MNEA hosts conference for future educators

Missouri NEA’s Student NEA members, college students studying to become educators, and FEA-Missouri, high school students planning to enter the teaching profession, are teaming up again for their annual professional-development conference.

At this conference, students have fun networking with other students and learning from the pros. Participants grow professionally, learn new strategies and share ideas and experiences as they participate in activities and sessions centered around this year’s theme, “Creatively Building Future Minds.”

The event is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 16, and will be held at Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark. The registration fee includes Friday night dinner and accommodations (four per room), breakfast and lunch on Saturday, workshops, activities and lots of fun.

Maddie Fennell’s session, “How to Nail Jell-O to the Wall,” was a favorite last year, and she will present the keynote at 7 p.m. on Friday. The Student Advisory Committee is excited to have Brian Freeman, “The School Daddy,” as the Saturday keynote speaker.

Registration details can be found at www.mnea.org. Register before Jan. 25 for early bird discounts. Jan. 31 is the deadline for all registrations. FEA advisors must register their group members. Both FEA sponsors and student association advisors can register and attend without charge. For more information, contact Ann Jarrett or Sharon Watson at (800) 392–0236, or e-mail Ann.Jarrett@mnea.org or Sharon.Watson@mnea.org.

Master Schedule

Friday, Feb. 15
5–6 p.m. Registration
5–7 p.m. Explore the exhibits and book fair
6–7 p.m. Dinner–taco bar mixer
7 p.m. Opening session
Keynoter Maddie Fennell, 2006 Nebraska teacher of the year
8:30–10 p.m. Poster design contest

Saturday, Feb. 16
7:30–8:45 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m.–1:55 p.m. Book fair
7:30–8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45–9:35 a.m. Breakout I
9:45–10:35 a.m. Breakout II
8:45–10:35 a.m. Praxis II workshop, CBASE workshop
10:45–11:45 a.m. Student NEA awards and business meeting—Granada B
FEA awards and business meeting and election of officers—Granada A
12–1:45 p.m. Box lunch with keynoter Brian Freeman, “The School Daddy”
1:55–3 p.m. Session III

sb, winter '07