2012 PennACE 10th Annual Conference Schedule

"Coaching Champions: A Decade of Excellence, Professionalism, and Success"
Wednesday, May 23 - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hyatt Place Pittsburgh North Shore

  • Conference Attire: Business Casual
  • Giveaway Items: Please bring an item that represents your workplace (t-shirt, sweatshirt, hat, mug, etc.) to share in our Giveaway Exchange that will be conducted throughout the conference.
  • Directions: Directions to the Hyatt Place are available online at: Directions - Hyatt Place Pittsburg - North Shore.


Schedule-at-a-Glance (Revised 5/15/2012, *subject to change)

Tuesday, May 22 Pre-Conference Opportunities (Optional; Additional fees may apply)
 
 2:00p.m.


3:30p.m.-5:00p.m.
 Pre-Conference Employer Site Visits
  - Heinz 57 Center
  - Rivers Casino

Registration
 6:30p.m.  Pre-Conference Activities in Pittsburgh
  - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets (7:05 p.m. Game) (If you are interested and have not already signed up, contact Mark Anthony, anthony@iup.edu, for more information)
  - Group Outings to Local Restaurants or Dinner on Your Own (Contact Mark Anthony, anthony@iup.edu, to be added to the group dinner list)
Wednesday, May 23 Day One
 9:00a.m. - 11:30a.m.  Registration
 10:00a.m. - 10:30a.m.  Welcome/Opening Remarks/Newcomer Recognition
 10:30a.m. - 11:15a.m.  Knowledge Session I - General Session - "PennACE Comes to Pittsburgh"
 11:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.  Vendor Exhibits (Candid Career, Experience, Gale Cengage, and Vector Marketing)
 11:30a.m. - 12:45p.m.  Conference Luncheon and Keynote Address: "Social Networks -- The Challenge for You and for Your Students" Lori Andrews, Professor, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and author of I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy.
 1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.  Knowledge Sessions II
 2:15p.m. - 3:15p.m.  Knowledge Sessions III
 3:30p.m. - 4:30p.m.  Knowledge Sessions IV
 4:45p.m. - 5:15p.m.  Knowledge Sessions V
 5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m. Evening Reception
 6:30p.m.  Group Outings to Local Restaurants or Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, May 24 Day Two
 8:00a.m. - 9:45a.m.  Awards Breakfast & Business Meeting
 10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.  Knowledge Sessions VI
 11:15a.m. - 11:30a.m.  Express Idea Roundtables
 11:30a.m. - 11:45a.m.  Express Idea Roundtables
 11:50a.m.  Closing Remarks/Give-a-ways

 

 National Board for Certified Counselors

PennACE is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. This conference provides the opportunity for counselors certified by the NBCC to earn contact hours. We adhere to the Continuing Education Guidelines. The number of contact hours will be posted on the website after the conference sessions have been confirmed. Forms will be available at the conference registration upon check-in.

NBCC's certification program recognizes counselors who have met predetermined standards in their training, experience, performance on the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE), the most portable credentialing examination in counseling, NBCC has more than 31,000 certified counselors.

For more information about NBCC, please visit
www.nbcc.org or contact Darwin Kysor at dkysor@juniata.edu.