2018 CEA Convention: Full Schedule

10:45am EDT

Brain Breaks for the World Language and Immersion Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Come learn over 20 different brain breaks that you can start using with your students next week. No tennis shoes required but come ready to move and have fun! This will be a hands on sectional in which we will be learning each brain break by doing it ourselves.

Speakers

Jane VanderBeek

Spanish Teacher at Holland Christian High School, Holland Christian High School

Jane Vander Beek has taught Spanish at Holland Christian since 1994 and has been using proficiency-based teaching strategies for over 10 years. She loves traveling with her family and has twice taken a year leave of absence from teaching at HC so she and her family could live in Morelia... Read More →

Chairperson

Emily Sloterbeek

SW Christian School

Thursday October 25, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company General

1:00pm EDT

TPRS/CI in the World Language Classroom: Learning and sharing together

Limited Capacity seats available

The presenter will start by giving a brief overview of what TPRS/CI is and a few strategies that work well in her classroom. Then please be ready to share: do you consider yourself a TPRS/CI teacher? Please consider sharing some teaching strategies that have been successful in your classroom (or sharing struggles and challenges are OK too!). Do you want to learn more about using comprehensible input in your world language classroom? Come and ask questions. Let's learn and grow together so we can better equip our students in their language acquisition journey.

Speakers

Jane VanderBeek

Spanish Teacher at Holland Christian High School, Holland Christian High School

Chairperson

Samantha Snellink

Zeeland Christian School

Thursday October 25, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company General

2:15pm EDT

Purposeful Poetry

Limited Capacity seats available

Poetry is fun! Poetry is a useful tool to engage learners of all ages. This session will cover using poetry to raise cultural awareness, teach grammar, and motivate students. You will walk out with ideas to use in your classroom on Monday morning.

Speakers

Becky Witte

Doctoral Student, Michigan State University

Becky Witte is a former teacher at Ada Christian School. This fall she started on a new adventure as a doctoral student at Michigan State University. She has an interest in infusing social justice into middle grade classrooms.

Chairperson

Andrea DeYoung

Ada Christian School

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company 3rd - 6th

3:30pm EDT

Social Justice Activities for the Elementary Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Simulations, ideas, and resources centered about justice-related issues will be shared.

Speakers

Becky Witte

Doctoral Student, Michigan State University

Chairperson

Gretchen Snape

SW Christian School

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company 3rd - 6th

9:00am EDT

A Pleasure to Measure: Classroom Activties for Grades K-5

Limited Capacity seats available

How well do your students really understand length, area, and volume measurement? Join us to explore several measurement learning activities in grades K-5 that will help you assess and prompt growth in your students' understanding.. See related website: http://www.childrensmeasurement.org

Speakers

Jeffrey Barrett

Professor of Math Education, Illinois State University

Jeff has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University since 1997. His teaching and research interests focus on the coordination of number and space as students learn mathematics, on the professional growth of teachers in K-8 teaching positions... Read More →

Dave Klanderman

Professor of Mathematics Education, Calvin College

After 28 years at Trinity Christian College, Dave recently joined the mathematics department at Calvin College. His teaching and scholarship help prepare future elementary, middle, and high school mathematics teachers. He has helped to implement math events for students at the elementary... Read More →

Chairperson

Brenda Flikkema

Delavan Christian School

Friday October 26, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company K - 5th

10:15am EDT

PBL: Inventions Presented in Spanish

Limited Capacity seats available

This presentation showcases an example of project based learning being applied to the classroom. A kindergarten classroom partakes in problem solving through inventions.

Speakers

Victoria DeEsteva

Spanish Immersion Kindergarten Teacher, Muskegon Christian School

Victoria De Esteva is an educator from the Dominican Republic with more than 25 years of experience in the educational field. She has been applying project based learning in International schools for over 20 years. She is a true believer that project based learning will prepare students... Read More →

Chairperson

Laura Zondervan

Zeeland Christian School

Friday October 26, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
River Level Suite 2 on the lower level of the Century Center.

Session, SCECH

Company K - 3rd