Little Rock, AR — Educators from across the state will learn new strategies and approaches to reach their students at the Arkansas Education Association’s 2017 Professional Development Conference.
The event will be held November 2 and 3 at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Little Rock. The conference features dozens of workshops, as well as the 40th Annual Forrest Rozzell Lecture.
This year’s lecture, presented in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, is “Classroom to Community: Student Service Learning” by 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes.
“Our students need to know that they have value and can make a difference in this world,” Hayes said. “Service makes that real for them.”
Throughout her career, Hayes has been honored time and time again for her unwavering dedication to her students inside and outside the classroom – a commitment Hayes inherited from the teachers who saw in her the potential to overcome the abject poverty that surrounded her childhood.
“Teachers exposed me to a different world by letting me borrow books to read at home and sharing stories about their college experiences,” Hayes said. “So many things that [teachers do] fall outside of traditional teaching responsibilities. It is those times when I am transformed into an advisor, counselor, confidant and protector.”
The lecture will be at the Clinton Presidential Center on Thursday (November 2) at 6 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Ms. Hayes will be available Thursday morning for interview requests.
Attendees will also be able to tour the newest temporary exhibits, including Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu, following the lecture.
Throughout her career, Hayes has been honored time and time again for her unwavering dedication to her students inside and outside the classroom – a commitment Hayes inherited from the teachers who saw in her the potential to overcome the abject poverty that surrounded her childhood.
“Teachers exposed me to a different world by letting me borrow books to read at home and sharing stories about their college experiences,” Hayes said. “So many things that [teachers do] fall outside of traditional teaching responsibilities. It is those times when I am transformed into an advisor, counselor, confidant and protector.”
The lecture will be at the Clinton Presidential Center on Thursday (November 2) at 6 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Ms. Hayes will be available Thursday morning for interview requests.
Attendees will also be able to tour the newest temporary exhibits, including Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu, following the lecture.
