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Iditarod Education Department Winter Educators’ Conference

“Iditarod EDU 25th Teacher on the Trail Celebration”

Lakefront Hotel

Anchorage, Alaska

February 27th thru March 1, 2024

And look at this!  University of Alaska 1 credit (optional)

As teachers, you know the impact of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race - on teaching, on motivating, on providing authentic instruction, on inspiring, on creating excitement for learning.  Here is what you have been waiting for!  The annual Iditarod Educators’ Conference will showcase the resources the Iditarod Education department has for educators everywhere.

Your $600 conference registration includes:

• Volunteer room rates at the Lakefront Hotel which is Iditarod Headquarters during race time-be right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of race week!

• Tuesday and Thursday fully-packed days of sessions on using the Iditarod in your classroom presented by Iditarod Teachers on the TrailTM and guest speakers Liz Millman - Return Dog Coordinator, Katti Jo Deeter and Kristin Knight Pace - Iditarod mushers. 

• Tuesday lunch - mini “book fair”.  Featured author Kristin Knight Pace and EDU staff recommendations.

• Field Trip Day: Ride a chartered bus to Iditarod headquarters to watch pre-race vet checks first hand, have lunch, and then visit Travis Beals and Sarah Stokey’s Turning Heads Kennel in their new Knik location to meet the dogs!

• Your ticket to the Thursday evening Musher Meet and Greet before the banquet where you can talk with and get pictures and autographs of the 2024 mushers. Then enjoy the Musher Drawing Banquet and all of its presentations.

• Friday morning workshop session, collaboration and writing lessons you can use the day you get back to school!  This lesson can double as part of your University of Alaska coursework. 

• Friday morning (optional) ICE training.  (There will be detailed information about this available.) Jon Van Zyle invited us to his 49th Annual Official Iditarod exhibition ( 1976 - 2024 ) at the GEORGIA BLUE GALLERY, 5 to 7 P.M

• We are planning an informal get together Monday evening, February 26, 2024, (not included in nor required for  the conference.)

Rich in resources, professional development unique to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, hands-on experiential learning you can immediately take back to your classroom.

Email questions to Jane Holmes, Director of Education, at jane.holmes@iditarod.com.