Anne Green Gilbert began her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Chicago where she first used movement to teach the academic curriculum. In 1981 Anne founded the Creative Dance Center, a school specializing in dance education for infants through adults and Kaleidoscope, a modern dance company of young people. Anne is the author of Teaching the Three Rs Through Movement (1977), Creative Dance for All Ages (1992), and Brain-Compatible Dane Education (2006). She has produced two DVD's, Teaching Creative Dance (2002) and BrainDance (2003). As a member of the Arts Education Standards project, she helped write the Washington State Dance Standards and Learning Goals. Anne has received a number of awards for her teaching and service to dance education including the prestigious American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Honor Award (1999) and the NDA Dance Scholar/Artist Award (2005). Anne directs the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers, now in it's 13th year at the Creative Dance Center, and is in demand throughout the world for her fun, engaging, and transforming workshops.

For more information about her program visit Creativedance.org

Keynote: Brain Compatible Dance Education

AM Breakout: Teaching the Three Rs Through Movement
A multi-sensory and active curriculum is not only brain-compatible but essential in today's classroom of kinesthetic learners, ESL students and special populations!  Explore many successful ways to use movement as a tool to teach social skills, language arts, math, and science. These engaging activities increase learning, cooperation, and creativity.  Come prepared to move, have fun and be empowered to include creative movement in your curriculum! 

PM Breakout: Brain Dance and Brain Dance Variations
Learn a 5 -10 minute exercise that helps focus and reorganize the brain. Besides learning a number of BrainDance variations, participants will gain a deeper understanding of what creates a balanced brain as well as the rationale behind the BrainDance.  BrainDance is based on developmental movement patterns that babies move through to create a fully functioning brain.  Television, car seats, back sleeping, video games, and computers have created generations that struggle with learning problems, hyperactivity and obesity.  Many of these problems may be corrected through systematic movement exercises and patterns.  Doing the BrainDance helps students and teachers reorganize the central nervous system.  Along with better functioning brains, students also develop healthy bodies and spirits.

Diane Asay has taught in the art education department at Brigham Young University
for over 18 years. She has her own publishing company, Art Visuals, that produces art-related teaching aids for public schools. She has produced a world and an American timeline on art, sets of posters on Modern and Postmodern art, women and African-American artists, and the cultures of Africa, China, Japan, India and the Islam. Her latest publication is a set on Latino and Latin American art and culture. When she has time she loves to do watercolor paintings, dabble with pastels and create stained glass works.

Visual Arts Experience: Discover the magic of watercolor. Explore its many facets from loose, running washes to detailed, precise lines. Experiment with glazes, splatters, blotting, mixing, and more. Learn how to use watercolors' expressive properties to illustrate a page from your own storybook. Who knows, you might become a children's book author and illustrator! Select K-2 or 3-6

Julia Ashworth received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Education from Brigham Young University in 1996 after which she began working as the performing arts department coordinator and theatre teacher at American Fork High School. She received her Master of Arts in Educational Theatre in 2000 from NYU’s Steinhart School of Education where she worked as a graduate assistant for the Program in Educational Theatre and as the coordinator of professional activities at the historic off-Broadway Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village. She has worked as a teaching artist and director in various New York City public schools and particularly appreciates her involvement with The Young Women’s Leadership School, on Broadway. While in New York she also enjoyed acting as the performing arts program director for The Children’s Aid Society’s after-school programming. Since returning to Utah she has enjoyed teaching Theatre Education at BYU, and is excited to create original theatre programs and productions with local public schools. Julia hopes to one day run her own Educational Theatre organization.

Drama: The world is your classroom? Your classroom is the world. Travel to wild islands, to the county fair and to far-away forests without ever leaving the classroom. Learn how to use theatre skills and strategies to help your students create and step into the world of their most beloved books. See Max come to life as the rumpus begins, see Wilbur experience the value of true friendship, or watch as four young siblings find their way from war-torn Europe through abandoned wardrobes that lead to never ending possibilities. Select K-2 or 3-6

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Marilyn Berrett is an associate professor at Brigham Young University where she is the founder and artistic director of “Kinnect,” a dance education teaching and performing outreach company. As an independent dance artist with the Utah Arts Council and a certified public school educator, Marilyn has enjoyed working with students of all ages for over twenty five years. She particularly enjoys working ‘Side by Side” with elementary teachers in dance residencies. She currently serves on the dance and the Child international (daCi) USA board as the southwest region representative and as past-president of the Utah Dance Education Organization (UDEO)

All the Books that Dance! Participants in this workshop will explore the variety of ways dance is a natural educational ally to literacy in all grade levels.  The kinesthetic connections your students can make with children’s literature and dance are motivating, fun, active and expressive.   Come learn the strategies that will help you reinforce literacy concepts and skills through reading, moving, responding, writing and dancing about – books!

Julie Christofferson is currently serving as the Fine Arts Specialist for the Nebo School District in Spanish Fork Utah. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education from Brigham Young University and an Administrative Endorsement earned through the University of Utah. In addition to her duties at the District Office she has served as chair of the Utah State Solo & Ensemble Festival, Coordinator of Bands for the Days of 47’ Parade and Administrative Director of the Jordan Symphony Orchestra. She taught instrumental music at both Jordan and West Jordan High Schools for a total of 15 years, is a former director of the West Jordan City Band and has been assistant principal at Bingham and Jordan High Schools. She is current President of the Utah Music Educators Association and serves on the Education Board of Artistic Resource for Teachers and Students (ARTS Inc.). She has functioned as a clinician, guest conductor and music adjudicator for several years. In February 2002 she was recognized by the Utah Music Educators Association as Outstanding Administrator for the school year 2000-2001. Julie is a trumpet player who currently performs with the Top Brass Quintet and Gabriel (trumpet ensemble). She enjoys golf and composing and arranging music. Julie is married and the mother of two wonderful children.

Learning to Read Music: This is a condensed course on how to read music. If you find yourself somewhat intimidated by the State Music Core because you lack skill or experience in the basics of music, this class if for you. This is a refresher for teachers who need to review the basic elements and symbols involved with interpreting written music and is intended to help hone (or at least discover) your personal musical skills.

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Christopher Clark received his BA in English from BYU and is currently a Education Leadership doctoral student there as well, focusing on introducing Shakespeare into the Elementary classroom. Chris has an MFA in directing Shakespeare from Exeter University in England. While in England, Chris performed at the Old Globe Theatre and trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here in the US he has also trained with Chicago's Steppenwolf Company, as well as the Second City Improv Troupe. Chris is a full-time acting instructor at Utah Valley University.

Shakespeare in the Classroom Don’t be bored of the Bard! Want to introduce some Shakespeare in your class? We’ll talk about Arts Integration and text, and we’ll teach directing, games, and help you put on a Shakespeare play in your classroom. (Grades 4-6)

Cynthia L. Clark has taught Jr. High art for three years, and Advanced Placement Art at Orem High for 22 years. She was a concurrent enrollment teacher for 5 different classes, and is currently a teacher at Oak Canyon Junior High. Cynthia’s achievements include: 1994 Utah Art Educator of the Year; 1995 BYU Secondary Art Educator of the Year; 1995 Outstanding Educator of the Year, Arthur V. Watkins Award from Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce, 2001 Grant Recipient National Endowment for the Arts; 2003 KSL Teacher Feature Award Recipient; 2005-2008 Alpine District Visual Arts Specialist, 2005-2008 Committee member for BYU Partnership Sorenson Grant; 2006 Alpine Foundation Accent on Excellence Award. As an exhibiting artist, she has participated in Spring Salon (a juried show of Utah artists) in ‘93, ‘94,‘95,‘97, ‘00, ‘01,‘02; Utah Watercolor Society juried show ‘92. ‘93, ‘94; Tri Artist Show Springville Museum ‘94; BYU Education Department solo display ‘95; Scera Artist Show, 1998; BYU Fine Arts Gallery 2004; and the Springville Museum of Art Educators Show 2008.

Basic Drawing Skills: Develop your own personal drawing skills to improve your comfort level in drawing with your students. This class is just for you to review and practice basic techniques for success.

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Lisa Ann de Garcia is an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University where she teaches elementary mathematics to prospecdtive teachers. She comes from San Diego, California where she taught in bilingual classrooms grades 1-5 and was a math coach/staff developler in an elementary school before moving to Utah. Lisa Ann has an MA in Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing, though she has spent most of her career working in the general education population with bilingual and poverty striken children. She holds her National Board Certification as a Middle School Generalist and is currently co-authoring a college text focused on how to teach mathematics to elementary age children. Lisa Ann is the mother of two, soon to be three, and is very involved in the world of autism, as it affects one of her children.

