2008-2009 - Grand Valley State University

Learning Through
Collaboration
About their Wildly
Exciting Week,
teachers said...
I have a newly merged set of values
and attitudes that will influence
my teaching this year. When a
one-week conference can have that
much impact on an “old dog” and
make her want to learn new tricks,
I’d say it was complete success.
Pat Papke
This conference has allowed me to
realize the potential as well as all of
the possibilities and improvements
that I can make as an individual in
the classroom.
Jaclyn Zoerner
The week was extremely valuable.
It was a great motivating experience
to gear me up for a great new
school year.
Betsy Norton
I truly feel that this conference will
make a difference in my teaching.
Kathy VanderBee
Wow! This week forced me to think
about my true role as an educator
in the 21st century. As an educator,
I must fulfill a child’s basic needs as
a human being in order to strengthen
and grow his or her fundamental
needs as an academic learner.
Audrey Jennings
Each seminar was “wildly exciting”
for me because each speaker
expressed either a new idea that
I could try with my CI students or
gave me excellent information for
use in changing or tweaking what I
have in place at the present time.
Debra Vos-Osterink
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Mail the application to: WILDLY EXCITING EDUCATION, 301 W. Fulton, Suite 718J, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504
SB-CEUs/GVSU Credits – This option is handled separately by the Professional Development Partnerships and is payable the
st morning you attend the workshop. To help us plan, please indicate if you plan to take:
Fees - $150.00 for the day workshop, $100.00 for 3 days, or $50.00 per individual day.
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3 Days- __ 3 SB-CEUs $25.00 __ 1 GVSU Graduate Credit $375.00
5 Days- __ 9 SB-CEUs $25.00 __ 3 GVSU Graduate Credits $1125.00
Total Amount Enclosed: _____________ Make checks payable to GVSU.
Registration Form- Online Registration Available at www.gvsu.edu/coe/wildly
Shaping the Future
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Email:_______________________ Grade Level*:_____ School*:_________________
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Application Deadline: July 22, 2008
Over 300 teachers took time out from their summer
break to gather at the Eberhard Center August 4-8,
2008, for a Wildly Exiting Education Conference.
Centered on the theme Shaping Students’ Futures,
the College of Education sponsored the weeklong
conference in collaboration with Phi Delta Kappa
of Michigan and the GVSU Charter Schools Office.
Keynote speakers addressed:
• Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
• Responsible Thinking Process
• Getting Kids to Behave in School and the Classroom
• What Knowledge is of the Most Worth: Re-Imagine
Education in the Globalized Word
• Current Technology Applications
• Building Champions from Capturing Kids’ Hearts
*If applicable
Top left: Jim Fay, Love and Logic Institute, on “Getting Kids to Behave in School
and the Classroom.” Top right: Dalbert Galloway, Leadership Consultant with Jacque
Melin, COE Conference Chair. Galloway’s message: “Capturing Kid’s Hearts.”
Left: Dr. Yong Zhao,
MSU Distinguished Professor,
on “What Knowledge is of the
Most Worth: Re-Imagine Education
in the Globalized World.”