STLinATL

9:30am EDT

Are You a Neuroteacher... Yet?

What if 100% of your school's teachers and administrators understood the science of how the student brain learns, works, changes, and thrives? This workshop, facilitated by the internationally recognized Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, answers this question by sharing the most promising research and strategies that can help schools shift to becoming more brain-friendly and student-centered. This interactive, multiple-modality professional learning experience will provide a pathway for scaling the science of learning in your school with the chief beneficiaries being each student who now has teachers who understand how their brain learns.

Speakers

Glen Whitman

Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Glenn Whitman (@gwhitmancttl) is a History teacher and Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL) at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. Glenn is the co-author of Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education, the co-designer of Neuroteach... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W200

9:30am EDT

Designing a Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

This workshop is designed to assist Woodward Upper School Faculty in the design and proposal process of their Maymester course for 2024. Faculty members will engage in activities designed to critically examine and reflect on their ideas surrounding a potential Maymester offering. We will discuss the basics of experiential learning and how it applies to the context of our program as well as see examples of proposed courses. At the end of the session, teachers will be better equipped to write and submit their Maymester proposal. (NOTE: attendance at one of these workshops is required for all Upper School Faculty at Woodward Academy)

Speakers

Andrew M. Jones

US Faculty, Woodward Academy - Upper School

Andrew has been serving at independent schools his entire career. During his time in the classroom, he has taught history, economics, government, and personal finance from a student-centric perspective. Andrew believes that ambitious teaching and learning occurs when students are... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

9:30am EDT

Designing a Middle School Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

This workshop is designed to assist Woodward Middle School Faculty in the design and proposal process of their Maymester course for 2024. Faculty members will engage in activities and discussion designed to critically examine and reflect on their ideas surrounding a potential Maymester offering. We will review the basics of experiential learning and how it applies to the context of our program. At the end of the session, teachers will be better equipped to write and submit their Maymester course proposal. (NOTE: attendance at one of these workshops is required for all Middle School Faculty at Woodward Academy)

Speakers

Wanda Williams

English Dept. Head/Teacher/Director of Maymester, Woodward Academy

Wanda T. Williams is currently the Woodward Academy Middle School English Department Chair and the new Director of Maymester Programs for the Middle School. She is an accomplished classroom teacher and educational innovator with extensive experience teaching English/Language Arts... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W134

9:30am EDT

Designing Learning Experiences for Cognitive and Cultural Inclusion through The Landscape Model of Learning

Learn to use The Landscape Model to ensure the highest levels of personal success possible for all students. Recognizing that students are positioned across a landscape when it comes to their learning and growth, the model provides strategies for developing an asset-based understanding of what each student brings into the learning ecosystem (previous learning and educational access, cultural and other identity orientations, cognitive abilities, etc.), for co-constructing each child's horizon with students and their families (goals and aspirations, as well as their Zone of Proximal Development), and for constructing a personal pathway appropriate for that student (a culturally- and cognitively-responsive personal learning plan to reach those goals through student-centered pedagogies). The entire model hinges on student protagonism, or agency, and the goal is a level of "inclusive prosperity" which leverages talents and passions to ensure all students reach their own highest possible level of success.

Speakers

Jennifer D. Klein

CEO, Principled Learning Strategies

Jennifer D. Klein is a product of experiential project-based education herself, and she lives and breathes the student-centered pedagogies used to educate her. A former head of school with extensive international experience and over 30 years in education--including 19 in the classroom--Jennifer... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W300

9:30am EDT

Educational Duct Tape

In a multi-session, content-rich, idea-filled conference like this one, educators can fall into the trap of “paradox of choice,” which often keeps educators from integrating *any* of their newly learned skills. In this session, Jake will share about how “Educational Duct Tape” can help educators overcome this paradox and choose a technology or two to add to their toolbox. Learn how Jake’s silly metaphor can be used as an #edtech integration mindset in your classroom, tomorrow!

Speakers

Jake Miller

Jake Miller is an edtech and learning enthusiast who hosts the Educational Duct Tape podcast and shares #EduGIFs at @JakeMillerTech and on JakeMiller.net. He works as a science teacher for the Orange City School District in Ohio and previously spent 5 years as a technology integration... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W139

9:30am EDT

Hackathons and Design Challenges: Integrating App Making into the Curriculum

This session will focus on the integration of hackathons and design challenges into the educational curriculum. Participants will learn the benefits of incorporating app making into the classroom, including fostering creativity and critical thinking skills, as well as providing hands-on experience with coding and technology. The session will also include discussion of different strategies for incorporating hackathons into the curriculum, including how to find and organize relevant resources, and how to effectively manage the time and resources available to students. The session will be led by Marcos Navas, who will provide examples and best practices from his experience with running hackathons and design challenges in his own classrooms. This session is designed for teachers and educators who are interested in incorporating app making into their curriculum and want to learn more about the benefits and strategies for doing so.

Speakers

Marcos Navas

Hands On Coding

Marcos Navas has been an active member of the Ed Tech space for over two decades. As an advocate for raising the voice of students, Marcos is one of the original Flipgrid ambassadors and a Ted Ed Innovative Educator helping spread student Ted Talks via Ted Clubs. Within the coding... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W136

9:30am EDT

Making Writing Conferences Matter: Tips and Techniques

"So, how's it going?" However we open a writing conference with a young writer, the goal of the short dialogue is to ensure that it's not a mini-lecture but instead a trusted conversation. With a predictable structure and scaffolds to support independent work following the conversation, a writing conference can help move a student forward in powerful ways. In this session, we will dive into conferencing strategies for the different parts of the workshop (planning, drafting, revision, and editing), and we'll discuss specific teaching moves and intentional language to help make an impact on the writer. Additionally, we will develop some supports of our own to ensure that we are well-planned and "at the ready" for a conference during the workshop time.

