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Educational ConferenceBellevue Westin Hotel, Bellevue WA

Spring Meeting &

“Helping content area teachers connect to“Helping content area teachers connect to teaching reading and writing”

Featuring sessions by Slingerland’s outstandingprofessional training staff.

3rd Annual EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE on Saturday,

April 5, 2014

Featuring sessions by Terrie Springer and Linda Azure. This conference is open to educators, administrators, parents, tutors and anyone with a desire to make a difference in chil-dren/adults with learning challeng-es. Keynote Sessions include Read-ing in the Content Area and De-veloping Vocabulary in the Con-tent Area. The goal of reading is functional use for recreation and learning. Join Ter-rie Springer as she presents tips on ways for teachers to guide weak readers through required content material. A rich vocabulary is vital for both comprehension and expres-sion. Word knowledge requires in-vestigation, analysis, connection, and practice. In this presentation, Linda Azure will share activities for vocabu-lary building and strategies for word recall along with visual organizers and games to facilitate vocabulary acquisition and retrieval.

WESTIN HOTEL BELLEVUE LAKE WASHINGTON

ROOM 600 Bellevue Way, 3rd Flr

Bellevue, WA 98004

Join us for the Slingerland® Institute’s 2014 Annual Spring Meetings

April 4-6, 2014 The Spring meeting will feature dynamic experienced speakers, hands-on workshops, break-out opportunities for new Slingerland staff-in-training, a display of the Slingerland and sponsoring or-ganizations’ materials, and opportunities to provide feedback on the direction of training.

The Spring Meetings will be held at the Westin Hotel in down-town Bellevue, WA. The Bellevue Westin is an active partner with community organizations and has graciously extended the use of its facilities to the Institute at a reduced rate. Located in the heart of downtown Bellevue, the Westin offers spacious meet-ing rooms, comfortable hotel rooms, fitness center, and an on-site spa and pool. Conveniently connected to the Lincoln Square Shopping Center and across the street from the Bellevue Square Mall, you will find an ample array of shops and restaurants to suit every taste within a short walking distance.

We are still in the process of fine-tuning the agenda for the meet-ing, however, below is a tentative schedule to help you with plan-ning.

Friday, April 4, 2014— 8:00 am Faculty Senate Meeting Begins — Standards for Staff Selection 12:00 pm Luncheon 1:00 pm Continuation of meetings—Staff Readiness 4:30 pm Adjourn for the Day — Dinner on your own

Saturday, April 5, 2014— 8:00 am Educational Conference Begins 12:00 pm SIL Award Luncheon 1:30 pm Continuation of meetings—Review of Procedures 3:00 pm Uniformity of Practices 5:00 pm Adjourn for the Day

Sunday, April 6, 2014— 8:00 am Dealing with Difficult Situations Institute Report; FS Report 11:30 am Adjournment

ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE!

Links to the registration portals are available at

http://slingerland.org

THANK YOU to our 2014 Exhibitors and Donors

The Institute is subsidizing a portion of the faculty senate/directors/staff-in-training room rate — reserve your room by March 7 to receive a special rate of

$135 including tax$135 including tax

DATES TO DATES TO DATES TO REMEMBERREMEMBERREMEMBER

John and Beth Slingerland Award Recipient Nomination Forms are due to the Award Committee Chair by Monday, March 3, 2014. Please mail completed forms to: Stepha-nie Hofeling, 617 Taylor Ln, #D, Murray, UT 84107

Hotel and Meal Registration Forms are due to the Slingerland® Institute (“SIL”) office by Friday, March 7, 2014.

Faculty Senate Nomination Forms are due to the SIL office by Monday, March 3, 2014.

Board reports to be included in the Meeting packet must be submit-ted to the SIL office no later than Friday, February 28, 2014. Any handouts that you wish to have included in the Meeting Book must be submitted to the SIL office no later than Friday, February 28, 2014. After the February 28th deadline all documents will need to be copied and distributed by the report author at the Spring Meeting.

The Westin Hotel has contracted with the Institute to reserve several deluxe view rooms at a greatly reduced rate. A quick description of the hotel, amenities and room rate is set out below.

Group Discounted Room Rate: *$129 pn +taxes. *This rate is good for three days before and after the Spring Meeting GROUP ROOMING LIST: Online reservations are not available, please indicate your accommodation needs on the enclosed SM Registra-tion Form. Your room registration must be completed and returned no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. The Institute MUST provide a rooming list to the Westin Hotel by Tuesday, March 11, 2014. At that time, the rooms will released to the general public.

PAYMENT: The hotel rooms are part of the Slingerland® Institute Westin Master Account so guests must pay the Institute di-rectly. You will receive an invoice for your portion. Payment is due BEFORE your arrival. Guests are still responsible for any incidental charges such as room service and spa services Hotel amenities include: Deluxe view rooms, restaurant/bar/lounge, business center, swimming pool, day spa, fitness center, dry cleaning services, wireless internet (fee applies), 24-hour room service, luggage storage, parking (fee applies).

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The semi-annual board meeting will be held Friday, April 4, 2014 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm in the Flat-head Lake Conference Room on the second floor of the Westin.

Board MeetingBoard MeetingBoard Meeting

Can’t make it to the meeting?

Attend via WEBEX for only $45. Call the SIL office for

more information

The Westin is offering ONEONE complimentary internet

connection per guest room! PLUS PLUS complimentary Overnight Self-parking on Friday and Saturday eve-nings; all other evenings receive a discounted over-

night parking rate of $25 . . . .

Join us for the Slingerland Award Luncheon immediately following the Educational Conference. The Institute takes this time to honor and recognize newly certified staff, new training staff, strategic partners and supporters. We have opened up the Award Luncheon to all attendees at the Educational Conference.

We are seeking Slingerland directors to serve as table captains to help encourage discussions between teaching staff and guests. It’s also a great oppor-tunity to cement and establish relationships within the Slingerland family.

SOUND TRANSIT provides public transportation from Sea-Tac Airport to the Bellevue Transit Center. The best bus to take from SeaTac Airport is Route 560 Bellevue (NOTE: There is a Route 560 to West Seattle—DO NOT TAKE THAT BUS!). Bus fare is $2.75.

The bus leaves from Bay 2 at SeaTac Airport. A schedule is posted there. Weekday buses run from 5:00 am to 11:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday buses run from 6:30 am to 11:25 pm. The

(800) 201-4900 http://www.soundtransit.org

SHUTTLE EXPRESS provides shuttle service from the Sea-Tac Airport to the Westin Bellevue hotel. The special Slingerland group rate per passen-ger to and from the airport is $19. You can make your travel reservations using the Shuttle Express reservation link provided on the Slingerland website (http://events.slingerland.org—look for the “Transportation link”). The online reservation site will allow you to make one-way or roundtrip reservations. The van leaves the airport hourly, on the hour. The van leaves the Westin

Hotel hourly, at 45 minutes past the hour. Advance reservations are required when leaving from the hotel. If you are traveling with others, you may want to use the Share-Ride Service. Share-Ride rates for travel to downtown Bellevue are set out in this table:

Shuttle Express also provides a town car service. Those services are detailed on the company website. Shuttle Express is located on the 3rd floor of the parking garage of the SeaTac Air-port.

(800) 487-7433 http://www.shuttleexpress.com

No. of Riders

One Way

Round Trip

2 $37 $32

3 $53 $48

No. of Riders

One Way

Round Trip

4 $69 $64

5 $85 $80

No. of Riders

One Way

Round Trip

6 $101 $96

7 $117 $112

8 or more riders:

$125 one way $120 round trip

OTHER FORMS OF AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION: Taxicabs are available at the airport. Rates vary. Car rentals are also available from Advantage, Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National, Thrifty, just to name a few.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION: The hotel is pleased to assist you with any local transportation needs. Please check with the front desk at the hotel to make any requests and they will contact the taxi, limousine or shuttle service you need.

PARKING INFOPARKING INFOPARKING INFO

There are various forms of transportation to and from the airport. Below are brief descriptions of the services available. The Institute is not making transportation reservations for any arrivals but has worked with Shuttle Express to provide a reduced shuttle rate to/from the airport.

WESTIN HOTEL DAILY PARKING. Parking is available in the Westin Parking Garage located beneath Lincoln Center. Parking on Saturday and Sundays is free of charge. For other days, the Ho-tel will validate parking tickets for the first three hours in the parking garage. Monday-Friday, if you choose to park in the Westin Parking Garage, please bring your parking ticket to the third floor of the hotel in order to validate it. The hourly rates for the parking garage are as follows:

WESTIN HOTEL OVERNIGHT GUEST PARKING. The overnight rate for parking at the hotel is $27 per night or $32 per night if you use the valet service.

