2012 North American Division Teachers' Convention
Dear Adventist Educator,
I am pleased to announce the NAD Teachers’ Convention Theme:
Journey to Excellence:
MOVING HEARTS AND MINDS UPWARDS
A journey to excellence in Adventist schools helps every learner excel in faith maturity and academic achievement. It moves hearts and minds upwards! Adventist education recognizes that student learning is an integrated process where spiritual growth must lead and support students’ intellectual development. Adventist education engages the whole student on a journey to our Creator God.
ValueGenesis and CognitiveGenesis research conducted recently highlights the upward trends! A developing faith in students that embraces a loving Redeemer God and prepares them to respond to His call for service in the community and around the globe has been documented. The student learning results that exceed the norm, exceed the predictive measures, and are yielded in any Adventist school by dedicated Adventist teachers like you has been confirmed by the data. What a great privilege and huge responsibility we have in partnership with the Master Teacher to bring His students to the Kingdom.
Our theme contest winner is Heidi Jorgenson a grades 1-4 teacher at Bayside Adventist School in Hayward, California. She and husband Andrew, also a teacher in a neighboring Adventist school in the Northern California Conference will have “suite” accommodations at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in 2012.
We are saving a place for you too! Plan to be there, August 5-8, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. More than 6,000 of your colleagues and friends will be joining you to hear inspiring music and motivating speakers in devotional worships, general sessions and more than 450 breakout sessions.
Just a teaser as to the General Session speakers at the convention:
Keynote speaker:
Carlton Byrd, Speaker Director Breath of Life
Morning Worship:
Dwight Nelson, Pastor Pioneer Memorial Church, Berrien Springs, MI
Technology speaker:
Alan November, World Renowned technologist
Pedogogy speaker:
Todd Whitaker, Author and speaker
Inspirational speaker:
Ken Davis, Christian humorist
Commitment speaker:
Elder Dan Jackson, President of the North American Division
As you can see we have already obtained qualty speakers and are in the process of gathering names for the breakout sessions and the exhibit hall. Conferences and/or unions will help with housing assignments and group registrations. We will be posting update as soon as it is available on the website so watch there for information.
Hope to see you there!
In Christ, 
Larry Blackmer
Vice President, North American Division
