— Attend
preconference meeting for teacher reps Wednesday, March 29, 2006,
at 5:00 p.m. to receive updated information, ask questions, and learn
how you will assist throughout the conference.
— CHECK IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK EACH MORNING
and act as a liaison between the conference headquarters and teachers
from your school—pass on messages and other information. Be
sure you read the daily bulletin and remind your other delegates to
read it, too.
— Each teacher rep may be asked to act as an assistant to one
of the keynoters or one of the special presenters. Responsibilities
will include meeting and greeting (it won’t be necessary for
you to go to the airport), checking room set up and av equipment,
introducing the speaker, distributing handouts if any, presenting
him or her with a gift from EARCOS (which will be provided), etc.
As far as possible, you will be given your choice of speakers on a
first-requested, first-served basis.
— Assist your teacher workshop presenters by making sure that
they each have an “aide” to perform the following services.
(You can act as the aide if your school does not have more than one
teacher presentation during the time slot—the name of the aide
must be on the teacher workshop proposal form which you submit in
November.) The aide will assist the teacher presenters with:
Room set-up.
If the presenter changes the room configuration, make sure it is returned
to the original set-up for the next scheduled workshop.
Evaluations.
Teacher reps are responsible for ensuring that aides distribute and
collect teacher workshop evaluations for presenters from their schools.
Completed evaluations should be turned in to the ETC desk immediately
after the workshop. TR’s SHOULD PICK THEM UP FROM THE
REGISTRATION DESK BEFORE 5:00 PM ON SATURDAY.
Handouts.
Assist in distribution.
Audio-visual
equipment.
Check that requested equipment has been provided and that it works
properly. Inform the EARCOS desk if equipment malfunctions.
Introduction of the presenter.
— Upon return to your school, prepare a narrative
conference report with your delegates’ impressions and evaluation
of the conference ONLY IF:
a. you found some aspect of the conference invaluable and you would
like to ask that it is done again next year.
b. you have constructive suggestions for the improvement of the conference.