Keynote & Schedule

Keynote Speaker: Susan Beaulieu

Susan Beaulieu (She/Her), Healing Justice Director at NDN Collective, is Anishinaabe and a citizen of the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota. She has worked directly with Indigenous communities over 19 years with her focus the last 10 years has been helping communities, organizations, and individuals understand the impacts of unresolved individual, ancestral and collective trauma, and to develop strategies to support healing. Susan is passionate about co-creating opportunities and encouraging processes for reconnecting to the mind, body, heart, and spirit to support wellbeing. Susan was a 2016 Bush Leadership Fellow, is an ACE Interface Master Trainer, and a certified Mind-Body Medicine Facilitator. She has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota, is a lifelong learner, and mother of four. She resides in central Minnesota with her family.

General Schedule

Tuesday, August 12th
11:00 – Pre-conference Registration
12:00 – 6:00 – ABE Foundations
12:00 – 4:00 – CCRS Foundations (ELA & Math)

Wednesday, August 13th
7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast
8:00 – 11:30 – Pre-Conference Session (Teaching Online & HyFlex)

11:00 – 12:00 – General Registration & Vendor Fair Opens
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch, Welcome & Keynote

1:00 – 2:30 – Concurrent Session 1
2:45 – 3:30 –  Concurrent Session 2

3:45 – 5:15 – Concurrent Session 3
7:00 – 9:00 – “Cabin Nite”

Thursday, August 14th
7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Vendor Fair
8:00 – 9:00 – MN ABE State Update

9:00 – 9:45 – Concurrent Session 4
10:00 – 11:30 – Concurrent Session 5

11:30 – 12:30 – Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 –  Concurrent Session 6

2:15 – 3:00 – Concurrent Session 7
3:15 – 4:45 – Concurrent Session 8
5:30 – 7:00 – LAN Awards Ceremony

Friday, August 15th
7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45 – LAN Annual Meeting

9:00 – 10:30 – Concurrent Session 9
10:45 – 11:30 – Concurrent Session 10

11:30 – 12:00 – Conference Evaluations

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