The world of education is buzzing with topics such as tinkering, project-based learning, maker spaces, personalized learning, and design thinking. All of these have a place and a purpose, but not in the absence of academic rigor and instructional expertise. In this session, teachers and leaders will examine practices which focus on high-quality instruction, a strong academic core, and the skills that matter most for today's students. Participants will explore structures where learning is the focus and drives the intentional use of tinkering, project based learning, maker spaces, personalized learning, and design thinking. Environments can come alive with critical thinking, real-world applications to solving problems, and curiosity that is encouraged through creativity and innovation.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle School Counselor, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
This talk explores a socially, culturally, and digitally relevant model of literacy education that draws upon multicultural literature, contemporary events, and youth popular culture to inspire students as social actors, while also developing powerful readers, writers, speakers, and users of emergent digital technologies.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle Teacher, High School Teacher, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
The formative assessment process can double the rate of student learning, especially for those students who are most behind. Implementing consistent classroom practices of student self- and peer-assessment, developing systems for ongoing feedback, and promoting student voice in tasks and assessments will support students in making meaning, participating and contributing, and managing their own learning.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle Teacher, High School Teacher, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
How do we ensure that 100% of our students are prepared the demands of higher learning and the workforce? This session will highlight effective practices that support equity as we prepare students for success in high school, college, career and beyond. You will obtain tools that allow you to help students link their personal interests to career opportunities and see the connection this has to their current study and higher education. Learn how to build integrated career pathways where students master content core while developing career preparedness skills.
We all want students to find fulfilling careers that pay a living wage, and there are a number of things we can do to prepare them for this throughout their educational journey. In this session, we will discuss strategies to help students find what they like, what they are good at, what the world needs, and what they can get paid to do. These approaches can be applied at the classroom, district, or regional level, as we work together to help all students discover and pursue their ikigai, or purpose.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle Teacher, High School Teacher, Elementary Counselor, Middle School Counselor, High School Counselor, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
This session will outline a model for introducing innovative, relationship-based strategies into the school system. We will highlight five programs that have created systemic school change while improving school climate and culture, all accomplished by developing productive and restorative stakeholder relationships. Our model aims to facilitate the planning and evaluation of both academic and social-emotional activities and initiatives.
Audience: Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
Learn about the California Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework as defined within the Scale-Up MTSS Statewide (SUMS) Initiative. The session will look at the difference between Response to Instruction and Intervention and MTSS and introduce the domains of the state MTSS Framework and the Tiered Intervention Matrix. It will also introduce Universal Design for Learning as a critical component of the framework and the state standards.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle Teacher, High School Teacher, Elementary Counselor, Middle School Counselor, High School Counselor, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders