NEA-LC EL3 2019 Education Symposium: Full Schedule

NEA-Las Cruces Educator Leadership and Learning Lab

5:00pm MST

Event Check-In

Limited Capacity seats available

Check-in for the event will begin at 5 PM.

Friday February 22, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

6:00pm MST

Welcome

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

David Morales

Teacher, NEA-LC Educator Leadership and Learning Lab

Mr. Morales is entering his fifteenth year as an educator. He teaches ENLACE at Mayfield High School and is also piloting a teacher coach position with the Las Cruces Public Schools. Mr. Morales was selected the 2015 LCPS Teacher of the Year, the 2016 NM Teacher of the Year, and the... Read More →

Friday February 22, 2019 6:00pm - 6:15pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Welcome

6:30pm MST

Dinner Keynote: Education Vision 20/20

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Howie Morales

Lt. Governor, State of New Mexico

Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales was raised in Silver City, New Mexico where he worked to put himself through college at Western New Mexico University. The first in his family to go to college, Howie went on to earn a Ph.D. in education from NMSU then returned home to teach students... Read More →

Friday February 22, 2019 6:30pm - 7:00pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Keynote

7:00pm MST

"State of Our Union"

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Denise Sheehan

NEA-LC President, NEA-Las Cruces President

Denise Sheehan has worked with Las Cruces Public Schools for 16 years. During that time she obtained her Bachelor in Bilingual Education where she began teaching at Booker T. Washington. Denise has taught Pre-K, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Denise later obtained her Master’s degree... Read More →

Friday February 22, 2019 7:00pm - 7:15pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Keynote

8:30pm MST

Afterglow

Limited Capacity seats available

Friday February 22, 2019 8:30pm - 10:00pm MST
Salud! de Mesilla 1800 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM 88005

8:00am MST

Doughnuts and Dialogue

Limited Capacity seats available

Grab a doughnut and coffee and make some new connections with educators from across the district.

Saturday February 23, 2019 8:00am - 8:50am MST
APECHS Building 7

9:00am MST

Welcome and Opening Keynote

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Nathan Bowling

Teacher, Lincoln High School

In his thirteenth year of teaching, Nate Bowling is a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves and a graduate of the Evergreen State College. He was a 2014 recipient of the Milken Family Foundation’s National Educator Award, the 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Keynote, addnew

about In his thirteenth year of teaching, Nate Bowling is a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves and a graduate of the Evergreen State College. He was a 2014 recipient of the Milken Family Foundation’s National Educator Award, the 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year, and one of four finalists for the 2016 National Teacher of the Year. He blogs about teaching, matters of justice, and educational equity at natebowling.com and his writing has been published in the Washington Post, Hechinger Report, Huffington Post, and the Seattle Times. Nathan is a co-founder of Teachers United, a teacher-led education policy advocacy group, and the host of the Nerd Farmer Podcast. He currently teaches AP Human Geography and AP Government & Politics at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington.

10:00am MST

10 Pretty Good Things About Teaching Stuff!

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Celebrated Educator, Del Hansen, brings his "Ten Pretty Good Rules for Teaching Stuff" to you! Mr. Hansen will share his teaching philosophy and experience in this uplifting presentation.

Speakers

Del Hansen

Retired, Golden Apple Foundation

Del Hansen taught and administered for almost four decades, instructing mathand physics to high school students and geometry to middle schoolers afterretirement. In addition, he has taught math methods classes at the Clovis Branchof Eastern New Mexico University and on campus at NMSU... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 710 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 1

10:00am MST

Mindfulness and Movement

Limited Capacity filling up

This session will provide educators with strategies for using movement in the classroom to achieve mindfulness.

