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MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (March 30, 2006) — Local educators will discuss how to make after-school programs both educational and fun at the second annual “School Age Rocks” conference on April 8 at Milligan College.
The conference, planned and organized by a regional committee of individuals from after school programs and agencies in the greater northeast area, will discuss non-traditional styles of education, such as music, games, art and drama. Designed for directors and supervisors of the region’s after-school programs, which provide supervision and enrichment for children in the hours before and after school, the Northeast Tennessee School Age Child Care Conference (NETSACC) will be hosted by Milligan College’s Teacher Education area.
“We want to support after-school programs in the area because they are very important and closely related to Milligan’s early childhood and elementary education missions,” said Dr. Beverly Schmalzried, area chair and professor of education.
This year’s one-day conference features multiple opportunities and workshops for educators. Workshop presenters include several after-school program directors from Northeast Tennessee, as well as many respected local educators.
Also presenting are Milligan College professors Dr. Billye Joyce Fine, assistant professor of education; Dr. Joy Drinnon, associate professor of psychology; Dr. Norma Morrison, professor of education; and Schmalzried, who directed more than 140 after-school programs in her previous assignment with the United States Air Force.
Milligan College offers teacher licensure programs in early childhood, elementary, middle grades, secondary, and K-12 specialty in physical education, music, theatre and physical education. Milligan’s teacher education program is one of only nine private colleges in Tennessee accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
For more information on the NETSACC Conference or the teacher education program at Milligan College, call 423.461.8745.