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Snow Hill Middle School Career Day - Friday, May 18, 2012: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
DEF participates in the Snow Hill Middle School Career Day, providing information on exploring careers, preparing for college, financial aid, and scholarships.
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Snow Hill Middle School Career Day - Friday, May 18, 2012: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
DEF staff will set up an information table about choosing a career and career readiness for students at the Snow Hill Middle School Career Day in Snow Hill, MD.
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Rural Symposium Discussions,
Wicomico Co. Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
In an attempt to give each participant a "voice" in the symposium, we have planned small group discussion sites and times. Please feel free to speak your mind, voice your concerns, and ask questions as you deem it appropriate. We have prepared some sample questions related to our purposes, ONLY in the event that there is difficulty in getting started.
The main purpose of the group discussions is to identify issues of concern for which more information from the research literature could be informative and helpful.
For the comfort of all, we have grouped participants in "like" contexts; that is, professional educators will gather together, and all others --"community stakeholders" -- will do the same. It is hoped that this will facilitate open communication within a familiar context, with familiar terminology and references. If your name is in the "wrong" group list, feel free to change; but, please do so before sessions begin. During the afternoon session, there will be an opportunity to share ideas in the large group.
| Room 1: Facilitators-- Nancy Jennings and Michael Arnold; recorder, Heather Rieken |
| Professional Educators |
Dana Abbott-Painter
Lewis Atkinson
Ed Barber
Stuart Bounds
Karen-Lee Brofee
Andrew Carrington
Bill Carter
Doran Christensen
Charlene Cooper-Boston |
Jeanne Davis
Janet Dudley-Eshbach
Joseph Falodun
Dick Gochnauer
Terry Greenwood
Dorsey Hammond
Ray Hoy
Cristine Layton |
Lynn Lester
Dennis Pataniczek
Ileana Smith
Vern Smith
Connie Stewart
Rachel Tompkins
Karen Verbeke
Vern Wolf |
| Room 4: Facilitators-- Ruth Baker and Robert Gibbs; recorder, Linda Jagusiak |
| Community Stakeholders |
Paige Bethke
Bill Cecil
Norman Conway
B.J. Corbin
Memo Diriker
Roger Harrell
Kat Harting |
Gains Hawkins
Jack Jackson
Keith Koehler
Dan Kuennen
Klein Leister
Marvin Long
Sally Maggard |
Linda Parry
Mike Pennington
Jerry Redden
Renee Stephens
Jan Wiseman
Bill Wyatt |
| [Room 3: extra space if needed; accommodates 15 people.] |
Sample questions (for getting started, if needed):
- What does it mean to prepare rural students for the 21 st century workforce?
- How can we better prepare students for that future?
- What are the most cost-effective ways to deal with:
a) a declining school age population? b) a very mobile school age population?
- Does teaching in a rural school require different knowledge and skills than teaching in a non-rural school?
- Does consolidation of schools hold any promise for students' welfare in our region?
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