MB: Winnipeg 2012

Each year, approximately 180 Christian School educators attend the ACSI MB Teacher Convention which is located in Winnipeg. The Convention features three general sessions, workshops on distinctive topics pertinent to educators, and approximately 12 exhibitors.

2012 Theme: God's Plan, Our Future.

For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Date: February 17, 2012

Keynote Speakers: Brian Simmons and Kimberly Franklin

Information Helpful to Registrants

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• Brochure (speaker, keynote sessions, schedule, hotel list)
• Location
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• Schedule
• Keynote Information
• Workshop Information
• Resources

Location

Located at Linden Christian School in Winnipeg, MB
Directions

Hotels

Printable Hotel List

Holiday Inn Winnipeg South

Canad Inns Express—Fort Garry

Canad Inns Destination Centre—Fort Garry

Quality Inn & Suites Winnipeg

Schedule

Keynote Information

Brian Simmons, president of ACSI since August 1, 2009, has served as a man of vision, a man of action and a team leader who has the cause of Christ through the ministry of Christian school education as his primary goal. Dr. Simmons has served as vice president; adjunct professor; superintendent; teacher and administrator at various schools and universities in the US. Dr. Simmons and his wife, Bonnie, enjoy serving the Lord together. They have four children.


 

Kimberly Franklin is Associate Professor and Dean of Education at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. She has worked as a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, and elementary principal as well as a consultant for the Society of Christian Schools in BC and for the Federation of Independent Schools Association in BC. She currently teaches courses in curriculum development, assessment for learning, and language arts curriculum and pedagogy to both elementary and secondary stream
pre-service teachers.

Topic Descriptions

God’s Plan, Our Future—Brian Simmons
We in the ACSI family have a simple yet profound desire for Christian school students: a desire for them to become thoroughly prepared, sold-out, full-throttle disciples of Jesus Christ! The plan of God is that all His children be educated in accordance with His truth, and we want to do our part to ensure that type of education. Despite the myriad challenges our schools face, we realize that our role is to walk in faith, knowing that God’s way for us as individuals, as families, and as schools will be better than any of us could ever imagine!

Assessment, Learning and Motivation:  How Assessment Practices Impact our Students’ Hearts and Minds—Kimberly Franklin
How we assess and grade our students conditions them into ways of being that can be at odds with the kind of existence and approach to learning that we hope our students experience.  Even when teachers are aware of this tension and seek to create different conditions for their students, they often find themselves locked into assessment processes that pull them back into a ‘punishment and reward’ paradigm.  This session will untangle the relationship between assessment, learning and motivation, moving the conversation beyond a superficial understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and towards practices that enhance rather than interfere with learning.

Towards Ethical and Accurate Grading Practices—Kimberly Franklin
Building on new understandings of motivation, assessment and learning, this session will take a closer look at current K–12 grading practices and provide practical ways these practices can be enhanced or changed to ensure they do what they are intended to do—communicate student learning ethically and accurately.  Specific examples of what grades should and shouldn’t include, how grade books can be reorganized according to learning targets, how grades can be determined rather than calculated, how assessments can and can’t be differentiated, how learning can be narrated rather than graded, and how students of all ages can be meaningfully involved in their own assessment will be presented. 

Workshop Information

Workshop Descriptions

Resources

Worth It: The 15,000-Hour Decision by Brian Simmons will be available at the convention at the ACSI Canada Bookroom table or can be ordered from the ACSI Canada Bookroom website.