Are your students engaged in deep thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration—or are they just waiting for answers? In this dynamic session, we’ll explore Building Thinking Classrooms strategies that shift students from passive receivers of information to active thinkers and doers. Rooted in Peter Liljedahl’s research, these strategies empower students to take ownership of their learning while fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and perseverance.
What You’ll Learn: ✅ Strategies for forming randomized, collaborative groups that increase participation and accountability ✅ Techniques to reduce student dependency on direct instruction while increasing engagement ✅ Practical ways to shift classroom norms so students take risks, share ideas, and develop persistence
Why Attend? Expect an interactive, hands-on experience where you’ll engage in thinking tasks just like your students would. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies that can be implemented immediately in any secondary classroom—whether you teach math, science, or humanities.
This session will serve as a Q & A for administrators. The Elementary Curriculum Team will be available to answer any questions, troubleshoot, problem-solve, and share tips and tricks for a great start to the new school year! Student engagement, core instruction, intervention, assessment--nothing is off the table! Let's collaborate!
Monday July 21, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am CDT Room 207
Looking for ways to boost student participation and ensure no one falls behind? This session explores how to effectively use PearDeck to transform traditional lessons into interactive experiences that actively engage students in real time. Learn strategies for increasing student voice, maintaining focus, and collecting formative data through this powerful platform.
But engagement doesn't stop when students are absent! We’ll also dive into using Screencastify to provide clear, concise, and easily accessible academic instruction. Discover how to record key lessons and directions, deliver content asynchronously, and support students who miss class—without doubling your workload.
The term "gifted" often carries the expectation of effortless success, much like a well-tended plant that seems to flourish on its own. However, the social and emotional challenges faced by gifted students are like hidden weeds in the garden—persistent and often overlooked.
Just as a thriving garden requires careful attention to the unique needs of each plant, gifted students need intentional, individualized support to grow. This interactive session will provide educators with practical tools and strategies to cultivate foundational wellness, planting seeds where brilliance blooms.
This session will go through the entire process of how a Functional Behavior Assessment is started, how data is collected, and using that data to write a Behavior Intervention Plan for students with disabilities.
Wellness Programs are here for you and your family for FREE! Services include 24-hour Crisis Help, Peer Support Groups, Confidential Therapy and even Tess, the AI Chatbot.
The 6 Principals are for any teacher who works with students who are learning English. This session is applicable for K-12 educators who wish to support English learning for their students. This session will be interactive to provide modeling of best practices. Attendees will also receive The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners K-12 book and Quick Reference Guide (published by TESOL press).
ELLevation is THE platform to learn all about your English Learners! You can see your student's plans, test scores, accommodations, and so much more! This session is an overview of the platform and will provide guidance for supporting your ELs during the 2025-2026 school year.
Teaching strategies that help your English Learners can also support all students in your class. The ELLevation platform provides over 100 teaching strategies that can be easily incorporated into daily lesson plans. Find out how easy it is to access great teaching strategies!
Looking for ways to boost student participation and ensure no one falls behind? This session explores how to effectively use PearDeck to transform traditional lessons into interactive experiences that actively engage students in real time. Learn strategies for increasing student voice, maintaining focus, and collecting formative data through this powerful platform.
But engagement doesn't stop when students are absent! We’ll also dive into using Screencastify to provide clear, concise, and easily accessible academic instruction. Discover how to record key lessons and directions, deliver content asynchronously, and support students who miss class—without doubling your workload.
Wellness Programs are here for you and your family for FREE! Services include 24-hour Crisis Help, Peer Support Groups, Confidential Therapy and even Tess, the AI Chatbot.
This session will go through the entire process of how a Functional Behavior Assessment is started, how data is collected, and using that data to write a Behavior Intervention Plan for students with disabilities.
Are your students engaged in deep thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration—or are they just waiting for answers? In this dynamic session, we’ll explore Building Thinking Classrooms strategies that shift students from passive receivers of information to active thinkers and doers. Rooted in Peter Liljedahl’s research, these strategies empower students to take ownership of their learning while fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and perseverance.
What You’ll Learn: ✅ Strategies for forming randomized, collaborative groups that increase participation and accountability ✅ Techniques to reduce student dependency on direct instruction while increasing engagement ✅ Practical ways to shift classroom norms so students take risks, share ideas, and develop persistence
Why Attend? Expect an interactive, hands-on experience where you’ll engage in thinking tasks just like your students would. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies that can be implemented immediately in any secondary classroom—whether you teach math, science, or humanities.
