1. travel
2. tourist facilities
3. hotel

Helpful Information to
Plan for Your Attendance
REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
ONLINE ONLY
Please see our website –www.aisfl.com.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
Middle States Association Workshop at the
Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale.
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost $35 per person
AISF in partnership with NCPSA, presents
Evaluators ECAP and ASAP training workshop
at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale.
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Cost $35 per person
Friday, February 27, 2015
Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center
Our discounted pricing plan for registration
will be used again this year. Please follow the
qualifications and deadlines for payment of the
per person registration fees.
Plan One: AISF affiliated and non-affiliated
schools may use the standard $95 rate per
person if their online registration form and
payment are submitted by Friday, February 6.
Plan Two: AISF affiliated schools that
do not close and send only some staff to
the conference may use the “early bird”
discounted $80 rate per person if their online
registration and payment are submitted by
Friday, January 30.
Plan Three: AISF affiliated schools
that close and send all academic staff to the
conference may use the “special early bird”
discounted rate of $70 per person if their
online registration and payment are submitted
by Friday, January 30.
These registration fees help to offset the cost of
the lunch, access to exhibitor/vendor displays,
attendance to sessions, facilities rental charges,
media support, WiFi, speaker honoraria and
coffee break expenses not underwritten by
Conference Contributors, Platinum, Gold and
Silver Sponsors.
Annual Business Meeting
All AISF affiliated schools must be
represented at the Business meeting.
School heads and others who attend the Annual
Business Meeting held in Room 304/305 must
register in advance using the online conference
registration. There are no additional fees to
attend this meeting. All Business Meeting
attendees will have their lunch provided in this
room. The meeting begins at 11:45 am.
When You Arrive…
First, pick up your conference badge and
official program at the AISF Registration
Desk on the third level near the Floridian
Ballroom foyer. A ticket for the boxed lunch
you requested on the registration form will
be placed in the back of your name badge.
(This will be required to received your lunch).
Explore Exhibitor/Vendor opportunities.
2015
Conference
awards
Richard & Dorothy Lear
AISF Distinguished
Educator Award
to be presented to
Sarah F. Allison, Ed.D.
Founder/Owner/Director
Allison Academy
Alan O’Such
Outstanding Service Award
to be presented to
Donna J. Ellison
Principal
Kenilworth School
Conference Committee
Susan L.W. Hyman
AISF Vice President of Programming
and Conference Chair
Dr. Carole Repensek
AISF Past President and
Conference Planning Co-Chair
Afua Baptiste
AISF Director
Carol Diaz-Zubieta
AISF Director
Donna Ellison
AISF Director
Rowena Flanders-Ramos
AISF Director
Dr. Douglas Laurie
AISF Director
James McGhee II
AISF Secretary
Cindy Oosthuizen
AISF Executive Secretary
AISF State Office, Fort Lauderdale
How to Use the Online
Registration Form
Please log on to our website – www.aisfl.com
and click on the link to our online registration
form. The registration form includes: AISF
Teaching and School Leadership Conference,
and options for the MSA Workshop and the
AISF in partnership with NCPSA evaluators
ECAP and ASAP training workshop. All
payments must be submitted with your online
registration.
Please contact the AISF office at 954-267-9496
or email us at aisfloffice@aol.com with any
questions.
The AISF Annual Teaching
& School Leadership Conference
Hotel Block Information
The Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
located at 1100 SE 17 Street is our “official
hotel.” We have a block of single/double rooms
for the nights of February 25 and 26 at $219
plus 11% tax and tourist fee. Call 954-5272700 to reserve under group rate code: “AIS”.
Deadline for block rooms is February 6,
however, they may sell out earlier.
Driving & Parking
Information
The Embassy Suites Hotel is located at 1100
SE 17 Street, Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
From I-95 or the Florida Turnpike - Exit 595
East, exit US1 North, follow US1 North and
turn right on SE 17 Street Causeway. Hotel is 3
blocks on the right.
Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center
and Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 2015 and FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 2015
P rogram S essions
2
H otel I nformation
D riving & P arking
D irections
Self-parking is $3 (this does not include valet
or overnight parking)
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention
Center is located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd.,
Fort Lauderdale. From I-95 or the Florida
Turnpike exit I-595 East and follow I-595 to
exit US1 North, follow US1 North on to SE
17 Street (about 18 blocks), turn right on to
SE 17 Street and go east to Eisenhower Blvd.
(just before the Intracoastal Bridge), turn right
on to Eisenhower Blvd., pass through the
security check point and show your photo
ID, continue a very short distance to S.E. 20
Street and turn left into the Convention Center
Garage entrance. Take a parking ticket and go
up the ramp to the second level, turn left and
park as close as you can to the first or second
convention center skywalk. The parking fee
will be about $10 paid as you leave.
Two skywalks connect the garage with the
second level of the convention center. Either
one will take you to the center. (If parking is
full, go to a higher level of the garage and take
stairs or an elevator to the second level and
look for the skywalks.) Turn right after entering
the center and walk to the escalator (elevator
behind it) and take it to the third floor Floridian
Ballroom area. Registration will be located on
the third level — turn left after leaving
the escalator.
Conference Center Security
Because the event is located inside the Port
Everglades security zone, all attendees must
present an official photo ID (driver’s license,
for example).
Airline Service
The Fort Lauderdale Airport is a short $12 to
$15 taxi ride to either the Conference Center or
the Embassy Suites Hotel.
Questions?
Please contact Cindy, AISF Executive
Secretary, at 954-267-9496 or email
aisfloffice@aol.com
New!
Two day
Conference
Format
Did you
know...
