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In partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education, ESUs 1, 8 and 17 are bringing Nancy Blair, School Improvement Consultant, to Northeast Nebraska. Nancy's presentation, **Putting the Pieces Together: Strategies to Engage and Motivate**, will enable district leaders to explore key practices to assist with these challenges.

As the attached [|flyer] notes, attendees will experience many engaging and motivating instructional strategies, then examine how classroom management, literacy strategies, cooperative learning, and formative assessment work together to increase student engagement and motivation to learn. These principles support the important work and focus of continuous school improvement--increased student achievement.

Here is a recap of those details: __What__: Putting the Pieces Together: Strategies to Engage & Motivate __When__: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 __Where__: Lifelong Learning Center, Northeast Community College, Norfolk __Time__: 9:00-3:00 __Cost__: $20.00 (includes continental breakfast, lunch, materials and facility; cost will be paid by your respective ESU Carl Perkins Consortium)


 * Please register online at the ESU 8 website**: www.esu8.org

If you have registration difficulties, please contact Tami Schrader at tschrade@esu8.org

Each ESU has space for approximately 20 registrations. If you are interested in attending, please register by **Friday, February 11**. Please limit district teams to 2-3 members.

The Carl Perkins grant will support your attendance at the event. Please contact your respective Carl Perkins Coordinator for additional details. In addition, please contact them for assistance with any additional questions.

ESU 1: Rhonda Jindra rjindra@esu1.org ESU 8: Carol Jessen cjessen@esu1.org ESU 17: Jeff McQuistan jmcquistan@esu17.org