Speakers

Megan Howard Nellen

Confluence Educational Consulting

Megan Howard Nellen provides embedded strategic consulting to schools and educational nonprofits through her own firm, Confluence Educational Consulting. Currently, her work centers on leadership development/coaching as well as supporting primary and elementary schools with curriculum... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W126

9:30am EDT

Reading the Room: Accurately Assessing and Making the Most of the Energy in Your Classroom

Reading the Room: Accurately Assessing and Making the Most of the Energy in Your Classroom—Effective instruction and engagement at any level requires techniques for effectively identifying and working with the energy (moods, feelings, etc.) students bring with them into the room. In this workshop, we will learn and share ways to assess that energy and incorporate it meaningfully into the learning experience.

Speakers

Ken Rogers

Upper Division Head, The Park School

Ken Rogers, a trained counselor, is the head of the upper division (grades 5-8) at The Park School (MA). Rogers is on the faculty of the ISACS New Teacher Institute. With independent school experience as a teacher, department chair, dean, and head of middle school, he is an ISACS... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
The LJ

9:30am EDT

The Super Spark: 60 Tools To Start the Fire

We aren’t there yet. Classrooms are stuck in the past, and part of the reason is folks just plain don’t know how to change. This session focuses on real solutions to change in the classroom! Join us to get both new ideas and try them out.

Speakers

David Lockhart

A short form bio is an interesting thing when you have been around for a while. Let’s just say it all revolves around getting the best student experiences in classrooms and helping students. I was a teacher for 10 years (thanks CD Hylton, Wheeler, and North Atlanta.) I was a coach... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W141

9:30am EDT

Understanding and Embracing Resistance

Nearly two-thirds of all major changes in organizations fail. Successful implementation of a new initiative is challenging. Leaders are change-makers, guiding their organizations on a path of continuous improvement. How can we better understand and embrace the inevitable resistance when leading change initiatives in schools? This session is for school leaders who’d like to explore how to skillfully engage with and ultimately embrace resistance when leading efforts for school transformation.
In this session participants will:
● Learn the three levels of resistance and explore strategies for effectively responding to
each level.
● Engage with research based tools to support change efforts.
● Identify next steps for any resistance they may be currently facing in their context.

Speakers

Meena Srinivasan

Founding Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership

Meena Srinivasan is the Founding Executive Director of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL). She is a highly respected educational leader who brings deep expertise and credibility in the field of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and is also one of Mindful Magazine’s 2022... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W124

9:30am EDT

Why Formative Assessment needs to be a priority for every teacher and every school

Getting feedback right involves attending not just to the kinds of feedback that our students receive, but also making sure that we are giving feedback on the right things, which means that effective feedback requires first finding out where students are. This, in turn, requires being clear about what it is we want our students to learn. And for feedback to be used effectively, we must make sure it is used, by activating students as owners of their own learning, and as learning resources for one another. In this breakout, Dylan Wiliam will outline how thinking about formative assessment as a part of—but not all of—assessment for learning provides a uniquely powerful way of improving instruction, and raising levels of achievement, and provide participants with twenty practical techniques for making classrooms more responsive to students’ learning needs.

Speakers

Dylan Wiliam

Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment, University College, London

Monday March 13, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

11:15am EDT

Self Care is Community Care- Keynote

In this keynote participants will deepen their understanding of Mindfulness and SEL in service of belonging and explore how we can sustainably navigate the everyday exhaustion many of us are experiencing today. Participants will also learn five mindfulness-based strategies and explore how they can place themselves in their circle of care and concern.

Speakers

Meena Srinivasan

Founding Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership

Monday March 13, 2023 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

12:15pm EDT

Alexis Upshaw: Courageous Conversations About Race: Where Do We Start?

We will get comfortable being uncomfortable and explore tools and strategies to begin having conversations about race with family, friends, colleagues, and students.
Tentative agenda:
I. Welcome
II. What Brings You Here?
III. Protocol a. Agreements-Challenges b. Compass-Check In
IV. Breakout sessions
V. Racial Autobiography
VI. Closing The goals include: Self reflection, establishing parameters for courageous conversations, and the ability to understand the impact of empathy on the success of the conversations.
I will use this below as a tool for engagement:
CCAR Protocol Four Agreements
• Staying engaged
• Experience discomfort
• Speak your truth
•Expect and accept non-closure Six Conditions
1.Focus on personal, local and immediate
2.Isolate race
3.Normalize social construction & multiple perspectives
4.Monitor agreements, conditions and establish parameters
5.Use a “working definition” for race
6.Examine the presence and role of “Whiteness” Participants will walk away with the protocol and agreements in order to begin facilitating these courageous conversations with colleagues, friends, family and even students.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W200

12:15pm EDT

Chuck Marshall: STEAMify your Curricula

We'll explore what STEAM is- it may not be what you think, and how you can implement valuable STEAM principles into your classroom. You should leave with a demystified understanding of STEAM, an understanding of the value of STEAM at every level, and a format for including STEAM principles in your classroom and planning.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

12:15pm EDT

Dale Stahl: Flipping Feedback - Spend more time delivering meaningful messages that build student confidence and enhance learning.

The presentation will focus on implementing research findings on feedback into classroom practice. Specifically, secondary classroom teachers report they spend an inordinate amount of time trying to provide meaningful feedback, yet are frustrated when students continue to make the same mistakes and fail to implement feedback into their academic work. In recent years, there has been much discussion about the benefits of flipping the classroom. My recommendations are to use this same technique to free time during class to provide direct, personalized feedback for students. Spending less time outside of class, and more time interacting with students is both efficacious and psychologically satisfying. Additional recommendations included facilitating student metacognition, and lowering performance related stress by offering students opportunities to improve their grade by demonstrating they have corrected their previous mistakes.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W300

12:15pm EDT

Jennifer Liang: Media Literacy - Tips, Tricks and Cheat Codes to Building 21st Century Literacy Skills

An informed electorate is the foundation of a functional democracy. What are you doing to prepare your students to manage the flood of information we are bombarded with each day/hour/minute? We will discuss the whys and hows of media literacy and leave this session with tools you can use in your class tomorrow.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W121

12:15pm EDT

Kendra Clemons: Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction

This interactive session explores the causes of classroom behavior and presents strategies for targeted improvement.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
The LJ

12:15pm EDT

Meredith Draper: Partnering with Parents

Partnering with Parents: Navigating Challenging Relationships
Collaboration, partnership, and trust between families and schools is imperative for students to be successful, however, sometimes that is easier said than done. This presentation will explore ways that school members can facilitate cooperation with parents, even in challenging situations.

Monday March 13, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W132

1:15pm EDT

3D Pens with Amy Walker- Lib 1st Floor Room 2

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Carlos Lib. -1st floor

1:15pm EDT

3D Printing with Adriano Hagedorn- Lib- 1st floor- Room 2

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Carlos Lib. -1st floor

1:15pm EDT

Chair Yoga with Un Jung Lee

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

1:15pm EDT

Digital Studio Tour with Ann Haber

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lib Rm 1- 1st floor

1:15pm EDT

Engineering Lab with Tenneille Patterson- Center for Innovation Bldg. Rm 307

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
M304 Woodruff Bldg

1:15pm EDT

Exploring Computer Science through Hands-On Coding Blocks

In this 45-minute Hands-on Exploration session, led by Marcos Navas, we'll be using the Hands on Coding blocks to dive into the world of computer science and coding. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with block play, learn coding in a kinesthetic manner and see just how easy it can be to get started with coding without the need for a computer or device. With the blocks available to put together algorithms and act it out, attendees will be able to see coding come to life and experience how it can be a fun and engaging process. Come ready to play, learn and explore coding in a whole new way!

Speakers

Marcos Navas

Hands On Coding

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
W136

1:15pm EDT

Glowforge with Chuck Marshall

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lib D - 2nd floor

Company https://glowforge.com/

1:15pm EDT

Middle School Maker Space with Meredith Hegarty

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
MS Makerspace

1:15pm EDT

Minecraft with Tammy Felton

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
W121

1:15pm EDT

Nearpod with Robert Petito

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
W126

1:15pm EDT

Robotics with Natalie Rachel- Lib 1st Floor RM 3

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Carlos Lib. -1st floor

1:15pm EDT

Student Podcasts with Summaya Knight

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
W134

1:15pm EDT

Using VR with Optima Independent

Speakers

Optima Independent team

Optima Independent

Monday March 13, 2023 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lib A- 2nd floor

Company https://www.optimaindependent.com/

2:15pm EDT

Leading with Emotional Intelligence

In this session participants will engage with how they can cultivate emotional intelligence as a vehicle for building a more compassionate and equitable world. Participants will explore connections between their own leadership and engage in a peer coaching experience with each other.

Speakers

Meena Srinivasan

Founding Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
W200

2:15pm EDT

A Framework for Maker Education: Framing, Doing, and Reflecting on the STEAM Experiences

Providing a framework for STEAM and maker education activities helps ensure that their use is intentional and that meaningful learning is extracted from these experiences. The educator, using such a framework, becomes proactive in framing or frontloading the maker experiences and in facilitating reflection after their completion. This, in turn, increases the chances that significant and deep learning occurs. Framing or frontloading is making clear the purpose of an activity prior to doing it; it helps to set purpose and intention for the activity. Reflecting on the maker activities after their completion can be done through a variety of methods: talking, writing, sketching, and using technology tools. During this interactive and hands-on workshop, you will experience this framework for maker education through doing maker activities (e.g., paper circuits and/or Gami-bots) that are introduced through framing or frontloading and then by trying out different types of reflection and sharing out techniques upon completion of the activities. This workshop can assist both educators and their students to become empowered learners, creative problem solvers, and discerning innovators.

Speakers

Dr. Jackie Gerstein

Gifted education teacher, Santa Fe Public Schools

Dr. Jackie Gerstein teaches gifted education at two Title 1 schools within Santa Fe Public Schools; and graduate-level online courses for Walden and Antioch Universities. She is the author of the book Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W141

2:15pm EDT

Assessing Discussion: Equity Starts with Evidence (Not Instinct!)- session cancelled

"Let's just call it a B+ Group Grade ... What do I do about the introverts?... Shoot, I don't remember what he actually said! ...How many points should I take off for talking too much?" These are common - if not often verbalized -- challenges many teachers face when it comes to assessing class discussion. And for good reason! Great discussion is a deeply human experience that is hard to define, track, and ultimately quantify. So what assessment models are out there for formative and summative approaches to assessing discussion?
In this session, join Liza Garonzik, Founder of REAL Discussion, to learn strategies for an equitable, evidence-based approach to assessing discussion in your classroom. Get ready to hear answers to those-questions-we-all-have-but-don't-want-to-actually-ask about assessment, learn four research-backed strategies to make discussion assessment more equitable, practice them from multiple perspectives -- and laugh along the way!