Speakers

Joshua Rex

Director, NothingCreated

Joshua Rex, M.A. Mindfulness Coach: Joshua Brings to his classes and workshops a sense of play and curiosity through integrating his extensive training in transformational coaching, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Neuro-Lingusitic Programming, Energetics, and Quantum Storytelling... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 726 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 1

10:00am MST

Serna v Portales, 1974: New Mexico's Legacy of Bilingual Education

Limited Capacity filling up

Dr. Mia Angelica Sosa-Provencio and Dr. Rebecca Sanchez will discuss the impact of the Serna v. Portales Bilingual Education Supreme Court victory that ensured bilingual education in the United States. They will share the insight they gained as they researched the topic for a chapter they wrote for a forthcoming book.

Speakers

Dr. Rebecca Sanchez

Associate Professor, University of New Mexico

Professional Bio-Rebecca M. Sánchez, PhD/MFA is an Associate Professor specializing in Elementary Social Studies Education at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on place-based education, meaningful arts-integration, social justice issues in education, and social studies... Read More →

Mia Angelica Sosa-Provencio Ph.D.

Assistant Professor-Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of New Mexico

Mia Sosa-Provencio is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education in the Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, and Policy at UNM. Previous to earning her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from New Mexico State University, Mia taught 9th-12thgrade Language... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 708 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 1

10:00am MST

Teacher of the Year Panel: Finding Your Teacher Voice-Advocacy in Action

Limited Capacity seats available

Several State, District, and NEA Teachers of the Year will sit on this panel and speak to the power of educator voice in and out of the classroom. They will share the impact their voice has had in their communities.

Speakers

Jake Miller

Teacher, Pennsylvania Teachers Advisory Committee

Jake Miller is a 2017 NEA Foundation Global Fellow, Pennsylvania 2016 National History Day Teacher of the Year (TOY), and the 2018 James F. Harris History TOY. He’s a board member on Pennsylvania Teachers Advisory Committee and a featured writer on TheEducatorsRoom.com and appearing... Read More →

Thomas (Tommy) Esparza III

Elementary Physical Eduction Teacher

Thomas (Tommy) Villa Esparza III is an elementary physical education teacher at Central Elementary School in Las Cruces, NM. Now in his 31st year of teaching, he has always taught physical education at the elementary level for the Las Cruces Public Schools. He also has experience... Read More →

Cheryl Carreon

DD Preschool Teacher, East Picacho Elementary

Cheryl Carreon teaches Developmentally Delayed Preschool at East Picacho Elementary, now in her 29th year. She was awarded LCPS Teacher of the Year in 2017 as well as the NEA-NM 2018 Award of Teaching Excellence“Building relationships is key as each year 3, 4 and 5-year-olds become... Read More →

Debra Minyard NBCT

Band Director, 2015 New Mexico State Teacher of the Year, Pojoaque Valley High School

Debra Minyard is in her 21st year teaching. She is the Band Director at Pojoaque Valley High School and is the 2015 New Mexico Teacher of the Year. When asked about her passion for education she states, "I am passionate about teaching students music in a classroom environment that... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 713 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 1

10:00am MST

Working with Transgender Students in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

This session hopes to familiarize educators with resources about teaching transgender students and provide a "safe space" to be able to talk about the terminology/questions that they have. The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico provides support through advocacy, education, and direct services.

Speakers

Adrien Lawyer

Co-Director, The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

Adrien Lawyer is the co-director and co-founder of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. The TGRCNM is the only organization that provides a wide array of services solely for the transgender community of the state of New Mexico, including food, clothing, monthly bus passes... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 724 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 1

Host Organization NEA-LC EL3

11:00am MST

10 Pretty Good Things About Teaching Stuff!

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Celebrated Educator, Del Hansen, brings his "Ten Pretty Good Rules for Teaching Stuff" to you! Mr. Hansen will share his teaching philosophy and experience in this uplifting presentation.

Speakers

Del Hansen

Retired, Golden Apple Foundation

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 710 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 2

11:00am MST

Mindfulness and Movement

Limited Capacity filling up

This session will provide educators with strategies for using movement in the classroom to achieve mindfulness.

