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Spring
Leadership Conference ‘Leaders Taking Charge,’ will
show how you can make a difference in
your local association. The opening session of our leadership
conference is scheduled from
4 – 6:00 PM on Friday, followed immediately with a group dinner and
presentation from 6:30 – 8:30 PM.
All
participants are expected to attend
group dinner/lunch and
presentations.
The conference
will conclude by 11:30 AM on Sunday, April 20. Please make your
travel plans accordingly.
UAA credit
course will be offered in conjunction with NEA-Alaska’s Leadership
Conference. Tuition is $90. For more information visit
UAA Credit.
UAA on-line registration
will be available after March 31.
www.uaonline.alaska.edu.
CRN: 41169 Course Number/Section: PADM 571.103
CONFERENCE
TRAVEL MAKE RESERVATIONS BY APRIL 5
Please check w/your local president prior to
making
travel arrangements.
NEA-Alaska
will reimburse roundtrip airfare (bargain/value) to Anchorage for
three (3) members of your local who serve as the core leadership in
your local or if you express a desire to get involved and make a
difference in your local. Your local's participants must attend the entire
conference in order to receive travel reimbursement. Please
make your travel arrangements accordingly. If driving, mileage is
reimbursed up to the bargain/value price of the airfare.
PLEASE MAKE
YOUR AIRLINE RESERVATION
PRIOR TO APRIL 5.
Hotel and
meals are the responsibility of the attendee and/or the local. Your
local may send additional participants to the conference, however
all expenses will be the responsibility of the local and/or
participant.
WHO SHOULD
ATTEND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
It is critical
that the individuals attending this conference be members who want
to make a difference in the activities of your local during 2008-09,
i.e. local officers, executive board, chairs of your standing
committees and those individuals who express a desire to get
involved and make a difference in your local should all be
considered as possible participants to this conference.
Deadline
for conference registration is Friday,
April 11.
HOTEL
RESERVATIONS DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 7
The conference
will be held at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel. A special rate of $95
single/double + tax has been negotiated for this conference. Please
provide our group code ‘NEF’ to obtain our special rate when
making your reservations. We cannot guarantee this
conference rate after April 7.
Visit
Hilton's direct on-line reservations at
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/ancahhf_nef/index.jhtml
or call
toll free number 1-800-245-2527.
Looking for a
roommate —
check out
NEA-Alaska’s
on-line ‘roommate locator’.
No hotel
shuttle is available from the airport.
CONFERENCE
OUTLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 11
Friday, April
18:
Our conference will begin promptly at 4:00 PM. Attendees will
participate in 3 of the 6 sessions offered. These sessions are
designed to provide each participant a foundation in leader
development ranging from various levels of leadership to developing
a vision or how to deal with conflict.
The evening
will continue with a group dinner and presentation from 6:30-8:30
PM. All participants are expected to attend.
Saturday,
April 19:
A continental breakfast will be available from 7 – 8:30 AM. This
breakfast is intended to provide our members with the opportunity to
have informal conversations about local organizational issues.
From 8:30 AM
until noon, each participant will attend 1 of the 4 work sessions
offered, and then at 1:30 PM attend a different work session in the
afternoon.
Please note
that the President’s Training work session is all day.
A group lunch
and presentation is scheduled from noon-1:30 PM and all
participants are expected to attend.
Sunday, April
20:
A breakfast buffet will be available from 7 – 8:30 AM.
Beginning at
8:30 AM ALL participants will come together as a group
for Sunday’s session to review our statewide goals and GOTV
strategies/planning for all legislative districts (urban and
rural/small locals).
This work session
will conclude by 11:30 AM.
UAA CREDIT
COURSE INFORMATION
We will be
offering college credit at this year’s NEA-Alaska Spring
Leadership.
For more
information visit
UAA Credit.
UAA on-line registration
will be available after March 31.
www.uaonline.alaska.edu.
CRN: 41169 COURSE NUMBER/SECTION: PADM
571.103
Our goal for
this year’s conference is to have every participant leave with a
stronger understanding of leadership, the impact of working together
as a team, and how to organize and plan around key issues
significant to your local and the organization as a whole.
If you have
questions regarding registration, please contact
Trisha Allen or call 1-800-996-3225.
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