Annual MEA conference returns this October
Education Minnesota’s annual MEA conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 at the St. Paul RiverCentre. This event, which is the union’s largest professional development conference, will feature dozens of workshops and exhibitors.
Details
The MEA conference is only open to aspiring educators and Education Minnesota members.
All attendees must register by Friday, Oct. 11. Classes fill up quickly, so we recommend registering as early as possible.
- Attendee check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
- General session: 9:00 a.m.
- Workshops: 10:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
- 10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. session options
- 2 and 3:15 p.m. session options
- Exhibitor list
Parking: The closest parking ramps are
- RiverCentre Ramp, 150 W. Kellogg Blvd;
- Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd;
- Lawson Ramp, 11 5th St. West.
- More parking options are available at www.stpaul.gov/parking-saint-paul
For MEA attendees, free childcare is available for children ages 6 months-12 years. You can register when you register for the conference.
Attendees may be able to earn continuing education credit for attending MEA and some workshops may help fulfill relicensure requirements. After MEA, Education Minnesota will email you an attendance certificate for the sessions you attended. Please check with your district on whether you will receive credit.
Don’t miss MEA’s keynote speaker Micia Mosely, founder and director of The Black Teacher Project
Micia Mosely is the founder and director of The Black Teacher Project, a program of The National Equity Project committed to developing a Black teaching force to transform schools into communities of liberated learning. Prior to leading this work, she was a National Training Specialist with The Posse Foundation. Mosely began her career as a high school social studies teacher before earning her Ph.D. in Education from U.C. Berkeley. She is a published researcher whose work focuses on race and professional development. Also a successful theater artist and performer, Mosely tours the nation with her socio-political stand-up comedy. Learn more at www.blackteacherproject.org.
