2026 Conference Schedule

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Registration & Breakfast 8:00-8:30 am
Welcome & Introductions 8:30-8:45 am
Keynote Presentation: Before and Beyond the Text Keynote Speaker: Dovie Thomason 8:45–9:30 am
Break 9:30-9:45 am
VISUAL ART	MUSIC	VISUAL ART	DANCE	DRAMA
Title Integration Workshop Grades K-6 Presenter: William Estrada 9:45-10:50 am Room 137	Musical Math Music Workshop Grades K-2 Presenter: Kim Montano 9:45-10:50 am Room 134	Found Object & Nature Collage Visual Art Workshop Grades K-6 Presenter: Melissa Wrigley 9:45-10:50 am Room 137	Title Dance Workshop Grades 3-6 Presenter: Tina Misaka 9:45-10:50 am Gym	Turning Movement into Momentum: Using Drama to Inspire Vocabulary Drama Workshop Grades 3-6 Presenter: Sarah Butterfield 9:45-10:50 am Room?
Break 10:50 am - 11:00 am
VISIAL ART	MUSIC	VISUAL ART	DANCE	DRAMA
Teaching Social Studies through Storytelling Storytelling Workshop Grades K-3 Presenter: Bobby Norfolk 11:00 am-12:00 pm Room 135	Laying a Foundation: Defining Arts Integration for Educators & Administrators Integration Workshop Grades K-6 Presenter: Sherry Norfolk 11:00 am-12:00 pm Room 136	3 Math Integration Ideas in 30 minutes- and time to create! Visual Art Workshop Grades K-2 Presenter: Liz Brown 11:00 am-12:00 pm Room 137	Moving the World Around You Dance Workshop Grades 3-6 Presenter: Tina Misaka 11:00 am-12:00 pm Gym	Title
Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm EBLS garden tours available during lunch
STORYTELLING	MUSIC	VISUAL ART	VISUAL ART	DRAMA
How Dragon Lost His Tail: Shaping Landforms Storytelling Workshop Grades 4-6 Presenters: Sherry & Bobby Norfolk 1:00-2:05 pm Room 135	Curious Ears: Exploring Sounds and Music Music Workshop Grades K-2 Presenter: Katie Hejazi-Far 1:00-2:05 pm Room 134	Garden-Based Learning: Noticing through Nature Journaling Visual Art Workshop Grades K-6 Presenter: Aurora Villa 1:00-2:05 pm Room 137	Drama Games for the W.I.N. Drama Workshop Grades K-6 Presenter: Cynthia Davis-Nordfelt 1:00-2:05 pm Room 136	Title
Break 2:05-2:15 pm
STORYTELLING/ VISUAL ART	MUSIC	VISUAL ART	DANCE
Differentiating Learning through the Arts Storytelling Workshop Grades K-6 (Art Form Intensive) Presenter: Sherry & Bobby Norfolk 2:15-4:00 pm Room 135	Harmonizing Education Music Workshop Grades K-6 (Art Form Intensive) Presenter: Katie Hejazi-Far 2:15-4:00 pm Room 134	The Art of Developing Characters and Settings to Enhance Writing Visual Art Workshop Grades 3-6 (Art Form Intensive) Presenter: Liz Brown 2:15-4:00 pm Room 137	The Process of Dance and Science Dance Workshop Grades K-6 (Art Form Intensive) Presenter: Tina Misaka 2:15-4:00 pm Gym
Networking Reception & Refreshments at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm)