Parking info: Please park in lots 37, 39, 76 & 100

2019 FCSEM Fall conference is 11/8 & 11/9/2019 @ Western michigan university

UPDATE: PLEASE REGISTER & PAY $185 FOR FULL CONFERENCE BY 11/04 BY MIDNIGHT, PRICE INCREASES TO $200 ON 11/05/19 :) THANK YOU!
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FOR ​CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CLICK HERE

Payment for the conference click here

paying by check? please have your check postmarked before 10/31/2019 (if payment is not; price will increase to $200).

Write your check out to FCSEM and send to: 
LeaH brinker 
Howell HS
1200 Grand River Ave
Howell MI, 48843 
 
OFFICIAL
2019 Conference Participant Schedule:
 
Schedule for Friday: 

Noon-1:00pm Registration and Check-In @ WMU Kohrman Hall
(Goose Chase Ice Breaker).
​1-1:15pm Welcome and Kick Off Session 
1:15pm-2:30pm Keynote Speaker (75 minutes)
Bruce Boguski- Motivation; “Ignite- Get Fired Up!” Achieving the impossible
Break 
 2:45pm-3:45pm All Group Session (60 minutes)

• Michelle Hiscock- Bring the future to your classroom! Tech tools for the FCS classroom and beyond!”
• Break 

Session 1- 4:00pm-5:00pm (60 minutes)

• Candace Vinson-State update and Perkins V funding changes.
• Brenna Bowden- Classroom Chaos? I don’t think so! Tips and Tricks to manage your classes, engage them in topics without technology, and so much more!
• Stacy Krzyminski- Mindfulness and Trauma in the classroom. Have you tried mindfulness and heard this from your students “Do we have to…. It’s weird!” Easy quick ways to bring mindfulness to the classroom.

5:10-6:10pm Teacher Round Robin (60 minutes)
FCSEM Board members share their best lessons for FCS classes
6:30 Teacher Dinner/Social 

Schedule for Saturday:

8:00-9:00am Breakfast 
9-9:30am Annual FCSEM Meeting 
9:30-10:30am Session 1 (60 minutes)

• Bruce Boguski-Stress! The zone; peak performance under pressure 
• Allen McCaskill- Goodheart Wilcox 10 New activities for your FCS classroom

10:35-11:35am Session 2 (60 minutes)

• Elizabeth Akers- Cooking with class! Adding google classroom to your Foods class and more!
• Kayla Grant (LACASA)- Dating Abuse & Dating Violence in Teens.

11:45-12:45pm Lunch and Awards 
1:00-2:15pm Session 3 (75 minutes)

• Cindy Rodriguez- Starting an FCCLA chapter! Or already started a chapter but feeling the blues..come talk to Cindy and tips/tricks to pump up your existing chapter
• Brenna Bowden-  Successful Lab Management for your culinary classroom! 
• Kayla Grant (LACASA)- Sexual ASSAULT & Prevention 

2:20-3:35pm Session 4 (75 minutes)

• Elizabeth Akers- Cooking with Class! Adding google classroom to your Foods class and more! 
• Cindy Rodriguez-Starting an FCCLA chapter! Or already started a chapter but feeling the blues..come talk to Cindy and tips/tricks to pump up your existing chapter! 
• Allen McCaskill- Goodheart Wilcox: 10 New Activities for your FCS classroom. 

3:35-4:00pm Raffles/End of Conference

TOTAL SCECH'S for the Conference: 8.75 Clock Hours 

2019 FCSEM Conference                                        2019 FCSEM Conference 
​Participate Gift:                                                          Exhibitors:

​Goodheart-Willcox Publishing 
Parenting Awareness of Michigan
LACASA
Usborne Books & More
Thirty-One Gifts 

Click here to read about Leah Brinker, 2018 FCSEM Teacher of the  Year. 

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​2019 FCSEM CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

​BRUCE BOGUSKI:

AUTHOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, COLUMNIST, AND MEDIA PERSONALITY WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO “DO THE IMPOSSIBLE”.  BRUCE HOLDS A B.S. DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION FROM BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY.  HE ALSO POSSESSES A LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION IN BRAIN BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES. 

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Conference Sponsors

Western Michigan University

Family and Consumer Science Educators of Michigan (FCSEM)

Family and consumer science (FCS) is the comprehensive body of skills, research, and knowledge that helps people make informed decisions about their well being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life. The field represents many areas, including human development, personal and family finance, housing and interior design, food science, nutrition, and wellness, textiles and apparel, consumer issues and personal and family relationships, plus many more!

Today’s FCS professionals practice in multiple settings. They are early childhood, elementary, secondary, university/college, and Extension educators, administrators and managers, human service professionals, researchers, community volunteers, business people, and consultants who address the issues most important to our quality of life.

Learn more and about how to join FCSEM here!