Self Park Valet Park

Hours 1 $3.00 (validation avail.) Hours 1-3 $7.00 (validation avail.)

Hour 2 $1.00 (validation avail.) Hours 4 and above $1.00 per additional hour

Hour 3 $1.00 (validation avail.)

Hours 4-10 $1.00 per hour—maximum of $14.00 per day

LOCAL GROUND TRANSPOLOCAL GROUND TRANSPOLOCAL GROUND TRANSPORTATIONRTATIONRTATION

Name: Address: City: State:_______ Zip: Home Phone No. Cell Phone: ______ Email:

Price Quantity Total Cost

Friday—April 4, 2014 Faculty Senate Meeting 8:00 am—4:30 pm

____Artisan Grilled Chicken Sandwich ____Entree Salad w/salmon & rice noodles Entrées comes w/ squash bisque and dessert

$25.00 _______ __________

Friday—April 4, 2014 Board Meeting 5:00– 9:00 pm

____Herb Marinated Bistro Tender w/Risotto ____Seared Steelhead w/couscous ____Butternut Squash Ravioli Choose Roasted pepper bisque or Lettuce, radish goat cheese salad

$50.00 _______ __________

Saturday—April 5, 2014 SIL Award Luncheon 12:00—1:15 pm

____Buffet Luncheon Click here if you would like to be a Table Captain

$28.00 _______ __________

Register me for Webex Attendance Only !

$45

______

$_________

Total Due $__________

Choose a meal for each day you are attending

Meal Request / Registration:

Check In Date Check Out Date

Room Type Room Rate

No. Rooms Needed

Two Double Beds

$129 + tax or *$135 (incl. tax)

Total Rooms Needed

Single King Bed $129 + tax / *$135 (incl. tax)

Payment method:

Check (enclosed—payable to SIL)

Credit Card No. ____________________________________

Exp. Date: __________________ CCV:_________________

Signature:__________________________________________ Name on Card (please print):______________________________

Lodging: Westin Hotel 600 Bellevue Way Bellevue, WA 98004

Please reserve the following room(s) Roommate:____________________ A credit/debit card will be required upon checking into the hotel or to guarantee a room for late arrival on or before April 4th (late arrival is any time after 7:30 pm).

RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO: 12729 Northup Way, Suite 1, Bellevue, WA 98005

Plus tax / *Early registration discount rate of $135 incl. taxes—by March 7

DATES TO DATES TO DATES TO REMEMBERREMEMBERREMEMBER

John and Beth Slingerland Award Recipient Nomination Forms are due to the Award Committee Chair by Monday, March 3, 2014. Please mail completed forms to: Steph-anie Hofeling, 617 Taylor Ln, #D, Murray, UT 84107

Hotel and Meal Registration Forms are due to the Slinger-land® Institute (“SIL”) office by Friday, March 7, 2014.

Faculty Senate Nomination Forms are due to the SIL office by Monday, March 3, 2014.

Board reports to be includ-ed in the Meeting packet must be submitted to the SIL office no later than Friday, February 28, 2014. Any handouts that you wish to have included in the Meet-ing Book must be submitted to the SIL office no later than Friday, February 28, 2014. After the February 28th deadline all documents will need to be copied and dis-tributed by the report author at the Spring Meeting.

Because the guest rooms are part of the Slingerland® Institute master account, the Slingerland® Institute will invoice you for your hotel room charge. Payment is due before check-in. NOTE: the invoice is only for guests rooms and applicable tax; Guests are responsible for any in-room charges such as room service or spa.

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mation with anyone you feel may be inter-

ested in attending!

Phone: 425-453-1190 ¿ Fax: 425-635-7762 E-mail: mail@slingerland.org

CREDIT CARDHOLDER INFORMATION SECURITY NOTICE: To prevent unauthorized access, modification, duplication or disclo-sure of credit card information, please DO NOT MAIL or EMAIL this form with any credit card information listed. You may fill it out and fax it to the Slingerland® Institute (SIL) office or call the SIL office directly and provide the information via telephone.

Registration Form — Please fill out the information below

Return this form NO LATER

THAN Mar 7, 2014