Building Stronger Bridges: Cultural Respect and Equity in the Classroom
A Seminar for K-12 and Community College Educators
March 20-21, 2018
The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC

How can North Carolina educators build stronger bridges in their classrooms and communities to support diverse populations of learners? Through plenary talks and small group breakout sessions, K-12 and community college educators at World View’s spring seminar will explore issues of cultural respect and equity, learning what barriers need to be removed and what strategies can be implemented to recognize the potential for all learners.
1.5 CEU / 15 PDCH offered. Check out the website for more information or register here.

East Asia: Traditions, Trends and Transformations
A Seminar for K-12 and Community College Educators
March 21-22, 2018
The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC

East Asia is extraordinarily diverse and complex: culturally, ethnically, geographically and economically. In spite of rapid transitions due to globalization and geopolitical forces, East Asia maintains some of the world’s oldest cultural traditions. East Asia’s complexity, diversity and shifting role in global affairs present numerous opportunities for learning. Through plenary talks and small group sessions, K-12 and community college educators will explore East Asia’s history, culture, diversity, contemporary affairs and changing role in the world. Participants will discover and experience strategies and resources for integrating these issues and topics into the classroom or learning environment.
1.5 CEU/15 PDCH offered. Check out the website for more information or register here.

Creating a Global Media Center
A Workshop for School Library Media Coordinators
April 26-27, 2018
Chapel Hill, NC

 

This workshop surveys emerging technologies and media content used to bring the world to North Carolina’s schools. The program is designed to help K-12 media coordinators better understand our interconnected world by learning with and through technology. The workshop also offers resources and hands-on strategies to increase and improve content, collection and integration of global themes in the library. 1.5 CEU offered. More information coming soon. Register here.

            Scholarships available!  Apply for a World View scholarship to attend a March seminar

World View is committed to ensuring accessibility to our programs for all North Carolina educators. We are pleased to provide an annual scholarship for a select educator to attend the seminar of their choice in honor of former World View Advisory Board Chair, Dr. James L. Peacock, as well as two additional seminar scholarships. Read more about the application process here.

TIME:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

DATE:  October 12, 2016 (For Administrators)

LOCATION:  WCU/Biltmore Park, Asheville

REGISTRATION FEE:  $55 (Non-Refundable)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  10/4/16

 

Students and families in the crisis of poverty often struggle to communicate effectively in the school environment. Most educators communicate via print while those in poverty rely on oral communication. Dr. Donna M. Beegle grew up not knowing the words that her teachers used, or the examples they provided. Dr Beegle will give an insider view of communication differences along social class lines. She will also provide practical strategies for changing statistics and improving lives of our families in poverty in meaningful, repeatable, and systemic ways. With a focus on improving communication with parents and community, this session is applicable for administrators, social workers,  counselors and others partnering in the fight against poverty. If you have questions contact April Spencer aspencer@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours: 5

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Date:  March 28, 2018

Time:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: WRESA

Registration Fee:  $45

Registration Deadline:  March 21, 2018

Limited to 22 participants

 

Wish you could find a way to integrate subjects and revive a thematic approach to teaching? Want to connect students to their community, develop collaboration skills, and grow students’ reading and writing skills? Wish all students could experience the rigor and success of projects, not just your “early finishers/high flyers”? PBL is an engaging and effective teaching method that motivates students to develop deep knowledge about content and provides teachers a framework for launching meaningful, authentic projects. This session will start with a PBL unit simulation based on a relevant, timely adult topic: teacher burnout and wellness. Come experience the steps of a PBL unit and remember the joy and challenge of being a learner. Then put on your teacher hat and use part of the session’s work time and tools to plan for your own launching of a PBL unit. PBL is applicable for all K – 12 classrooms. Participants will need to bring devices.  Dr. Megan Keiser, Teacher Education professor at Brevard College will lead this workshop. For more information, contact April at aspencer@wresa.org, 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours: 5

 

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“Designing Learning for a New Age”

Dates: June 22 – 24, 2022

Place: Doubletree Biltmore  Asheville, NC

Cost:

Summer Conference  June 22 – 23, 2022 

Early Bird Rates:  $249 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022   $299

NCSSA Conference  June 23 – 24, 2022  (Superintendents Only)

Early Bird Rates:  $149 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022 $199

Summer Leadership Conference and NCSSA Conference (Superintendents Only) 

Early Bird Rates:  $350 until March 31, 2022

After March 31, 2022  $450

The 2022 Summer Leadership Conference will be back face to face at the

DoubleTree in Biltmore

 

Gold Sponsor   FULL

WRESA Summer Leadership Conference 2022

June 22-June 24, 2022        Biltmore DoubleTree             Asheville, NC

Company Name listed on Conference App

Access to participant list prior to conference

Booth in conference area

Two complimentary registrations, including lunch and snacks.

