What is Star Summit?

The fourth annual Shaping Teachers Across the Region Summit is coming to Southwest Missouri this Fall. On November 8, 2016, teachers and staff from Nixa, Ozark, Republic, and Willard School Districts will collaborate for an educational conference.  The day will start with all the districts attending a keynote session at James River Church in Ozark. After a break for lunch, participants will split into two groups, traveling either to Ozark High School or Nixa High School to attend 3 breakout sessions, including optional unconference sessions.

  • NIXA - PreK - 5th Grade, K-12 Fine Arts (Music, Art, Theatre), K-12 Music, K-5 Librarians, K-5 SPED, OT/PT and SLPs, K-5 Counselors, Reading Recovery, Gifted, K-5 Computers, K-12 ELL
  • OZARK - 6th - 12th Grade, 6-12 Librarians, 6-12 Counselors, K-12 Health/PE, ROTC, 6-12 Computers, 6-12 SPED, 7-12 Foreign Language, 7-12 CTE - Career Technical Education (FACS, Vocational Business, Vo-Ag, Industrial Tech, Marketing, Building Trades)

schedule

8:30 - 11:00  Keynote with Eric Sheninger
11:00 - 1:00  Lunch
1:00 - 1:45  Breakout 1
1:55 - 2:40  Breakout 2
2:50 - 3:35 Breakout 3 

​*All sessions include optional unconference sessions

james river Church  parking and hospitality

At the James River Church you can enter by exiting on Evans Road as well as CC Hwy.  If some participants take the Evans Road exit that will help with traffic flow. Carpooling is always encouraged.  You may park in any of the parking spaces with the exception of the following:
  • Do not park in the spaces designated for voters. James River Church serves as an election site and expects to have many voters during the day.   They have reserved a limited number of parking spots for short term parking for voters on the South Lot. The reserved parking for voters will be in front of Clark Chapel. 
  • Do not park in the area at the back used by the James River Preschool. 
You may park on the North and South parking lots and enter through any of the doors. There will be two food courts open that day for participants to purchase coffee, soda, water and snacks. They will accept cash and debit/credit cards.

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Willard
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Ozark
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Republic SCHOOLS
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Call for presenters  is open

We are securing presenters at all grade levels and all content areas.  We hope you will consider presenting at this event!  If you have a unique learning project or want to share your high impact instructional strategies - WE NEED YOU!

You may present one or two sessions with a compensation of $50.00 per session (maximum two sessions). If you choose two sessions, you can do the same presentation twice, or do two different presentations.

Call for Presenters will be available September 6th - Sept 23rd.