March 16, 2018
4:00 PM
Garden Grove
11999 Harbor Blvd
Event description
The CTA Good Teaching Conferences continue to support excellent teaching and learning practices for classroom teachers via peer-to-peer instruction. Offering a variety of diverse workshops focused on curriculum content areas for K-12 teachers, the conferences provide opportunities for professional development and offer time to network and share ideas with colleagues and experts in the field of education. Join us on Friday for two newly updated and timely pre-conferences.
Registration begins on Friday at 4:00pm with a dinner buffet reception at 6:30pm followed by entertainment. Workshops begin Saturday morning and end with Caucuses in the late afternoon. Sunday morning workshops are followed by a brunch and closing general session. The conference concludes at 12:00pm.
CONFERENCE WORKSHOP TOPICS (subject to change)
Here are just a few of the 80 different workshops scheduled to be offered:
– Positive Classroom Management Strategies
– NGSS and Engineering in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom
– Integrating Mindfulness in the Classroom
– Understanding Dyslexia
– Handling School Stress! Empowerment Tools for Teachers
– Student Loan Forgiveness
– Literacy in Secondary Science
– Inquiry Based Learning for Secondary Students
Click here to view program guide
AGENDA-AT-A- GLANCE (subject to change)
Friday, March 16
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Pre-Conferences
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm CTA Registration Desk
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Exhibits
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Conference Orientation
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Welcome Reception & Dinner Buffet with Entertainment
Saturday, March 17
7:30 am – 3:00 pm CTA Registration Desk
7:30 am – 3:30 pm Exhibits
8:00 am – 9:00 am Morning Bonus Session, Alyson Hoberecht
9:15 am – 10:30 am Workshops
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Workshops
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch & General Session
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Workshops
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Caucus Meetings
Dinner on Own
Sunday, March 18
8:00 am – 10:00 am CTA Registration Desk
8:30 am – 9:45 am Workshops
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Brunch & Closing Session
EARLY REGISTRATION INCENTIVE
Register for the Good Teaching Conference by February 17, 2018 and you will be placed in a drawing to have Saturday lunch with CTA President Eric C. Heins, Vice President Dr. Theresa Montano or Secretary-Treasurer David Goldberg.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
March 1, 2018
UNIVERSITY CREDIT
University Credit is available online from California State University Chico Department of Education. One semester unit of credit is available at this conference. The cost is $60 per unit and is payable by check or credit card. Click here to purchase the unit.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Professional Growth credit will be available at no cost.
Pre-Conference
FRIDAY PRECONFERENCE
IPD Equity & Access in Assessment (9:00am - 3:00pm)
How does assessment affect the social-emotional well-being of students in the classroom? What do teachers need to know so that they can engage in effective assessment practices to support student learning?
Your classrooms have diverse learners with diverse needs and educators know that the best assessment practices are those that take place during classroom instruction, not in a single isolated event. Participants will come away with a bigger toolbox of daily classroom practices that can be used to gauge student learning and will develop a deeper understanding of how to design formative assessments that take the well-being of students into consideration.
Journey to Financial Independence (10:00am - 4:00pm)
This free one-day workshop gives educators the tools to plan for financial independence and create an engagement plan to share with local union colleagues. We are excited about a new approach to our retirement savings pre-conferences which includes inviting chapter leaders, membership chairpersons and site reps (up to 5 per chapter).
CTA wants to help members reach their retirement dreams. This is a core union value and great way to engage local members. We are inviting local leaders, membership chairpersons and/or site reps to the conference to help them in their journey and identify opportunities to build an organizing campaign around this important issue with local members.
