Jack C. Berckemeyer
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Pre-conference The Reality of Middle Level Education
This day long pre-conference will explore several components of middle
level education. Topics such as teaming, adolescent development, and
student-led conferences will be shared. Practical advice and materials
will be provided. This session will be the one stop location for great
information and resources for any middle level educator.
Dr. JoAnn Deak- Pre-conference Current Brain Research and How it Informs Teaching and/or Parenting The last five years has provided an onslaught of knowledge about the functioning of the human brain, This work has confirmed some long standing theories
and totally disproved others. Because of the significant steps in scanning techniques that can image a brain while it is working, more than ever before,
we can make more informed and accurate recommendations for anyone involved in working with the owners of the human brain. This workshop will provide a
comprehensive understanding of how to understand the functioning of the approximately 100 billion neurons that form an individual’s brain.
In addition, the brain research will then be translated into pedagogic techniques in the classroom that will fit most learners, using the IPO model. The
IPO model looks at input, processing and output differences in students with teaching strategies in mind.
Drs. William Purkey & John M. Novak
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Pre-conference An Invitational Approach to Challenging Situations
Drs. William Purkey and John Novak will present a fresh and innovative way
to resolve conflicts and difficult situations in the shortest amount of
time using the least amount of energy. The pre-conference session will be
built around the "Rule of the Six C's." This pre-conference will teach
participants how to successfully apply Invitational Theory to challenging
events, large and small, personal and professional. A special feature of
this pre-conference will be a hands-on demonstration of short-term
Invitational Counseling. At the conclusion of the pre-conference
participants will be able to describe and demonstrate their new skills
The Viking Ship
Museum Roskilde
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Pre-conference There will be hands on workshops designed for teachers, for
example making a cap out of fur, producing dyes from charcoal and ochre
and making a robe out of bast. During the activities the instructors will
explain the background of the activities and the educational reflections
in the development of the workshops. There will also be a guided tour of
the museum in English.
http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/
Hamlet’s Castle
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Pre-conference Shakespeare saw in his immediate surroundings a vast richness of settings and worlds, to which audiences still delight in being transported today, over 400 years later. Certainly Shakespeare never visited Kronborg Castle, in which he set one of his best-known tragedies, Hamlet. The willows on the banks of the river Avon in Stratford may well have stood in for the plains around Elsinore in his imagination. There are many ways that places work on the imagination: we establish strong personal connections with the places we visit, either because of what has transpired there, or because what we imagine has taken or will take place. Within minutes of arriving at this dramatic and austere setting, participants will begin forging mysterious and complicated connections with their own past and relationship to dramatic (even spectacular) spaces. How does the play take place? How do we, indeed, “take place”? This workshop will examine how one can use site- and space-specific ideas to enrich and enliven dramatic or historic texts and indeed how text can inform our understanding of and the relevance of place, a crucial asset for international teachers with greater opportunities to take their texts and textbooks outside the classroom. With our sights on Hamlet at Elsinore, this ensemble-based workshop will explore ways in which Shakespeare’s works, as just one example, can be seen, set, sensed and understood in the present, and in relation to the past, both his and ours. Relevant for Theatre, English, Literature, History and Social Studies teachers. http://www.ses.dk/kronborg
Cheryl Watkins
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Pre-conference
International Student Assistance Program Group Facilitator Training
Student Assistance Program is a successful world wide program dealing with
the prevention and early intervention of all high risk behaviors
interfering with a student’s education and life development. For the past
24 years director, Cheryl Watkins has provided SAP training to school
personnel in all 50 United States and 30 foreign countries.
Purpose of the Workshop:
• To empower teachers, counselors, administrators and other concerned
staff to help young people affected by: Academic stress, loss,
alcohol/drug use, family addiction, depression & suicide. These
intervention skills are valuable in helping your students; one-on-one, in
the classroom and group settings.
• Provide educators an overview of the basic components of a successful
Student Assistance Program.
• Provide skills to facilitate a student support group.
Allan Heath - Pre-Conference An Artist's Day Out at the Louisiana Museum
Join fellow art enthusiasts for a train journey to the magnificent Louisiana Museum about
thirty minutes' away from central Copenhagen in seaside
Humblebaek. Enjoy strolls through the sculpture garden, coffee and lunch in the
Museum cafe, and quality time with the work of Picasso, Matisse, Moore,
Giacometti, Calder, Warhol and others, many of whom are not widely known outside
Denmark. As with Tate Modern in London and the Guggenheim in Bilbao,
participants may begin to wonder which is more exciting, the building and its
environment or the art pieces themselves.
While we will travel to the Museum together, participants need not feel herded as they
explore the collection. Alan Heath, middle school visual arts
teacher from the American School in London with a special interest in the history of art as
it relates to the cultures which created it, has devised
several suggested routes or themes which teachers might follow while they are in the
museum, along with ideas for using the art on display here as
inspirations for work back in the classroom or art studio. The Museum shop will provide
ample rewards for those looking for books, artifacts, posters,
CDs and arty paraphernalia for use back at school.
Who should register for this preconference workshop? Social studies teachers can be
inspired by the post World War II art within the context of a Europe
coming to terms with the defeat of Nazism and the advent of the Cold War. English
teachers may find that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words when
they use digital photos from the museum to inspire creativity in their classrooms. The
great thing about a world class art gallery is that it has
something for everyone, not just 'art lovers', and participants in this pre-conference
workshop will be challenged to come up with ideas based on the
museum's setting, its architecture, and its art for stimulating learning in an academic setting.
Before returning to Copenhagen in the afternoon, we
will rendezvous for a discussion of what we have seen and to share visions of what we
might do back in our schools based on the day's activities.
Interested teachers should visit the museum at www.louisiana.dk prior to registration.
There are other Websites about the museum, of course, but this
one seems the most direct for an introductory insight. Participants should bring a
sketchbook or notebook, pencils, and a digital camera.