Math and Visual Arts Integration: Launch Explore Summarize is an engaging way to present math curriculum.  This session explores how this format can connect math to visual art instruction and visual art to math instruction. Improve your students learning by building connections that broaden their thinking and problem solving skills. Key areas of math instruction will be highlighted.

Debora Escalante completed a B.A. and M.A. in Theatre at BYU and has spent most of the last thirty years teaching and directing children and adults of all ages in Arkansas, California and Utah. She completed a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from USU where her research focused on the development of models for K-12 curriculum correlation and integration, and educator supply and demand studies; she has been working with the BYU Elementary Arts Education Initiative in the BYU-Public School Partnership for two years.

Use the new Elementary Fine Arts Core to connect to your students and guide them to connect with the arts, other subject areas, themselves and their world. In this class we will get to know the new core and how to use it to develop lessons, integrate multiple subject areas and map student learning and the curriculum over the year.

Scott Flox is a 30-year first-grade teacher in Jordan District who integrates visual art, music and drama daily into his classroom. His visual arts instruction integrates with effective balanced literacy instruction. He has a gifted and talented endorsement and a visual arts endorsement. He has taught in inner cities, rural areas and the suburbs to refine engaging techniques for all children. His early training with Madeline Hunter has provided him a developmental approach to children in all his work. He has been recognized with exceptional teaching awards several times. He is a professional guitarist and guitar instructor and also teaches visual art workshops to children.

Visual Art/ Literacy: Create a master study in chalk using basic drawing techniques that really work for children. Exceed your own expectations and learn techniques that help children exceed their own expectations while making connections to balanced literacy instructions. (Grades 1-6)

Charles Graham is an assistant professor in the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, with a focus on effective teaching and learning with technology. He currently serves on the Utah Colalition for Educational Technology (UCET) Board that helps teachers across Utah to share ideas for creative and effective uses of technology in their classrooms.

Digital Cameras: (K-6) Learn fun and creative ways to help young children to learn with digital cameras and digital images in the early elementary classroom! This is a hands-on class for beginning technology users.

Digital Storytelling: (K-6) Learn fun and creative ways to help children do digital storytelling and movie making in the language arts classroom! This is a hands-on class for intermediate technology users.

Mark Graham lived most of his life in New York, either in New York City or on Long Island. He has exhibited art work and illustrations in New York, Europe and Japan. He worked as teacher for a long time before coming to the Department of Visual Arts at BYU. He graduated from the University of Utah and received his doctorate degree at Teachers College of Columbia University. He has illustrated thirty children’ picture books including

Naughty Cherie by Joyce Carol Oates
Pajama Light by Gale Jacobs
Where is Little Reynard, by Joyce Carol Oates
Father We Thank You, by Ralph Waldo Emerson 2001
Sarah’s Sleepover, by Bobbie Rodriguez
Come Meet Muffin, by Joyce Carol Oates
Alicia’s Tutu, by Robin Pulver
The Dream Jar, by Bonnie Pryor
My Father’s Hands, by Johanna Ryder
A Llama in the Library, by Johanna Hurwitz
Charlie Anderson, by Barbara Abercrombie.

Using Picture Books to Encourage Student Writing and Art-making
This presentation will focus on the potential of picture books to stimulate student art-making and writing. A variety of different picture books and how they fit into the world of art will be discussed. Different writing and illustrating strategies will be explored.

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Jolie Hill is the Director of an early literacy/arts research study, Project SEEL (Systematic Engaging Early Literacy) for the McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University. She is an experienced kindergarten teacher of over twenty years and holds a masters degree in Integrated Teaching through the Arts. She currently serves on the Early Childhood Committee for the Utah State Office of Education where she is working with a team to create arts core kits for teachers of young children. Jolie is passionate about the power of the arts in relationship to early literacy development and is an avid teacher advocate. She is dedicated to reviewing current brain research, designing professional development and presenting at conferences supportive of this approach to teaching and learning. Hobbies include teaching brain based exercise classes, personal training and living in the moment with her husband and two children.

Creative Connections in Early Literacy (K-2) Come prepared to sing, dance, and dramatically explore creative arts connections in early literacy. Discover integrated activities designed to support the NRP, (National Reading Panel) research based building blocks for teaching young children to read. Learn about Brigham Young University’s own early literacy research: Project S.E.E.L. (Systematic Engaging Early Literacy), and best of all, take away a ready-to-use lesson kit for your classroom!