Electrical/Internet

   Silver Sponsor   Full

WRESA Summer Leadership Conference 2022

June 22-June 24, 2022        Biltmore DoubleTree             Asheville, NC

Company Name listed on Conference App

Access to participant list upon arrival

Booth in conference area

One complimentary registration, including Tuesday lunch and snacks.

Electrical/Internet

Conference Website for More Information on speakers etc.

Hotel Block is now open.

 

 

Energized for Excellence

Dates:  June 23-25, 2019

Location: Renaissance Hotel

31 Woodfin St, Asheville, NC 28801.

Materials for sessions:

Rick Wormeli’s Keynote Materials: “Cultivating Creativity” 

RWKeynoteWRESA June 2019 Summer Leadership Conference Luncheon Keynote Cultivating Personal Creativity in Teachers and Students PDF Selected Slides handout version

Rick Wormeli’s afternoon breakout session:  “Leadership for Teacher Engagement and Cultural Shift in Schools”

Wormeli WRESA Summer Leadership Conference June 2019 Leadership for Teacher Engagement and Culture Shifts in Schools PDF handout version

Stephen Earwood’s Breakout Materials: “Where is the Data…and what do we do with it?” 

WRESA Data Presentation

Ann Maddock’s Materials:  “A Deep Dive Into the 2018 NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey Data and Looking Ahead to 2020”

Teacher Working Conditions

A Strong Behavior Core Tier of Support Within an MTSS Framework  Nancy Kueffer, Alisha Schlitz

MTSS Part 1

MTSS Part 2

 

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Keynote Speakers

Rick Wormeli

Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, WI. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Joe holds a BA in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from St. Norbert College, a MS in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a MS in Educational Leadership, and a PhD in Leadership, Learning, and Service from Cardinal Stritch University. Joe is also an adjunct professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Viterbo University. Joe has taught Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 5th Grade. He was also a school counselor and high school coach prior to taking on an elementary principal position in 2005. He has served as a principal in suburban and rural Wisconsin.

Joe co-hosts the Successful Schools Podcast, and co-authored The Power of Branding-Telling Your School’s Story, Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age and Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students and Parents Love. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader in 2016 by the US Department of Education. He attended summits at the White House for both distinctions. Joe has been a featured speaker in multiple states in the areas of Telling Your School Story, Advancing the Use of Social Media for School Leaders, Creating a Culture of Yes, and Personalized Professional Growth for Staff. Go Crickets!!

Dr. Mark Benno, Apple Inc.

July 25, 2017

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Cost: $45.00

This is a NC Mentor Train-the-Trainer session to meet requirements of BTSP Policy TCP-A-004.  Participants will receive mentor certification and have the capability to train others on the NC Mentor Standards.

For more information, contact Karen Sumner, ksumner@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 26. Contact Hours 5

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Date: Oct 25-26, 2017

Registration Fee:  $125

Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location:  WRESA

Are you an educator who wants to learn how to use Google Apps more proficiently in the classroom? Are you interested in becoming a Level 1 Certified Google Educator?  If you want to prepare for the Level 1 certification exam and strengthen your fundamental Google Apps skills, this workshop is for you.  Focus on enhancing your use of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Classroom, Forms and more to enhance your classroom. This 2-day workshop will be an intense overview of these fundamental skills.  Amber McMillian, Certified Google Trainer will be the presenter.  If you have questions, contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours:  10

Prerequisites for this session include:

• have a solid basic experience with using GSuite for Education services (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Classroom, Forms, Slides, Sites, etc.)
• have a strong desire to focus on intensely preparing for the Google Educator Level 1 exam

         Registration Closed – Session Full

Date: August 18, 2016

TIME: 9:00-3:00

Cost: $45

This workshop is for those schools that intend to submit or are exploring

submission of an application to the NCDPI for either an Acknowledgement

or full Designation status by April 2017 and for districts that are intending or

exploring submission by December 2016. Helga Fasciano, Special

Assistant for Global Education at NCDPI, will provide coaching on the

narrative and selection of appropriate evidences for the application. For

more information on Global-Ready Schools and Global-Ready Districts,

visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/globaled/. Contact Karen Sumner at

ksumner@wresa.org (828.774.5681) for more information.

 

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