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Breakout Block 1 - 10:00-11:30 AM (June 9)
Breakout Block 1 - 10:00-11:30 AM (June 9)
90-Minute Sessions
Art with a Spark (K-12)
Art with a Spark (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Tara Henderson, Explora
Can a painting light up an LED? Can you weave a circuit? Bring the making mindset and STEAM together in this electrifying workshop. You’ll learn the basics of circuits and explore the unconventional possibilities of circuitry using simple, common materials.
Room: 102
Adobe Creative Cloud Express: Unlock your Students' Creative Potential (K-12)
Adobe Creative Cloud Express: Unlock your Students' Creative Potential (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Karn Gustafson, APS EdTech
Get to know Adobe Creative Cloud Express with this hands-on session. Bring any device with internet connectivity and build a project that you could use with your students no matter what you teach.
Room: 101B
Fostering Spirited Connections (K-12)
Fostering Spirited Connections (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Anna Kay, APS Curriculum and Instruction
This interactive session will give K-12 educators the opportunity to experience various hands-on, engaging, relationship-building activities that they can utilize in their own learning communities. Participants will also have access to a 25 minute planning time, during which they will use provided resources and one another's expertise to create their own list of relationship-building activities designed for their group of students. Let's connect through play!
Room: 103 Alternate Time: Friday, June 10 @ 9:30-11:00 AM in room 103
4-H Experiential Learning (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Stephani Treadwell and Jill Rogers, Collet Park Elementary
This session will give educators the experience of learning by doing. Participants will be given a project which will allow them agency as a learner. The participants will walk away with the 4-H life skills chart, a lesson template, and ideas from an open discussion on how academics are best taught inside projects instead of segregated in subject areas.
Room: 113
Creating Safer Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Havens Levitt (she/her), Sandia Class of '71 and Retired APS Teacher
59.1% of LGBTQ+ students felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation (2019 NSCS). Join us in this workshop where we will cover LGBTQ+ terminology, stats on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students, the four supports research shows make a difference, how to rethink curriculum, and activities that allow us to each reflect on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ youth from an intersectional perspective.
Room: 201
60-Minute Sessions
Windows, Mirrors, and Doors: Bilingual Literature for a Culturally Responsive Classroom (K-12)
Windows, Mirrors, and Doors: Bilingual Literature for a Culturally Responsive Classroom (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Emmy Tither and Marleen Linares-González, University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute
What is culturally-responsive literature? How can we identify it and incorporate it into a bilingual classroom? This presentation and workshop by UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute will aid educators in recognizing the characteristics and importance of integrating culturally-responsive bilingual literature into the classroom for learners of all ages, as well as provide free and classroom-ready resources.
Room: 101A Alternate time: June 10th @ 8:15-9:15 AM (Virtual)
Supporting Recently-Arrived English Learners (K-12)
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
Brandon Baca, Dina Raheem, Mohammad Ismail, and Eric Ndaheba, APS Refugee & Newcomer Support Program
Educators will learn about refugees, immigrants, and asylees. They will learn about their strengths and challenges in accessing equitable education. Participants will learn about resources they can utilize at APS and in the community.
Room: 114 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 9:30-10:25
Sit and Spot - Outdoor Learning (K-12)
Sit and Spot - Outdoor Learning (K-12)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Theresa Ambrogi, APS Curriculum and Instruction
Participants in this session will learn how Sit and Spots can enhance the playful learning environment of classrooms from all grade levels. We will experience a Sit and Spot and then discuss different variations that could apply to different content areas.
Room: 112
Discovery in Literacy Centers (K-5)
Discovery in Literacy Centers (K-5)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Maggie Carrillo, APS Curriculum and Instruction
Transform your literacy centers into discovery centers! Discuss and develop discovery centers that build vocabulary and background knowledge in your content topics - two factors that greatly impact reading comprehension. Explore some ideas and let your own creativity flow!
Room: 202: Alternate times: Thursday, June 9 @ 12:50- 1:50 in room 202
Virtual Session: Schoolwide Enrichment Model and Computer Science Education (K-5)
Virtual Session: Schoolwide Enrichment Model and Computer Science Education (K-5)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Flora Rainbow Lewis, Los Ranchos Elementary School
This session will highlight the importance of teaching Computer Science in elementary school. Also, participants will hear an overview of 2 years of code.org data that shows how bilingual and special education students excel at coding and Computer Science as compared to their monolingual, general education peers.
