Behavior Education Technology Conference
February 5, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona
BET-C Conference Website
Koi Education is proud to be a sponsor of this outstanding conference!
Thank you to everyone who attended BETC 2012, the first annual conference on exponentially improving student achievement by addressing the primary cornerstones of learning in the 21st Century: Behavior, Education, and Technology. Participants learned how schools in Arizona are improving achievement and decreasing disruptive behaviors through Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and explore how they can leverage technology as a pillar of a strong education system.
This conference brought together experts from across the nation and showcases local expertise including superintendents, administrators, and teachers who shared high quality research and practices in positively impacting student behavior and education using technology.
Keynote from 2012 Conference
Beverley Holden Johns
Amplify Achievement: Alternatives to Suspension
“What can I do to get kicked out of school.” Some students actually set themselves up to be suspended and are rewarded if they act up. Many schools today still utilize suspension; even though it has been found to be an ineffective intervention. If we want to actively engage our students and promote academic achievement, we need to keep our students in school.
This session focused on the data available about why schools suspend students and the disadvantages of suspension. The majority of time will be focused on creating positive interventions, earned privileges for students’ appropriate behavior, and common behavior problems occurring in today’s schools and a whole array of logical consequences that are designed to teach the student rather than removing him from school.
Bio
Beverley Holden Johns has 40 years experience working with students with learning disabilities (LD), and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) within the public schools. She supervised LD and EBD teachers in 22 school districts, was the founder and administrator of the Garrison Alternative School for students with severe EBD in Jacksonville, Illinois, and later the coordinator for staff development for the Four Rivers Special Education District. She is now a learning and behavior consultant, and an adjunct instructor for MacMurray College (where she teaches the course on Special Education Law, on Adaptations for the General Education Classroom, and on EBD).
Benefits of Attending
You will:
- Talk with PBIS school leaders from across the state who will share their experiences and lessons for creating a sustainable culture of respect and safety on their campus.
Gain practical ideas to reduce classroom disruptions and use behavior data to work smarter and not harder. - Understand how to increase student achievement and reduce special education eligibility by using an RTI approach to school-wide discipline.
- Network with local technology experts who can mentor teachers to integrate technology across the curriculum using common core standards.
- Identify how to build capacity in your district for systems change with advice from two of the largest districts in the state.
- Win technology prizes for your classroom and school and take them home from the conference.
Topics
Join us for dynamic seminars, hands-on workshops, and engaging panels on:
- Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
- Bully Prevention Training
- Board Certified Behavior Analysts Courses
- Common Core Standards
- District-wide PBIS Readiness Checklist
- New Classroom and Mobile Technologies
- Online Learning to Increase Student Achievement
- Data-Based Decision-Making Using SWIS
- Restraint & Seclusion Laws in Arizona
- 10 Classroom PBIS Strategies
- New University Research in Behavior Interventions
- Sponsor Prizes, Raffles, and Technology Equipment Give-Aways!
Hear from expert trainers, learn from local K-12 school administrators and teachers who are currently implementing PBIS or just starting out, and meet technology guru’s who will show you how to make magic in your classroom.
10 Reasons You Do Not Want to Miss this Annual Conference!
- Increase academic achievement through a measurable improvement in social accountability and student responsibility.
- Outstanding strategies for decreasing classroom disruptions and office discipline referrals.
- Practical techniques to maximize student and staff buy-in and commitment.
- Dozen of evidence-based ways to improve student learning and achievement.
- Tips from local educators and national experts.
- Innovative technology integration strategies and techniques.
- Expansive toolkit for school-wide systems change that is proven to be effective.
- Model schools sharing personal experiences and their secrets to implementation fidelity.
- Hands-on examples of school-wide behavior systems on display with school personnel to answer your questions.
- Huge return on investment (ROI) if these strategies reduce suspension by even one student!
Who Should Attend?
School Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Staff Developers, Technology Coordinators, Superintendents, Principals, k-12 Teachers, Special Educators, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Mental Health Professionals, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Alternative Schools, College Professors, Policy Makers from all levels of government.
Earn Professional Development Credit
Earn up to 8 hours of professional development credit for educators, psychologists, speech-language professionals, social workers, special education professionals, and counselors.
