Date: Monday–Tuesday, November 19–20
Each year, approximately 4,000 attend the ACSI Anaheim Convention located at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Convention features a one-half day training session in the convention center arena with Dr. Todd Whitaker, an inspiring Monday afternoon general session, more than 200 seminars on distinctive topics pertinent to educators, and approximately 150 exhibitors. Want to assist your staff in becoming masters of their calling, whether in Math, Science, Reading, Literature, Music, Sports, After School Care, or in the Early Ed department, or the Elementary, Junior High, or High School department? Let ACSI partner with you in training today's leaders to impact the next generation!
Below you will find the CEU form needed to complete your convention experience. Contact the Anaheim Convention Coordinator if you have questions.
CEU form 2012
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Highlights
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Traffic Flow Map to Early Bird Pickup
For your convenience, we have provided a traffc flow map (at ECCU) for Early Bird pickup.
Registration Fees
Register Online
Online Registration will open in September 2012.
Seminars by Categories List
Seminar Category List 2011 (updated November 10, 2011)
Seminars by Sessions Lists
Seminars by Sessions List 2011 (updated November 10, 2011)
Keynote Speakers for 2012
Todd Whitaker, PhD
Monday Morning, November 19, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Todd Whitaker, PhD—Educator, Author, Speaker, IN
A Morning with Dr. Whitaker!
Title: What Great Teachers Do Differently
Dr. Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his career. Recognized as a leading presenter in the field of education, his message about the importance of teaching has resonated with hundreds of thousands of educators around the world. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University, and he has spent his life pursuing his love of education by researching and studying effective teachers and principals.
Prior to moving into higher education he was a math teacher and basketball coach in Missouri, and still holds a school record for most wins in a season at one of the high schools where he coached. Todd then served as a principal at the middle school, junior high, and high school levels. He was also a middle school coordinator in charge of staffing, curriculum, and technology for the opening of new middle schools.
One of the nation’s leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd has written 24 books including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Other titles include: The Ball, Dealing With Difficult Teachers, Teaching Matters, Great Quotes for Great Educators, What Great Principals Do Differently, Motivating & Inspiring Teachers, and Dealing With Difficult Parents.
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Nationally Acclaimed Trainers—2011
Julie Adams
www.effectiveteachingpd.com
Best Practices for Middle and High School Educators!
Titles: What Every Educator Must Know About Content Area Literacy & Effective Instruction (6–12)
Structured Engagement to Boost Achievement (6–12)
Pre-During-Post Strategies for ALL Content Areas (6–12)
Pre-During-Post Cornell Notes for the Mixed-Ability Classroom (6–12)
Julie Adams is an internationally known and respected consultant providing content area reading and writing trainings to schools and districts world-wide. Mrs. Adams, a Nationally Board Certified Teacher and Educator of the Year, equips teachers with strategies that empower students with content area literacy skills. In addition, she partners with the National High School Association and the California League of Schools to provide training and intervention to schools in need. Her published books are: Teaching Academic Vocabulary Effectively, Parts I-III and PDP Cornell Notes- A Systematic Strategy to Aid Comprehension.
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Ann Anzalone
www.annanzalone.com
Titles: Active Learning: Teaching with the Learning in Mind (K–12)
Enhancing Learning: Neurobics, Memory and Video Games (K–12)
Setting ADHD Students Up for Success: Practical Applications for Learning (K–12)
Developing Minds (K–12)
Creating an Edge Effect: Managing the Stress of Change (K–12)
Meeting the Needs of All Learners (K–12)
Ann Anzalone is a nationally known, dynamic speaker and experienced trainer. For the past 25 years she has conducted workshops for K–12 teachers, administrators, and parents, as well as for businesses and corporations. Ann is a teacher’s teacher, specializing in communication skills, learning styles, cooperative learning, study skills, and stress management. Her presentations are very practical and focus on the development of techniques, strategies, and tools to optimize learning.
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Carolyn Coil
www.carolyncoil.com
Titles: Differentiating-Curriculum in the Mixed Abiity Classroom (K–12)
Creativity x 2 (3–9)
Designing Rubrics to Promote Student Learning (K–12)
Challenging the Hidden Gifted Underachiever (3–12)
Carolyn is an internationally known speaker, author, trainer, consultant, and educator. In her workshops, professional development courses, seminars, and keynotes, she is an enthusiastic, motivating, and energetic presenter. Carolyn works with teachers, parents, and students offering practical strategies for raising student achievement, differentiating curriculum, implementing a variety of assessment strategies, and dealing with the problems and challenges associated with preparing ourselves and our children for living and working in the 21st century.
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Paul Coughlin
www.paulcoughlin.net
Title: Freedom From Bullying: Life's a Movie—What's Your Role?
Studies show that private religious schools have about the same amount of bullying as public schools. During this school-changing live presentation, Paul Coughlin helps all the characters in the Theater of Bullying to understand and change their role: Bully, Bystander, Target, and Authority. With humor as well as soul-stirring power, conviction, and inspiration, Paul gives students, teachers, and parents what they need to know to combat bullying and spread God’s love, mercy, and justice, helping to make your school safer, spur creativity and test scores, and grow courage, faith and love.
Paul Coughlin is a former newspaper editor and is the author of numerous books. He is the Founder of The Protectors, which provides values-based and faith-based solutions to the cruelty of adolescent bullying. As a popular speaker at men’s, women’s, parenting, and anti-bullying conferences, he has appeared on Good Morning America, Nightline, 700 Club, Focus on the Family, C-SPAN, The LA Times, The New York Times, Newsweek and other media outlets. His anti-bullying curriculum is used throughout North America as well as England, Canada, Australia, Uganda and South Africa.
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Rick Morris
www.newmanagement.com
Titles: Student Management, Motivation, and Engagement—CEU (1–12)
Calm, Cool, and Collected: Discipline Strategies that Work (1–12)
Student Engagement 2.0 (1–12)
Non-Verbal Communication (1–12)
Award-winning, Mentor Emeritus Rick Morris is a recognized specialist in the field of classroom organization. Spend the day with Rick Morris and learn the innovative system of management, motivation, and engagement that is revolutionizing today’s challenging classrooms.
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Kim Sutton
www.creativemathematics.com
Titles: The Sky's the Limit for Learning Mathematics (K–2)
Walk the Number Line to Create Number Sense (P–6)
Achieving Multiplication and Division Fact Fluency! We Can Do It! (3–5)
Achieving Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency! We Can Do It! (P–2)
Teaching Fractions with Meaning and Motivation (2–6)
Kim Sutton is a fabulous presenter, who has taught thousands of teachers the joy and excitement of hands-on math. Kim’s teaching experience includes over 20 years of classroom teaching, regional math specialist, and university instructor. Kim has worked with over 150 districts nationally and internationally as a staff development consultant. Kim has written many articles about pattern blocks, classroom management, and is the author of Math Engineers, Math Focus Activities, Visual Tools, Number Line Workbook, Making Math Books With Children, Powerful Numbers 0–100, and Place Value With Pizzazz.
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Seminar Requests
To submit for the 2012 Convention, please check back in March 2012.