This presentation will share the story of a principal's leadership journey with her school and the learning path she decided to take to ensure equity and excellence for students, teachers, staff, and families. She will share how she built trusting relationships and systems that changed the school's mindset and culture, and then allowed inclusive settings to thrive and ensured agency for all stakeholders, especially students.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Middle Teacher, Elementary Counselor, Middle School Counselor, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
This session will describe an innovative process to ensure student and community voice in the development of the district LCAP. Sweetwater Union High School District will provide background on the first ever State of the District event, which included showcases, performances, alumni guest speakers, and school discussions facilitated by students. This event was a chance for our community to gather to see what schools are doing and to actively participate in the district’s vision for each student. Participants will understand the techniques used to train school leaders and their students using a protocol that engaged each school community in a discussion around our four LCAP goals.
Audience: Middle Teacher, High School Teacher, Middle School Counselor, High School Counselor, Middle School Administrators, High School Administrators, Superintendent, District Office Leaders
Learn about equitable practices that support all students in achieving a deeper understanding of mathematics. Design a plan for your classroom, school, or district that avoids deficit labeling, supports effective grouping structures, and ensures each and every student has access to high-level mathematics tasks.
Audience: Elementary Teacher, Elementary Counselor, Elementary Administrators, District Office Leaders
A teacher’s dream is to have a collaborative, organized system providing all students access to relevant, rigorous curriculum. We have bridged the dream with the practical. In this presentation, we offer our approach to keep the pioneering spirit alive for educators and students, sharing how we use tech tools to ensure all students ― regardless of teacher or level ― participate in the best possible education. We will also showcase the byproduct of this planning system: a school-wide initiative called “The Genius Project.” Digital planbooks, lockstep lesson planning, and virtual collaboration are at the heart of our professional learning model, which is changing the classroom experience.
Audience: High School Teacher, High School Administrators
