Clear your calendar - It's going down! NDCEL Fall Conference 2019 kicks off on October 16th with an amazing pre-conference focused on Ed Law and fall board meetings, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Bismarck is our meeting spot for days of professional growth, fun, and excitement. Come one, come all, bring your leadership team, buckle up, and hang on for the ride. This is going to be epic! Everything you need is here - great leadership training - Networking - Grad Credit Available.
Conference takes place Wednesday afternoon (pre-conference) October 16th through Friday October 18th. Pre-Conference Required for Graduate Credit
The NDCEL Fall Conference is the PREMIER professional development for ALL Educational Leaders in North Dakota. In fact - it is so important that we come together to learn that there is NO SCHOOL on these days! Keeping a strong focus on networking - learning together - and premier training - these days are ones that you surely do not want to miss!
This is going to be an amazing day@@ Clear your calendar - It's going down!
This presentation is based off the book “Mastering Leadership” by Robert Anderson and William Adams. The ideas shared in this talk help to understand some fundamental roots of conflict and personality characteristics that lead to ineffective teaming and organizational problems. “Mastering Leadership” has a view towards leadership where our greatest strengths as colleagues and leaders are also the root cause of our greatest weaknesses that we bring to our teams and classroom. Bringing an educator’s experience to the theory, this talk will: identify causes of organizational conflict; give insights into tapping into ours and others’ individual strengths; help mitigate weaknesses of leadership in our teams and among students or subordinates; and develop a mindset of educators as leaders everywhere, in every situation, and in every team.
Sheyenne - Reading Corps and Math Corps - Jolene Garty, Erica Kindem, Kerri Whipple, Lindsey Phillips
Learn about Tier 2 intervention programs provided by the South East Education Cooperative (SEEC) and the Central Region Education Association (CREA) including PreK Reading Corps (ages 3-5), K-3 Reading Corps, and Math Corps (grades 4 to 8). SEEC & CREA staff will provide an overview of each program, students targeted, research-base and fidelity of each program and how schools can participate.
Heart - What Positive Narrative Would you want a Prospective Teacher to Know about your Community? - Dr. Steven Johnson
The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teacher! Does your community honor the position of a teacher? More than ever rural communities must have staff who are classroom ready, school ready and community ready. The recruitment, preparation and retention of outstanding rural teacher-leaders is an essential element of the Rural Teacher Corps Project. The presentation will explain proven strategies to strengthen the recruitment, preparation, placement and retention of outstanding rural teacher-leaders. The Rural Schools Collaborative now has nearly ten years of data that will be shared in the report Ozarks Teacher Corps: Placement, Retention, & Perceptions, 2010-2019. The results of a national survey conducted in collaboration with NREA, Rural Schools Collaborative and TNTP will be presented as the survey breaks out results by state. Survey results for North Dakota will be presented as far as barriers and satisfaction of educators working in the state. The presentations will also include other successful models from all over the world. School leaders need to work in collaboration with our communities, colleges and staff to fill position with quality teachers-leaders.
The Department of Career and Technical Education is in the process of developing the state’s plan for Career and Technical Education. The Department is not only striving to educate more stakeholders on the present state of CTE in North Dakota, but also collect feedback from multiple groups to ensure the plan meets the needs of the state.Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
As an educational leader, you must be attuned to how your behaviors affect the performance of those you supervise. Certain behaviors have been shown to decrease teacher performance and, even, may make your teachers want to quit. This presentation will focus on identifying those behaviors that can negatively affect teacher performance and how to change your leadership behaviors so you can create a more positive culture in your school.
Grand Pacific - Edgenuity and Purpose Prep: Educating the Whole Student - Trish Corcoran, Jody Burns
The student to counselor ratio averages 482 to 1, but students need more social and emotional help than ever before. Edgenuity is partnering with Purpose Prep to support educators as they tackle problems like these: • 43% of kids have been bullied online. • 40 million students (age 12 and above) have a substance abuse problem. • 95% of students feel inferior in life. • 2.1 million youths (under 18) are arrested yearly. • 90% of students carry emotional scars (Source: StageOfLife.com Teen Trend Report; EdSource.org) Aligned to core competencies outlined by CASEL, Purpose Prep is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of their own personal development. In this session, we will explore Purpose Prep and discuss proactive options for social and emotional learning to guide district administrators as they implement strategies that support teachers and students.
I have been called many times in the past about what my experiences with having multiple administrative roles has been. I worked in Munich for 5 years at a K-12 principal and other duties as assigned and now I am splitting the superintendency and elementary principal role. Having these multiple hats brings challenges and unique difficulties. Come to hear and discuss!
Many K-12 leaders are surprised to learn how many of their students are acting in ways that pose an immediate threat to themselves or others— and leaving evidence of this behavior in their online activity. Learn more about key trends in student behavior, how early intervention saves lives, and how school districts can get the actionable intelligence that they need to prevent a tragic situation before it's too late. Hear North Dakota's Regional Sales Manager Jeremy Robertson speak on the state of student safety in the 2018-19 school year.
Heart - School District Disclosure Obligations and the ND School District Credit Enhancement Program - Ann Wuollet, Myroh Knutson
We would like to review continuing disclosure obligations for school districts, especially regarding the SEC's new rule that went into effect earlier this year. In addition, a review of guidelines for the North Dakota School District Credit Enhancement Program as it pertains to issuing and issued bonds.
Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Preparation is key to preparing students to become effective leaders. Building Tomorrow’s Leaders (BTL) program provides tools for your students to gain necessary skills to become involved community members and effective leaders. Learn more about the BTL program which aims to: * Empower students to get involved in school and civic organizations, * Build confidence and strengthen the skills students need to lead others, * Assist student in developing their personal and professional networks, and * Help students complete a project to meet a school or community need by applying what they’ve learned. Targeted instruction areas include eight North Dakota State Standards based modules: Principles of Leadership, Effective Communication, Effective Meetings, Career Preparation, Leadership Etiquette, Managing Conflict, Community & State Exploration and Project Management. Schools have the flexibility to implement the BTL program in a format that best meets the needs of the given school district and are encouraged to apply for funds from the Department of Public Instruction.Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Strategic planning will align district goals and objectives to focus on operational resources and student achievement. District alignment to Federal and State mandates as well as local initiatives will assist districts in maximizing overall student experience and achievement. Dr. Schatz is the master at assisting with school strategic planning. This is one you won't want to miss!
This session will cover education pathway courses that are available to high school students that are interested in becoming teachers. Participants will learn about the content of each course, as well as how the courses can be used to meet the requirements of the North Dakota Academic and CTE Scholarship.
A Culture of Greatness is where we expect great things to happen due to Excellence, Optimism, Empowerment and Coaching, Trust and Love, and Passion. We know culture drives behavior and behavior drives habits. But what happens when Negativity, the #1 factor that sabotages morale & performance, begins to rear it’s ugly head in your school/district? Those nasty “Energy Vampires” show up and, when left unchallenged, can suck the life right out of your building. Presenter Jerry Hanson, a retired Fargo principal, will share The No Complaining Rule developed by Jon Gordon, Mr. Positivity. This highly-successful plan will neutralize the negative factor and move your building back on the greatness track.
Patterson - Working Together for Save and Healthy Schools: Behavioral Health Transformation in ND - Pam Sagness & Kirsten Baesler
Through countless discussions with local, regional and state leaders in education and community health it's become very apparent that we need to think about behavioral health of our students and families differently. And we need to act. DIrector Sagness and Superintendent Baesler will share the significant changes that are occurring as a result of the 2019 legislative session. A major reorganizational bill was passed to allow NDDHS to respond more flexibly and efficiently to behavioral health needs including those in our schools.
Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
At Girls Who Code, we believe that all girls are capable of making a positive impact on the world through computer science. That is why we are leading the movement to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. Join us to learn more about how to encourage girls in your community to connect their new coding skills and confidence with real world problems they care about! During this presentation, we will be featuring our Girls Who Code Clubs, which are completely free after-school programs for 3rd-5th or 6th-12th grade girls to join a sisterhood of supportive peers and role models and use computer science to change the world. Through fun and interactive curricula, Club girls not only learn about how to positively impact their community through code, but they also are taught to be brave and resilient -- which has enormous impact on how they approach challenges and whether they stick with coding in the years to come. Together, we will discuss how to start a Girls Who Code Club, participate in hands-on activities that you can walk away with, and engage in a design thinking activity to help you bring code and gender equity to your community. We hope you will join us in our movement to close the gender gap in technology!
Heart - Creating a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment - ND Native American Essential Understandings - Lucy Fredericks
This session will focus on working with the NDNAEU to create a school environment that is culturally responsive to the whole child. We will share all of the new teaching resources on the www.teachingsofourelders.org website.Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Those darn millennials. They are bossy and demanding. They don’t fit with our school culture. How can administrators weave multi-generations of teachers into one cohesive working community? This session will not only outline characteristics of the different generations that are currently working in today’s schools, but will also provide strategies for educational leaders to create a unified learning community.
