Algebra and Functions Part I is a prerequisite for this session. This one-day session focuses on patterns and relationships among numbers and objects in different types of expressions, equations, inequalities, and functions through different representations. Participants will explore student-invented strategies, analyze evidence of student understanding to inform planing of next instructional steps, discuss the importance of sense-making, and explore the impact of concrete, semi-concrete, and abstract learning opportunities on the development of conceptual understanding and connection to the ACT assessment.
Private session for preregistered participants. The AMSTI Math Foundations is a prerequisite course. Participants must attend both part 1 and part 2. AMSTI is not able to provide materials and supplies following the training.
The ACT Instructional Mastery Writing training provides candidates with the information necessary to facilitate effective ACT Writing test preparation, identify and recommend test-taking strategies, and understand test structure and content. This is an interactive training providing practical ideas and opportunities to share ideas and teaching techniques with colleagues. This session has been updated to include the new enhancement information and revised activities reflecting the enhancement changes.
Come see how Discovery Education’s Learning Platform can support your learners anytime, anywhere. We will review how to search and filter through multimodal content to find the best resources to support your students’ learning journey. We will explore how to use instructional strategies that maximize the effectiveness of digital content as well as incorporate the use of Discovery Education’s Studio & AI Assessment Teacher Tools to show how students can communicate their learning.
With education changing every year, strategies improving every semester, and students changing every day, how do you juggle and balance what is important in the classroom?? Jump into an in depth discussion on exploring and challenging balance within your classroom
Short responses can be small but mighty—when students know how to build them. In this session, explore the Guided Short Response strategy, a step-by-step approach to help students craft clear, complete, and content-rich paragraph responses. You’ll gain ready-to-use tools and scaffolds that break down the writing process, making it more accessible for all learners—including English language learners and students with special needs. Walk away with strategies to boost confidence, meet rubric expectations, and support diverse learners in expressing what they know.
I have used the Critical Friends' Protocol (or Tuning Protocol) in all of my classes now with great success. I'd like to show teachers how it might look in their own classrooms by having them conduct an interactive "practice" in this session. They will receive all the tips and feedback I've learned so far.
The session will provide information to secondary math and science teacher about TEAMS contract, the application process, and the professional development requirements for TEAMS teachers.
This session will prepare teachers to meet troublesome topics head-on and teach more effectively with Gizmos. This session will support middle and high school math teachers as they grapple with the modern requirements from fractions to ratios and proportions to functions instruction in state standards. Participants will gain specific strategies for leading students to a conceptual understanding of math concepts and learn techniques for differentiating instructions for students.
Tiffany Christian is an Area Implementation Coordinator with ExploreLearning in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has 17 years of experience in public education as a gifted math and science teacher, an academic coach, and a district K-12 science instructional lead. She currently lives... Read More →
This session is for Baldwin County teachers who have already preregistered.
The Baldwin County Math PLC meets five times during the 2025-2026 school year and is ASDE TEAMS approved PD. July 22-23 are the first two of five meeting dates. The District Math PLC focuses on becoming better math teachers by (1) effectively implementing the mathematical teaching practices, (2) digging deep into math content, (3) collaborating with fellow math teachers, and (4) using current math research to inform and provoke action.
This session will provide an overview of the different types of mathematical practices including the mathematical teaching practices, student mathematical practices, equity-based math practices, and practices for orchestrating mathematical discourse.
Join this Discovery Education session where we discuss how to bring meaningful conversations to your classroom through a wide span of diverse people and industries that power our world. Career Connect is a new tool that helps prepare students for career readiness and cross-curricular connections in an easy-to-use and accessible environment. With this tool you can connect your classroom to real professionals with real stories, in real-time. Spark engagement in your classrooms, no matter what subject you teach!
Navigate the student experience with Coastal Alabama! Learn how to assist Early College students through their journey, starting with logging into their new account and understanding the services they have available to them. Learn what Coastal's Early College department covers in orientation, how we support students with self advocacy, and how we provide answers and support to parents.