By attending the conference
you can earn
MASTER
INSERVICE
POINTS
or
Early
Childhood
CEUs
Register
On-line
www.aisfl.com
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
• Middle States Association workshop
• AISF in partnership with NCPSA presents two
4 hour in-depth evaluator training workshops for ECAP
(including new Gold Seal requirements)
and ASAP
Friday, February 27, 2015
Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center
• Additional session choices for added inspiration
• Executive boxed lunches to keep us on the move
• Exciting door prizes during exhibitor/vendor viewing
• Tasty treats
• Networking opportunities
Embassy Suites Hotel, Fort Lauderdale
8:00 -12:00 pm
12:30 - 4:30 pm
AISF in partnership with NCPSA
4 hour in-depth evaluator training
workshops for ECAP (including new
Gold Seal requirements) and ASAP
Middle States Associaiton
Workshop
Upper School Interest
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
Teacher Tips &
Tricks to Enhance
your Teaching with
Microsoft Office 2013
Me Books:
How to Get Art
Students to Love
Their Sketchbooks!
Matty Rodriguez-Walling
Susan Huskey
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 2015
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
Florida State
Spanish Conference:
What is it and
How to Participate
Drug or Alcohol
Abuse: Raising a
Healthy Teen
The Text is Alive!
Reading in the
Digital Age
Gary Silverman
Deidra Lovegren
and Kim Kimpton
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
Understanding and
Helping Students with
ADHD and Executive
Functioning Deficits
How Brain
Functioning
Effects Learning &
What Can be Done
APD Assessment,
Management and
Treatment
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
Best Practices for
Managing iPads in
the Classroom
Teacher Tips &
Tricks to Enhance
your Teaching with
Microsoft Office 2013
Anita Moser
New!
Two day Conference Format
7:30 – 8:30 am
8:30 – 9:15 am
Registration, name tag pickup,
coffee & tea, continental breakfast and
exhibitor/vendor viewing
OPENING SESSION
11:20 – 11:45 am
11:45 - 12:15 pm
1:05 – 1:30 pm
2:30 – 2:45 pm
3:35 pm
BREAK 1
Exhibitor and
Vendor Viewing
BREAK 2
Exhibitor and
Vendor Viewing
Lunch
BREAK 3
Exhibitor and
Vendor Viewing
BREAK 4
Exhibitor and
Vendor Viewing
END OF
CONFERENCE DAY
MUSIC
TBA
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
Teaching in an
Experiential and
Comprehensive Way
Natalia Montano and
Gabriela Quintana
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
Early Childhood Interest I
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
TBA
Preparing Today’s
Thinkers for the
Unknown
The Importance of
Manipulatives in
the Early Childhood
Math Curriculum
Gina C. Duarte-Romero,
M.Ed. and Ana V. Seoane
Monica Benetiz
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
Cultural Connection
Effective Classroom
Management
Techniques
Amanda
Fernandez-Fumero
Amy Sheinkopf
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
Elementary I Interest (Grades 1-3)
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
A Look at Effective
New Writing
Standards
A Look at Effective
New Writing
Standards
Making Thinking
Visible While Making
Differences Invisible
Cheryl H. Ellis
Cheryl H. Ellis
Angela Updike
Are Leaders Born
or Made?
Angela Updike
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
Bullying: What
Accounts for the
Increase in Bullying?
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
Teaching Students to
Succeed by Coping
Edward C. Taylor, PhD.
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
Judith Cunningham
S.T.E.M.
on a Budget
Seth Prezant
Creating Leaders for
a Global World
Judith Cunningham
Katherine Wald, LCSW
Leah K. Light, An.D.
Dr. Fabian Redler
Technology Interest
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
45 in 45:
45 in 45:
Amazing FREE Sites Amazing FREE Sites
that Teachers Can Use that Teachers Can Use
Betty Johnson
Betty Johnson
Using iPads
Note Taking:
Notability
Michele Benson
Pam Holifield,
Sari Weltmann, and
Marla Baquerizo
Matty Rodriguez-Walling
❸ 12:15 - 1:05 pm
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm
❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
Drug or Alcohol
Abuse- Raising a
Healthy Teen
Conflict Preparedness
Transformational
Teaching:
Five Practices of a
Loving Teacher
General Interest
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
Maximizing Your
School’s Social Media
Presence with
Limited Resources
Healthy Habits for
Healthy Minds
Jon-Mark Davey
Alina V. Soto
Gary Silverman
Tali Ben-David Connell
and Kathy Hersh
AnaMaria Rivera
AISF Training and Leadership
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
AISF:
How to Write a
Self-Study
Judith Dempsey
Creating Leaders for
a Global World
Edward C. Taylor, PhD.
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
Elizabeth Valbuena
Elementary II & Middle School Interest (Grades 3-9)
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
An Update on
Reading Disorders
Award presentations, ceremonies
10:05 – 10:30 am
ANNUAL BUSINESS
MEETING LUNCH
❷ 10:30 - 11:20 am
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center
❶ 9:15 - 10:05 am
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
2
FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 2015
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Lunch
Special Needs Interest
AISF:
Prepare for an
Evaluation
Afua Baptiste
❸ 11:45 - 1:05 pm
ANNUAL
BUSINESS
MEETING
For all AISF
School Leaders and
Representatives.
Admission is by
pre-registration.
Roll Call, Lunch,
Updates, Voting
and General
Business Meeting
All AISF affiliated
schools must be
registered for the
Business Meeting
❹ 1:30 - 2:20 pm ❺ 2:45 - 3:35 pm
School
Administrator’s
Round Table
Dr. Doug Laurie
AISF Master
Inservice
Program, and
the AISF PEC
Program
Al Glicksberg
AISF
Master
Inservice
Program
and the
AISF PEC
Program
Al Glicksberg
Register on-line today... www.aisfl.com