Speakers

Joshua Rex

Director, NothingCreated

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 726 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 2

11:00am MST

Serna v Portales, 1974: New Mexico's Legacy of Bilingual Education

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Dr. Rebecca Sanchez

Associate Professor, University of New Mexico

Mia Angelica Sosa-Provencio Ph.D.

Assistant Professor-Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of New Mexico

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 708 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 2

11:00am MST

Teacher of the Year Panel: Finding Your Teacher Voice-Advocacy in Action

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Nathan Bowling

Teacher, Lincoln High School

Thomas (Tommy) Esparza III

Elementary Physical Eduction Teacher

Cheryl Carreon

DD Preschool Teacher, East Picacho Elementary

Debra Minyard NBCT

Band Director, 2015 New Mexico State Teacher of the Year, Pojoaque Valley High School

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 713 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 2

11:00am MST

Working with Transgender Students in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Adrien Lawyer

Co-Director, The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 724 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 2

Host Organization NEA-LC EL3

11:55am MST

Lunch

Limited Capacity seats available

Saturday February 23, 2019 11:55am - 12:45pm MST
APECHS Cafeteria

12:45pm MST

Lunch Keynote: Valuing Teachers Beyond High-Stakes 'Accountability': Shaping Pedagogies of Community Responsibility, Joyful Collective Engagement, and Holistic Healing

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Mia Angelica Sosa-Provencio Ph.D.

Assistant Professor-Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of New Mexico

Saturday February 23, 2019 12:45pm - 1:20pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Keynote

1:30pm MST

Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain

Limited Capacity filling up

Cannabis use and the Adolescent Brain-How does cannabis use affect our students' ability to function and learn? Is it really a gateway drug? Is cannabis actually stronger than it used to be? Is it really addictive? What do I need to know? How can I help my students?

Speakers

Julia Abrams

Teacher, Las Cruces Public Schools

Julia Abrams brings more than thirty years of Health Care and Educational experience to the table for this research-based and interactive discussion concerning Cannabis use in adolescents. Julia worked for more than twenty years as the Clinical Director for several community-based... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 724 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 3

1:30pm MST

Community Schools 101: What would it look like at your school?

Limited Capacity filling up

There has been a lot of buzz about the community schools initiative. If you would like to learn more about what Community Schools are and what your school might look like as a community school, this is the session for you! Local Community School experts Dave Greenberg and Mary Parr-Sanchez will lead this session.

Speakers

Mary Parr-Sanchez

NEA-NM President, NEA-NM

Mary Parr-Sanchez is the ninety-eighth president of NEA-New Mexico. She took office on July 15, 2019.Mary taught middle school history, civics and geography for 25 years in Las Cruces Public Schools and is a constant advocate for students, families and staff in Las Cruces and across... Read More →

David Greenberg

Director of Community Schools, Lynn Middle School

Saturday February 23, 2019 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 710 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 3

1:30pm MST

NMSU ED Student Reverse Panel: Questions from Pre-Service Teachers

Limited Capacity seats available

Students from the NMSU College of Education will sit on a panel to ask the educators in the audience for advice, guidance, and expertise.

Moderators

Ryan Fellman

Choral Director, NEA-LC Educator Leadership and Learning Lab

Mr. Fellman is currently in his sixth year as Director of Choirs at Oñate High School in Las Cruces, NM. In 2015, Las Cruces Magazine named him an “Illuminator of Minds-1 of 51 Educators who shine beyond the classroom.” He has been nominated twice by his district as NMMEA New... Read More →

Speakers

NMSU College of Education

NMSU

Saturday February 23, 2019 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 726 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 3

1:30pm MST

Trauma-Sensitive Teaching: Behavioral Strategies for the Classroom

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Dr. Stacy Gherardi brings her expertise about Trauma-Sensitive teaching to this session. She will share strategies to work with students who have suffered or are suffering from toxic stress.

