Conference Schedule

Friday, March 28
6 p.m.	Welcome Dinner at Journey School (optional)

Saturday, March 29
8:00-8:30 am	Registration and check-in at Journey School Light breakfast available (for a small fee).
8:15 am	Native Garden "Green" Ribbon Cutting
8:30-9:00	Welcome with Delano Jones, Journey School Business & Development Administrator and Caprice Young, CEO, California Charter Schools Association
9:00-11:10	“Cultivating Creative Minds” with Joseph Chilton Pearce
11:10-11:25	Refreshment Break
11:25-12:30pm	Breakout Session 1 (please choose one) Q & A- Joseph Chilton Pearce, Afternoon Speaker Creative Math – Tim Connolly, Former Administrator Teaching the Grades– Michele Bennett, 8th Grade Teacher Hands–On Science – Leila Harding, Science Teacher Practical Arts – Holly Johnson, Handwork Teacher Music – Richard Martin, 6th Grade Teacher Greening Schools – Chris Prelitz, Green Builder Nature Education – Jodi Levine, EarthRoots School Painting- Patti Connolly, Teacher and Mentor Creative Problem Solving- Calla Rose Ostrander, Waldorf Graduate
12:30-1:30	Lunch/Explore the Grades
1:30-1:45	“Movement” with John Whitfield, Movement and Games Instructor
1:45-2:45	“Nurturing Creative Minds in the Classroom” with Patti Connolly
2:45- 3:00	Refreshment Break
3:00-4:00	Breakout Session 2 (same as Session I, with one exception: Patti Connolly with be offering “Q & A” instead of “Painting”.)
4:10-5:30	“Schooling the Imagination” Panel Discussion. Moderated by Tim Connolly. See attached for full list of panelists.