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Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Division of Continuing Education
2121 Euclid Avenue CE 103
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Joseph E. Cole Center
3100 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, OH

Phone: 216.687.2144
Fax: 216.687.9399
conted@csuohio.edu

Web Content Contact
Dr. Barbara Hanniford
b.hanniford@csuohio.edu
216.687.2149

Web Technical Contact
Denyse Castle

g.d.castle@csuohio.edu
216.687.
4685


CURRENT CONFERENCES

 




Diversity Management Conference
“Translating Theory and Research Findings into Best Practices in Diversity Management”

The conference will focus on the following topics:

  • Which organizational interventions actually work and which don't
  • Conducting appropriate needs analysis for diversity training design
  • Political correctness: why language matters
  • The impact of micro-inequities in the workplace
  • Communication across differences
  • Institutional Diversity - What do we know?
  • Assessment and measurement of Best Practices
  • How social and political factors can support or impede diversity interventions


PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008)  Click here to register
(Making your Workplace Inclusive with Barry Cross of Elsie Y Cross and Associates)

Location: East Center, Solon (free parking)
Course Number: HCHS 538005 6850
Time: 8:30am - 5pm
Start Date: May 8, 2008 (Register early 30 person limit)
Price: $155.00 (includes CEUs, Breakfast & Lunch)

For Conference Agenda, Schedule & Presentation Descriptions - Click here

CONFERENCE (FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008)   Click here to register

Location
: Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Atrium, 1717 Euclid Ave.
Course Number: HCHS 540505 2800
Time: 8:00am - 5pm
Start Date: May 9, 2008
Price: $155.00 (includes CEUs, Breakfast, Lunch & Networking Reception)

Lodging
: We recommend the Wyndham Hotel to our out-of-town guests.

For more information, please call 216-687-2587 or Click Here.

To register, please call 216-687-2144 or go to http://www.csuohio.edu/ce/about/register.html

Click here to pay for this class online.


Design A Life!
A Community of Ideas

This conference will bring together community residents, artists, and health care professionals to explore the contributions of creative activities to health and quality of life.

Keynote Speakers:

·      Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D. - The Drucker School of Management Claremont Graduate University

·      Betty Yerxa, Ph.D., Professor Emerita - Program in Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California

Conference Activities and Schedule:

  • Workshops designed to provide a hands-on experience of creativity
  • Panels of care providers and creative artists to consider how to employ creative activities in providing care to promote wellness and remediate dysfunction and illness.
  • The SCHEDULE for the entire conference can be found at: http://sciences.csuohio.edu/workshop/schedule.htm

When:              May 16 and 17, 2008

Times:             Friday, May 16, 2008             8:30 am to 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 17, 2008         8:30 am 1:00 pm

Course Number: HCHS 540501 2800 

Location: Cleveland State University, Main Classroom Building and various locations throughout the Cleveland area.  

Cost: $150 Fee includes Continuing Education credit, breakfast and lunch on Friday, breakfast on Saturday, evening reception on Friday, all supplies, and transportation to workshops not on the CSU campus. 

Special Requests:

Due to many requests to attend just part of the conference, we have made the options listed below available.  PLEASE NOTE:  In order to register for any of the special options, you must call 216-687-2144. 

Option A

The entire conference for community members/students (no continuing education credit*)   Fee: $ 75 

Option B

Friday only.  Includes all Friday events (partial continuing education credit*) Fee: $ 100. 

Option C

Saturday only.  Includes all Saturday events (partial continuing education credit) 
Fee: $ 50. 

 Option D

You may attend either keynote presentation only by bringing a check for $ 20 to the door the day of the conference.  Only checks will be accepted.

To Register:

To register or for more information, please call 216-687-2144 or go to http://www.csuohio.edu/ce/about/register.html 

Visit the conference website for many more details about the speaker, workshops, panels, locations, etc. at: http://sciences.csuohio.edu/workshop/index.htm

* Continuing Education certificates will be awarded based on the portion of the conference attended.  Occupational Therapists must attend the entire conference to receive 9.5 contact hours approved by the Occupational Therapy Sections of the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletics Trainers Board.  OTs who only attend a portion of the conference will receive a certificate of attendance and may submit that individually if desired.

Click here to pay for this class online.


Download the Orff Schulwerk Brochure

Orff Shulwerk Certification: Level I

Orff Schulwerk is a unique child-centered approach to music education that makes use of children’s natural affinities for moving, singing, and improvised play.  Based on the work of Carl Orff, Orff Schulwerk  builds musical concepts and skills through speech, poetry, song, games, and movement in a creative, playful atmosphere, where students experience the elements of music in an active way.

Who Should Attend: Level I is for anyone with training in music, who wishes to further develop his/her teaching skills. This two-week intensive course will provide you with a foundation for using the Orff Schulwerk approach to teaching music and movement to children.

When:  June 16—27, 2008,
             Mon—Fri, 8:30 am—4:00 pm

Where: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Lodging: Some on-campus housing is available. Please contact CSU Continuing Education at 216.687.2144 or via email at conted@csuohio.edu for a list of hotels or information about on-campus housing. Deadline for on-campus housing registration is May 15, 2008.

CEUs:  6.5 CEUs or 65 contact hours.

Graduate Credit: Two hours of graduate credit are available at an additional cost. For more information please contact Rita Klinger at: r.klinger@csuohio.edu or 216.523.7176.

Sponsored by:  Cleveland State University Department of Music and the Division of Continuing Education.

Endorsed by: The American Orff-Schulwerk Association

For More Information: Download the flyer here or contact Continuing Education at 216.687.2144 or via email at conted@csuohio.edu . For more information on course content please contact BethAnn Hepburn at hepburn4music@aol.com.

Cost: $645  Price includes instruction and materials.

Instructors:

BethAnn Hepburn (Movement and Pedagogy) teaches music to children in grades 4-6 in Streetsboro, Ohio, where she was awarded the 2003 Teacher of the Year. She is the Region VI representative for the AOSA National Board of Trustees, and the professional development co-chair for General Music for the Ohio Music Education Association. She has presented workshops for OMEA, NOCKA, Hiram College Literacy Links, and several Orff chapters throughout the United States, and China. She also teaches movement for the Villanova Orff Schulwerk course.

Lynn Huenemann (Recorder) has 23 years of elementary music teaching experience in Ohio public schools and has taught music education methods at Heidelberg College. She holds Orff Levels I-III certificates from Cleveland State University. She has presented workshops for OMEA and OSGM, as well as area colleges. She serves on the National Advisory Board of the American Orff Schulwerk Association, is a member of the American Recorder Society, and was a part of the Introduction to Orff Schulwerk faculty at CSU in 2004.

Donna Massello-Chiacos (Level I) is Music Director of San Roque School in Santa Barbara, California, where she works with students from pre-school through eighth grade. She holds a BA in Piano Performance from the University of California, and a Master of Arts in Music Education with emphasis in Orff Schulwerk from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Donna has presented for the AOSA National Conference and for chapters throughout the United States. Donna is a teacher trainer throughout the US, Canada and Taiwan and is also an active concert pianist.


For more information about our facilities, please contact Kate Greth, at
216-687-4847 or via email at k.greth@csuohio.edu.

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