Friday June 14th 8:00 Continental Breakfast 8:30 Welcome – Malcolm McNeil, Chair, CSD 8:40 Introduction - Catherine Palmer 9:00 Keynote – David Hawkins 9:30 How to Approach Ever Changing Features and Signal Processing – Todd Ricketts 10:30 Break and Breakout 11:15 Breakout results – Ruth Bentler 11:30 Verification: It’s not just a topic for the classroom. – Susan Scollie 12:00 Panel: Learning Objectives – What is the essential knowledge base in amplification? 12:30 Lunch with posters (attendee submitted) 1:30 Verification, cont’d – Susan Scollie 2:00 Assertion Evidence – Elaine Mormer 2:30 Break and Breakout 3:15 Breakout results – Ruth Bentler 3:30 Classroom to Clinic: Addressing the hierarchy of the amplification skill set. – Lori Zitelli 4:00 Panel Discussion 4:45 Adjourn --- Campus tour for those interested 7:00 Dinner on campus with entertainment (Stories from the Teaching Trenches) Saturday June 15th 7:30 Continental Breakfast 8:00 Value Added Laboratory Assignments and Homework – Ruth Bentler 8:30 Amplification: A vehicle for wireless technology and auditory rehabilitation – Linda Thibodeau 9:00 Using the Amplification Guidelines: teaching evidence based practice – Catherine Palmer 9:30 Toolbox for Classroom and Clinical Teaching – Elaine Mormer 10:30 Break and breakout 11:15 Breakout results – Ruth Bentler 11:30 Lunch with Manufacturers – Educational Program Support 1:00 Students and Manufacturers: Are there lessons to be learned? – Jenifer Fruit 1:30 Alternative Format for Your Amplification Course – Susan Scollie 2:00 Outcome Assessment: Positioning your students for the new healthcare environment – Todd Ricketts 2:30 Knowledge and Competency Based Assessment – Linda Thibodeau 3:00 Adjourn 3:30 Depart for Pirates Game (There is a Pirates vs. Phillies baseball game in town Saturday afternoon – 4:05pm with a concert from Big & Rich after the game) Our Friday evening entertainment will feature a storytelling event, in the style of the national nonprofit THE MOTH Story Slams. This event will be hosted by comedian Alan Olifson, emcee of the monthly Pittsburgh Moth StorySLAM, affiliated with the national The MOTH radio show. Start thinking about your most ironic, hilarious, or poignant experiences from classroom or clinical teaching so you can share a story on our theme: Teaching in the Trenches! Guidelines: 1. Stories must be true (though who can control exaggeration?) and be about you 2. No notes allowed 3. Stories are limited to 5 minutes