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You and your teammates will spend a full day on the beautiful Bark River which flows through the State Wildlife Area. In addition, we have planned a variety of activities including the formation of teams, team planning, canoeing, sharing observation of natural systems, applying this knowledge to organizations and story telling.
Some of these activities are planned for Saturday night so participants are encouraged to check in that evening. We will mail more details to registrants with the July 6 confirmation packet. Consider coming to campus Saturday night to begin the team building exercises. The full scale activity starts at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
You may sign up by teams or individually. Individual participants will
be placed in teams by the trainers. This great outdoor experience assures
success for the experienced as well as the tenderfoot. Come enjoy the
fellowship with your colleagues in the natural beauty of the South Kettle
Moraine State Forest foothills and the Rome State Wildlife Area.
"Bringing the Information and Technology Literacy Standards to LIFE!!"
Kathleen Doherty Lind (Limit: 20)
This session will give participants a strong overview on the strategies
for using the Internet and related technologies in the classroom. We'll
look at ways the Wisconsin Information and Technology standards can be
met within core content areas considering varying degrees of technology
access. Lastly, we'll investigate ways to assess the technology-based
projects students complete in the classroom. Sample student projects will
be shared and analyzed throughout the afternoon. Familiarity with two
or more of the following will be assumed: Netscape Navigator, Inspiration,
Hyperstudio, and Microsoft Office.
Russ Allen, Ron Jetty and Deb Berndt
Join your fellow educators, the real experts in education,
in an interesting discussion of important educational issues.
Fran McNett
Participate in a lively discussion with ESP colleagues focusing on identifying
issues, considering current realities and desired realities, and discovering
what steps to take to get toward desired realities.
Jeff Leverich
This session will focus on the increasingly devastating effect revenue
controls are having on Wisconsin school districts as enrollment declines
statewide. Demographic trends, the revenue control formula, survey research,
and property tax issues related to schooling will be discussed. Schools
have been declining as a share of property taxes statewide, a fact that
seriously undermines claims that education is the primary cause of tax
increases. The effect of state caps on teacher salaries also will be addressed.
Jim Carlson
"Whatya . . . goofy? What you really need to know about being President
of your local."
A practical session designed to quick-start new local association presidents in their duties and responsibilities and provide a hands-on approach to solving problems. You will learn to apply tried and true techniques designed to help you get the job done!
Lynelle Byrne, Wayne Reynolds and Patti Westphal
Confused about WEAC membership procedures? Worried about keeping your
membership information current? Have we got a workshop for you! We'll
answer your questions about membership PLUS unveil our new online venture
designed to make your job much easier.
Nancy Clark, StWEA Members
"Is that your final answer?"
To make it a million dollar career, your Association is the best life line. Teacher and ESP members, who have little or no experience with the Association, but have 0-5 years of experience as a teacher or ESP are invited to attend the New Member Academy at Summer Conference, 2000.
The curriculum is tailored to new members' needs. Topics include:
Experience the most current strategies and techniques to improve your
life and your career while building friendships with colleagues who represent
the future of your organization. It's a million-dollar experience that
doesn't cost you room, board, or registration fees. Contact your building
rep or local president or go to the OnWEAC (www.weac.org) web site to
register for the New Member Academy. (Enrollment is limited, so don't
wait! DPI clock hours have been approved.)
WEA Member Benefits Trust staff
These seminars of cures for lean purses are a guide to financial understanding
for local leaders. In the sessions, we are taken back to Babylon, the
cradle in which was nurtured the basic principles of finance now recognized
and used the world over. Based on the classic book by George Clason, The
Richest Man In Babylon provides the framework for a seminar series you
will want to attend, recommend to friends, and tell young people about.
The retirement savings and personal insurance services of the WEA Insurance
Group are introduced as part of the “Richest Man” presentation
series. A participant may take one or all of these sessions. These seminars
are available to local leaders for member education in their local. No
prerequisites, or outside preparation are required. All necessary equipment
will be furnished by WEA Insurance Group.
Lesson 1 - The Man Who Desired Gold (IRAs): David Mabie, CFP, ChFC Ahead of you stretches your future like a road leading into the distance. Along that road are ambitions you wish to accomplish. Use the financial principles made clear in this session. Let them guide you away from the stringencies of a lean purse to that fuller, happier life a full purse makes possible. Participants will learn the principles of building personal wealth and how a modern-day tool – an IRA – can be used to put these principles into practice.
Lesson 2 – The Three Laws of Gold (TSAs): Ron Smith, CPCU, CLU, ChFC Babylon became the wealthiest city of the ancient world because its citizens were the richest people of their time. They appreciated the value of money. They practiced sound financial principles in saving money and making their money earn more money. They provided for themselves what we all desire … income for the future. Participants will discover additional principles of building personal wealth and how a modern day tool - a Tax Sheltered Annuity - can be used to put these principles into practice.
Lesson 3 – The Walls of Babylon (Auto & Home Insurance): David Mabie, CFP, ChFC The height and length of Babylon’s walls staggers belief. They are reported to have been about one hundred and sixty feet high, the equivalent of the height of a modern fifteen story office building. The total length is estimated as between nine and eleven miles. Its citizens knew they could not afford to be without adequate protection. They practiced sound principles of risk management. Participants will learn principles for protecting personal property and how modern day tools - auto and home insurance – can be used to put these principles into practice.
Lesson 4 – The Clay Tablets of Babylon (Long-Term Care Insurance): David Mabie, CFP, ChFC The glory of Babylon has faded but its wisdom has been preserved for us. In that distant day, they laboriously engraved their writing upon tablets of moist clay. When completed, these were baked and became hard tile. In size, they were about six by eight, and an inch in thickness. Safely buried in the wrecked cities, archaeologists have recovered entire libraries of these tablets, hundreds of thousands of them. Its citizens knew they must plan for the future. They believed a little caution was better than great regret. Participants will discover principles for safeguarding a lifetime of savings and how a modern day tool – Long-Term Care Insurance – can be used to put these principles into practice.
Joanne Huston
Because regular and special education are based on divergent philosophical,
pedagogical, and legal models, public school educators have been forced
to deal with the inevitable conflicts that have arisen under the Individuals
With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This session will explore: