What to expect on the day of the conference.
8:00-8:30am Registration check in. You will receive a pen and folder with paper and a list of your conference choices, a map of the building showing the locations of workshop rooms, rest rooms, the vendor area, and dining area. You will also get a name tag showing your name and home town. There will be a light breakfast offered (dough nuts and such) in the lower level near the the vendor area during this time. It will be a good time to check out the vendor area and to check the information boards to see where workshops will be held. It is also a nice time to visit with friends old and new.
8:30-8:45 Welcome and introductions/orientation. An over view of the conference, workshops, where rooms are located, as well as brief information on presenters and
resources provided.
8:45-9:30 Keynote speaker Andrea Ferrier will speak on her homeschooling experiences in Iowa, connections between home schooling and home life, and the state of Home Schooling in Iowa.
Eastern Iowa Homeschool Conference Schedule
The 2010 EIHS Conference schedule is not posted yet. It will be posted as soon as rooms are assigned. The schedule below is from the 2009 conference and can be used as a guide as to times and the types of topics that are covered at the conference.
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8:00-8:30 |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:30-9:15 |
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Welcome and Keynote Speech (Sanctuary) |
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Sanctuary |
Nursery |
018 (Village) |
114 (Circle) |
013 (HACAP) |
015 (Pat's Room) |
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Session 1 |
9:30-10-15 |
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What Great Techers Do |
Unschool Grade School/High School |
10 Mistakes |
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Session 2 |
11:00-11-45 |
Confident Creative |
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Your Rigth Brained Child |
Homeschool |
Go Political! |
8 Ways to Learn |
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12:00-12:30 |
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Lunch (Fellowship Hall) |
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Session 3 |
12:30-1:30 |
Crafting Natural |
Brain Based |
Homeschool |
Beginning to HS |
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Session 4 |
1:30-2:30 |
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Thrifty HS |
Paper Crafts |
Careers Science/Med |
Waldorf & |
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Session 5 |
2:30-3:30 |
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Information Overload |
HS Gifted |
Get Out the Word |
Planning/Higher Ed |
Organic Foreign Language |
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Curriculum sale/swap Anyone can participate just bring books or stuff |
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Return name badges and collect items and notes, and say good-byes until next year.
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