Collaboration of the Minds 2026 Agenda
Time | Location | Activity | Attendees | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7:30 | Front Entrance | Registration/Coffee/Grab-and-Go Breakfast | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | |
8:30 | Auditorium | Welcome from SLS Senior Director
| All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | Shannon Smith, Senior Director of Student Learning Services |
8:40 | Michigan Virtual Mentor of the Year Michigan Virtual Teacher of the Year | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | Jamey Fitzpatrick, President & CEO Shannon Smith, Senior Director of Student Learning Services Andrea Kistler, Mentor Support Manager | |
9:10 | SLS Updates | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual staff | Shannon Smith, Senior Director of Student Learning Services Chris Ebsch, Director of Curriculum | |
9:40 | Stairs | Large Group Picture (on stairs near cafeteria) | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | |
9:55 | Move to Department Meetings | All Attendees | ||
10:00 | See room numbers in the next column | Career & Tech (B260) English & Visual Performing Arts (B269) Math & Computer Science (B252) Science (A203) Social Studies (A207) World Languages (Media Center) | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | Lead Instructors: Brian Harrod, Career & Tech Matt Harbron, English & Visual Performing Arts Adair Aumock, Math & Computer Science Jaci Tyler, Science Brian Moore, Social Studies William Springer, World Languages Alanna Prieditis, World Languages |
12:00 | Cafeteria | Lunch (and break) | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | |
12:55 | Move to Breakouts | All Attendees | ||
1:00 | See COM Portal or Sessions At A Glance | Floating Department Breakouts (Content, Spec. Ed/Mentors, Leadership, HR) | ||
2:00 | See COM Portal or Sessions At A Glance | Breakouts Part 1 | Various Michigan Virtual Presenters | |
3:00 | See COM Portal or Sessions At A Glance | Breakouts Part 2 | Various Michigan Virtual Presenters | |
3:55 | Registration Tables | Day 1 Check Out |
Time | Location | Activity | Attendees | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7:30 | Front Entrance | Registration/Coffee/Grab-and-Go Breakfast | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual staff | |
8:30 | Auditorium | Keynote | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual staff | Joe Beckman, National Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Connection Crusader |
9:30 | Auditorium | Outstanding Instructor Awards & Michigan Virtual Values | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual staff | Andrea McKay, Director of Instruction, together with Lead Instructors: Adair Aumock, Matt Harbron, Brian Harrod, Brian Moore, Alanna Prieditis, William Springer, Jaci Tyler |
10:00 - 10:15 am - BREAK | ||||
10:15 | See COM Portal or Sessions At A Glance | Breakouts: Part 1 | All Attendees | Various Michigan Virtual Presenters |
11:15 am | See COM Portal or Sessions At A Glance | Breakouts: Part 2 | All Attendees | Various Michigan Virtual Presenters |
12:10 | Cafeteria | Lunch | All Attendees | |
1:10 | Cafeteria | Teambuilding: Birds of a Feather | All Instructors + Michigan Virtual Staff | |
1:45 | Move to Department Meetings | All Attendees | ||
2:00 | See room numbers in the next column | Career & Tech (B260) English & Visual Performing Arts (B269) Math & Computer Science (B252) Science (A203) Social Studies (A207) World Languages (Media Center) | All Michigan Virtual Instructors / Staff (only) | Lead Instructors: Brian Harrod, Career & Tech Matt Harbron, English & Visual Performing Arts Adair Aumock, Math & Computer Science Jaci Tyler, Science Brian Moore, Social Studies William Springer, World Languages Alanna Prieditis, World Languages |
Closing Reflection | In the COM Portal | All Attendees | ||