Tuesday, April 1st
Afternoon and evening registration at the Biltmore Hotel
Wednesday, April
2nd
7:30am - 8:30am
9:00am - 11:00am Rhode Island College Cooperative
Preschool RI State Home and School Project
11:00am - 12:00noon
12:00noon
Session 1 | Wednesday 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Assessing Thematic Curriculum and Teaching Methods in Preschool Myra Ratzesberger, Cheryl DeLancey View Description
NALS International Opportunities: Lessons from Around the World Dr. Maria I. Ojeda, Prof. Annette Lebron View Description
Professional Development via Special Interest Groups: An Example of Exploring Woodworking Jean T. Bird, Sharon M. Carver View Description
Publishing in the NALS Journal Ron Tibbetts View Description
Evolution of School Safety Policy and Procedures Lisabeth Demers, Pamela Younger View Description
Session 2 | Wednesday 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
The Alexander Technique: Fostering Psycho-Physical Awareness in the Classroom Lonna Wilkinson View Description
Take a Robot for a Walk on the Wild Side John Diego Arango, Lyn-Su Otto View Description
Loss, Language, Listening and Learning: The Impact of Previous Losses in the Classroom Joan Clark View Description
Who Moved My Mac? Staff Development-Require or Inspire? Amy Fritson Coffman, Kathy Taylor View Description
Learning Community Project Victoria Aleman, Joan Figueroa View Description
All Included: Autism’s Lessons for Life Patricia Buchanan, Debora Funk View Description
5:00pm Botanical Gardens, Roger Williams Park
Thursday, April 3rd
7:30am - 9:00am
Session 3 | Thursday 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Students Discover their Language through Active Research View Description
Preschool Concept Knowledge: Assessing the Impact of Content Rich Source Materials Cheryl Delancey, Sharon Carver View Description
Revisioning a School: Alignment of Laboratory Mission to Serve the Greater Needs of the Affiliated University April Blakely, Hal Knight, Deborah DeFrieze View Description
Think.Com Is a Free On-Line Global Community for Learning Projects and Web Pages Ms. Barbara Bianco, Ms. Phyllis Scherrer View Description
Interpersonal Perception in the Classroom: Consensus, Accuracy, and Meta-Accuracy Thomas E. Malloy, Ph.D. View Description
Engineering Bilingual Curriculum Lyn-Su Otto, Susan Soares, John Diego Arango View Description
Integrating Local History into the Laboratory School Curriculum Sharon Fennessey View Description
Session 4 | Thursday 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
The Impact of Laboratory School Attendance Patterns on Minority Student Achievement: Differences in Reading and Mathematics Scores Stephen M. Nettles, Ph.D., Carl F Siebert, MBA, MS, David Foulk Ed.D. View Description
Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Concepts through Games Bonnie Ripstein, Leslie Sevey View Description
The Teacher Institute: A Blend of Teaching, Research, and Service Lee Weber View Description
Kieran Egan’s Cognitive Toolkit in Action Elizabeth Cooney, Gina Bordoni-Cowley, Karen Penda View Description
Using Music to Promote Character Education in the Classroom: The Songs of Heartwood Dr. Lee Ann Conover View Description
The Laboratory School as a STEM Partner Erin Baumgartner, Kanesa Duncan, Donald B. Young View Description
Service Learning: At Home and Abroad Patricia Buchanan, Katherine Debbink View Description
Session 5 | Thursday 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
PE for Preschoolers: A Unique University and Lab School Collaboration Jennifer M. Vest, Jodie M. Friedman, Harmony E. Swenson View Description
Teaching, Living and Learning Green Glenn Thomas View Description
The Puerto Rican Karstic Zone: An Opportunity for Fourth Graders’ Research Prof. Joan Figueroa, Prof. Victoria Alemán View Description
“My Eyes Look Like Lemons”: Explorations in Teaching Young Children to Draw Pamela Krakowski Armstrong, Diana Dimitrovski View Description
Be a Friend, Be a Mentor: Janet Fraatz, Maribeth Garofalo, Susan Gracia, Laurie Parkerson, Martha Roberts View Description
Communication within a Learning Community Dr. Tracey Ring, Dr. Kathy Burriss View Description
Connections, Collaboration and Communication Dr. Rob Christensen, Dr. Jeanie Goertz , Ms. Rose Skepple View Description
Session 6 | Thursday 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Innovative Model of Multidisciplinary Curricular Design Based on Problem Based Learning Dr. Rose Marie Santiago Villafañe, Dr. Frances Figarella View Description
Special Needs: Observation and Reflection In Action Vicki Van Steenberg, Diane Ketelle View Description
Improve Team Communication Ron Tibbetts View Description
Maximizing Student Success Patricia Jungkeit, Deborah DeFrieze View Description
New Possibilities for Free Web Authoring Constance Horton, Ron Gwiazda View Description
Lab School Internships: Roles and Results Phillip Diller View Description
5:00pm
7:00pm
Friday, April
4nd
7:30am - 8:30am
Session 7 | Friday 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Literacy Leads the Way Cheryl Paul, Donna Montecalvo, Margaret Adair, Jessica Borges View Description
Kinetic Sculptures - Integrating Art, Engineering and Technology Mary Ann Dassatti, Bob Hepner View Description
Awaken your Imagination: Image Making Within the Writing Process Lindsay Barker, Karen Capraro View Description
Boys Reading (Not an Oxymoron) Vaughn Larson View Description
A Climbing Wall in School! Try it you May Like it! Paul Janaway View Description
No Curriculum Left Inside Martha Roberts, Lyn-Su Otto View Description
Soaring High - Electronic Fieldtrips Renee Huffman, Dawn Miller View Description
Session 8 | Friday 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Using Kieran Egan’s Imaginative Approach to Teaching to Create a Unit on Enslavement and the Underground Railroad Thomas M. Weiner, Lara Ramsey View Description
Puerto Rican Children Moving for Creativity and Skill Development: The Effects of Integrating Music and Physical Education in Early Elementary School Children Marta Hernández-Candelas, José Betancourt View Description
Sharing Education: Early Childhood Outreach Strategies that Work Lorraine Breffni, Nurit Sheinberg View Description
Coaching: A Lifelong Professional Development Donna Elder, Wayne Padover View Description
That Kid’s a Problem, Let’s Ignore It: Why Aren’t Early Childhood Teachers Referring Children They Identify as Having Behavior Problems for Further Screening? Susan Kingsley View Description
LA Buddies: Encompassing all Areas of Language Arts through Multi-Grade Gatherings Karen Capraro, Vanessa Percoco View Description
Celebrating our World: An Integrated Approach to Global Studies Michelle Nonis, Pamela Maninnen View Description
12:30pm - 1:30pm Dr. Carver
3:30pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
Saturday, April
5nd
Depending upon interest – Optional trips to Newport,
Boston, etc
