Teacher Workshops
Saturday, March 31
Session 1, 9:45-10:45am
Creating World Class Communicators for the Millennium, K-12 |
Fostering Inclusive Classrooms. 6-12 |
Ethos Education through Collaborative Leadership, K-12 |
Practice-Driven Instruction: Using the NGSS Science & Engineering Practices to Guide Learning, K-12 |
Learning Math My Way, K-2 Every child learns math his/her own way as children have different learning styles and tackle learning from different perspectives. Children are offered learning experiences and contexts through which they discover their own learning, uncover new concepts, and articulate their thinking and reasoning. The Eight Mathematical Practices are promoted and reflected in their learning. |
Fostering
Social Emotional Development for Students and Parents: The Love and Logic
Classroom, K-12 |
Experiential Theatre: Beneficial to Anyone, Any Age, and Any Subject, K-12 Develop interdisciplinary activities using Experiential Theatre to teach a multitude of different subjects in all grades and improve basic lesson plans. After an overview of the method, you will view demonstrations for third grade science and high school history. We will also develop our own group experiential lesson plan. Please bring a laptop/tablet. |
Unpacking Learning Targets: Demystifying Proficiency in the Language Classroom, 6-12 For students to demonstrate mastery/proficiency, they must understand the underlying components of the learning targets. In this workshop, practice unpacking learning targets, which will allow your students to effectively self-assess, monitor, and plan their own path to higher levels of mastery/proficiency. Please bring a laptop/tablet. |
Increasing
Student Engagement Using Game-Based Learning, 6-12 |
Making "Making" Accessible & Assessable, K-12 |
Session 2, 11:15am-12:15pm
Setting Learning on Fire through Project-Based Learning in Mathematics, K-12 |
Students as Classroom Hackers: Creating a Culture of Learning for All, E-12+ |
Using
Tools to Reflect on Our Teaching, K-12 |
Gamification
and Student Motivation, K-12 |
A Journey
Through Experimental Design in a Science Classroom, 5-8 |
Differentiated
Strategies for the Secondary Classroom, 6-12 |
EdTech
Integration: Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning, K-5 |
Tips &
Tricks to Improve Student Writing, 4-8 |
Teaching
Social Emotional Skills Through Visual Art, 1-5 |
PBL the
Change..., 9-12 |
Sunday, April 1
Session 3, 9:45-10:45am
NEW WORKSHOP! |
Dramatizing a Language Lesson, 9-12 |
Empowering Innovations, 4-12 |
'Open Session': How to build collective empathy among your students, 4-12 |
21st Century Culture for 21st Century Outcomes, K-12 |
Self-reported Student Engagement Data, 3-12 |
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Promote Visible Thinking Using Data, 6-12 |
Tangible Listening Lessons for Learning, K-12 |
Inspire Thinkers and Doers Through Thoughtful, Positive Planning, K-8 Enough with the stickers and points! Let's shift our gaze to the effective ways we can inspire and lead students, instead of merely “managing" them. Implement research-based thinking routines and build a positive culture that motivates and empowers all learners. |
Session 4, 11:15am-12:15pm
Project
Based Learning: Authentic learning for students with real-world impact, 6-12 |
Circle
Solutions - for Student Wellbeing, K-12 |
The Big E Comes Home: NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair, 5-8 |
21st
Century Classroom: Using Data to Drive Instruction, 1-5 (MAP testing grades) |
Creating
Culturally Responsive Classrooms, K-12 |
A
Personalized Approach to Language Learning, K-12 |
The
Differentiated Classroom: Adjusting Learning Environments in Early Years, K-2 |
Living the
Mission Through Project Based Instruction, 6-12 |
Breathing
Life into Nonfiction Through Journalism Storytelling, 6-12 |