2025 Fall Conference
Bismarck, ND
Saturday, October 4th
North Dakota Kindergarten Association
#NDKARocks
Conference & Grad PD Credit
Conference
On-Line Registration
1) Complete PayPal/Credit Card payment = $75/person
2) Payment option allows 1-4 participants to register.
3) Pay first with PayPal and then Return to Merchant
for official NDKA registration (Google Form).
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Conference Date....
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Hosted by: Bismarck Kindergarten Team
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Full Day Conference
8:30am - 3:30pm
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Participants can attend the individual conference with Holly for 7 hours AND add on the optional book study for 8 hours as an opportunity for one graduate credit.
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Registration due:
Due by: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
*Must be pre-registered so we can make conference arrangements.
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2025 Keynote...
Holly Ehle -
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We are so happy to invite Holly back to North Dakota for another year of learning about the Science of Reading in Kindergarten!
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Holly is an Assistant Professor of Education at Huntington University in Indiana. She is currently finishing up her dissertation work for her Ph.D. in Reading, Language, and Literacy with a specialization in the Science of Reading and an additional certification in cognitive neuroscience. She admits to LOVE research and would even consider herself a "nerd."
Holly serves on The Reading League of Indiana's Board of Directors and serves as a National SOR Presenter for Elevate Your Classroom Educational Conference. She loves working with both classroom teachers and pre-service teachers as they make the shift to SOR aligned instruction.
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4 Presentation Topics:
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Registration & Credit option:
Step 1) Use our on-line registration through PayPal to register for the conference. You will be all set for our 2025 Fall Conference.
*Conference Only = $75
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Step 2) If interested in PD credit, the credit registration will be available once you arrive in Bismarck. Please click the link below to see the approved syllabus through VCSU. Look through the syllabus to see if you want to move forward with the book study to earn enough hours for credit.
*Credit Fee through VCSU = $50
*Syllabus coming soon
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Step 3) The PD credit will be using the book "Strive for Five" as our required resource. Please click one of the links below to order your book if you are participating in book study.
1) Amazon
2) Scholastic
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Book Study assignments will start being posted after the face-to-face conference on October 5th.
Cost Break-down:
Face to Face Conference = $75
Grad Credit = $50
Book = approx. $30
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Notes:
The "pending" Graduate PD Credit through VCSU will show up on your ND University System (NDUS) transcript when completed at the end of the Fall 2025 Semester.
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The conference registration fee of $75 goes to the NDKA organization. This fee encompasses our keynote speaker cost, conference food, and organization costs.
The fee for Graduate Credit of $50 goes to Valley City State University and is a pre-set fee for all universities.
2025 Hotels
We are working on getting some hotels blocked under the name
"North Dakota Kindergarten Association" (or) "NDKA."
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If you would like to pick your own hotel, click the link below.
Click here for more Bismarck hotels
through Bismarck Tourism.
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2025 Conference Schedule:
Agenda for Saturday , October 4th:
8:00 - 8:30 Doors open and grab some eats!
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome by NDKA
8:45 - 10:15 Presentation
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Presentation
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 2:00 Presentation
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:30 Presentation
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Friendship
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collaboration