Grand Rapids, Michigan
Host Institution: Grand Rapids Community College
For Seminar Information: Steve Smith +1 910.280.3247
For Pre-Registration Inquiries: Deb Vilmont
GRCC Center for Teaching Excellence, (616) 234-2278
TG PURPOSE
The purpose of the Tribal Gathering (TG) concept is to uniquely, and in a F2F environment, connect with others who are practitioners in the International Great Teachers Movement or who are interested in deepening their understanding of the NGTM as originally designed by David B. Gottshall. As he no longer travels and conducts seminars, the TG is designed for the specific purpose of sustaining the next generation of core NGTM practitioners. Current practitioners have become the next iteration of Movement leadership and the defacto "go to" people whose primary directive is seminar perpetuation.
ORIGINS
At the conclusion of the 2017 Hawai'i National GTS, its leader David Sherrill suggested the idea of a “nuts & bolts” gathering where participants would drill down into the nuances of GT seminar process. As a result, the first Tribal Gathering was conducted in Western North Carolina in March 2018 with significance and positive outcome. While the core principles and elements of the NGTM have remained unchanged, we find ourselves using our experiences with David Gottshall and each other to enrich the basics of our simplistic processes of professional learning for teaching faculty, staff, and administrators.
WHO (Intended Audience)
- Current NGTM practitioners
- Seminar facilitators, coordinators, directors, conductors
- Professional learning faculty and/or staff organizers
- Members of higher education teaching and learning centers that support teaching faculty
- Community college administrators who want new ideas to support faculty and campus innovation
- Higher education (FT-PT-ADJT) faculty seeking simple, process-based solutions for instructional problems
FEBRUARY
The 26th Annual NC Great Teachers Seminar! (Salter Path, NC)
“North Carolina’s Most Simplistic, Professional Learning Event for Community College Teaching Faculty”
February 21-24, 2019 - Salter Path, NC
Registration Fees: $725 per person (1-3), $695 per person (4-6), $650 per person (7-9). Includes single room (private bath), all required participant fees, 3 nights /4 days accommodations, 9 meals, daily snacks, & refreshments, pre-seminar reception on Thursday afternoon, plentiful food served in gracious surroundings either family style or buffet (TH supper – SUN lunch), plus more.
The Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat (Moab, UT)
Thursday-Saturday, February 28-March 2, 2019 - Red Cliffs Lodge, Moab, Utah
This retreat is for college and university faculty. It is based on the philosophy that well facilitated shoptalk is one of the highest forms of professional development. No individual "expert" can match the collective knowledge, experience, wisdom, creativity, and genius of any group of teachers actively involved in their profession. The participants themselves are the experts at the retreat!
Registration cost: $575/675 (includes seminar registration, food, and lodging; group rates available)
MAY
Midwest Great Teachers Seminar (Racine, WI)
The 2019 Midwest Great Teachers Seminar (May 19-23, 2019) is sponsored by Marquette University's Center for Teaching and Learning and is facilitated by an international team of educational development specialists.
Registration cost: $1,650 (includes seminar registration, food, and lodging)
May
Celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Great Teachers Movement... where it was born! (Grafton, IL)
The very first Great Teachers Seminar was held at the lodge in Pere Marquette State Park, Illinois, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, not far from St. Louis, Missouri. The same lodge will be our venue for the 2019 International Great Teachers Leadership Summit, Tuesday-Friday, May 28-31, 2019.
Registration cost: $1,095/1,195 (includes seminar registration, food, and lodging)
JUNE
The 34th Annual National Great Teachers Seminar in the Canadian Rockies will be held at the Banff Centre June 2 to 6, 2019. (Banff, Alberta Canada)
Great Teachers 2019 poster DOWNLOAD .Pdf
The Banff Centre (www.banffcentre.ca) boasts world class conference facilities in a spectacular mountain location. Nestled on the side of Tunnel Mountain overlooking the world-renowned Banff Town site (www.banff.ca), the Banff Centre is “Canada's only learning centre dedicated to the arts, leadership development and mountain culture.”
Registration fees: $1595.00 CAD for shared accommodation (2 to a room), $2095.00 CAD for single accommodation. The inclusive registration fee covers the seminar registration, four nights’ accommodation, all meals, all gratuities, all taxes, and all seminar materials. Additional costs to participants will be travel to and from Banff and personal spending money.
Pacific Northwest Great Teaching Seminar (Corbett, OR) - June 16-20, 2019
Hosted by Portland CC, the Pacific Northwest Great Teaching Seminar is a response to the belief that the best teaching ideas, innovations, and strategies come from within our own ranks. The experts at this seminar are peers who practice the art of teaching every day like you.
Cost of the conference is $700 before May 11 and $750 after May 11. This includes registration, lodging, meals, and all other expenses except transportation. Enrollment is limited to the first 35 persons who apply. The seminar usually fills before the May 11th deadline, so we urge you to make your reservation early.
JULY
THE Hawai'i National Great Teachers Seminar: "A Continuing Adventure in Faculty Development" (Hilo, HI)
July 28 to August 2, 2019 
Presented by Leeward Community College, University of Hawaii
Optional Graduate Credit
For an additional fee, participants can enroll in DEP 711, Practicum in Educational Psychology, a three credit graduate level course offered by the University of Hawai'i. Credit registration is on-site.
Contact Info: Hawai'i National Great Teachers Seminar, Leeward Community College, 96-045 Ala Ike, Pearl City, HI 96782 808.455.0483
cindymar@hawaii.edu
The 41st Annual California Great Teachers Seminar ...
(Pacific Grove, CA)
... is a high energy, powerful summer retreat that brings faculty together in search of the “great teacher” within themselves. With no experts or keynote speakers, the seminar is based on the principle that faculty are the experts in teaching and learn best from one another.
July 21, 2019 @ 5:00 PM - July 25, 2019 @ 12:00 PM
$1,220 FACCC member -per participant, based on double occupancy
$1,420 non-member - per participant, based on double occupancy
A limited number of single rooms are available for an additional fee of $330
THE Hawai'i National Great Teachers Seminar: "A Continuing Adventure in Faculty Development" (Hilo, HI)
July 28 to August 2, 2019
Presented by Leeward Community College, University of Hawaii
Optional Graduate Credit
For an additional fee, participants can enroll in DEP 711, Practicum in Educational Psychology, a three credit graduate level course offered by the University of Hawai'i. Credit registration is on-site.
Contact Info: Hawai'i National Great Teachers Seminar, Leeward Community College, 96-045 Ala Ike, Pearl City, HI 96782 808.455.0483
cindymar@hawaii.edu