Director, Early College Programs, Coastal Alabama Community College
Hello, my name is Sarah! I am the Early College Director at Coastal Alabama Community College. I have been working in this position since the 2020-21 school year. Coastal has one of the largest early college / dual enrollment programs in the state of Alabama, but we are the largest... Read More →
Tuesday July 22, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am CDT Room 28
Leverage the power of AI to supercharge your students’ writing fluency—and save valuable instructional time. In this session, explore how NoRedInk’s Quick Writes and AI Grading Assistant work together to create high-impact, low-prep writing routines. You’ll learn how to design short, purposeful prompts that get students writing every day, while AI-generated feedback supports revision and growth in real time. Discover how this cutting-edge tool lightens your grading load, accelerates feedback cycles, and helps students develop writing stamina and confidence—all with just a few clicks.
I will give my advice on using Schoology to organize class materials. Connect to PowerSchool to sync grades. Learn how to link to external tools, some of which will send grades back to Schoology. I am a high school math teacher that has used Schoology since the beginning. Come learn how to get started!
In this session, participants will learn strategies to engage students in critical thinking and inquiry with Gizmos. Participants will also discuss best practices for using simulations, how to incorporate literacy and develop a deeper understanding to support student learning in a standards-based science classroom.
Tiffany Christian is an Area Implementation Coordinator with ExploreLearning in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has 17 years of experience in public education as a gifted math and science teacher, an academic coach, and a district K-12 science instructional lead. She currently lives... Read More →
Tuesday July 22, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am CDT Room 93
Invention Convention Alabama is a new K-12 invention education program designed to inspire students in problem-identification, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and creativity. Through competitions, events, and a flexible, project-based curriculum aligned with educational standards, students develop real-world skills that prepare them for future success. This TEAMS approved workshop for 5th - 12th grade educators will provide tools and tips for how to get started with invention education in your classroom, afterschool program, or club.
In this interactive workshop, educators will discover how blacklight activities can boost student engagement across subjects. Learn the science behind UV light, explore creative lesson ideas, and try hands-on demos with fluorescent materials, invisible ink, and glow-in-the-dark elements. From science and literacy to SEL and classroom transformations, you'll leave with practical, glowing strategies to energize learning!
This session will highlight the strategies and benefits of assessing using one-pagers. These artistic and creative assessments meet many standards at once, while allowing students to feel a sense of expression & voice. This session will go over all the steps to achieving one-pager success: assignment sheet, materials, rubrics, and variations of the project.
Tired of teaching in a silo? This session will show you how to build meaningful cross-curricular connections that engage students and reinforce key skills across all content areas. Whether you're in math, science, CTE, ELA, social studies, or the arts, you’ll explore easy ways to collaborate, design relevant lessons, and bring real-world learning into your classroom. From using parables in math, to novel circles with STEAM, to workplace readiness through technical writing and soft skills—this session offers practical, tested examples that can inspire your next unit and energize your instruction.
a training designed to equip educators with practical, easy-to-implement assistive technology and strategies for supporting students with mild disabilities. From text-to-speech tools to adaptive learning platforms, this session will help you create a space where every student can thrive.
Relay Day is an exciting and action-packed event where individuals or teams come together to participate in a series of relay races, fostering a spirit of teamwork, competition, and community. It’s a day dedicated to practicing ACT skills/strategies while having fun and bonding with others. The event typically features a variety of relay races, each designed to challenge participants in different ways, including practicing testing skills while competing against their peers. Relay Day encourages collaboration, sportsmanship, and healthy competition, leaving participants with a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie, as well as good fun practice for the ACT.
Struggling to get students to write with clarity, depth, and purpose? Whether you teach kindergarten or high school, math or social studies, The Writing Revolution (Hochman Approach) provides simple yet powerful strategies to seamlessly integrate writing into your instruction—without adding to your workload!
Join this engaging session to discover how structured, explicit writing instruction can transform student learning, boost comprehension, and improve performance across disciplines. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies that will revolutionize the way you teach writing—no matter your grade level or content area!
Let’s empower students to think, express, and succeed—one sentence at a time!
Tired of students getting stuck—or giving up—before they even start their essays? In this session, discover how NoRedInk’s Guided Drafts can transform long-form writing into a manageable, supported process for every learner. You’ll learn how to scaffold each stage of essay writing—planning, drafting, revising, and editing—so students gain confidence and independence while you gain time for targeted, individualized support. Bonus: We’ll showcase how Guided Drafts align seamlessly with Baldwin County’s Extended Writing Projects and StudySync units, making it easier than ever to meet your instructional goals.
English learners have to juggle learning math and a new language at the same time. In this session, we’ll look at easy, practical ways to weave language supports into your daily math routines using the WIDA language standards. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies and examples to boost both math and language learning.
The session will provide information to secondary math and science teacher about TEAMS contract, the application process, and the professional development requirements for TEAMS teachers.
This lesson for Secondary educators will explore the opportunities Canva holds for assessing higher-order thinking tasks at the culmination of a learning unit. Canva features allow students to demonstrate learning through creative projects, infographics, animated presentations and more. By understanding and implementing the educational tools available through Canva, teachers can assess synthesis of taught standards and facilitate peer evaluation in ways that engage students and close knowledge gaps masked in traditional projects. This presentation will have an overview of available features, suggestions for planning assessments, and provide a framework for the appropriate time to incorporate this technology.
Imagine cutting hours off your planning time while delivering more engaging, personalized lessons—sounds like magic, right? Magic School AI is the ultimate AI-powered tool designed for all teachers, in all subjects, at all grade levels! From generating lesson plans and assessments to providing instant differentiation and feedback, this platform does the heavy lifting so you can focus on what truly matters—your students.
Join this session to see how AI can streamline your workload, spark creativity, and supercharge student learning. Whether you're a tech newbie or an AI enthusiast, you'll walk away with practical strategies to make AI your most powerful teaching assistant!
Let’s work smarter, not harder—because teaching should be magical!
The small group presentation, "Driven by Data: The Spanish Fort High School ACT Improvement Plan," will explore a strategic, data-driven approach to enhancing student performance on the ACT. The presentation will outline the current ACT performance trends at Spanish Fort High School, identify key areas for improvement based on data analysis, and introduce targeted instructional strategies designed to address student needs. It will highlight research-based methods, including differentiated instruction, test-taking strategies, and academic interventions, to support student growth. Additionally, the presentation will incorporate a small group activity where participants analyze sample data sets to propose actionable steps for improvement. By the end of the session, attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how data can be leveraged to drive meaningful academic progress.
I am currently an assistant principal at Spanish Fort High School. I have over ten years of experience in education. My background is in data management and analysis. I am currently working on my doctorate in educational leadership.
This session will showcase the use of hyperdocs as a pre-reading and pre-viewing strategy. Teachers will walk away with valuable, relevant information on how to curate resources and small tasks so that students can build their own background knowledge before reading or viewing a text.
This interactive Learning Lab is your one-stop shop to achieve your Kami Level 1 AND 2 certifications. Our expert navigator will guide you through hands-on exercises and collaborative explorations, ensuring you deeply understand Kami's core features and unlock more advanced functionalities. From annotation essentials to collaborative document design and interactive assignments, you'll leave this session with the skills and certifications to confidently integrate Kami into your teaching and engage your students. Prepare to elevate your Kami prowess and cast off towards enhanced learning experiences!
Mantha Camacho is a Teaching and Learning Coordinator with Kami. Before joining Kami, she taught for 18 years in public education, with most of those years in a DAEP setting. She is a Google Level 2 Certified educator, was voted Teacher of the Year in 2008, and served in several leadership... Read More →
Tuesday July 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT Room 243
Attention all fearless and innovative math and science teachers in upper elementary, middle, and high school! You know who you are—I see you! If you’re ready to ditch the mundane and harness the power of gaming to supercharge student engagement, this session is for you.
Step into the world of Minecraft: Education Edition, where equations come to life, science gets explosive (safely, of course!), and students collaborate, create, and problem-solve in ways that traditional methods just can’t match. In this informational session, we’ll explore how to transform your math and science classroom into an immersive, interactive learning environment—one block at a time!