Speakers

Liza Garonzik

Founder, Real Discussion

Liza Garonzik is the Founder of REAL Discussion: a company on a mission to teach and celebrate face-to-face communication skills, starting in the classroom. REAL empowers educators with research-backed tools to explicitly teach the in-person discussion skills today's students need for learning and life. Liza built REAL base... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W136

2:15pm EDT

Building “Glocal” Partnerships that Work: Fostering Global and Intercultural Competencies for an Era of Sustainability

Learn about how global and local partnerships for learning can help build students' global and intercultural competencies, as well as their ability to contribute to a more sustainable world as equity-minded global citizens. "Glocal" engagement programs founded in student-centered practices that emphasize advocacy and participation in all subjects and grade levels provide students with opportunities to learn from and with their global partners, to act on the basis of their learning without falling into a savior mentality, and to envision how a life of purpose and leadership might be crafted. This workshop will explore a variety of strategies for finding "glocal" partnerships for learning, for developing equitable learning experiences which foster proficiency in academic standards, and for building the kinds of deep learning experiences which humanize the world for students and foster the intercultural and problem-solving skills they need to become leaders of constructive change, both inside their local communities and in the world.

Speakers

Jennifer D. Klein

CEO, Principled Learning Strategies

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W135

2:15pm EDT

Choice Boards in the Classroom

We know from Dan Pink’s work that humans are motivated by autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Choice boards are a great way to build 1 of those 3 things into your content: autonomy. And, if done right, you can hit all 3. In this session, I’ll share examples of choice boards, ways to set them up, and different types of activities that can be included. The best part, though, is the discussion amongst attendees about the pros and cons of the variety of choice boards that are shared.

Speakers

Jake Miller

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W139

2:15pm EDT

Designing a Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

Speakers

Andrew M. Jones

US Faculty, Woodward Academy - Upper School

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

2:15pm EDT

Developing the Emotionally-Inclusive Classroom Using SEL

Emotionally-Inclusive Practice (EIP) - is the practice of integrating emotion in to every part of the educational experience. Emotions lay the foundation for behavior that grounds us in how we see the world and respond in our everyday interactions. Developing the emotional intelligence of adults and children across our implicit bias, cultural consciousness, and understanding student and our own trauma gives us the awareness and skill to create restorative communities that prioritize all relationships.

Speakers

Brian Dinkins, Ed.D.

President, National Institute for Child Empowerment

Brian Dinkins is an RCD Certified Master Trainer and president of the National Institute for Child Empowerment, an organization that provides parents and students in disenfranchised communities with training, mentoring and advocacy to increase access to college and careers.Raised... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

2:15pm EDT

Exploring Empathy with Play and Embodied Pedagogy

Empathy is the ability to understand and respect difference (another person’s or group’s experience) on the basis of common humanity. As such, it is an essential capacity for our times that deserves our study and cultivation. But empathy is not just about knowing, it is about feeling too—and that feeling involves the body. Embodied and engaged pedagogy, including use of the arts, games, and play, is especially suited to exploring and cultivating empathy because it takes place in the liminal space between reality and imagination, facilitating the safe exploration of new ideas, perspectives, and experiences. In this workshop, Jen Knox and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, will share activities for engaging students in their exploration of empathy, including both its potential and its potential pitfalls, rooted in the SEE Learning framework, a K-12 and higher education framework for social, emotional and ethical learning developed at Emory University. Participants will experience easy-to-implement techniques from performing and visual arts. No background in the arts is required for participation!

Speakers

Jennifer Knox

Director of Character Ed and Ethical Leadership, Woodward Academy

Jennifer Knox is the Woodward Academy’s Director of Character Education and the Ron M. Brill Chair for Ethical Leadership Development, where she oversees the implementation of the SEE Learning Program and supports Academy-wide work with character and leadership development, service... Read More →

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Ph.D.

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva is Associate Teaching Professor at Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. He received his doctoral degrees from Oxford University and Emory University and his research focuses on the cultivation of compassion and other... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W124

2:15pm EDT

Learning That Sticks: Implementing Formative Recall Strategies

A clear goal, a cognitively engaging task and opportunities for retrieval of what has been learned are key elements for long-term retention of learning. Shift the focus from getting information in to finding out what learners know and can do by incorporating easy to use formative recall strategies that provide immediate feedback within a lesson. Participants will consider three powerful tools for enhancing long- term retention of learning - retrieval practice, spaced practice and feedback.

Speakers

Laura Terrill

Independent Consultant

Laura Terrill is an Independent Consultant who works with educators in local, state, regional, national, and international schools. She it the co-author of ACTFL Keys to Planning for Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit and Lesson Design. She taught French for 21 years, has been a... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
The LJ

2:15pm EDT

Math and Physics with Video Games

A significant component of today’s STEM education is coding. By integrating coding with math and science instruction, students learn to use code to do calculations, solve problems, test ideas, and model complex phenomena. Video games offer a rich context in which students can apply math and physics, integrate coding, and explore “worlds” in a way that taps curiosity and interest. In this workshop, participants will (1) use a Google Collab notebook to calculate probabilities for a game, (2) will add a few lines of code to create a lunar lander game (like the old Atari version from 1979), (3) and will analyze the math and physics of Angry Birds. Many other games and activities that you can “play with” outside the workshop will be provided. Please bring a tablet or laptop to the session.

Speakers

Aaron Titus

Professor of Physics, North Carolina State University

Aaron Titus is a Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University. Aaron’s contributions are at the intersection of undergraduate research, educational technology, computational physics, leadership, and student mentoring. In 1997, Aaron and Larry Martin co-created WebAssign—a... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W126

2:15pm EDT

Reading the Room: Accurately Assessing and Making the Most of the Energy in Your Classroom

Speakers

Ken Rogers

Upper Division Head, The Park School

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W300

2:15pm EDT

Redefine Student Success with Your Portrait of a Graduate

School systems in diverse settings are engaging their communities to create bold visions of the competencies students need for college, careers, and civic life. These powerful visions—often called Portrait of a Graduate—become the North Star for school transformation. This session will provide strategies to ensure that your school’s vision reflects stakeholder perspectives and prepares all students to chart their own path toward the future they imagine.