Speakers

Dr. Stacy Gherardi

Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of New Mexico

Stacy Gherardi PhD, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of New Mexico. Her experiences as a classroom teacher and a school social worker inform her work which focuses broadly on the intersections between social and educational policy. Her past research... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 713 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 3

1:30pm MST

Unions 101: Understanding the Basics of Progressive Discipline, The Grievance Process, & The Bargaining Process

Limited Capacity filling up

This session will help educators become familiar with the basics of the Progressive Discipline Process, the fundamentals of the Bargaining Process, understanding the steps of the Grievance Process.

Speakers

Steve Sianez

Uniserv

Steve Sianez is currently the Uniserv Director for the National Education Association(NEA)-New Mexico serving Southwest NEA-NM locals. He graduated from the University of California at Davis with a major in International Relations and Spanish. He also holds a Masters in Education... Read More →

Alicia Barraza

Teacher, Mayfield High School

Dean King

Teacher, Mayfield High School

Saturday February 23, 2019 1:30pm - 2:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 708 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 3

2:30pm MST

Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Julia Abrams

Teacher, Las Cruces Public Schools

Saturday February 23, 2019 2:30pm - 3:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 724 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 4

2:30pm MST

Community Schools 101: What would it look like at your school?

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Mary Parr-Sanchez

NEA-NM President, NEA-NM

David Greenberg

Director of Community Schools, Lynn Middle School

Saturday February 23, 2019 2:30pm - 3:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 710 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 4

2:30pm MST

Service Learning: How can you incorporate it in your classroom?

Limited Capacity filling up

NEA-LC EL3 Directors Sylvia Bustillos and Pamela Cort will show educators how service learning can be utlized in their classrooms to grow critically conscience students at all levels.

Speakers

Pamela Cort

Teacher, NEA-LC Educator Leadership and Learning Lab

Mrs. Cort just retired after teaching in the New Mexico Public Schools for 31 years.. She is thrilled to still be working in education through EL3. Mrs. Cort was selected the 2012 LCPS Teacher of the Year, the 2013 New Mexico Teacher of the Year and the 2015 NM Foreign Language Teacher... Read More →

Sylvia Bustillos

Teacher, NEA-LC Educator Leadership and Learning Lab

Sylvia Bustillos is a graduate of New Mexico State and The University of Texas at Austin. She has taught in California, Texas, Virginia, and New Mexico; in diverse schools from private, to the low SES, we experience here in Las Cruces. She was Phi Theta Kappa at UT and nominated... Read More →

Saturday February 23, 2019 2:30pm - 3:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 726 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 4

2:30pm MST

Trauma-Sensitive Teaching: Behavioral Strategies for the Classroom

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Dr. Stacy Gherardi brings her expertise about Trauma-Sensitive teaching to this session. She will share strategies to work with students who have suffered or are suffering from toxic stress.

Speakers

Dr. Stacy Gherardi

Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of New Mexico

Saturday February 23, 2019 2:30pm - 3:20pm MST
APECHS, Building 7, Room 713 3600 Arrowhead Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011

Session 4

2:30pm MST

Unions 101: Understanding the Basics of Progressive Discipline, The Grievance Process, & The Bargaining Process

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will help educators become familiar with the basics of the Progressive Discipline Process, the fundamentals of the Bargaining Process, understanding the steps of the Grievance Process.

Speakers

Session 4

3:20pm MST

Collaboration, Caliche's, and Group Photo!

Limited Capacity seats available

Grab some custard, a colleague and make some new connections with educators from across the district.

Saturday February 23, 2019 3:20pm - 3:45pm MST
APECHS Building 7

3:50pm MST

Closing Keynote: Three Jakes!

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jake Miller

Teacher, Pennsylvania Teachers Advisory Committee

Saturday February 23, 2019 3:50pm - 4:20pm MST
Arrowhead Park Early College High School Multipurpose Room 3600 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011, USA

Keynote

4:20pm MST

Conference Close

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers