TLC Conference -- College of Education and Human Development, Radford University

 



Teaching,Leading,Collaborating

Symposium - Radford University

The T.L.C. Symposium is a one-day professional development activity offered to novice teachers in the public school systems in Virginia. You will enjoy professional development designed for non-continuing contract participants, as well as connections with award-winning mentors from the Virginia Teacher of the Year network and other higher education institutions.

Session Descriptions

Keynote

Technology Survival Tools for Beginning Teachers

Every teacher faces multiple challenges every day as a modern educator, from creating great dynamic lessons, providing good classroom management and collecting and sharing relevant data, the challenges for teachers never end. Fortunately, the technology world can help carry the heavy load a teacher is forced to bare. Given the right tools a teachers job can be much more manageable and rewarding. We dont need to spend all our time in the classroom just trying to get students to sit still, be quiet and listen. There is a better way. All of a teachers free time outside of school should not spent grading papers. There is a better way. Stop re-creating the wheel of data every time someone needs information on students in your class. There is a better way. Technology can offer teachers many tools that can meet these challenges, if you know where to look. Best of all most of these tools are free. Yes! FREE.

We will explore several of these tools that all teachers can use in their classes immediately. The craft of teaching requires good tools to make your job easier. You can survive and thrive in school by building your own educational technology toolbox

To Grow or Not to Grow:

Do you want to know how to motivate, engage and excite your students? To Grow or Not To Grow will cover opportunities to set up a growth mindset environment that in turn leads to confident and resilient students. We will define, discover and discuss how you can develop this philosophy in your classroom to build active 21st century learners.

These Kids are Driving Me Crazy!

A Positive Approach to Dealing with Challenging Behaviors.
Explore ways to build effective and appropriate relationships with students through strategies to prevent or effectively deal with challenging behaviors in class.

FlashDance In Your Classroom (What a Feeling!)

Making flashcards is super easy. All you need is a pen and a card and you are ready to study.
With modern technology, making flashcards is also super easy. All you need is a list of facts and ... with just one list of information you could transform your flash cards and your lessons and give your students multiple ways to study? Come learn about a free and super easy online flashcard maker that can help you supercharge your lessons. Flippy enables you to reach your entire class filled with all learning styles. Come learn how to make that list and use it over and over again for multiple classroom games and puzzles.



Everyone needs Consequences: Identifying functions of behaviors and implementing appropriate consequences.
Students need appropriate consequences.  Selecting these can be difficult for teachers because the consequence should be based on the behavior.  Come learn how to identify the function of behaviors and implement the appropriate consequences

Make the Most of Learning Opportunities in the Classroom

This session will cover creative, interactive and project based learning in core subject areas. Learning should be fun for the teachers and the students. Leave the worksheets behind because we are headed where foldables rule and stick figures reign.

Engaging Activities for the Middle and High School Classroom

In this session, we will explore lots of different ideas and activities that I use in my math classes that can easily be adapted to other subject areas in the middle and high school levels. We will talk about highly engaging activities including station work that students will love! I will share numerous examples and have handouts available explaining how to create them. These activities will definitely change the way you teach!

Routines, Routines, Routines: A Focus on Classroom Management!

In education, we use three words to establish true classroom management: Routines, Routines, Routines! During this session, I will provide you with the tips and tricks necessary to survive even the most difficult of classes and students successfully! Youll have plenty of resources to stick into your tool bag for all grade levels. From teaching procedures to positive reinforcement, I will do my best to help you find ways that will best fit you and your students to a smooth-running classroom!

So you want to get the word out about the great things in your classroom?

Today, there are many ways to share information about the engaging activities happening in your classroom. But before you grab your cell phone, snap some shots and start posting away on social media, you need to think about the legal and ethical ramifications. Chuck Lionberger will talk about the best ways to share information about your classroom and how you can become a valuable content resource for your district community relations contact.

Becoming a Connected Educator: If You Don't Tell Your Story, Who Will?

Info: Being an educator can be tough. Being a beginning educator can be even tougher. Becoming connected, using resources such as Twitter, Facebook, and blogging can make navigating the tough times easier. Learn how becoming connected can help you find new resources, teacher friends, and document your journey every step of the way. You'll leave with a new confidence and ideas to get you started.


Help! My Class Has Gone Nuts: Collaborating With School Counselors for Student Success

From children in poverty to childhood trauma, todays teachers are overwhelmed with responsibilities and roadblocks to learning! The demands put on teachers can leave them confused and wondering how they will be able to cover the curriculum while meeting students increasing needs. This session will explain how a partnership with the school counselor can lighten the teachers load and allow the focus


Symposium Presenters

Keynote Speakers:

Stephanie Doyle
Virginia Teacher of the Year (2009)

Stephanie Doyle, 2009 Virginia Teacher of the Year and the 2011 Fincastle Sons of the American Revolution History Teacher of the Year, is a fifth grade teacher at Glen Cove Elementary in Roanoke County Public Schools. This year marks Stephanie’s eighteenth year in the classroom. Stephanie graduated from Roanoke College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and an emphasis in education. She graduated in April 2011 with her Master's in Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction from Walden University. Stephanie is a member of the National Museum of the American Indian, Organization of American Historians, Virginia Council for Social Studies, the Civil War Preservation Trust, and a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary organization for women educators. Caring adults, such as her teachers and a 'big sister' from Big Brothers and Big Sisters in her early years, helped Stephanie become a successful young adult. It was the influence of her 'big sister' that prompted Stephanie to begin a mentoring program, Girls Rising Onto Womanhood (G.R.O.W.), to help young girls overcome obstacles in order to succeed in school. When Stephanie was named a finalist for the McGlothlin Award for Teaching Excellence, one of the girls of G.R.O.W. told the selection committee, 'She saved me.' She is founder and chairperson of the Virginia Teacher of the Year Network, which is dedicated to improving the quality of teaching across the Commonwealth. Recently, under Stephanie's leadership, the Virginia Teacher of the Year Network has partnered with Regent and Radford Universities to offer a unique professional development conference, Teaching Leading Collaborating Symposium, for non-continuing contract teachers within Region II and VI of Virginia. This will not only connect new teachers with award winning educators but it will also connect new teachers to others within their areas of expertise within Region II in collegial cohorts. Stephanie has also written numerous articles and selections for Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Teacher Tales, Finding Ms. Warnecke, the Virginia Journal of Education, and the Kappa Delta Pi Record as well as just co-authored her first book, Teaching is Tough: A Practical Guide for Classroom Success.

Tracy Bailey
National Teacher of the Year (1993)

Tracy Bailey was chosen from among 2.7 million elementary and secondary school teachers in the nation to be honored as the 1993 National Teacher of the Year. He received the traditional Crystal Apple at the White House ceremony presided over by President Clinton and Secretary of Education Richard Riley. Mr. Bailey is currently serving as the State Director for Virginia Professional Educators. He and his wife, Rose, are also enthusiastic supporters of teachers in the Commonwealth, serving on the Board of Directors for the VATOY Network.