Speakers

Suzie Boss

Suzie Boss is a writer and educational consultant who works with educators around the world interested in shifting to more student-centered, innovative approaches to teaching and learning. She is the author of more than 10 popular books for educators, most recently Redefining Student... Read More →

Monday March 13, 2023 2:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
W134

4:00pm EDT

Leading with your WHY: Setting the conditions for positive school culture- Keynote

In the book Onward by Elena Aguilar, she quotes, "When you know yourself well....you gain clarity on your purpose in life and work.” In this empowering, introspective session, we will explore the great value of examining our WHY as leaders and teachers and how it compels us to fight through adversity for the sake of children and families. Dr. Dinkins will share his journey from living in poverty to teaching and leading in the world's most important profession, education. Please join him as he hopes to empower, inspire, and maybe even educate you about the importance of leading with your WHY.

Speakers

Brian Dinkins, Ed.D.

President, National Institute for Child Empowerment

Monday March 13, 2023 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

8:30am EDT

Belonging Without Fitting In: Racial Literacy for Negotiating Stressful Racial Encounters in Schools- Keynote

Navigating the stress of racial conflict or conversation is not easy. Recent national tensions regarding race and diversity in policing, politics, and access to civil rights have led some states and schools to retreat on teaching the truth of racial injustice in this country's history. Moreover, the rise in hate has left schools and educators overwhelmed. Less understood and discussed is how racial stress and conflict undermine essential processes for effective teaching and learning. This keynote will help educators understand racial literacy theory and practice and how it can increase competent teaching and service provision by resolving stressful diversity encounters in schooling relationships.

The goals of this keynote are to:
1. Inspire interest in current research on racial bias, disparities, and trauma in preK-12 education.
2. Learn and identify the differences between racial stress, coping, self-efficacy, socialization, and literacy.
3. Increase knowledge of how racial stress and trauma can impair decision-making in face-to-face interactions, student health and learning, and teacher effectiveness.
4. Raise awareness and expectation for better competence in resolving stressful racial encounters through mindfulness approaches.
5. Learn how racial literacy skills can improve the quality and reduce the stress of proximal (face-to-face interactions) and systemic (policies and practices) racism encounters.

Speakers

Howard Stevenson

Constance E. Clayton Professor of Urban Education and Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of the Racial Em... Read More →

Tuesday March 14, 2023 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

9:30am EDT

Authentic Language Learning with the ACTFL Core Practices

The 6 ACTFL Core Practices are designed to provide an authentic language learning experience. In this workshop we explore in-depth how to use the target language for learning, design communicative activities, teach grammar as a concept, use authentic cultural resources, plan with backward design, and provide appropriate feedback. A focus on these 6 Core Practices ensures that language instruction is based on the most current research on effective and efficient language instruction.

Speakers

Joshua Cabral

Host, World Language Classroom Podcast

Joshua Cabral has been teaching French and Spanish at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 25 years. He regularly presents workshops on language proficiency and cultural competence at state, regional and national conferences. Joshua has done extensive graduate work in... Read More →

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W121

9:30am EDT

Bring Your Portrait of a Graduate to Life with Authentic Project-Based Learning

Creating a Portrait of a Graduate with your community is just the first step in a process to prepare students for future challenges and opportunities. Project-based learning offers a key strategy to help realize your vision by giving students right-sized experiences in authentic problem solving. This session will challenge participants to design projects that enable students to meet learning goals by tackling authentic problems that matter to them.

Speakers

Suzie Boss

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W141

9:30am EDT

Build Greater Confidence and Skill - A Mini-Unit on Writer’s Craft

Professional writers use various techniques to make their writing evocative, clear, and powerful. Unless students are taught how to answer the question, “What makes this writing so good?” they are missing out on key learning that can ultimately improve their own approach to written expression. In this session, we will explore how to create a mini-unit (2-3 weeks) on writer’s craft where students will study specific “craft moves” by authors with the goal of emulating those moves in their own writing. Imagine it’s similar to the work of a baseball pitcher – watch the mechanics of throwing a curve ball, view experts doing so, then practice those mechanics and get feedback along the way. That’ll be the work of the session – by studying some of the greats such as Mem Fox, Gary Paulsen, Jane Yolen, and Cynthia Rylant – and the goal of this session will be to introduce you to the power of a mini-unit on writer’s craft so you can start to develop your own…using some pre-created resources and even finding inspiration from your own favorite stories and authors.

Speakers

Megan Howard Nellen

Confluence Educational Consulting

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

9:30am EDT

Designing a Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

Speakers

Andrew M. Jones

US Faculty, Woodward Academy - Upper School

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W126

9:30am EDT

Designing a Middle School Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

Speakers

Wanda Williams

English Dept. Head/Teacher/Director of Maymester, Woodward Academy

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W134

9:30am EDT

Designing Learning Experiences for Cognitive and Cultural Inclusion through The Landscape Model of Learning

Speakers

Jennifer D. Klein

CEO, Principled Learning Strategies

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W200

9:30am EDT

Exploring Empathy with Play and Embodied Pedagogy

Speakers

Jennifer Knox

Director of Character Ed and Ethical Leadership, Woodward Academy

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Ph.D.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W124

9:30am EDT

How To Belong Without Fitting In: Racial Literacy for Finding My Voice During Stressful School Encounters

Talking about social justice is not the same as doing it. No one can simply negotiate stressful diversity encounters by reading a lot. Navigating the stress of racial conflict or conversation is not easy. This workshop will demonstrate ways administrators, teachers, parents and students can manage racial stress in conversations through racial socialization and literacy. We will practice mindfulness approaches to identify and notice reactions to stressful racial and other diversity encounters that may interfere with learning and teaching.
Participants will:
1. Learn the research support and health benefits for engaging racial encounters directly.
2. Increase engagement rather than avoidant-racial coping thoughts, emotions, and behaviors during racially stressful moments within schooling relationships.
3. Improve participant understanding of in-the-moment racial stress reduction strategies.
4. Practice (in pairs) racial literacy strategies of storytelling and emotional regulation as introduction to how it is possible to increase skill usage and competency by mimicking real life encounters.
5. Increase awareness of how thoughts, body reactions, and feelings influence racial decision-making.
6. Observe and practice the CLCBE (calculate, locate, communicate, breath, and exhale) racial literacy mindfulness strategy for use in stressful schooling relationships.
7. Ignite discussion in how racial literacy strategies taught can be applied to other identity and intersectional diversity encounters that are proximal and systemic.

Speakers

Howard Stevenson

Constance E. Clayton Professor of Urban Education and Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W136

9:30am EDT

Project-Based, Student-Driven, and Service-Oriented Units with Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

Students are capable of great things: a lot more than people often expect. Teachers should be tour guides of learning possibilities. They should show students the possibilities and then get out of the way. That is the basis of my teaching, and the students don't disappoint. My instructional approach is project-based and student-directed, and often focuses on service outside of the immediate classroom. The purpose of this session is to describe successful student projects (ie., social entrepreneurship, model sustainable city, gardening, Dia de Muertos story-driven displays) in the context of learning strategies that can be utilized to tap into students' talents and interests with the ultimate goal is assisting them to reach their fullest potential. During this session, time will be devoted to interact with the instructional materials, ask questions, make comments, and develop strategies for one’s own work setting. This workshop can assist both educators and their students to become empowered learners, creative problem solvers, discerning innovators, and compassionate global citizens.

Speakers

Dr. Jackie Gerstein

Gifted education teacher, Santa Fe Public Schools

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

9:30am EDT

Supporting The Wiggly Child In The Classroom: Practical Classroom Tools To Help Children Focus And Attend When Movement and Touch Are What They Are Seeking

A practical application of sensory OT tools in the classroom to help children self regulate, attend, focus, and participate appropriately in classroom activities and tasks. Tools will include ways to use flexible seating, movement breaks, fidgets, and other strategies. The participant will leave with a practical understanding of what drives kids to wiggle and fidget and how to support their ability to attend and focus using realistic classroom strategies.

Speakers

Robbyn Laufer

Kids Can Pediatric Therapy Services

Robbyn Laufer, OTR/L is an occupational therapist and founder and director of Kids Can Pediatric Therapy Services, a private therapy practice that specializes in Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorders. She is a clinician, speaker, and author who is passionate about improving... Read More →

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
The LJ

9:30am EDT

TeachGPT – Connecting Math and Science Learning Activities to AI

ChatGPT is all the rage. ChatGPT can give you a wonderful list of how ML is used in science, including biology and medicine, astronomy, environmental science, chemistry, and physics. But it doesn’t give you a practical guide. That’s what this workshop is for. We’ll call it TeachGPT -- the math behind ChatGPT and how AI can be used in teaching and learning STEM. In this workshop, participants: (1) will explore machine learning (ML) algorithms to implement simple examples of text and image classification; (2) will examine ML-related math topics; and (3) will walk through an activity using ML to classify images of galaxies. Please bring a tablet or laptop to the session.

Speakers

Aaron Titus

Professor of Physics, North Carolina State University

Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
W300

11:15am EDT

Web 3.0 and the Future of EDU- Keynote

Web 3.0 and the Future of EDU: This 45 minute keynote presented by Marcos Navas, founder of Hands on Coding and Latinosincoding.org, will explore the impact and potential of Web 3.0 on the education system. The keynote will delve into the new opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of decentralized technology, blockchain and the metaverse, and how they will shape the future of education. Navas will provide insights and perspectives on how educators, students and institutions can best prepare for and leverage these emerging technologies to enhance teaching and learning. Get ready to dive into the exciting future of education and how Web 3.0 will shape it.

Speakers

Marcos Navas

Hands On Coding

Tuesday March 14, 2023 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

12:15pm EDT

Alida and Shakeer Abdullah, PhD: Culturally Responsive Leadership

Culturally Responsive Leadership: A Faculty Blueprint
This session will serve as an introduction to Culturally Responsive Leadership (CRL). Participants will learn the following: What CRL is Why institutions can use CRL Who at institutions needs to develop CRL What knowledge, skills, and awareness are needed for CRL and What kind of impact CRL can have in your classroom

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W200

12:15pm EDT

Charell Coleman and Kourtney Mance: SEEing the Practical Side of SEE Learning in the Classroom

Are you looking for practical ways to infuse SEE Learning in your classroom without your students knowing that you are being intentional about their Social Emotional Well Being? Guess What! This doesn't have to be 'another thing!' Come learn practical ways to help students learn self-compassion, kindness, and how to get back into their "Ok" Resiliency Zone when they have been bumped out of it. You will leave with - Ready-made materials for you to get started - Activities that incorporate self-compassion and kindness - Check-In/Arrival Activities - Exit Strategies

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W124

12:15pm EDT

Claire Young: Refresh Your Resources with Canva

Looking for an all-in-one platform with fresh designs to make your own teacher created resources? Join me in a beginner level, deep dive into Canva. Canva is an easy to use publishing platform with a vast library full of templates and ready to use resources. We will begin by exploring the wide variety of resources in Canva's library such as: presentation templates, printables, classroom newsletters, social media templates, and video templates. Then we will spend time learning how to customize designs for your individual needs. Finally I will lead you in easy ways to share, sync, and publish your designs for your classroom. You will leave this session with your own high-quality, educational content that is ready to use!

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W300

12:15pm EDT

Demystifying Web 3.0, the Metaverse, and Extended Reality: A practical guide for using immersive computing for learning

After COVID forced schools all over the world to dive headlong into experiments with online learning, most educators are delighted to have the chance to return to in-person classrooms. But what if the answer to a number of challenges in education— access, student agency, efficiency—actually lies in going more deeply into the virtual realm? Adam will discuss the launching of the world’s first virtual reality charter school in August 2022. Why, at a time when the world is opening back up for in-person instruction, would a deeply experienced educator and champion of education begin to advocate for teaching in virtual reality? Far from creating a depersonalized experience of learning, Adam maintains that virtual reality offers teachers and students the chance to return to the kind of relational, ambulatory learning. Arguing that our current model of industrial-age education was created for high utility and standardization, he makes the case that it’s time to begin educating for genius. Optimizing human potential, Adam says, means “walking alongside the learner.” In his estimation, virtual reality education allows for that deeply relational exchange to occur more effectively than in a traditional classroom or in other known online delivery systems. By grounding the experience in relationships and the pursuit of equity, Adam believes that virtual reality education can improve the experience of school for everyone.

Speakers

Adam Mangana

Executive Director, Optima Independent

Adam Mangana is the Executive Director and a founder of Optima, the only Virtual Reality curriculum development company. Prior to the launch of Optima, he was the Head of School at Benedict Day School. At Benedict, he built the only Virtual Reality Lab in the Pine Belt, and inspired... Read More →

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W121

Area W121

12:15pm EDT

Erin Dunkle: Breakout of Boring Lessons

Infusing challenges, puzzles, codes, and locked boxes are an easy way to spark interest and excitement in the classroom. In this session, Erin will demonstrate how to easily transform a current topic from a basic formative assessment, into an engaging breakout room lesson. After walking through an example breakout room, attendees will walk away with a step-by-step checklist for creating a breakout room as well as a list of resources to utilize when creating their own. A breakout room can be as simple or complex as you wish to design it. We will end with a Q&A, spending time to crowdsource ideas for how to enhance an upcoming topic you may be presenting in your classroom. Goal: By the end of the session, attendees will brainstorm a plan for a basic breakout room using a past, current, or future teaching topic.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W129

12:15pm EDT

Jazmyn Roach, Francoise Saint-Clair, Tammy Bailey: Using Technology to Uncover and Address the Diversity Gaps in Children’s Literature

Using Technology to Uncover and Address the Diversity Gaps in Children’s Literature
This workshop is for elementary-level educators who want to improve how the books in their school libraries elevate the worth, agency, and excellence of people of color. The literature we expose students to shapes their perspective of the world; thus, intentionally creating diverse classroom libraries is essential for educators committed to equity and justice in teaching and learning. In the first part of the workshop, one will learn about how a team of researchers used artificial intelligence to measure the representation of race, gender, and age in children's books. In the second part of this workshop, one will learn how to apply this research to the classroom using booksource.com and the app BookBuddy to measure and elevate your library's diversity.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W141

Area W121

12:15pm EDT

Jennifer Liang: Applied Digital Skills - Your Toolbox for Success

Google's Applied Digital Skills is a free online program that provides interactive video lessons and activities to help individuals learn digital skills that can be applied to real-world tasks and projects. The program covers a range of topics, including productivity, digital literacy, coding, and data analysis, and is designed for individuals of all skill levels. This hands-on, interactive presentation will guide you through what resources are available, how to access them and how to implement in your classroom.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W126

12:15pm EDT

Natalie Rachel, Tammy Felton, Summaya Knight, and Amy Walker: Beyond the Books

Beyond the Books: Creating Engaging STEAM Activities
A team of Primary and Lower School educators will share strategies for effective implementation of STEAM through the Design Thinking Process with students in grades Pre-K - 6. The hands-on workshop “Beyond the Books: Creating Engaging STEAM Activities” will provide attendees with the opportunity to experience a variety of activities that can be used in the Makerspace or STEAM classroom. Presenters will share teaching strategies and classroom practices that foster critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity in elementary students. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to explore various technologies including coding and robotics. This will be an engaging experience that reflects best practices of STEAM instruction and creative ways to incorporate literature.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
W135

12:15pm EDT

Pete Chen: Sci & Tech for Class- Brand Tucker Bldg

Sci & Tech for Class: Vernier sensors / Piping Project/ Arduino mobile app sensors
With the support of the science department Pete has brought in more Vernier bluetooth sensors and instruments for students to measure in real time: position, velocity, and acceleration and Force. Folks will get hands on experience using the Motion sensor cube, Motion track and cart, Force and acceleration sensor, and temperature sensor, see and analyze real-time data, share data, and even learn how to make a You Tube flipped classroom video using macbook pro and Quick Time player. There is also a piping project in M304 that has connections to pump head (pressure), and an in progress Raspberry pi project to measure temp and water level from two drums all to generate discussions in sci and tech. Use of Arduino's ~15 sensors free app for the phone.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
M304 Woodruff Bldg

12:15pm EDT

Thomas Ehrensperger: The Wonder of it All (Teaching as Sharing Your Life)

Nearly four decades of teaching has reinforced for me that one (not the only!) effective model of teaching is that of sharing one's life with these people put in our charge. I don't mean "TMI" personal details, but rather the passion that propelled us in our own course-related journeys. I also don't mean this as a daily occurrence, but rather that anecdotes from my life can be meaningfully and purposefully woven, here and there, into instruction in a way that really pulls students in.

This sharing includes triumph, failure, embarrassment, epiphany, joy, and - perhaps most importantly WONDER. I believe that it's largely the sense of wonder (and its cousins curiosity and awe) that propelled the advance of science in the first place, and can propel our students' learning of it now. I see it so clearly in the third-graders for whom I do planetarium shows every year. Cultivating and nurturing that feeling in these kids is vital. Sharing bits of one's personal story can support that quest.

