HOMESCHOOL CONVENTION - Oregon Home Education Network

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Adult Workshops - Session 3 A11 - The New Consciousness of Education (John Bennett) - Room 101 - 102 The education system in the United States is in need of a major transformation, despite continuing governmental controls and ongoing efforts from within the system to effect change. The imbalance between relationships and resources remains at the core of the problem. The key to the solution is looking at the problem in a different way and NCE, The New Consciousness of Education, is that new lens. Come try on a brand new pair of shades, custom-fit with NCE lenses. Not only will you see the world differently, you may never want to take those shades off ever again. A12 and A19 (2-hour session) - Experience Dyslexia: A Learning Disabilities Simulation (Kelly Arnold and Anne Shoepe) - Room 103 Come learn more about the most common cause of reading, writing and spelling difficulties. Experiencing Dyslexia is a hands-on experience that was designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustrations that people with dyslexia encounter daily.(This also mimics problems with ADHD, dysgraphia, and auditory processing problems since these conditions are often associated with dyslexia.) Participants rotate among six learning stations that simulate various language-related tasks similar to those encountered in the classroom and workplace. This workshop will extend across both session 3 and session 4. A13 - College Planning 101: Practical and Streamlined Advice for Parents and Students (Brian Bills) - Room 105 As early as the 8 th grade equivalent academic year, families need to start helping their students chart the course for acceptance to the colleges of their choice. This workshop will help you understand today’s increasingly competitive college admissions process, highlight the importance of building a winning student profile, and address unique issues for the homeschooled applicant. A14 - Making the Brain-Body Connection: Music & Movement for Whole-Brain Learning (Kaylyn Mabey) - Music Room How can a song paired with purposeful movement make memorizing easier? Does music really help children learn sequence and impulse control? What body movements help develop communication and coordination between both sides of the brain? Learn the answers to these questions plus tips and tricks to incorporate music and movement into your homeschool experience. A15 - Language Experience Approach (Gina Guzman) - Room 202 The Language Experience Approach is a gentle language arts method for teaching reading and writing that works with any age, any ability, and any educational philosophy. In LEA we use the person's own words and experiences to create stories that are then used to teach a wide variety of language arts skills. Best of all you can do it for free and with very little prep time. This is a good workshop for anyone who wants to get out of the reading and writing workbook rut or just wants something new to add to their current methods. 6 About Our Speakers Dr. Jim Petersen, a professional counselor and retired pastor (and fisherman), distilled more than forty years of experience in interpersonal relationships, teaching, and counseling into an informal, often humorous volume loaded with practical tips, examples, and techniques to practice. He leads workshops and teaches listening/counseling skills in churches’, businesses and schools, based on his book, “Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships.” Terry Purcell feels younger than he is. He knows what a paradiddle is, and will teach you for free. He reads at a 25th grade level. He knows, off the top of his head, what words can be spelled with the letters A-E-E-I-N-R-T. He loves getting people excited about events that happened 50, 100, or even 1000 years ago. He still gets excited about those events himself on a daily basis. Aside from this, Terry is also an instructor at Village Home Education Resource Center and is charged with keeping up with teens, tweens, and little ones - a task he loves. Chris and Marian Scadden (Cwerks) are co-owners of Cwerks Interactive Theatre & have been homeschooling for almost 20 years. They've been performing, teaching, and directing for even longer throughout Oregon, California, and Washington. Chris has a masters in bilingual education and Marian has a degree in children's theatre. Debbie Schmidt (Cwerks) is well-known throughout the homeschool community for her science dissection classes and primitive living skills camps. She is a part of Cwerks Interactive Theatre's new AHSM ("awesome") program = Arts, Humanities, Science and Math. Debbie has also taught a variety of classes for all ages: at conferences, schools, church daycares, 4-H events, scout events, museums and other venues. She has been home/car schooling for almost 19 years. Anne Shoepe has a Master’s degree in Special Education and is the owner of Developing Young Minds, which is a private practice servicing children with developmental delays and disabilities. Anne is a certified dyslexia specialist and provides both testing and tutoring for dyslexia. She has homeschooled her three children, one of whom has special needs. Cori Smith is the mother to two boys ages 6 and almost 9, who she has homeschooled since preschool. She has an eclectic approach that has influenced by Charlotte Mason and modern studies in education. Cori blogs at www.wonderinthewoods.wordpress.com about homeschooling and parenting topics. 23
About Our Speakers Gina Guzman has been teaching, in one form or another, her entire life. Besides earning a degree in Elementary Education and Learning Disabilities she has tutored students of all ages, helped start a family literacy program, taught American Citizenship, Adult Basic Education, and English as a Second Language; as well as taught within the homeschool community. Her family has been homeschooling for ten years. Anna Heinrich, M.Ed, has been training adults for over 20 years. She is an instructional designer, facilitator, and producer with InSync Training, a global Virtual Classroom provider. One the things that drove Anna to homeschooling was her work with the Northwest Media Literacy Center in 2000-2003. “Homeschooling gives us time. This time with our son counters the impact media has on him and our society.” Anna and her husband have homeschooled their son for all his 13 years. “I’m the first to admit homeschooling has been challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!” Terry Jordan, a homeschooling mom for 16 years, has a passion for storytelling. She has shared her tales, encouraging others to do the same, in workshops and presentations at retreats, festivals, and conferences all around the country and even abroad in Dublin, Ireland (which is a grand place for telling tales, don'tcha know). Terry is a member of the National Storytelling Network and served on the board of the Portland Storytellers' Guild where she continues to be a member. For five years, Terry has facilitated a monthly Story Coaching session for storytellers of all levels. Terry is a Reiki Master/Teacher and co-Founder of EastWest Reiki Association, whose mission is to train and support all those using Reiki as a tool for self-care. She teaches a weekly preschool class at Village Home, teaches Taekwondo to adults and children and is currently training to run in the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon while raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Kaylyn Mabey (Cwerks) is a part of Cwerks Interactive Theatre’s new AHSM (“awesome”) program = Arts, Humanities, Science and Math. A homeschooling mom for 16 years, she has also taught a variety of classes for all ages; at conferences, schools, church daycares, 4-H events, scout events, museums, and other venues. She has taught music workshops longer than she’s homeschooled! See us at www.cwerks.com Tamra Orr has been unschooling since before it had an official name (in other words, 25-plus years). She is a full time author/writer of more than 350 nonfiction books, including half a dozen on homeschooling. She is mom to four, wife to one, and spends her free time writing letters to people all over the world or reading—both preferably done at a campsite somewhere. 22 Adult Workshops cont. - Session 3 A16 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Oregon Home Education Laws (Amy Grant) - Room 203 Ask your questions about the ins and outs of Oregon home education, private school laws, reporting and testing requirements, and discuss compliance/noncompliance issues in this interactive session. Amy will also discuss trends in the state legislature, and what you can do to protect your home education freedom. A17 - Media Literacy (Anna Heinrich) - Room 204 We teach our children how to comprehend their reading. We should be doing the same for the television. The media we see on the TV is a major part of how we communicate as a society. Just like learning how to analyze reading, this session teaches parents how to critically analyze what we see on the television. The session will focus on the five principles to deconstructing media and what type of questions we should be asking. The goal is to have a set of questions we can start using to get ourselves and our kids thinking about the hidden stories in television. 7
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