Online, you’ll experience:
armchair conversations with creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson, Oklahoma Creativity Ambassador and Olympian Bart Conner, and accomplished jazz artist and educator Howard Hanger. This web 2.0 environment will provide many opportunities to connect with other educators, both in and out of the OK A+ Network. Links to creative resources and professional development sessions will also be available.
Optional Hotel Accommodations for A+ Conference Attendees
Date: September 11, 2009
Hotel: La Quinta Inn & Suites, 2140 Riverwalk Drive, Moore, OK 73160
Phone: 405-759-7700 Fax: 405-759-7711
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Room Types: Singles and Doubles
Rate for conference attendees: $75.65 plus tax (tax exempt with appropriate documentation and form of payment)
Reservations: August 28 is the deadline for this special conference rate.
Phone the hotel to reserve your room. Tell the agent that you are attending the Oklahoma A+ Schools Statewide Conference.
The all-new La Quinta Inn & Suites Moore is located 4 miles east of our conference location. This entirely non-smoking hotel offers a wealth of popular amenities such as free high-speed Internet access, Free Bright Side BreakfastTM, a business center, and a refreshing indoor pool and spa. In addition to free high-speed Internet access, you'll find a microwave, refrigerator, and other thoughtful amenities in each of the spacious guest rooms. Guest laundry facilities are available.
All educators and community members are invited to join us Saturday, September 12, 2009, as we continue nurturing creativity and weaving strands of learning!
Cancellation Policy: Registrant who does not attend will be billed for the full registration fee unless the OK A+ office receives a cancellation by noon, Tuesday, September 8, 2009, via online or email to skerby@uco.edu. Please note that this applies to ALL registrants.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2009
CONTACT: Rosalynn Wade, Oklahoma A+ Schools® Program Director, rwade@uco.edu, (405) 974-3777
UCO BASED OKLAHOMA A+ SCHOOLS® TO HOST STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
Educators and community members are invited to join OK A+ Schools on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 at Moore Norman Technology Center, S. Penn Campus for a day of professional development, networking, and creative connections at the fourth annual Statewide Conference, Integration: Weaving Strands of Learning.
This year’s OK A+ Statewide Conference brings exciting changes to its format. With the overarching concept of Vital Elements, both on-site and online opportunities will be included in participants’ registration fee. Educators will choose either morning or afternoon sessions held on site at Moore Norman Technology Conference Center, South Penn Campus in Oklahoma City, as best fits their schedules. Then, the OK A+ Statewide Conference online sessions will be available only to conference participants following Sept. 12, anywhere Internet is available.
“We are excited to connect our statewide network through technology and bring creative conversations to our participants that wouldn’t otherwise be available,” said OK A+ Program Director Rosalynn Wade.
Wade said the on site and online format will further extend opportunities for PK-12 grade educators to share classroom ideas and best practices through interactive workshop and Web 2.0 environments.
Registration opens July 10, 2009, at www.aplusok.org, and closes Sept. 10, 2009. Registration costs $60 for non-network members and $50 for OK A+ School network members, which includes seven7 hours of professional development and access to both on-site and online conference components.
On site, conference participants will weave experiential learning with curriculum connections for PK-12th grade classrooms. Each on-site conference session will be facilitated by OK A+ Fellows and OK A+ Partners, including professional artists and educators. The conference includes networking opportunities with educational professionals across the state. Companies, organizations and individuals focused on student-centered learning will be present as exhibitors throughout the day.
The online conference component includes Armchair Conversations with creativity expert and author Sir Ken Robinson, Olympic champion and Oklahoma Creativity Ambassador Bart Conner, and jazz artist, educator and author Howard Hanger. This web 2.0 environment will provide many opportunities to connect with other educators, both in and out of the OK A+ Network. Links to creative resources and professional development sessions also will be available.
For more information, or to register online, go to www.aplusok.org, or call OK A+ Schools at (405) 974-3779. Registration space is limited and first-come, first-served. The online conference component is only available to those who attend the on-site conference on September 12, 2009.
Oklahoma A+ Schools® is a statewide network of schools that advances a quality, whole school experience to nurture creativity in every learner and provides the state’s only research-based school reform model with creativity in its mission. Oklahoma A+ Schools® is headquartered at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK. For more information, visit www.aplusok.org or call (405) 974-3779.
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