Danny McNamara
Danny McNamara is in the midst of his 17th year teaching. He is a 2001 graduate of Roanoke College. He is currently the Lead Teacher and Math Teacher at the Commonwealth Governor's School site at King George High School. Prior to this, he taught math at Colonial Beach High School. He has been named his school's Teacher of the Year 3 times (2 at CBHS and 1 at KGHS). He was also the Fredericksburg Area STEM Teacher of the Year in 2013. He has presented at several school systems around the state on student engagement.
Rachel Moravec
Rachel Moravec is in her 10th year as an educator, and 4th year in instructional technology. She currently works as an ITRT for Fluvanna County Schools. She received her teaching degree from Glenville State College, and her masters degree from Walden University. She has previously presented the past 3 years on a variety of educational technology topics at the West Virginia Statewide Technology Conference. She prides herself on being a connected educator, utilizing both Twitter and her blog as her main tools for collaborating. Give her a follow @tisinaction or check out her blog tisinaction.wordpress.com
Wes Warner
Wes Warner first began working with at-risk children and their families as an in-home individual and family counselor and foster care trainer with Camelot Care Centers in Nashville, Tennessee. He joined Roanoke City Public Schools in 2010 as a Positive Behavior Specialist, coordinating professional development for teachers and services for both at-risk students and students with disabilities who displayed challenging behavior in school. Wes is now an assistant principal in Roanoke County.
Tonnie Pack
My name is Tonnie Pack. I am lifelong educator of twenty-eight years. I was a classroom teacher for sixteen years and for the last twelve years I have served as an ITRT for Roanoke City Public Schools. My current position as an ITRT requires me to cover one elementary, one middle and one high school. I also serve as the online class management system (Moodle) administrator. I am married to my lovely wife Anna of twenty-eight years. She is also an educator and currently works as an Instructional Coach. We have one son, Sean who is currently a freshman at Virginia Tech in the College of Engineering.
Kevin Spencer
Kevin Spencer is a teacher. After teaching fifth graders for many years, he took a position as an Instructional Technologist where his job brings him in contact with students and teachers with various technology comfort levels. During the school year he works with teachers and students to bring a positive technology experience to each of his assigned schools. For the past several years he has helped put the "T" in STEAM for the Roanoke City Schools' summer enrichment program where he has introduced thousands of students to coding in his classroom.
Chuck Lionberger
Chuck Lionberger, APR has experienced both sides of the public information landscape. A 1993 graduate of James Madison University, he began his career as the assignment editor at WSLS TV in Roanoke, VA. During his eleven years at WSLS, Lionberger served in many roles including executive producer, news operations manager and online site coordinator. In 2004, he made the switch to the “light side,” as it is known, and became a Public Affairs Specialist for the Salem District of the Virginia Department of Transportation, where he later served as the acting Public Affairs Manager. In 2007, he made the switch to K-12 education as the Community Relations Specialist for Roanoke County Public Schools. He earned his Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) in 2009 and his Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California in 2014. Lionberger is a past president of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and has earned numerous regional, state and national awards for his PR work. Most importantly, he is a huge Disney Parks fan and is known as the Disney Daddy. He is married to his wife, Mickey (yes, that’s how it’s spelled), who is a 4th grade teacher at Herman L. Horn Elementary School in Vinton. He has three children, two of which attend Hidden Valley High School. His oldest is a sophomore at Roanoke College.
Tiffany Carter
After graduating from the University of Virginia's College at Wise with a teaching license fit for Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade and math through Algebra 1, I moved to Roanoke City to teach in the land of the middle. I taught at Breckinridge Middle School in 6th grade math for general education, collaborative, and honors classes for three years. There my co-teacher and I were recognized for Co-Teachers of Excellence by the Virginia Department of Education and have mentored many teachers since. In the spring of 2017, I completed my Masters at Radford University in Educational Leadership to attain my administration license. While I have recently moved to work in Henrico County Schools, where I now teach sixth and seventh grade math, I look forward to being back at Radford and working with new teachers!
Theresa W. Richardson
Theresa W. Richardson, M. Ed, School Counselor, Roanoke County Public Schools Theresa has been a school counselor for 13 years. Her role has varied, and she has served as a middle school Student Assistance Program (SAP) counselor, middle school counselor, middle school counseling coordinator, and elementary school counselor. During all of her years of service, she has worked in urban Title I schools. She is currently working as a school counselor in an elementary school in Roanoke County and has fallen in love with her students!
Teresa A. Gibby Gibbons
Teresa A. 'Gibby' Gibbons, M. A Human Services, School Counselor, Burton Center for Arts & Technology, Roanoke County Public Schools Gibby has a worked in the education field for 31 years. Her experience includes elementary, middle, high, alternative education, and higher ed. She has done consulting work, leadership development, and diversity training around the country. Gibby is currently working at a specialty school preparing high school students for wherever their career path may take them!
April Bryant
April Bryant is a native of Roanoke, Virginia and graduated with a BS from Radford University's Middle School Education Program. She has taught history and civics for Roanoke City Schools collectively for nearly a decade. She is highly qualified in English and Social Sciences. April also successfully owned and operated a childcare center for four years. She is a happily married mother of two adorable redheads. She enjoys long distance running and claims to find mental clarity after mile seven. Her goal is to leave work smiling every day (hopefully not from lack of sanity).

 

 

 

Conference Schedule

Start Time End Time Topic of Discussion
7:30 AM 8:15 AM Sign in + Continental Breakfast (Peters Hall)
8:10 AM 8:20 AM Opening Remarks
8:25 AM 9:15 AM Session 1 Workshops
9:25 AM 9:50 AM Mentor Circles (Groups assigned at check-in)
10:00 AM 10:50 AM Session 2 Workshops
11:05 AM 12:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address
12:10 PM 1:00 PM Lunch - (Dalton Dining Hall)
1:15 PM 1:50 PM Mentor Circle 2
2:00 PM 2:50 PM Session 3 Workshops
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Mentor Circle 3
   
Cullege of Education and Human Development
Radford University, Radford VA 24142