Time: | Scheduled Event |
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9:30am | Before Session Activity - Golf • Golf / Spa Activity (9 holes / Course TBD) |
1:00pm | Registration Opens |
2:00pm - 3:15pm | Workshop Session I - Speaker Dr. Ken Morton • Ice Breaker (Details to follow) • Topic: ENCOURAGEMENT (The Power of Presence) |
3:30pm - 4:30pm | Workshop Session II - Speaker: Mr. John Kasay (Former Carolina Panthers) • Topic: EMPOWERMENT (A Leaders Perspective) |
4:45pm - 5:30pm | Toolbox Session - Speaker: Mr. Jim Accomando (National PTA President-Elect) • Topic: UNDERSTANDING THE PTA |
6:30pm | Dinner & Family Activities • Celebration Station, Grasshopper Baseball, • Various restaurants, Micro Brewery Tour |
Time: | Scheduled Event |
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8:00am - 8:50am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9am - 10:15am | Workshop Session III • Taking Inventory - What is in your toolbox • Open Discussion/Dialogue (Q&A) |
10:30am - 11:45 am | General Session -(PTA In Action) - Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Kay McSpadden • PTA Activities (Details to Follow) • Topic: ENGAGEMENT (Nobody Wins Until We All Do) |
12:00pm - 1:30pm | Vendor Expo and Lunch Male Engagement Groups Participation (5 to 7 groups) • Be There Dad • All Pro Dads • Let Me Run • C4C |
1:45 - 3:00pm | Workshop Session IV • NC PTA Workshop Migration (Our Attendees) • Building Today’s PTA: Recruiting todays Families • PTA Bylaws, Good Standing, Process and Procedure • Treasurers |
3:15 - 4:30pm | General Session II - Keynote: Jim Accomando, National PTA President-Elect Awards Celebration and Closing Session |

John spent most of his 21 year NFL career as a Carolina Panther. Despite the pressures of the NFL, he’s had a loving marriage for 26 years. He and his wife have raised four wonderful children. John will speak to the importance of fatherhood, how he sets priorities and balances his life.

Kenneth honed dynamic leadership skills over a 27-year career. He is currently serves as SVP-Corporate Operational Risk Manager. He is a devoted husband, father and member of Be There Dad at Piedmont IB Middle School in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Morton will speak about “the power of presence.”

Kay has been an English teacher in a high poverty high school for over 30 years. She sees the impact of parental engagement on the personal and academic success of her students. A regular columnist for The Charlotte Observer and author of two books, she will address the need for community involvement in the schools.