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Speakers
2008
Keynote Address
Monday February 18th, 2008
 Monsignor
Jim Lisante is the Pastor
of Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish
in West Hempstead, New York. He
previously served as Director of the
Office of Family Ministry for the
Diocese of Rockville Center. He also
served as Director of the
Christophers. Monsignor Jim has
authored four books, including:
Of Life and Love, Let’s Talk,
Personally Speaking and The
Power of One. Long active in the
popular media, Monsignor Lisante has
hosted several national television
programs, including: Personally
Speaking and Christopher Close-up.
He is currently in the process of
launching a new television show,
Close Encounter, which will appear
nationally on PBS in the near
future. He is also a regular
contributor to Fox News Channel and
ABC Eyewitness News. His other
notable television appearances
include Ted Koppel’s Nightline and
The Phil Donohue Show. Monsignor
Lisante has also appeared on PBS,
MSNBC, CNN and CBS. He currently
hosts an annual NBC special called
Personally Speaking. Monsignor Jim
also hosts a nationally syndicated
radio program called Personally
Speaking. It can be heard through
the free pod cast,
itunes.com. Monsignor Jim’s
columns have appeared in over 300
newspapers. He is a widely sought
speaker at conferences around the
country. |
Session Speakers
Monday February 18th, 2008
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RAY APPEL: Forget Everything You
Learned in Math! (Grades 4 - 8)
So, you bought that and "saved" 30
bucks, right? Wrong. You spent $75!
If we don't show our children how to
use math in the world, the world
will show our children how to use
math - their way, for their
purposes! Ray will show you how a
lot of what we think we've learned
in math classes over the years is
actually distorted by the media,
changed by advertisers and in many
cases completely incorrect! ....But
it's all meant to make you buy more,
vote differently (swayed by stats?),
spend more (but think you're saving
lots!), take more time to pay off
your loans (but think you're saving
money!), eat junk (but think you're
eating healthy!) and more. Together,
we'll explore various strands, and
try some hands-on/minds-on
activities. Think about it: We want
our kids to become numerate for much
more than just getting a good job
one day. It's for day-to-day living!
Now. |
BR. ROBERT
BIMONTE: Teaching with the Brain in
Mind
Each day, brain research reveals new
discoveries about how people learn.
These insights have important
implications for the way we teach
and engage our students. Using an
interactive approach, this workshop
will provide a basic understanding
of how the brain works along with
strategies you can implement
immediately to enhance the teaching
and learning process. |
DR. MICHAEL CAROTTA: From Where You Stand
Regardless of your background or
training, this session will explore
four concrete ways you or any
faculty member can participate in
the spiritual journey of students
from where you stand- without
changing your role, relationships,
or the subject matter you teach. |
DR. CATHERINE
CAROTTA: Sustaining the Spirit To
Teach, Lead, Serve
The spiritual dimension of the
renewal process involves
remembering who or what
originally called you to this work,
examining factors impacting
your work, awakening to
events that support the work, and
living the call with all of its
challenges. This session will
explore: The characteristics of
those who lead a life of commitment;
The challenges of responding to your
call; The practices that may enliven
your call to teach, lead and serve. |
DR. LORNA
EARL: Rethinking Assessment With
Purpose in Mind
As learning becomes a priority for
all students, assessment is taking
on different roles. When assessment
becomes a key component of learning,
it can provide teachers and students
with a “window” into what students
understand and a mechanism for
deciding what to do next. In this
keynote, Dr. Lorna Earl will
highlight three purposes of
assessment, all of which are
important in classroom practice, and
describe how they require different
planning, use and reporting to
promote student learning. |
JULIE
FERGUSON: Reaching Reluctant Writers
For every teacher of intelligent and
verbally articulate students who
cannot string together more than a
couple of sentences. Many displaying
the common phenomenon of low written
output are boys. Why do they
struggle? How can you intervene?
With a lively PowerPoint
presentation that models the
remedies, learn essential tools,
powerful insights, and gain
practical resources that are
immediately applicable and sure to
improve the attitude and skills of
your reluctant writers. Join Julie
to demystify and manage low written
output. |
Session Speakers
Tuesday February 19th, 2008
JOHN ANGOTTI:
Feed My Lamb’s: The shepherd’s point
of view!
“I am the Good Shepherd I know mine
and mine know me.” The shepherd
before he leads his flock will walk
through the herd so that the sheep
become familiar with who is leading
them. Come and experience the depth
of understanding what it means to be
shepherds of our precious lambs.
