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Don’t miss these great presentations at TSBA’s annual convention, set for Nov. 11-13 at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.
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Derek Peterson
Opening General Session
November 11
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Derek Peterson is the founder of Integrative Youth Development (IYD). He is a pioneer in the implementation of the principles and outcomes of IYD within schools, communities, families, as well as within the minds and hearts of individual youth. In his career, he has received many honors and accolades, but the most significant one is the “thank you” that is given by an individual whose life his work has touched.
Derek has spoken to audiences as large as 2800 and as small as 25, throughout the United States, and in Canada, Mexico, and southern Africa. His first book project, Helping Kids Succeed – Alaskan Style, has over 150,000 copies in circulation.
Derek has been a long time advocate for young people. As a high school freshman, he created and managed his first youth center. Peterson has served as a counselor in a detention center for boys, as a drug/alcohol counselor, and as an advocate for college/university students. He has worked as a faculty member at one of the most innovative colleges in the United States and served the Vice President for Student Services at a liberal arts college. Between 1995 and 2004, Peterson served as the Director of Child/Youth Advocacy for the Association of Alaska School Boards. While there he developed the IYD model that expanded the dialogue around student achievement in both urban and rural schools. His work guided the Chugach School District's Psycho/Social Developmental Standards and supported them in earning the nation's first Baldridge Award for Excellence in Education.
While serving Alaskan school boards, administrators, teachers, students, and community members, Derek was a leader of a team that raised over 16 million dollars for a statewide initiative for children, youth, and communities. In addition to this long term funding, tens of millions more were redirected within partner agencies to support the vision of connection rich kids. In the year 2000, the Alaska Drug and Alcohol Prevention Community recognized him as the “Prevention Professional of the Year.” In 2001, the Alaska Principal’s Association honored him as their educator of the year.
Today Derek is the Executive Director for the Institute for Community and Adolescent Resilience (ICAR-US). ICAR-US does IYD work for numerous communities and school districts throughout the US, and the world. Derek is on the staff of the International Institute for Children’s’ Rights and Development in Victoria, Canada. He guides efforts to merge traditional ways of knowing and traditional values with IYD.
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The Standards
Second General Session
November 12
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Performing to over 400,000 students in 30 states, The Standards are five brothers from Idaho whose a capella style is bringing their Drug Awareness Program to young people around the country. They feature energetic choreography, audience participation, comedy, classic and modern musical styles, and many original songs. The group presents its anti-drug message in a way that is not preachy and performed completely without musical instruments, including the sound of drums which they make with their voices. Their message comes in a story about a close friend who commits suicide due to drug abuse. The story is topped off with an original song about losing one’s best friend. The members of The Standards range from ages 20 to 28, and feature an impressive five-octave vocal range. Presently, they have recorded four CD’s and have recently completed a DVD.
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Tom DeLuca
Awards Banquet
November 12
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Open the windows to your imagination as Tom DeLuca uses the power of suggestion, and humor to showcase the wonderful imaginations and personalities within his audiences. Part entertainment, part theatre, this program demonstrates the inherent creativity of the participants when they’re relaxed, comfortable, and given permission to be themselves. It’s also a reminder that our creativity lies just below the surface. Tom has his Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois and honed his humorous side with Chicago’s Second City Comedy Troupe. The unique qualities of his Theatre of the Imagination have made DeLuca a regular on the daytime talk shows; as well as the subject of feature articles in People and Rolling Stone Magazines. This is the program that landed Tom DeLuca on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, and caught the attention of NBC’s “Dateline”. The New York Post writes, “The results of Tom’s show are fascinating, hilarious at times, even poignant. Don’t miss him.” |
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Dr. Daniel A. Domenech
Third General Session
November 12
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Dr. Daniel A. Domenech is senior vice president and head of Urban
Advisory Resource for McGraw-Hill Education. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, Dr.
Domenech was the superintendent of the Fairfax County Public Schools in
Virginia, the twelfth largest school system in America with 168,000
students. A native of Cuba who moved to the United States at the age of
nine, Dr. Domenech began his teaching career in New York City.
Dr. Domenech has served on the U.S. Department of Education National
Assessment Governing Board and on the Board of Directors of the Association
for the Advancement of International Education. He is a past president of
the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the Suffolk County
Superintendents Association, and the Suffolk County Organization for
Promotion of Education. He was the first president and cofounder of the New
York State Association for Bilingual Education. |
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Tonea Stewart
Closing General Session
November 13
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1999 Gabriel Award Winner “Tonea” Stewart, a native of Greenwood, Mississippi, has lived in Montgomery, Alabama since 1990. She is a tenured Professor and the Director of Theatre Arts at Alabama State University. She is also a professional actress. Tonea serves as a teacher, role model and mentor to many of her students. Youth from Montgomery area and across the nation have been touched by Tonea’s artistry through T.A.P.S ( Theatre Artists Performance School) and Camp 31 (Teaching Through Theatre), a summer performance and enrichment camps.
After receiving a B.S. degree in Speech and Theatre from Jackson State University and an M.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Tonea completed her Ph.D. in Theatre Arts at Florida State University in 1989. She was the first African American female to receive a doctorate from the FSU School of Theatre and the first McKnight Doctoral Fellow in Theatre Arts. During her study, at FSU, Tonea also received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a spokesperson for “ One Church, One Child” of Alabama and for NOSAP, a Texas based organization aimed at youth development. In 1995, she was inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. She has honorary doctorates from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, and Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, Texas and has received numerous keys to cities throughout the United States.
As an actress, Tonea is perhaps best known for her reoccurring role in, In the Heat of the Night. More recently, she earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for her role in the film adaptation of John Grisham’s A time to Kill and The Gold Medal Award for narration of Public Radio Internationals Series “Remembering Slavery.” Tonea began her acting career in 1969 and has appeared in several productions on stage, screen and television. |
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