Choose from more than 40 theme-based educational sessions!
Gain the knowledge, research, and tools you need stay on the leading-edge of your career by participating in peer-reviewed educational sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Learn about the top personal finance challenges and solutions, new issues in food safety and science education, effective social media strategies to promote FCS, leadership development for the next generation, and more! All of the educational sessions are listed by time block below.
BLOCK ONE: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:00am - 10:00am
BLOCK TWO: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
BLOCK THREE: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
BLOCK FOUR: Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
BLOCK FIVE: Friday, June 25, 2010, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
BLOCK SIX: Friday, June 25, 2010, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
BLOCK SEVEN: Friday, June 25, 2010, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
BLOCK EIGHT: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
BLOCK NINE: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 12:30noon - 1:30pm
BLOCK TEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
BLOCK ELEVEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
BLOCK ONE: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:00am - 10:00am
Leaping Into the Future With Successful FCS Research
Presented by Diana Saiki and Jay Kandiah
Lessons From the Recession: What FCS Professionals Can Learn From and Teach About Tough Economic Times
Presented by Pam Bennett
Teaching in a Web 2.0 World
Presented by Nicole A. Graves and Debra DeBates
Demonstrating the Costs and Benefits of Family and Consumer Sciences Programs
Presented by Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS
Meeting 21st Century Challenges in Food Safety
Presented by Lee M. Faulconbridge and Patricia K. Buck
Giving Individuals a Head Start on Savings and Financial Success
Presented by Megan O'Neil-Haight, CFCS-HDFS
BLOCK TWO: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
Lessons Learned by AAFCS Accredited Units in Tennessee: Implications for the Future of AAFCS and the Profession
Presented by Dixie R. Crase, CFCS, and Patricia M. Stevens, CFCS
Using Technology in the FCS Classroom to Maintain Meaningful Learning Experiences
Presented by Christina DeSimone
The New Normal: Ten Personal Finance Challenges and Solutions for 2010 and Beyond
Presented by Barbara M. O'Neill, CFCS
Leadership Strategies for the Next Generation: Fostering the Professional Capacity of FCS Undergraduates
Presented by Janine Duncan and Cheryl Houston
Innovative Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining New FCS Teachers
Presented by Renee F. Ryburn and Mary H. Harlan
BLOCK THREE: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Getting Ahead by Letting Go—Achieving Work/Life Balance
Presented by Carol S. Miller, CFCS, Lois Clark, CFCS, Mary Longo, Carol E. Chandler, and Christine Olinsky, CFCS
Effective Social Media Marketing Strategies for FCS Professionals
Presented by Joanne Kinsey, CFCS
Reaching Millennials through the UN Millennium Development Goals
Presented by Deborah T. Tippett, CFCS
BLOCK FOUR: Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
Working Together to Help Create FCS Solutions for Challenges Faced by Individuals and Families
Presented by Paula J. Tripp, CFCS, Valencia Browning-Keen, Laura K. Burleson, Claudia V Sealey-Potts, and Janis H. White, CFCS
New Approaches for Successful Online University Teaching
Presented by Ruth Neustifter
Online Financial Education for Limited-Resource, Low-Literacy Audiences
Presented by Karen P. Varcoe and Patti C. Wooten Swanson
BLOCK FIVE: Friday, June 25, 2010, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
No Passport Needed: Using a Mouse to Connect Students Globally
Presented by Sandra Lynn Poirier, CFCS, and Elowin Gluch Harper
Professional Approaches to Finding and Keeping a Job
Presented by Garlene Gainer Petersen
Healthy Housing: Safety Begins at Home
Presented by Janet Valente and Pamela R. Turner
BLOCK SIX: Friday, June 25, 2010, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Integrating the "21st Century Process Skills Model" to Strengthen and Enhance FCS Education
Presented by Andrea B. Mosenson and Wanda S. Fox
