Spring Conference '97: The Power of Our
Ideas
May 7 - May 8, 1997 Holiday Inn~Urbana,
Illinois
sponsored by: Illinois Alliance of
Essential Schools, Chicago Forum for School Change and the Illinois
State Board of Education
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- Keynote Speakers
- "School Reform in Illinois"
- Mr. Xavier Botana, Division Administrator, Middle Level
Education, ISBE
- Ms. Sheryl Poggi
- "Pretending not to know what we know"


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- Wednesday Workshops
- Looking at Student Work ~ Eileen Barton, Sullivan High
School; Cynthia Benford, Mather High School
- Introduction to Essential Schools ~ Lois Butler, Chicago
Forum for School Change and Chicago Vocational High School
- Introduction to Windows '95 Operating System ~ Gary DePaul,
College of Education
- Using Digital Cameras to do Demonstrations and Student
Reports ~ Ron Youngs, Mt. Carmel High School
- Using Email in the Classroom ~ Matthew Stuve, College of
Education
- Using Digital Cameras: Hands-on ~ Ron Youngs, Mt. Carmel
High School; Evangeline Secaras, College of Education
- Introduction to Macintosh and PC Desktop Repair and Upgrade
~ Gary DePaul & Matthew Stuve, College of Education
- An Internet Introduction for the Technophobe: Everything
You Wanted to Know About the Internet, But Were Afraid to Ask ~
Malik Bush, DuSable High School


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- Wednesday Rountables
- The Elmwood Graduate and Tech Prep ~ Kent Charlesworth,
Connie Webster, Judy Schlink, Elmwood Junior/Sr. High
School
- Critical Friends Group: Beginnings ~ Stephen J. Strull,
DuSable High School
- Working Backwards: The Final Exhibition ~ Marge Blair, Luis
Velazquez, Sullivan High School
- Tools for Effective Leadership ~ Richard Beck, Hononegah
High School
- Teacher Portfolio ~ Rebecca Sacks & Dan Lagesse, Mather
High School
- Exhibitions at Malta High School ~ Sue Augustine and
Members of the student Networking Team, Malta High School
- Strategic Teaching and Reading Project: Applying the
Principle - "Student as Worker, Teacher as Coach" ~ Jacquelin
McCord & Anna West, DuSable High School


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- Thursday Workshops
- Establishing a School Focus ~ Eileen Barton & Mose
Vines, Sullivan High School
- Using Microsoft PowerPoint in the Classroom ~ Cynthia
Clark, Broadmoor Junior High School
- Developing Your First Webpage ~ Gary DePaul, College of
Education
- "Power Up" with Multimedia Ideas for the Middle Grades ~
Karen Pickard & Judy Sebens, St. Matthew School
- Interactive Mathematics Program - Curriculum Development ~
Philip Perry & Anne Horne, DuSable High School


- Thursday Roundtables
- Complementary Concepts and the Common Principles of CES and
JRTOC ~ Kay Tokunaga, Michael Ghueim, Gary Pickens, Herman
Sheppard, Steinmetz Academic Centre
- Jumping Frogs and Twain: A Math Teacher's View ~ Susan
Guenerich, Broadmoor Junior High School
- Technology Used in Our Desktop Publishing Center ~ Sue
Augustine, Paul Augustine, & Kelly Johnston, Malta
Junior-Senior High School
- High School Teaming in a Rural Community ~ Gail Schlegel
& Gigi Trapp, Mt. Carmel High School
- Restructuring with Block Scheduling ~ Richard Beck,
Hononegah High School
- Experiencing Broadmoor: Students, Parents & Teachers ~
Angela Arnold, Nicole Criope & Eric Sharpe, Broadmoor
Junior High School
- Implementing Shared Decision Making - A Process of Communal
Frustration and Celebration ~ Charlie Hollerith & John
Carleton, Hononegah High School
- Planting for the Future: Horticulture and the Nine Common
Principles ~ Peter C. Zimmerman, Mather High School



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