North Carolina Annual Training Institute, Pinehurst, NC

 

We are pleased to be hosting the 2009 CISNC Annual Training Institute, February 3-5, 2009 in Pinehurst, NC. The conference offers three days of workshops with speakers from across the state and the country. The theme of the conference is Cultivating Success, which ties in wonderfully to our own FirstSchool Gardens that we will be happy to highlight at our Moore County schools. The conference will offer keynote speakers; training sessions on the subjects of: School and Community Partnerships, Supporting Families in Communities with Limited Resources, Adolescent Brain Wellness, Effective Performance Reviews, The School to Prison Pipeline, NC Graduation Project, Creating Confianza to Foster Success Among Hispanic Students; and informative sessions like “Orientation to the CIS Model, TQS and Integrated Student Services” by the CIS National Staff and an abbreviated session of ‘A Framework for Understanding Poverty’, by Ruby Payne, presented by Susan Pennock, which will cover the impact of economic differences on communication, interactions, and expectations of working with children and families in poverty. That session is designed for community leaders, CIS staff, community of faith members, site coordinators or anyone working with individuals living in poverty.

The keynote speakers will be: 

Dr. Chuck Davis, award-winning founder and artistic director of the African American Dance Ensemble, who is one of the foremost teachers and accomplished choreographers in the traditional techniques of African dance. Dr. Davis’ talk will be “Integrating the Arts Into the Curriculum.”

Cynthia G. Marshall, President, AT&T North Carolina, who is responsible for the company’s regulatory, legislative and community affairs activities in the state. A strong believer in public education, Cynthia serves on the General Assembly’s Committee on Dropout Prevention and has recently been appointed to the North Carolina New Schools Project Board of Directors.

Jessica Jacobs (Miss North Carolina 2007) is a graduate student of organizational communication at NC State University where she is a full tuition scholar and public speaking instructor. Jacobs placed as 4th runner-up in the Miss America pageant where she also placed as a finalist for the Quality of Life award for her work with Communities in Schools.

Amanda Watson (Miss North Carolina 2008) is a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in education. Amanda is an active advocate for the ALS Association, serving people living with Lou Gehrig’s disease. She is proud to represent the state of North Carolina in the upcoming Miss America Pageant in January in Las Vegas.

CISNC and CIS of Moore County look forward to seeing you here in Pinehurst! Please find the CISNC “Cultivating Success” PDF conference brochure in the sidelink bar, download to your desktop and register today for this wonderful opportunity to learn more about Communities In Schools in our own backyard!