"Taking It to the Streets"—Develop Your Leadership Skills and Change Society
Presented by Susan M. Turgeson, CFCS, and Marlene S. Lobberecht, CFCS
BLOCK SEVEN: Friday, June 25, 2010, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Helping Medicare Recipients with Their A-B-C-Ds
Presented by Ida Marie Snorteland, CFCS, Anna-Mae Kobbe, and Caroline E. Crocoll, CFCS
Students and Community Agencies Team Up to Solve Community Problems
Presented by Sue H. Whitaker and Alice A. Spangler, CFCS
Supporting Military Families in the Second Century of FCS
Presented by Janet R. Crow and Michelle Krehbiel
Family and Consumer Sciences Education: Increasing Program Support Through Partnerships, Awareness, and Advocacy
Presented by Barbara A. Woods, CFCS
BLOCK EIGHT: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eat, Save, and Be Healthy: A Family and Consumer Sciences Blog
Presented by Linnette Mizer Goard, CFCS, Kara Newby, and Julie Shertzer
Encouraging Male Involvement in the Lives of Young Children: Strategies for Personal and Professional Connections
Presented by Mikki Meadows, CFCS-HDFS, and Jill Bowers, CFCS-HDFS
"Pracademics"—Helping FCS Professionals Balance Practice With Academics/Research
Presented by Janet R. Crow
A Collaborative Model to Create the Fashionable Insulin Pump Pack
Presented by Kendra Brandes, CFCS
BLOCK NINE: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 12:30noon - 1:30pm
Right on the Money: Talking Dollars and Sense with Parents and Kids
Presented by Cathy F. Bowen, CFCS, and Holly Chase
A Family and Consumer Sciences Global Issues Course
Presented by Anne Weiner
Beyond PowerPoint®: Engaging FCS Students With the Latest Technology
Presented by Bev Card, CFCS
BLOCK TEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Older Generations are "Rocking" the Workplace Establishment
Presented by Leann Schaeffer
The Pacific Northwest Alliance (PNA): A Collaborative, Sustainable Model for Delivering Graduate Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Presented by Karen Bergh and Jan Bowers, CFCS
Successful Methods for Integrating Food Science Into the Academic Core of Education
Presented by Susan M. Turgeson, CFCS, Carolyn M. Barnhart, CFCS, and Diane Klemme, CFCS
Why Do Men Enter the Gendered Profession of Family and Consumer Sciences Education?—An Exploratory Case Study
Presented by Carol R. Werhan, CFCS
Financial Caregiving Guide for Adult Children Series: Simple Steps to Help Your Aging Parents Manage Their Finances
Presented by Patti C. Wooten Swanson
BLOCK ELEVEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Overcoming 21st Century Economic Challenges
Presented by Celvia E. Stovall, CFCS, Jacqueline M. Holland, Gearldean Johnson, CFCS, Joanne Bankston, and Retia Walker
Generating Ethically Reasoned Solutions for Today's Challenging Problems
Presented by Jody L. Roubanis, CFCS, Sammie G. Garner, CFCS, and Rosa Purcell, CFCS
Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Tool to Enhance Teaching, Learning, and Marketing Family and Consumer Sciences
Presented by Andrea B. Mosenson
Detecting Myths and Meeting the Challenges of Organic Products
Presented by Anna Sumabat Turner, CFCS-HNFS
If you have any questions, please contact AAFCS at 1-800-424-8080 or annualconf@aafcs.org.
"I have attended almost every AAFCS Annual Conference since I began teaching 12 years ago. I keep going back for re-inspiration, networking, and fellowship. I have never been disappointed. But also, I learn cutting-edge information and get to see fresh products to use in my Health and FCS teaching. I joined AAFCS to support a profession that I believe in wholeheartedly, and the conferences return to me far more than the membership and registration fees."
- Eileen Holmes, FCS Secondary School Educator
"I enjoy networking with FCS professionals from all over the nation and learning about their programs and their challenges. I always appreciate the quality of the keynote speakers because they offer insight into very real life issues in the nation and/or the world and they relate them back to our professions. It is refreshing to see students participate in the annual conference and realize that these will be the ones who will take charge soon, hopefully even before we retire."
- Jorge Atiles, Associate Dean for Outreach & Extension, Professor, Housing & Consumer Economics, The University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences
