The Forum is named for Dr. Bob Gene Raines, a founder of the Forum and a participant since 1988.
Pre-registration for the 2010 Forum will open in January, 2010.
The Forum is free and open to the public. Registration is required. All school teachers, students in teacher education, school officials, and civic leaders interested in education are encouraged to register and attend.
Archived pages for previous Forums are available for
Our 2009 speaker, Dr. Eric Gaze, provided handouts and items for download that are still available. These include
Numeracy, A Quantitative Literacy: Communicating with Numbers, is the textbook used in Teaching Numeracy, the foundational course in the MS Program in Numeracy at Alfred University. In it, Dr. Gaze identifies the crucial topics for quantitative literacy and develops these topics based on the unifying concept of ratio and incorporating spreadsheet technology. At the time of the 2009 Forum, the textbook was under review for publication.
Teachers of the Year
At the Forum, we honor Teachers of the Year from our participating districts. Names of teachers honored at the Forum remain on the Forum web page.
Teacher Roundtable Workshops
Each year we invite McGlothlin Award Winners and the Virginia Teacher of the Year to conduct Teacher Roundtable Workshops For teachers and student teachers. In 2009, Tamatha Farrell, Tracy Easterling, and Stephanie A. Doyle were all three with us, and their presentations were highlights of the day!
Forum History
You are invited to read about the history and purpose of the Forum and to send comments or suggestions.
Forum sponsors
Emory & Henry College gratefully acknowledges the support of these groups that help to make the Forum a success each year:
- Bristol City Public Schools
- Dickenson County Public Schools
- Galax City Public Schools
- Grayson County Public Schools
- Russell County Public Schools
- Smyth County Public Schools
- Tazewell County Public Schools
- Virginia Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa
- Washington County Public Schools
- Wythe County Public Schools
Previous Forum Speakers
Please visit our list of previous Forum speakers. This list provides several links to our former speakers. Occasionally these links need to be updated as people move about on the Internet. Let us know if you find a broken link.
Please send conmments or questions to Sarah Williams swilliams@ehc.edu
