Online Registration Is Now CLOSED! You can register onsite at The University of Findlay the day of the event. You need to bring a check for $10 made payable to Bowling Green State University or cash in order to attend. NWO Future Teacher Conference (Directions & map to The University of Findlay) 2009 Future Teacher Conference Flyer (pdf) 2009 Future Teacher Conference Program (pdf) There is a $10.00 registration fee for this conference.
Conference Schedule 8:30-9:00 – Registration (Vendor Area Open)
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COST: $10.00 (includes certificate of completion, lunch, classroom resources, and entrance into door prize drawing)
Session A7 - "Fling It" has been cancelled Inspirational Teacher Salome Thomas-EL was born and raised in the inner city of Philadelphia and has been a teacher in the Philadelphia School District since 1987. He received national acclaim as a teacher and chess coach at Vaux Middle School, where his students have gone on to win world recognition as Eight-Time National Chess Champions. Armed with only a chess board and a profound belief in their potential, Thomas-EL’s faith and commitment has motivated hundreds of children in Philadelphia to attend magnet high schools, major colleges and universities. Thomas-EL is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. He is currently a doctoral candidate and has studied in Cambridge and London, England. He has received the Marcus A. Foster Award as the outstanding School District Administrator in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania’s distinguished Martin Luther King Award. Philadelphia Magazine honored him as the 2006 “Best Philadelphian,” and he frequently appears on C-SPAN, CNN, NPR Radio. Thomas-EL is the former Principal of John F. Reynolds Elementary School in North Philadelphia and the author of the best-selling book, I Choose to Stay. The Walt Disney Company recently purchased the movie rights to I Choose to Stay. His second book, The Immortality of Influence (foreword written by actor Will Smith), was released in May 2006 and stresses the importance of leadership, parenting, mentoring and service to others. Currently, Thomas-EL is principal at the Russell Byers Public Charter School in Philadelphia and coordinates after-school chess programs in the School District. Thomas-EL has continued his life-inspiring chess and tutoring programs at Vaux and Reynolds. As part of his commitment to opening the world up to show his students that there are other ways to be than those to which they have been exposed, Thomas-EL takes them to visit colleges and then attends their graduations. Reflecting on how it feels to see a young person he has mentored walk down the aisle toward a real future instead of to an early grave, Thomas-EL says, “I’ve been to too many funerals; I need to go to more graduations.”
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