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

Resources

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):

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

  1. Adam Peterson (PreK-3) - Teach, Play, Learn!

  2. Dana Leyrer & Carrie Henning (ECE) - Connecting Families With Fellowship, Faith, and Fun

  3. Brad Fulton (4-10) - Cone Zone

  4. Jeremy Mattek (All) - Healthy Relationships in Ministry and at Home

  5. Karen Grunwald (PreK-8) - Purposeful Movement to Enhance Learning

  6. Ryan Randall (3-8) - Map Testing Now What

  7. Michelle Yotter (K-4) - Every Child Has a Story: Strategies to Support Social and Emotional Growth

  8. Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop

  9. Rhoda Wolle (K-12) - Moving from Surviving to Thriving

  10. Michael Plocher (5-8) - Project Lead the Way - Gateway

  11. Paul Bernabei (All) - Living Above the Line: How Our Thinking Governs Our Experience

  12. Kevin Bode (K-8) - Introduction to Hymns for Life: a hymns curriculum

  13. Jon Zabell (All) - Using the New Hymnal for Classroom, Chapel, and Personal Worship

  14. Derek Deprey (High School) @ Comfort Inn (Plymouth Room Conference Room)

2:15 - 2:35 - Break & Snacks

2:35 - 3:35 - Sectional #2

  1. Dana Leyrer & Carrie Henning (ECE) - Why Do Children Go?

  2. Adam Peterson (PreK-2) - Next Generation Student Scientists

  3. Brad Fulton (5-10) - Strategies for Success with Struggling Students

  4. Paul Bernabei (All) - Knowing How to See Things Differently

  5. Mandy Treder (PreK-8) - Music Class Potluck

  6. Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop

  7. Michael Plocher (K-8) - A Path for STEM

  8. Rhoda Wolle (4-12) - Teaching in a Brain-Friendly Classroom

  9. Jeremy Mattek (All) - Healthy Relationships in Ministry and at Home

  10. Ryan Rathje (1-12) - Grading is Broke, and It Needs Fixing

  11. Grace Hennig (All) - Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: A Look Inside Christian Worship 2021

  12. Ryan Randall (3-8) - Map Testing Now What

  13. 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

  1. Dana Leyrer & Carrie Henning (ECE) - It's Round-Up Time

  2. Cindy Holman (ECE) - Best Practices in an Early Childhood Ministry

  3. Brad Fulton (6-12) - Managing the Math Class for Maximum Success

  4. Macord Johnson (5-8) - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

  5. Paul Bernabei (All) - Engaging Disengaged Students: Creating a Culture of Learning

  6. Michael Plocher (K-8) - A Path for STEM

  7. Mandy Treder (PreK-8) - Music Class Potluck

  8. Lois McKenney (K-8) - Literacy: An Orton-Gillingham Mini Workshop

  9. Rhoda Wolle (4-12) - Reaching the At-Risk Learner

  10. Ryan Rathje (1-12) - Grading is Broke, and It Needs Fixing

  11. Robert Klindworth (Leaders) - School Law

  12. Mike Marquardt (All) - CW21: A Versatile Toolbox to Help Shape School Culture

  13. Aaron Christie (All) - Hymns for Him

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)