High School) @ Comfort Inn (Plymouth Room Conference Room)
11:30 - 11:45 - Travel Break for High School Teachers to Come Back to WLHS
11:45 - 12:15 - New Business - Reports & Elections (Gym)
MN District President, Pastor Dennis Klatt
President of Martin Luther College, Pastor Rich Gurgel
Elections (Dakota): Chairman, Planning Committee Members (2)
12:15 - 1:15 - Box Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:15 - Sectional #1
Dana Leyrer & Carrie Henning (ECE) - Connecting Families With Fellowship, Faith, and Fun
Jeremy Mattek (All) - Healthy Relationships in Ministry and at Home
Karen Grunwald (PreK-8) - Purposeful Movement to Enhance Learning
Michelle Yotter (K-4) - Every Child Has a Story: Strategies to Support Social and Emotional Growth
Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop
Paul Bernabei (All) - Living Above the Line: How Our Thinking Governs Our Experience
Kevin Bode (K-8) - Introduction to Hymns for Life: a hymns curriculum
Jon Zabell (All) - Using the New Hymnal for Classroom, Chapel, and Personal Worship
Derek Deprey (High School) @ Comfort Inn (Plymouth Room Conference Room)
2:15 - 2:35 - Break & Snacks
2:35 - 3:35 - Sectional #2
Brad Fulton (5-10) - Strategies for Success with Struggling Students
Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop
Jeremy Mattek (All) - Healthy Relationships in Ministry and at Home
Grace Hennig (All) - Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: A Look Inside Christian Worship 2021
Derek Deprey (High School) @ Comfort Inn (Plymouth Room Conference Room)
3:35 - 3:45 - Transition Time
3:45 - 4:15 - Business: Resolutions, Elections & Auditing
Election Results (Dakota)
Auditing (Goodhue)
4:15 - 4:30 - Devotion (WLHS)
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT (5 p.m. - 11 p.m.)?
Friday, October 22
7:45 - 8:30 - Light Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:50 - Devotion - (WLHS)
8:50 - 10:00 - Religious Keynote (All):
10:00 - 10:20 - Break
10:20 - 11:20 - Sectional #3
Cindy Holman (ECE) - Best Practices in an Early Childhood Ministry
Brad Fulton (6-12) - Managing the Math Class for Maximum Success
Macord Johnson (5-8) - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Paul Bernabei (All) - Engaging Disengaged Students: Creating a Culture of Learning
Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop
Mike Marquardt (All) - CW21: A Versatile Toolbox to Help Shape School Culture
11:30 - 11:45 - Concluding Business
Resolutions (Delano)
2021 Offering:
2021 Appreciation:
2022 Location: Martin Luther College
2022 Dates: Oct. 20-21, 2022
2022 Committees: Nominations - Greenfield, Resolutions - Hutchinson, Auditing - Lake City
11:45 - 12:00 - Closing Devotion (WLHS)
12:00 - 12:30 pm - Box Lunch for Licensure Attendees
12:30 - 2:30 pm - Optional Class ($20)
Licensure Class 1 - Key Warning Signs of Early-Onset Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents (Klindworth)
2:45 - 4:45 pm - Optional Class ($20)
Licensure Class 2 - Reading Preparation (Whaley)