Future Teachers Conference
10th Anniversary of the Future Teachers ConferenceMarch 7, 2009Honoring Future and Current Teachers The Future Teachers Conference is a day-long symposium designed to give high school and college students, of all backgrounds, a look at education today and the inspiration to pursue teaching as a profession. Though past conferences were focused solely on future teachers, this year’s conference will also have something to motivate and enlighten current teachers as well. Students, teachers, administrators, and other educational professionals from local community colleges, four-year universities, and K-12 schools will attend this event. It includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and a chance to meet and network with many current and future educators.
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Featured Guest & Speaker
Dr. Harry K. Wong
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This year, Dr. Harry K. Wong will be our featured guest and speaker. Dr. Wong
is, arguably, one of the country’s most famous motivational speakers on the
topics of education and classroom teaching. He will help us understand that the
single greatest effect on student achievement is the effectiveness of the
teacher. Effective teachers have classrooms that are structured, organized, and
consistent. Dr. Wong will demonstrate what he and others do to ensure student
success. His techniques have been successfully adopted by thousands of educators
across the country, and he is credited with renewing entire schools and rescuing
countless frustrated teachers through his common sense, research-based, no-cost
approach to managing classrooms. Dr. Wong is the author of “The First Days of
School,” which has sold three million copies. He also writes a monthly column
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