My perspective on this draws heavily on the feedback I've been getting from many former (some over 30 years ago) students with whom I've reconnected on Facebook. This approach I'd been taking largely unconsciously or just for fun has turned out to be key in having both the attitude and content of my courses "stick" with these "kids" for a lifetime.

My presentation is partly autobiographical (yes, including pictures of me with my science stuff as a kid!), but also includes reflections about wonder by several famous scientists. My goal is simply to be uplifting and maybe plant a seed of openness to similar sharing. Our students face an often troubling and uncertain world. Setting an example of positivity and wonder may now be more important that ever.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT
The LJ

1:15pm EDT

Become Future Ready! Start Coding Today!

No, not every kid will be a programmer, but they will likely be in an industry where code will drive what they do. Every teacher can prepare them for that future by using coding as an avenue to creativity and problem-solving. Join us for a session full of strategies that make it easy!

Speakers

David Lockhart

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W124

1:15pm EDT

Building Proficiency Across Communication Modes

The “4 skills” of reading, writing, speaking and listening have been redefined in the communicative language classroom. These “4 skills” were often taught and used in isolation prior to proficiency-based approaches to language instruction. These skills are now imbedded in the interpretive, presentational and interpersonal communication modes. The modes keep the skills communicative, which is essential in building proficiency. We will unpack the modes and explore classroom activities, lesson planning and assessment that put the skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening in an authentically communicative context.

Speakers

Joshua Cabral

Host, World Language Classroom Podcast

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Richardson Hall Auditorium: Ben F. Johnson III Theater

1:15pm EDT

Demystifying Web 3.0, the Metaverse, and Extended Reality: A practical guide using immersive computing for learning.

Speakers

Adam Mangana

Executive Director, Optima Independent

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W121

1:15pm EDT

Designing a Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

Speakers

Andrew M. Jones

US Faculty, Woodward Academy - Upper School

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W126

1:15pm EDT

Designing a Middle School Maymester Course at Woodward Academy

Speakers

Wanda Williams

English Dept. Head/Teacher/Director of Maymester, Woodward Academy

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W134

1:15pm EDT

Elevating Student Agency and Achievement through the Science of Learning

When the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning launched in 2011, it primarily focused on elevating teacher understanding of the science of how the brain learns. As the CTTL shaped its Theory of Change for student outcomes and wellbeing, it recognized that all stakeholders in each child's academic, social, and emotional development needed to have equitable access to the most promising research and strategies in the science of learning, especially students. This led to the design and launch of the web-based tool Neuroteach Global Student, a rethinking of current in-person and digital experiences and tools, which disrupts how students develop the most effective learning and study strategies and gives them more agency over how they understand themselves as learners.

Speakers

Glen Whitman

Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W300

1:15pm EDT

Enhancing Learning for All Through Focused Lesson Design

Effective lessons require a clear learning objective that learners understand. Participants consider how lessons are segmented into short, meaningful chunks that involve direct teaching and modeling or demonstrating before allowing time for guided and independent practice. Checks for understanding or formative assessments then ensure that all students are learning each segment of the lesson before moving to the next one.

Speakers

Laura Terrill

Independent Consultant

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W136

1:15pm EDT

How To Belong Without Fitting In: Racial Literacy for Finding My Voice During Stressful School Encounters

Speakers

Howard Stevenson

Constance E. Clayton Professor of Urban Education and Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Carlos Science Atrium

1:15pm EDT

Integrating 3D Design into the Curriculum: Enhancing Learning and Presentation

In this session, educators will learn how to integrate 3D design into their classroom and across different subjects. The workshop will explore various 3D design tools and platforms and demonstrate how they can be used to enhance learning and presentation. Participants will learn how to use 3D design as a tool for creating visual aids, models, and simulations, and how to integrate it into subjects such as science, history, and mathematics. Through hands-on activities, educators will gain practical experience in designing for the 3D world and understand the pedagogical benefits of incorporating 3D design into their teaching. This session will provide practical strategies for introducing and incorporating 3D design into the classroom and provide a roadmap for its implementation.

Speakers

Marcos Navas

Hands On Coding

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W135

1:15pm EDT

Promoting And Building Strong Fine Motor Skills In Children

Classroom activities and crafts to support strong fine motor development in preschool and early elementary age Children. The participant will walk away with a strong understanding of fine motor skills, how they develop and how to use activities and crafts to build and support that development for better writing, cutting, drawing, coloring, manipulating small objects and managing fasteners and other self-care skills.

Speakers

Robbyn Laufer

Kids Can Pediatric Therapy Services

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
W200

1:15pm EDT

The 3 Ts - TIME Spent Writing, About TOPICS That Matter, Using TECHNIQUES That Writers Use

Taking time to develop your own writing – as a teacher – is a difficult task in the midst of many other important responsibilities! Sitting down to write is hardly a priority but using your own writing with students is a powerful tool in your approach as a teacher of writing. In this session, we will spend time writing our own “teacher texts” to be used in the writing units (genres) you teach. Arriving at this STLinATL session with an idea of the specific genres you teach throughout the year is key. Together, we’ll dive into creating those “teacher texts” that you will use to inspire your students, lead specific mini-lessons, and support your writers with some of the known pitfalls of the unit(s). By crafting your own personal narrative (or persuasive argument or informational text), you will have a focused text that not only shows your students that you are a writer (like they are!) but also a text that helps you focus your mini-lessons on the key topics to produce a grade-appropriate piece. We’ll develop “I can” statements together that provide structure to the piece, and you’ll spend time writing in two to three genres with the opportunities for support and feedback along the way. If you are a hesitant writer or a passionate one, this session is for you – we’ll tackle some of the work that gets placed on a low-priority list so you are equipped to teach in powerful ways!

Speakers

Megan Howard Nellen

Confluence Educational Consulting

Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
The LJ