DKG NM CONVENTION 2017
FRIDAY, April 28, 2017
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Registration & GALA Reception- Marriott
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Chautauqua Presentation: A VISIT WITH GEORGIA O'KEEFE
- Deborah Blanche
6:45 p.m. Executive Board Meeting
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SATURDAY, April 29, 2017
7:00a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration
8:00a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Awards Breakfast
Exhibitor Set-Up
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9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Sales
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. General Session
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10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshops - Round I
Resource Center and Hospitality Room Open
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A Basic Overview of Sex Trafficking- Morgan Langer. Homeland Security
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Elevator Talks: Advocating Effectively for your classroom, chapter & your students
- Pat Graff, NBCT, Gamma Chapter
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Lunch Check-in
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Resource Center, Hospitality Room Closed
Luncheon- Guest Speaker: Loretta Hall, NM Press Women President. - Women & Space History in New Mexico
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1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Workshops - Round II
Resource Center Open
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Leadership: More Ups than Downs - Peggy Jackson, NCSS, National President, Gamma Chapter
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Panel: Innovative alternative programs - Yvette Moore, moderator, TS Editor, Omega Chapter
3:15 p.m. Resource Center Closes
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Workshops - Round III
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Overview of Personal Safety - Trish Hoffman, APD
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Myth of One Size Fits All- Becky Sadowski, DKG 2nd VP, Int’l Representative
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Zentangles - Cathy Everitt, Alpha Theta Chapter
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Students with ASD: Learning Challenges and Characteristics - Maryann Trott, MA, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-UNM Ctr. for Development and Disability
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Workshops - Round IV
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NM is a Treasure Trove of Space History - Loretta Hall, NM Press Women President
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Keys to Downsize and Organize Your Life - Gail Rubin, CT
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Revolutionize Learning and Behavior at all Ages with Brain-Based Movement - Marcia Lee Unnever, certified NM Educational Trainer, Reading Specialist, ADD/ADHD Consultant
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Silver Horizons: Helping Extremely Low-Income Seniors… with Your Help - Ron Hidalgo, Executive Director
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Navajo and other Native American Children: How they might be different - Esther Yazzie-Lewis, Federal Navajo Interpreter
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Learn Money Sense: Free financial Capability Resources for Teachers - Shana Runk, Nusenda
4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. What is DKG? - Orientation
Exhibitors Breakdown
TS Incoming & Outgoing Officers’ Practice Banquet Check in
6:30 p.m. Founders and Presidents Banquet Sunday, April 30, 2017
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SUNDAY
8:30a.m. - 9:30a.m. Celebration of Life Ceremony/ Give out the Water and fruit
10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. Executive Committee Meeting
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2017 THETA STATE CONVENTION PROGRAM
AT A GLANCE
A special Thank You to Nusenda for sponsoring our Awards Banquet.