ALPHA DELTA KAPPA DECEMBER 2010 - Gedung Kuning

Convention Speakers
How to Stay D.R.I.V.E.N. - Charting A Bolder Course!
Children’s author and motivational speaker Kimberly P. Johnson has written 12
children’s books and has been recognized on many national and international
levels, including Rotary International and the White House. Her presentations have
been hailed as the “Best By Far.” Sharing a varied background in education and
community service, she creates an atmosphere that is full of energy and inspiration!
With academic degrees in early childhood education, youth development and
communications studies, she is able to engage all audiences. Her theme of “How to
Stay Driven – Charting a Bolder Course” will motivate educators and administrators
to continue fulfilling their professional roles as well as personal goals. The
presentation will not only motivate the audience but inspire them to continue
reaching for success. Her love for learning and transforming young lives is beyond
contagious! Best of all, her interactive style will have participants on their feet and
excited about education. Don’t miss this memorable keynote presentation!
Dr. Terry Brenner, a bi-cultural native of Devils Lake, North Dakota and Providence, Rhode
Island, is the director of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development
for the Grand Forks Public School District. During his educational career of 26 years, he has
been an elementary school teacher, an elementary school principal for 18 years, served as
an interpreter and tutor for the hearing impaired and as an adjunct associate professor in
the department of educational leadership at the University of North Dakota. Just over two
years ago, he returned from a one-year stay in the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East
where he was the director for school leadership for the country’s 730 government schools
and assisted in the development of the inaugural educational leadership program at Zayed
University in Dubai. During the 2007-08 school year, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of
Education committed to a long-term plan to reshape the educational experience of students,
teachers and principals in the country’s seven Emirates. Sustainable and enduring reform required building greater
leadership capacity of the principals in each of the schools. The result was the creation of the Principal Advisor
Program, a program that placed a seasoned and proven educational leader in a side-by-side working relationship
with principals in 50 of the 730 schools in the first year. The latter experience is what Dr. Brenner will share with us.
Worthy Learning: Students are Worth the Learning that’s Worth Doing
Sarah Nessling: Educators sit on the precipice of worthiness every day, tenuously
balancing the needs of learners with the demands of a worthwhile learning experience.
Overcoming this challenge means meeting students where they are, each day. When
students see their questions, motivations, and passions reflected in their work, they will
understand its worth and move to exceed even their own expectations. When teachers
individualize instruction, teach with passion, and seek innovation, they model the kind
of lifelong learning that reveals potential and promises self-reliance. Teachers will
secure the learning processes that won’t just defy cloistering paradigms, but envision
new ones.
Charles W. “Bud” Bruton, Jr., President, Bruton Financial Advisors, LLC.
Bud is on the Board of Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project (VVRP). He has been in
the financial planning and wealth management industry since 1970 and is a graduate of
Washington & Jefferson College. After graduating, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant
in the United States Army. He flew fixed wing (Bird-Dogs) as a US. Army Forward Air
Controller in “I Corp,” South Vietnam. He is a decorated senior aviator who has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air medal with 19 Oak leaf clusters, the Bronze
Star, the Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnam Honor Medal.
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Excellence in Action in Leadership