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TCTA's 51st Annual Convention

Schedule of Activities

THURSDAY, Feb. 9
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Check-in / On-site Convention Registration

FRIDAY, Feb. 10
7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Check-in / On-site Convention Registration
7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Exhibits
  Mini-Conferences
Nine sessions offered in three time slots
8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Session I (Three concurrent sessions)
  • When is Student Behavior a Crime?
  • Give Me the Details: What's New with IDEA?
  • Teachers Do Vote: Get Involved, Engaged and Empowered!
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. BREAK
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Session II (Three concurrent sessions)
  • Working with Difficult Parents
  • Planning Through Your Retirement--A Proven Approach
  • Mastering Learning to Master Tests (Part I)
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m. BREAK
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Session III (Three concurrent sessions)

  • Effective Classroom Leadership:
    Appropriate Responses to Challenging Behavior
  • Current Events
  • Mastering Learning to Master Tests (Part II)
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. LUNCH (on your own)
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Keynote Address: "Maintaining a Positive Teaching Attitude," Dr. David Welsh
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. First Business Meeting / General Session
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.* Second Business Meeting/General Session
One hour TCTA Elections
(Voting will take place for one hour beginning 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Second Business Meeting.)
  District Caucuses (optional) **

SATURDAY, Feb. 11
7 a.m. - 8 a.m. Free Coffee and Danish
(Courtesy of U.S. Risk lnsurance Agency)
7:15 a.m. - 8 a.m. Looking Forward to Spring...Membership
(free informal workshop to help you plan your spring membership campaign)
7:30 a.m. - Noon Check-in/On-site Convention Registration
7:30 a.m. - Noon Exhibits
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
8 a.m. - Noon Third Business Meeting
(Run-off voting will be held during this time period, if needed)
Noon. - 12:30 p.m. BREAK (unless business not concluded)
12:30 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. IF NECESSARY: REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
Fourth Business Meeting / General Session

* Estimated

**District caucuses may be held, as individually scheduled by the districts, immediately following conclusion of the Second Business Meeting of the Representative Assembly until 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10. Meeting locations and times will be posted in the TCTA registration area for districts that requested a meeting room by Jan. 18.

 

Additional information

Detailed information on the TCTA 51st Annual Convention has been mailed to local affiliate presidents. Online registration for the mini-conferences and awards luncheon is now available. Members who are not serving as voting delegates may attend sessions of the Representative Assembly seated in the visitors section and are welcome to attend mini-conference sessions and the awards luncheon (tickets required).

Register online