Brain-Based Learning: Brain Smart Teaching

The 2007 ETEA Fall Conference reflects the changes occurring in research-based educational practices that keep educators abreast of innovative strategies.  The fall “Brain Based Learning” Conference is designed to showcase key practices that produce high performing students and schools.  This workshop will enable principals, assistant principals, administrators, and  instructors to share ideas and techniques that showcase sensible ways to design techniques and strategies to improve instruction and monitor quality.  These practical ideas will optimize resources that schools need to motivate students to reach high standards.

ETEA is dedicated to disseminating the best academic practices through professional development programs and through addressing issues of delivery and instruction.  The 2007 ETEA Fall Conference is designed to showcase how to bring active participation into the curriculum.   Principals and classroom teachers will present practical perspectives of classrooms and schools that have successfully used brain-based learning to implement strategies that work!  

John Grubb, 2007 ETEA President
(McMinn County Schools)

Rosemary “Pete” Kerr ETEA President-Elect
(Loudon County Schools)

Karen Broyles, ETEA President Elect-Elect
(Sullivan County Schools)

Katie Litz, 2004 ETEA Board Member
(Sullivan County Schools)

Evangeline Montgomery, ETEA Board Member
(Sullivan County Schools)

Lana Doncaster, ETEA Executive Director
(865/379-0005)

Program Contents and Workshop Information

• How to use promising practices and strategies that really work.

• What do the elements of a brain-compatible class look like and sound like?

• How does a teacher structure a lesson to encourage interaction so students use a greater depth of thinking

  •     Learn how the brain processes information

  •     Enrich your lessons with brain-compatible strategies

•  Integrate thinking processes into real-life applications

• How can teachers promote deeper understanding and greater transfer of content learned in the classroom

Workshop Information

Join other classroom teachers in this exciting  workshop and  learn some "brain basics."   Come learn more about the latest research on how the brain functions and find out how you  can apply this new knowledge to functional classroom strategies that increase students' ability to remember information and enhance long-term memory.

Come have fun while you delve into the latest techniques in unlocking the mysteries of your student’s brains! Emphasis will be placed on showing how brain-based learning techniques can be incorporated into math, reading, memory enrichment, and all subject areas.   This all-day workshop presents brain-compatible strategies to help students reflect, apply and transfer skills.  Included will be hands-on sessions on how to implement reliable strategies that really work! The workshop will include many practical strategies for principals, assistant principals, and classroom teachers LIKE YOU!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

8:20 a.m. - Registration & Coffee

9:00 a.m. - Welcome & Keynote Workshop

10:00 a.m. - Hospitality Break/Discussion

10:30a.m.. - Workshop Continues

11:30 a.m. - Catered Lunch

12:30 p.m. - Workshop Continues

1:30 p.m. - Hospitality Break 2:00 p.m. - Workshop Continues 3:00 p.m. - Workshop Concludes

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