Alpha Rho State
2013 Convention

Guest and Keynote Speakers

Friday Night's Keynote Speaker

Inge Aldersebaes, MPH, CHES

In January 2012, Inge Aldersebaes joined OEA Choice Trust as their program manager to oversee the Trust’s Employee Wellness Grant Program.  The goal of the Employee Wellness Grant Program is to improve the health and well-being of Oregon school employees through grant-making; focusing on empowering and enabling the participants to take responsibility for improving their health within a supportive workplace environment. To date, OEA Choice Trust has awarded a total of 50 grants to 26 Oregon public school employee groups –  K-12, Community Colleges and Education Service Districts, touching over 12,000 lives.

Inge Aldersebaes served as the co-lead for Oregon's Wellness@Work Initiative, a statewide effort to encourage every Oregon employer to build a culture of wellness at work. The public-private partnership, coordinated by the Oregon Public Health Division, aspires to reach more than one million Oregonians through workplace policies and programs that support employees to eat healthier, move more, quit tobacco, and use the kinds of health care benefits that will improve and sustain their health. 

Prior to Oregon’s Wellness@Work initiative, Inge was the Associate Director for Field Services with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation was founded by the WJ Clinton Foundation and National American Heart Association to address childhood obesity.  Inge was responsible for implementation of the “hands-on” Healthy Schools Program designed to create healthy school environments to promote physical activity and healthy eating among students and staff.  She led a team of 40 field staff that directly delivered technical assistance and training to 2900 schools in 36 states.

Additionally, Inge served as a program evaluation associate with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (now known as Education Northwest) in the area of comprehensive school reform and school-wide improvement. She has over 25 years of professional experience in both public health and education assisting public and private organizations in developing, implementing, and evaluating system-wide programs such as worksite wellness, comprehensive school reform, school improvement, and coordinated school health in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. 

Inge has her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Management and a Master’s in Public Health with an emphasis in Health Promotion and Health Education

Saturday Morning's Keynote Speaker

Dan Jamison

Dan Jamison, Chalkboard Project Vice President will be our Saturday morning keynote speaker.  The title of his presentation is “Chalkboard’s CLASS Project:  Empowering Educators to Lead.”  CLASS provides teachers the opportunity to collaborate on plans for teacher professional growth and success tailored to local needs.  Dan will share how this project is working in our state.

Saturday Rose Banquet's Keynote Speaker

Rob Saxton

Rob Saxton, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, will be our keynote speaker at the Rose Banquet.  His topic “Standing on the Bridge of Educational Excellence” will be part of our celebration of members who have a Doctorate or who are Nationally Board Certified.
 
Rob’s job as Deputy Superintendent is to oversee the education of more than a half-million students in over 1,200 public and charter schools.  He is working closely with Chief Education Officer Rudy Crew on implementing changes to the state’s education system to better align services, supports, and funding from pre-kindergarten through higher education to help the state reach its 40-40-20 goal.

Before joining ODE, Rob worked many years in Oregon schools and districts.  The seven years prior to ODE he served as the superintendent of the Tigard-Tualatin School District which has been recognized as a state leader in success with student outcomes in reading, math, science, and graduation rates.  He truly knows about “Standing on the Bridge of Educational Excellence!”

Sunday Morning's Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nancy Golden

We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Nancy Golden as a keynote speaker.  Dr. Golden is a TeachOregon Coach and Springfield Public Schools Superintendent.  This year’s presentation will be “TeachOregon:  Preparing the next generation of teachers.”  TeachOregon is designed to pilot innovative models to prepare the next generation of teachers for Oregon’s K-12 classrooms.  School districts are partnering with university programs to develop preparation programs that prepare a diverse and effective workforce to teach in the 21st century classrooms.

Sunday Morning's Keynote Speaker

Dr. Hilda Rosselli

Alpha Rho State is proud to announce that Dr. Hilda Rosselli, Deputy Director for College and Career Readiness on the Oregon Education Investment Board will be our inspirational keynote speaker, Sunday morning at state convention.  She will be sharing with us her role in changing Oregon’s Education System as she works with Dr. Rudy Crew, Oregon’s Chief Education Officer.  

Dr. Rosselli was granted a leave for the 2012-2013 academic year from her position as Dean of Western Oregon University’s College of Education.  In her new position her areas of focus include teacher recruitment, preparation, and advancement as well as areas related to college and career readiness program initiatives.  Dr. Rosselli is currently engaged with other state education leaders at the agency head and deputy level to provide leadership related to governance and policy, best practices, and innovation, equity and partnerships that maximize the synergy that can be drawn from a PK-20 system to achieve Oregon’s Goal of an educated citizenry (40/40/20).

Dr. Rosselli has been an active leader on many state and national committees related to teacher preparation and performance assessment.  Her classroom experience includes early childhood, special education, middle school, and university level teaching.  She has published over 25 referred articles and chapters and has presented at over 100 conferences.

International Guest: Vice President Carolyn Pittman

Our International guest at State Convention 2013 will be Vice-President Carolyn Pittman from Little Rock, Arkansas.  Carolyn grew up in the Texas Panhandle and taught high school English and journalism during her career.  She has degrees from the University of Arkansas and the University of Mississippi.

Carolyn has served as president of two different chapters and state president of Arkansas from 1995-1997.  In 1990 Carolyn participated in the Leadership Seminar in Austin.  She was elected to the position of Southeast Regional Director in 2004.  Carolyn has been a speaker and workshop presenter at all levels of the society.  In her spare time she enjoys going to live theatre, reading, spending time with family and friends, and solving puzzles.

As a representative from International, Carolyn will bring us greetings and share about what is happening in the society.  Keeping with our wellness theme, she will also be leading a workshop titled “How Does Your Chapter Feel?”  You won’t want to miss it!  During her workshop, Carolyn will help you look at your chapter’s “health” goals.