Through music, stories, and witness
you will be able gather ideas on how
to lead your flock to prayer and
enter them into our Eucharistic
celebration with full, active and
conscious participation.
Understanding worship first has to
happen when we begin to see how the
worship experience is in direct
relationship to personal experiences
with God in the everyday. A creative
workshop on how to see our
obligation transformed into our
opportunity to love and serve the
Lord. |
DR. LANNIE
KANEVSKY: Opening Up Curriculum:
Differentiation for Gifted Students
and Their Classmates
Your gifted students can inspire
differentiated instruction that will
enhance learning for all students in
their class. Who is gifted? What do
they need? What can you do with and
for your whole class that will
challenge your brightest students.
Raise the ceiling on learning!
Strategies, examples and lots of
resources will be provided. |
DR. STEPHEN
SHORE: Life on and slightly to the
right of the autism spectrum:
Observations on success
Join Stephen in his autobiographical
journey from the nonverbal days as
he relates his life to the many
challenges facing people on the
autism spectrum. Some of the areas
discussed include classroom
accommodation, teaching of musical
instruments, as well as issues faced
by adults such as relationships,
self-advocacy, higher education, and
employment. |
DR. JUDY
HALBERT & DR. LINDA KASER: Formative
Assessment in Action
In this session, you will go deeper
with the evidence-based strategies
that have a direct impact on student
learning and motivation. One
strategy – cross grade coaching –
will be explored in depth and
participants will have the
opportunity to consider how this
strategy could be applied in various
settings. |
SAMANTHA
WILSON: CyberSafe: Protecting Kids
Online
Samantha Wilson’s highly acclaimed
presentation “Protecting Kids
Online” puts the spotlight on how to
keep kids safe online while enjoying
the benefits of technology. Whatever
your concern: Predators, Cyber
Bullies, Online Relationships or
Inappropriate Material, this
compelling presentation will help
educators understand what kids are
doing online, why the attraction and
how they can support and keep them
safe. |
CAMILLE DE
BLASI PAULEY: The Philosophical
Basic for Catholic Moral Theology
The Catholic Church offers a rich
and full understanding of the
meaning of human happiness, success,
quality of life, love, and freedom,
all of which informs its moral
teachings. This session will
synthesize some key observations
from Augustine to Aquinas to
contemporary philosophers, in a
classroom-friendly format, through
the model of the “four levels of
happiness”. Catholic teaching on the
meaning of the human person builds a
strong foundation for its teachings
on intrinsic dignity and fundamental
rights. In this session,
participants will learn how to fully
define a human person, construct a
compelling and logical argument for
basic personal dignity and human
rights, and apply these principles
to a few contemporary issues. |
GAIL BOUSHEY &
JOAN MOSER: Daily 5, of Course!
The “Daily 5” of course! Join the
sisters in this lively and engaging
session, as they introduce you to
the components of “The Daily 5”, an
elegantly simple structure designed
to support and develop independent,
motivated students who are engaged
for long periods of time in the
actual act of reading and the topic
of their new book! Come see their
new thinking, learning and most
current research. Lesson plans will
be shared to start your children on
the road to independence and high
achievement while allowing your
teaching and assessing to be more
focused and productive. |
MONSIGNOR GREG
SMITH: Let us pray
In his presentation, Msgr. Smith
reprises his successful keynote
address to the 2007 Religious
Education Congress. He will talk
about why to pray, how to pray, and
the joys of prayer. He quotes Abbot
John Chapman, an English spiritual
writer: “Pray as you can, not as you
can’t” to explain the importance of
exploring different ways to pray as
we grow in the life of faith. The
talk emphasizes the need for
religious educators to teach methods
of prayer, and not just to talk
about prayer. |
FATHER PETER
NYGREN: Prayer, Certainty & the
Meaning of Life
The very reverend, Fr. Peter Nygren,
OSB, originates locally from Gibsons,
BC where he spent several years
employed in the fishing industry.
Fr. Nygren studied at the seminary
of Westminster Abbey in Mission, BC.
In subsequent years, he joined the
monastery and currently he is the
rector of the Christ the King high
school. He teaches philosophy and
metaphysics. Prayer will be
discussed as an answer to the
meaning of life: where we are coming
from, where we are going and what we
are searching for? We often get
caught expecting an answer that we
already possess; and we overlook
what we already know. |
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