Southeast Alabama Regional Inservice Center

TROY BEST ROBOTIC GAME November 5, 2022
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Troy University BEST Robotics ‘Game Day’ competition set for Nov. 5 - Troy Today The Southeast Alabama Regional Inservice Center at Troy University will present the fifth BEST Robotics Game Day competition on Nov. 5 in Trojan Arena on the Troy Campus. This year’s Game Day, with the theme is “Made 2 Order,” will begin at 10 a.m. with 16 teams competing. The BEST program, wh...

You are invited!

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in partnership with Troy University's Theatre Education program will offer a day of professional development for Alabama teachers as part of the annual Southern Writers Festival. Hands-on workshop sessions will offer experience with playwriting, script interpretation, and acting performance techniques. The day will feature three two-hour sessions, plus lunch and panel discussion with guest playwrights, and a tour of ASF. Tickets to an evening concert (07/15) and three Southern Writers Festival readings the following day (07/16) are included for participants.
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM sessions (8:00 PM - 9:30 PM concert optional)

There is a cost of $75 per teacher. Should you need assistance, contact Tori Averett at [email protected] or call 334-808-6142. Thank you.

Registration link to attend the event--

https://asf.net/educator-professional-development-page-to-stage

Registration link to receive teacher Professional Development credit hours in PowerSchool—

https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/437608

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Keynote speakers are: June 28, Mrs. April Kennedy. April Kennedy is a dynamic and energetic presenter whose acclaims include Florida’s Teacher of the Year and nominee for Disney’s American Teacher Award. Having devoted twenty-five years of her career to education, April’s experience includes teaching elementary and middle school, Curriculum Coordinator, Principal, and internationally known consultant and keynote speaker. She has gained recognition across the country in improving reading and writing scores in struggling schools.

April is the creator and co-author of Teaching with Smart Centers , Creating a Smart Writer’s Workshop, and Smart Guided Reading Bags. Her presentations are heavily sought after by educational conferences and both private and public-school systems because of her highly effective staff development training and seminars.

Above all, teaching remains April’s passion and she understands the importance of constructing a learning environment that maximizes every student’s ability to learn effectively. April is an exciting presenter with up-to-date, research based proven strategies who will help you find the inspiration, courage, and resources to nurture a joyful and authentic literacy classroom!

June 29, Mrs. Sara Holbrook and Mr. Michael Salinger. Sara Holbrook is an educator, author/poet and literary consultant with over 30 years’ experience as a writer in the fields of education, law, public housing, and drug prevention, she has been teaching in classrooms around the U.S. and over 50 other countries for more than 20 years. She is also the author of more than fifteen books for children, adults and teachers as well as an award-winning performance poet and frequent keynote speaker. Her middle grade historical fiction novel, The Enemy, Detroit 1954 won the 2018 Jane Addams Peace Award.

Michael Salinger is an educator, author/poet, playwright has been writing and performing poetry and fiction for over 30 years. He has written books for elementary to adult readers as well as having co-authored four professional books for teachers. His book, Well Defined, Vocabulary in Rhyme, won a VOYA top shelf award. As a literacy consultant, he has visited over 200 cities spread across more than 50 countries, developing an expertise in working with English language learners.

Together, they were named the 2021 Outstanding English Educators of the year by the Ohio Council of Teachers of English and are the authors of five professional books, including their most recent publication, From Striving to Thriving Writers, Strategies to Jump-Start Writing (Scholastic), a collaboration with Stephanie Harvey and the digital curriculum supplement Read Write Speak it! Empowering Student Voices