Professional Presentations, Workshops, Events, Programs & Themes
Professional Presentations
Educator Workshops
- Getting Jazzed! Promoting Positive Thinking in an Educational Setting. National Council of Testing Administrators (NCTE) Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2004.
- From Sea to Shining Sea: Reflections of Local War Veterans Teaching, Learning & Technology Fair, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL. 2004.
- Eighth Grade Parent Night, Jersey Community High School, Spring 2010-2012.
- Going Digital: Successfully Implementing a One-to-One Conversion. Jersey County Business Association Member Presentation, August 2013.
- A REAL Revolution in the Principalship: A Faith Community Workshop. 2014.
- It’s Who We Are; It’s What We Do: Strategic Planning with Jersey 100 Stakeholders, Spring 2014.
- New Superintendents’ Conference: The First Year. August 2014.
- Getting to the Heart of Character. Jerseyville Rotary Club, February 2015.
- Communicating with ALL Stakeholders: Do It Right, Do It Well – a Presentation for Leaders. Illinois State Board of Education, 2016.
- What Does it Mean to Be a Panther? Coaches Meeting Expectations. July 2015.
- Bleed Blue: Increasing Participation in OUR Panther Athletic Club, September 2015.
- Jersey 100 Tax Levy Presentation for Jersey 100 Board of Education, December 2013-2016.
- Leadership 101: Changing the Community Story. Jersey County Business Association, 2017.
- Tabletop Activities for Educational Leaders. WELL Summit. 2019.
- Legacy & Learning - Building STEM Spirit by Engaging Your Stakeholders. STEM Summit, 2019.
- Continuous Improvement in Schools with Cognia (Remote Delivery). July 2020.
Educator Workshops
- When you believe…anything is possible. Building Culture at JCHS. School Improvement Workshop. Jersey Community High School, Jerseyville, IL.
- Technology for Community Workshop. Carrollton High School, Carrollton, IL.
- Inspiration and Kidspiration: Creating Graphic Organizers - Training for Teachers. Carrollton High School, Carrollton, IL.
- Aligning Curricula to State Standards. Workshop for Teachers, Carrollton High School, Carrollton, IL.
- Curriculum Development: Create and Align to the Standards. Regional Office of Education NO. 40. Carlinville, IL.
- Data Driven Decisions for Principals: Planning for the Future. Springfield, IL.
- Performance Strategies and Essentials Elements for Testing Success. Junior PSAE Workshop. JCHS. Jerseyville, IL.
- Becoming Innovative in the Classroom: A Technology Workshop for Professional Educators. North Greene High School, White Hall, IL.
- Building a 9-12 Curriculum: Incorporating Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Researching and Technology. JCHS, Jerseyville, IL.
- Getting down to the core: incorporating the common core standards into k-12 curricula. ROE No. 40. JCHS, Jerseyville, IL.
- Continuous Improvement in Schools. Cognia. Northern IL University. Naperville, IL.
- Preparing for the Engagement Review. Multiple Locations. (IL, AL, FL, ND)
- 1st Annual Patriotic Program for OUR Community Veterans. Jersey Community High School.
- Get Your Spirit On – A Talent Spectacular! East Elementary 1st Annual Talent Show. East Elementary.
- Reading Rebel: Rejoice! There’s Hope for You Yet: A Literacy Methodology Program for Educators, Regional Office of Education No. 40, Carlinville, IL.
- Panther Time! Jersey Community High School. Jerseyville, IL.
- Revving Up for Reading: A Reading Intervention Program for Struggling Students. Jerseyville East Elementary, Jerseyville, IL.
- RETRO Readers Club. A Literacy Program to Encourage and Inspire the Inner Reader in Students. Jerseyville East Elementary. Jerseyville, IL.
- Be Awesome. A Character Education Program for Intermediate Students. Jerseyville East Elementary, Jerseyville, IL.
- Superintendents’ Forum
- Just Commit to Higher Success
- Everyone Achieving Success Together
- Where Kids Come First
- Just Be Jersey
- Panthers with Heart
- If You Only Knew