This is an informative session all about how you can use Minecraft in the classroom. We'll shoot the breeze about tons of cool stuff like how to actually use it, where to kick things off, and even how to incorporate it into different subjects. After our chat, you can jump right in and give it a go yourself in our hands-on "Minecraft Learning Lab" session. Make sure to sign up for that too! Who's stoked to learn and play with Minecraft together? Let's do this thing! 🎮✨
😉 P.S. Bonus lesson included on using AI to enhance communication, give clear directions, and craft engaging lesson plans that bring Minecraft into your classroom! Disclaimer: This description was "spiced up" with AI)
I want to give educators an overview of what my role is as a career coach and how I can help assist students with plans after high school. This can be done through resume workshops, mock interviews, and 1 on 1 sessions to link students with community contacts we have created in our role. It often creates a reachable goal for a student and can sometimes spark motivation that wasn't there prior.
I also want to highlight the different ways that we can infuse industry contacts from the community into what is being taught in the classroom through guest speakers and field trips. Exposing students to industry professionals I often find it creates links to the content that are valuable in fostering engagement with the material being used.
Navigate the student experience with Coastal Alabama! Learn how to assist Early College students through their journey, starting with logging into their new account and understanding the services they have available to them. Learn what Coastal's Early College department covers in orientation, how we support students with self advocacy, and how we provide answers and support to parents.
Director, Early College Programs, Coastal Alabama Community College
Hello, my name is Sarah! I am the Early College Director at Coastal Alabama Community College. I have been working in this position since the 2020-21 school year. Coastal has one of the largest early college / dual enrollment programs in the state of Alabama, but we are the largest... Read More →
Short responses can be small but mighty—when students know how to build them. In this session, explore the Guided Short Response strategy, a step-by-step approach to help students craft clear, complete, and content-rich paragraph responses. You’ll gain ready-to-use tools and scaffolds that break down the writing process, making it more accessible for all learners—including English language learners and students with special needs. Walk away with strategies to boost confidence, meet rubric expectations, and support diverse learners in expressing what they know.
Come learn about tie-dye. Learn how easy it would be to do tie-dye for yourself, a group, a class, a club, or even the entire school! Let's tie-dye Baldwin county!!!!
Bring a 100% COTTON T-shirt the morning of your session, drop it in the bucket, and then come back and tie-dye a beautiful creation!!!!
Hello!I am excited to be returning to GRITC as a presenter!I graduated with my bachelors of fine art and master's of education from the University of Montevallo, which is located in Montevallo, AL.I am married and we live in Loxley. I teach elementary art and I absolutely love it... Read More →
Want to boost student engagement and make learning more fun? In this session, you'll discover how to gamify any lesson, review, or worksheet! Learn how to design effective review games, create lesson-length interactive experiences, and turn ordinary worksheets into exciting challenges. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced educator, you'll walk away with ready-to-use strategies and tools to make learning more dynamic and enjoyable for your students. Get ready to level up your teaching!
Leverage the power of AI to supercharge your students’ writing fluency—and save valuable instructional time. In this session, explore how NoRedInk’s Quick Writes and AI Grading Assistant work together to create high-impact, low-prep writing routines. You’ll learn how to design short, purposeful prompts that get students writing every day, while AI-generated feedback supports revision and growth in real time. Discover how this cutting-edge tool lightens your grading load, accelerates feedback cycles, and helps students develop writing stamina and confidence—all with just a few clicks.
English learners have to juggle learning math and a new language at the same time. In this session, we’ll look at easy, practical ways to weave language supports into your daily math routines using the WIDA language standards. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies and examples to boost both math and language learning.
This session will prepare teachers to meet troublesome topics head-on and teach more effectively with Gizmos. This session will support middle and high school math teachers as they grapple with the modern requirements from fractions to ratios and proportions to functions instruction in state standards. Participants will gain specific strategies for leading students to a conceptual understanding of math concepts and learn techniques for differentiating instructions for students.
Tiffany Christian is an Area Implementation Coordinator with ExploreLearning in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has 17 years of experience in public education as a gifted math and science teacher, an academic coach, and a district K-12 science instructional lead. She currently lives... Read More →
