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Session 1
"ASPIRE" From Day One: Activities to Build Relationships with All Students and Staff
First week of school activities for self-determination, social/emotional growth, and building a culture of success within the classroom and school environment.
Susan Darlington, Sarah Taylor, Kristin DeBonis, Ashley Millard, Pam Majerus
Social/Emotional Learning
K-12, Admin
Room: 1212
An Overview of J. Serravallo's Reading and Writing Strategies
We will give an overview of the Reading and Writing Strategies Books by Jennifer Serravallo.
Lauren Lenoir and Laura Reonas
ELA
K-2
Room: 1213
Be on fire, not burned out
Strategies for Engagement and Enjoyment in a Challenging Environment
Resilient employees know how to handle stress without burning out. Courtney’s Accelerated Resilience strategies lead to greater employee engagement, reduced turnover, and less stress at the office.
Courtney Clark
ALL
K-12
Room: 2310
Building a Culture of Social Emotional LearninG
This session will present a specific timeline and process for successfully implementing a student-led Social Emotional Learning program at school.
Tom Wolff and Nicole Richardson
ALL
6-12
Room: 2319
Building Blocks of Balanced Literacy
What will my day look like in a balanced literacy classroom? Is there really time for all that balanced literacy jazz? Those questions and many more will be addressed in this session created to support teachers in building the framework of a classroom focused on the balanced literacy model.
Steve Straughan and Danette Hasek
K-2
Room: 2234
Coming Soon: New Interactive Whiteboards
Want to check out the latest game changer in our classrooms? Come preview the new Clear Touch interactive displays that will be replacing our current interactive whiteboards. ​
Melissa Lodhi (Clear Touch Presenter)
K-12
Room: 1540
Doing it Differently: Teaching Vocabulary
Vocabulary is a key literacy component for our students, across all subject areas. Have you ever wondered how you can tailor instruction for your students so each one focuses on the words they need, instead of a whole list. Let us share some tips, techniques, ideas, and ways to effectively teach vocabulary in a variety of ways where students own the learning from beginning to end.
Angana Ghate and Jennifer Montgomery
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Student Ownership / Voice & Choice in Learning
3-5
Room: 2315
Explore and Create Your Own Breakout EDU with Integration of Google Tools
With the growing popularity of breakout and escape rooms (i.e. Urban Escape), Breakout EDU offers a virtual and hands-on game platform for students to work collaboratively and solve a series of problems in order to open a locked box. This is applicable to any subject area or grade level as this platform allows educators to adapt curriculum to an inquiry-based learning activity. Participants will attempt to unlock a sample locked box prior to building their own Breakout EDU.
Jennifer Emmert and Jennifer Lundstrum
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
K-12
Room: 1544
Get Engaged in Math (GEM)
Engage in learning some new activities designed to promote student involvement. Come have fun and learn how to get your students to love math as much as you do. Most activities can be modified for various math courses and levels.
Karen Neighbour
Math
6-12
Room: 2217
Getting Flexible! Starting Flexible Seating
Are you ready to get flexible?! Don't be scared to take this step in your classroom; it's more manageable than you think! Come and learn about flexible seating and how you can make this work for your teaching style and your students. We will show you what we have learned over the years (including our new additions and advice from this year!), how we make it work in our rooms, and what our future goals are. Together, we can utilize flexible seating to maximize student engagement and learning!
Kristina Holmes and Kate Lighstone
ALL
K-5 focused (6-12)
Room: 1311
Join the SAFARI – An Introduction to SAFARI Montage
Are you new to SAFARI Montage or need a refresher? Come to this session to go on a digital learning safari. Explore the updated design changes within the platform. Journey through the thousands of digital learning objects (or resources) available correlated to on learning standards. Experience how to link SAFARI Montage resources to other platforms, such as itslearning and Google Classroom. Discover strategies for and create engaging student learning opportunities with digital content.
Tim Clark
ALL
K-12
Room: 1308
Making Research Easy for Students
In this session, participants will learn how to guide students toward scholarly research tools and how to use them successfully. When researching becomes uncomplicated, it is easy to flip from the mindset that research is torture to the idea that research is really more like geeking out.
Kristen Deuschle
ALL
6-12
Room: 2311
Making the Most of Studies Weekly
Learn how to better utilize Studies Weekly including the digital component to transform your social studies instruction.
Studies Weekly Trainer
Social Studies
3-5
Room: 2248
myON Personalized Reading
What do teachers need to know to get students reading on myON? How do teachers monitor students’ reading? How does myON assess students who were using myON last year? How can students search for books in myON? How can teachers search for books in myON? How can students quickly build awareness of access to myON and have proper expectations set for initial and embedded assessments? How can learners monitor their reading growth through their myON account? The answers to these questions and more in this introductory session for myON.
Saralee Parker
ELA
K-5
Room: 1236
Nearpod Getting Started Training
This workshop is designed for anyone who’s brand new to Nearpod and wants to get started using Nearpod in their classrooms! Participants will experience how to utilize the Nearpod Content Store, how to launch both Live and Nearpod Student Paced lessons, and how to access post-session reports.
Nearpod Trainer
ALL
K-12
Room: 2308
Personalized Learning From the Ground Up
How to set up personalized learning from the ground up in math. Will discuss how to make personalized learning work for various learners and the different ways to run your math groups to make it work in your classroom. We’ll also look into the technology side of personalized learning and have some time to explore and create a playlist.
Scarlette Shirley
Math
2-5
Room: 2220
STEM Bins: Engineering Through Play
Discover how to effectively use STEM Bins® as a foundational, developmentally appropriate form of engineering for elementary students. Learn simple ways to implement STEM Bins for early finishers, enrichment, morning work, centers, makerspaces, and literacy and math extensions. Get your hands on the materials and try STEM Bins for yourself! Door prizes!
Carolyn Cutts (ETA, Hand2Mind)
K-6
Room: 2309
Wands & Lightsabers: Using the Force to Create a Magical Classroom
How are Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Social Emotional Learning connected? Find out as two teacher deconstruct how they have allowed their personal experiences to build a positive classroom environment, while incorporating social emotional learning. Be prepared for plenty of cheesy jokes & practical strategies to implement in your classroom!
Jessica Stanford and Sarah Berger
Social Emotional, ALL
3-5
Room: 1217
Who’s Doing the Talking? Increase Student Engagement in Academic Conversation
The speaking and listening standards are specific, but how do you get started? In this session, I will share a process that has worked in a diverse classroom where students set norms, goals and are engaged in academic conversations with their peers. This is suitable for any teacher in any grade who wants to increase student engagement and achievement by facilitating academic conversations among students.
Diana Delaney
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
K-12
Room: 2213
An Introduction to MyPerspectives
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ELA
6-12
Room: 1315