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Dr. Ernie Zarra, Fox Island, WA
KAPPA DELTA PI PANEL OF EDUCATION EXPERTS
Lewis-Clark State College 2020
Select Presentations and Professional Development
- Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW). Gig Harbor Washington. Presenter" Indoctrination and Radicalism." June 10, 2023.
- Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW). Vancouver, Washington. Presenter" Indoctrination and Radicalism." May 20, 2023.
- Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW). Longview, Washington. Presenter: "Indoctrination and Radicalism." April 15. 2023.
- Baptist Northwest Network Annual Conference. Gig Harbor, Washington. Presenter: (1) "Critical Race Theory and the Christian"; (2) "Woke Culture and the Christian." April 20-22, 2023.
- Kamiah High School. "Generation Z in College and the Workplace." Kamiah, Idaho. (March 14, 2019)
- Deary High School. "Relationships and Social Media." Deary, Idaho. (February 21, 2019)
- Lewiston High School. "Introduction to Teaching: Appropriate Teacher-Student Relationships." Lewiston, Idaho. (May 2018)
- Keynote Speaker. California Writers Club: Writer of Kern. Annual Spring Conference. Kern County, CA. (March 17, 2018). “Make Them an Offer they Can't Refuse!”
- Keynote Presenter. Porterville College Faculty Preservice Professional Development. “A Fresh Look at the What, Who, and How of Higher Education.” (August 17, 2017)
- Northwest Christian University, "Concrete Components of Effective Teacher Education Programs." (April 2017) Eugene, Oregon.
- Panelist, American Principles Institute. “Education in America, the Common Core, ESSA and Beyond.” (May 21, 2016), Fresno, California.
- Centennial High School, Baccalaureate (May 2014), Bakersfield, California.
- Riverlakes Community Church Mens Group, Iron Sharpens Iron, (March 2016), Bakersfield, California.
- Samford University, "Teacher-Student Relationships." Birmingham, Alabama, April 2014
- Riverlakes Community Church Weekly Parenting Class. (September-November 2014). Topics: (1) "Help! I Have a Teenager or Two," (2) Empowering Teenagers for Passion and Purpose," (3) Teenagers and Emotions," (4) "Teenagers' Brains and Choices," and (5) Teenagers and Technology."
- Keynote Speaker, Kern County Business, Leadership, and Ethics Conference. Hosted by Kern High School District and Rotary Clubs of Bakersfield; “Expediency v. Legacy.” (February 28, 2012)
- Kern High School District Professional Development: Teenage Brains and Instructional Strategies (Spring 2012)
- Centennial High School Co-Chair, Principal Writer, Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Team (WASC) (2010-2011)
- Kern High School District Professional Development: Secondary Students’ Learning Styles (November 2011)
- Presenter (October 26, 2011) Kern High School District Professional Development Workshop; “You Mean I Have to Teach People? Aligning Curriculum, Teaching, and Student Literacy.”
- Kern High School District In-Service Bakersfield, California. (January 2009) “Beyond the Content: Teachers Knowing Themselves.”
- Centennial High School In-Service (Bakersfield, 2008) “Motivation: Getting Students to Learn What We Teach.”
- Centennial High School In-Service (Bakersfield, 2008) “Brain-Based Learning and the Teenage Mind: The Theory and Best Practices.”
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) (San Diego, 2006).
- Paper: “Secondary Teacher Excellence: The Personal and the Professional.” The University of Texas Ethics Conference (TUTEC) (Austin, 2006).
- Paper: “Foundations for Ethical Education in a Post-Enron Age: Steps to Categorizing and Understanding Ethical Dilemmas.”
- Kern County Business Ethics and Leadership Conference (Bakersfield Facilitator, 2004).
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) (New Orleans, 2003); Symposia: “Taking it to the Next Level: Traits of Excellent Secondary Educators.”
- 9th Annual Diversity Conference (San Diego 2002); Paper: “Teaching and Learning about Controversial Issues in Secondary Social-Science Classrooms.”
- Kern High School District (Bakersfield); Workshop: “Dealing with Controversial Issues in Secondary Classrooms” (2002).
- Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society in Education (Orlando, 2001); Seminar: “Character Education: Anchors, Expectations, and Effects.”
- Community of Caring: Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation (San Diego, 2001); Seminar: “Where Have All the Mentors Gone? Building Community Between Adults and Teenagers.”
- International Center for Character Education (San Diego, 2000); Paper: “Off Its Knees and Onto Its Feet: Recapturing a Paradigm for Church Involvement in the Development of Character and Community.”
- Hume Lake California Law Enforcement Couples Conference (Hume Lake, 2000); Seminar: “Communication Skills: Getting Through to Our Children.”