Amy Petersen Jensen is an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University, where she coordinates the undergraduate Theatre and Media Education Program and the Media Education Masters Degree. Dr. Jensen directs the Theatre and Media Arts Department Hands on a Camera service-learning project, in which theatre and media education university students work with in-service public school educators to train young people in media literacy and production skills. Recent publications, Pedagogy, Process and Visual Anthropology, and Interstitial Performance: Creating Meaning with Young People in the Space Between Theatre and Media Texts. reflect her continued interest in the interface between process drama, youth culture, and media studies.

Media Literacy and Creativity: This class will introduce teachers to basic creative uses of media arts and literacy that will help them teach the core curriculum.

Media Arts Integration: We will explore ways to incorporate media arts and media literacy principles into your classroom setting. Participants will discuss curriculum ideas and take part in media activities that will engage students of all ages in conversations about the media that surrounds them everyday.

Susan Kenney is a professor of music education at Brigham Young University. She has had training in ETM, Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze, and specializes in preschool music education. She served as national chair of MENC's society for General Music and as a member of the national edictorial board for the Music Educators Journal. Professor Kenney has presented workshops across the United States and in Russia and Ukraine. She has been a classroom teacher, elementaty music specialist, private piano teacher, and director of children's choirs. The mother of two children and grandmother of one, she lives in Alpine with her husband Scott.

Music: (Select either K-2 or 3-6)
Grades K-3.  Music, the Brain, and Learning.
The process may be as important as the content.  Explore strategies for teaching music in brain-compatible ways while making connections to learning in all curricular areas.

Grades 4-6.  Music: Connecting With the Inner Child
Using songs, recorded classics and instruments we'll explore ways to help connect to the feeling-side of upper-elementary children and contribute to their wholistic development.

Nathan Levy is a dynamic educator, author and speaker.  He has been a successful teacher, principal, gifted coordinator and supervisor of instruction in urban, suburban and rural school districts.  In his role as a consultant, Nathan continues to be a hands-on demonstrator of effective teaching techniques with hard-to-reach as well as gifted children.  Mr. Levy currently tours the world sharing his expertise and knowledge. He has written more than forty books that are used in thousands of classrooms and homes on six continents.

Dramatizing Learning in the Classroom. This dynamic workshop presents inovative, easy-to-implement strategies for successfully teaching students with special needs. Practical techniques for increasing the motivation and achievement of special needs students will be presented. Methods to successfully break the cycle of discouragement and failure that many students experience are included. Participants will learn creative ideas to help special needs students meet today's higher standards and will leave with specific methods and ideas they can implement in their schools the very next day.

Dr. Nancy Brockbank Livingston is director of the Brigham Young University/Public School Partnership Balanced Literacy Project and an associate professor of Elementary Education at Brigham Young University, where she received her doctorate in Educational Administration. Dr. Livingston has a M.Ed. in Reading Education from the University of Utah. She has been an adjunct professor at University of Utah, Utah State University, and Westminster College. Dr. Livingston has received numerous awards honoring her excellence in teaching, her most recent being the McKay School of Education/Benjamin Cluff, Jr. Award for Distinguished Educator in 2007.

Civil Rights brought to Life through Music and Literacy Instruction: Celebrate the heart of black history, the soul of poetry and the exuberance of Jazz! Participants will learn through poetry, stories, and biographies the history of the blues tradition and the African Americans’ contributions to the musical genre of jazz in our nation’s history.

Hi! I'm Brad Wilcox. I grew up in Provo, Utah except for childhood years spent in Ethiopia, Africa. I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile, and I lived with my family in New Zealand where I directed a Study Abroad Program for BYU. I am married and have four children. I taught sixth grade in Provo before joining the faculty at BYU where I am an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education. I also enjoy visiting schools across the country and helping to promote literacy. I also love Peanut M&M's and pepperoni pizza. I realize that doesn't sound too healthy so I'm really trying hard to learn to love salads. www.bradwilcox.com

Nothing Motivates Creativity Like an Audience. Nothing Motivates Writing Like Publishing.
A sense of audience can make a difference in all forms of expression. Not only does it help us to do our best work, but it also creates a learning environment in which the lessons learned can be internalized and retained. Teachers know the creative process is as important as the product. However, students sometimes don't see a reason to go to "all that work." A real audience is the key to helping students be willing to engage fully in the processes of creating and learning.