Dr.Michele
Borba, Ed.D. will be our keynote presenter.Dr. Borba is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, parenting expert and child and adolescent expert. She is recognized for her practical, solution-based strategies to strengthen children's behavior, character, and social development, and to build strong families. A sought-after motivational speaker, she has presented workshops and keynote addresses throughout North American, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific and has served as an educational consultant to hundreds of schools. Her proposal: "Ending School Violence and Student Bullying" (SB1667) was signed into California law in 2002. She offers realistic, research-based advice culled from a career of working with over one million parents and educators worldwide.You may know Ms. Borba from her many appearances on the Today show and other TV shows, from
her Esteem Builders curriculum, or from
one of her 23 books, the most recent of which is The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries (Jossey-Bass). Go to her website - micheleborba.com for more information, links to her Today Show appearances and access to her blog, Parenting Solutions.
Time For Kids announces online auction is ready for viewing!
(Check out the trip to Cancun!)
Time For Kids is once again sponsoring an online auction as part of the 2010 EMHI Conference. The auction will be held from October 18 to November 1, 2010, but items can viewed right now on the auction website (www.biddingforgood.com/TimeForKids) and donations are being accepted. Everyone can participate!
Below are forms you can download for your use in the auction:
• Sample donor form - change the name of the district to your district's name
Use for your own donation or for those from local businesses
• For Project Coordinators: A form to indicate what your district program is
able to donate
• Solicitation Letter - Use this if you would like to send a letter to businesses or companies in your area asking for donations
Please consider asking businesses in your area for a donation. Food/restaurant items and gift cards are especially popular. People from all over the state will be bidding so it will be nice to have a variety of items available in different locations. Businesses will receive visibility on the auction website plus participating in a good cause. Proceeds from the auction will be used for the Time For Kids grants given to schools that have locally funded programs.
We need your help and participation in making the online auction a success!
Dacher Keltner, Ph.D. was the keynote speaker at the 2009 EMHI Conference. Dr. Keltner's handout from his keynote address is still available along with information about his work.
r Keltner, Ph.D. was the keynote speaker at the 2009 EMHI Conference. Dr. Keltner's handout from his keynote address is still available along with information about his work.