Roanoke Educators Training with BJU Press

Join us for a special one-day event created to gather Christian educators to encourage, equip, and connect throughout the Roanoke Valley.
About this Event

Roanoke Educators Training with BJU Press

BJU Press is excited to host a special one-day event created to gather Christian educators to encourage, equip, and connect throughout the Roanoke Valley.

This event provides practical tools for every aspect of teaching, including best practices, technology integration, subject-specific strategies, and more.

Keynote speaker will also be providing a fresh look at biblical worldview shaping and how to improve its implementation in the classroom!

*Lunch and Snacks will be provided throughout the event

Agenda

🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Registration
🕑: 08:00 AM
Welcome/Worship
Host: RVCA Worship Team
🕑: 08:10 AM - 09:00 AM
Keynote: BIG Apologetics in the Classroom: Modeling a Defense of the Faith
Host: Dr. Renton Rathbun
🕑: 09:25 AM
How to Shape Early Childhood Education with a Biblical Worldview
Host: Dr. Julie Madsen, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Early Childhood Breakout Session

🕑: 09:25 AM
Math beyond the Textbook
Host: Cindy Dickinson, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary Breakout Session

🕑: 09:25 AM
History Beyond the Dates and Facts
Host: Jamie Meachum, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary/Middle School Breakout Session

🕑: 09:25 AM
Teaching Middle School Math Actively
Host: Pamela Litzenburger, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakout Session

🕑: 09:25 AM
4 Attitudes of a Learner
Host: Dr. Rebecca Weir, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: General Breakout Session

🕑: 09:25 AM
Administrator's Roundtable, Part 1
Host: Ron Bell

Info: Administrator Breakout

🕑: 10:40 AM
Watch Me Grow! Understanding and Cultivating Preschoolers’ Developmental Skill
Host: Dr. Julie Madsen, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Early Childhood Breakout Session

🕑: 10:40 AM
Yes! You Can M.A.T.H
Host: Cindy Dickinson, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary Breakout Session

🕑: 10:40 AM
Assessing Reading: Making Sense of the Pieces to Form the Whole Grade
Host: Jamie Meachum, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary Breakout Session

🕑: 10:40 AM
Effective Teacher or Master Teacher: Which Are You?
Host: Pamela Litzenburger, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakeout Session

🕑: 10:40 AM
Dive into the Teacher Resources of BJU Press Trove
Host: Dr. Rebecca Weir, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakout Session

🕑: 10:40 AM
Roots of Gen Z Thinking & How to Respond
Host: Dr. Renton Rathbun

Info: General Breakout Session

🕑: 11:40 AM
Lunch
🕑: 12:40 PM
Administrator's Roundtable, Part 2
🕑: 12:40 PM
Tips for Managing the Classroom of Little Learners 
Host: Dr. Julie Madsen, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Early Childhood Breakout Session

🕑: 12:40 PM
People, Places, and Dates, Oh My!
Host: Cindy Dickinson, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary Breakout Session

🕑: 12:40 PM
Grouping in the Reading Classroom
Host: Jamie Meachum, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: General Breakout Session

🕑: 12:40 PM
Teaching Teenagers—Managing Your Secondary Class 
Host: Pamela Litzenburger, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakout Session

🕑: 12:40 PM
Fearfully & Wonderfully Made!
Host: Dr. Rebecca Weir, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakout Session

🕑: 12:40 PM
A Biblical Worldview of Math: Does it Add Up?
Host: Dr. Renton Rathbun

Info: General Breakout Session

🕑: 01:55 PM
Effective Leadership
Host: Dr. Julie Madsen, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Administrator Breakout Session

🕑: 01:55 PM
To Think Critically or Not to Think Critically, That Is the Question
Host: Cindy Dickinson, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary Breakout Session

🕑: 01:55 PM
Magnifying Science As We Observe the World Around Us 
Host: Jamie Meachum, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Elementary/Middle School Breakout Session

🕑: 01:55 AM
You Can’t Study for Math and Other Myths 
Host: Pamela Litzenburger, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary Breakout Session

🕑: 01:55 AM
Five Learning Strategies for STEM Students
Host: Dr. Rebecca Weir, BJU Press National Consultant

Info: Secondary National Consultant

🕑: 01:55 PM
Christianity and Secularism: What Does It Mean to Teach as a Christian?
Host: Dr. Renton Rathbun

Info: General Breakout Session

🕑: 03:10 PM
Keynote: Only in the Mind? Why Biblical Worldview MUST Develop Holiness
Host: Dr. Renton Rathbun