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Local Students, Teachers Learn Leadership Skills at AU
9/25/2009
AURORA, Ill. — Local residents were among local high school students and teachers who attended part two of university's 10th annual summer Future Educators Association (FEA) leadership conference last month in the University Banquet Hall.
Sponsored by AU's College of Education, the conference was designed to teach students classroom-management skills, what it is like to be a teacher and how to effectively lead FEA chapters at their home schools.
The initial workshop was held in June. Co-instructors for both sessions were Pam Ferdinand and Judy Maxwell, AU FEA coordinators.
Topics included officer duties, activity and program ideas, and leadership tips. Other topics included problem-solving skills, Read for the Record community-service project Oct. 8, and the Walk for Education fundraiser Nov. 7 at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora.
Students and teachers who attended were:
- Batavia High School: Connor Popp, student; Carolyn Smith, FEA advisor
- East Aurora: Shirl Healy, advisor
- Hinckley-Big Rock: Sarah Briick, Alexandria Mann, Zoe Castellano, Nicole Geib, students; Mary Gunier, advisor
- Kaneland: Kelsey Lenhardt, student
- Neuqua Valley: Sam Young, Alicia Ziegler, students; Jessica Kirkpatrick, advisor
- Oswego: Zoe Worst, Alison Prater, student; Ann Rodman, advisor
- Oswego East: Meghan Rich, Meg Piedmont, Kristina Caruso, students; Andrea Gardels, advisor
- Plano: Kaitlyn Christensen, student; Sandy Bain, advisor
- St. Charles East: Martha Feddern, advisor
- St. Charles North: Kristina Raasch, Lizzy Rizzi, Shannon Doherty, Sara Palansky, students; Marge Trayser, Lori Smerz, advisors
- Sandwich: Laurel Skorup, Nicholas Bantz-Beaty, students; Vida Martin, advisor
- Yorkville: Jessica Peck, student; Sandra Strong, Julie Renda, advisors
Since 1998, AU's College of Education has helped found and maintain FEA chapters serving about 300 students at 15 area high schools. They are Batavia, East Aurora, Geneva, Hinckley-Big Rock, Kaneland, Neuqua Valley, Oswego, Oswego-East, Plano, St. Charles-East, St. Charles-North, Sandwich, Waubonsie Valley, West Aurora and Yorkville.