Link: Please register to receive session link
30-Minute Sessions
Bilingual Seal Presentation (K-5)
Bilingual Seal Presentation (K-5)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sandra Castro, Loralie Bustos Aragon & Araceli Granados; Coronado Dual Language Magent School
The APS Elementary Bilingual Seal honors the academic achievement of bilingual students. Through the use of a portfolio, each student tells the story of their journey as a K-5 bilingual student. A big focus of the self-directed project is the celebration of bilingualism, community service, and the power that comes from being able to serve others.
Room: 111
Stronger Together: Utilizing Family Engagement and Families Connected to Empower and Enliven the Home-School Learning Connection!
Stronger Together: Utilizing Family Engagement and Families Connected to Empower and Enliven the Home-School Learning Connection!
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Benjamin Barlow, APS Coordinated School Health Department, Family Engagement and Families Connected Unit
This session will cover why family engagement must be integrated into all school plans and share information about unit training offerings and technical assistance visits to build school teams' capacities to engage families, how to utilize Families Connected video content to build families' capacities to engage, and an adult learning activity to reinforce the learning. Attendees will have an opportunity to sign up for technical assistance and STEP PD during the session.
Room: 114 Alternate times: Friday, June 10 @ 10:25-10:55
Virtual Session: McKinney-Vento Informational Session (K-12)
Virtual Session: McKinney-Vento Informational Session (K-12)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Denise Gomez, Title 1 McKinney-Vento Department
Many families experience unemployment, job changes, or other circumstances that can cause the loss of a permanent home. The term "homeless children and youth" is defined as "individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence." The APS McKinney-Vento Program offers many services to homeless children and their families. Learn more about the services, PreK program, volunteer opportunities, donations, and how the MVP partnered with the State of NM Department of Finance and Administration to provide housing options through the Family Stabilization Project.
Link: Please register to receive session link
Virtual Session: How Does Literacy Travel? Bridging Home-School Connections (K-12)
Virtual Session: How Does Literacy Travel? Bridging Home-School Connections (K-12)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Aijuan Cun, UNM Department of Language, Literacy, and Socio-Cultural Studies
This interactive workshop aims to invite participants to brainstorm and discuss ways for bridging home and school connections. I will share my family literacy research project in the first ten minutes and then invite participants to share their experiences of keeping communication with parents and providing opportunities for students to share their family literacy in classroom settings.
Link: Please register to receive session link
Virtual Session: Becoming Helen Keller - Accessible Resources for PBS (6-12)
Virtual Session: Becoming Helen Keller - Accessible Resources for PBS (6-12)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Laurel Wyckoff, New Mexico PBS
The Becoming Helen Keller collection in PBS Learning Media includes 12 resources, each focused on some aspect of disability history. Though often taught in special education programs or in schools for deaf or blind students, this topic is seldom explored in general education classes. We hope to reach both through this session.
The resources are fully accessible to teachers and students who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, or are DeafBlind, including both the video and the support materials. Producers adhered to the principles of the universal design for learning AND ensured the resources are culturally responsive.
Link: Please register to receive session link Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 12:50 -1:20
Breakout Block 2 - 12:50 -1:50 PM (June 9)
Breakout Block 2 - 12:50 -1:50 PM (June 9)
60-Minute Sessions
Math Exploration: Using the Inquiry Process to Explore Real World Math (K-5)
Math Exploration: Using the Inquiry Process to Explore Real World Math (K-5)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Trish Ann Teasdale and Adrianne Elkins, Desert Willow Family School
Why is it too expensive to put a swimming pool in our playground? How much would it cost to open our own restaurant? Through Family School’s Real World Math curriculum, we provide structure and facilitation for students to ask and answer their own questions about how math affects their lives and our world. In this session, you’ll experience the instructional methods of student-driven Real World Math inquiry, and evaluate how this can be used to address core math standards through engaging play, collaboration, and student voice.
Room: 101A Alternate time: June 9 @ 3:00-4:00 PM
Best In Class: Meet Award-Winning Innovators in Education (K-12)
Best In Class: Meet Award-Winning Innovators in Education (K-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Lawren McConnell, Shannon Barnhill, Valerie Burch, and Estella Montoya, APS Education Foundation
The APS Education Foundation's highest recognition for grantees is Best In Class. Best In Class winners exemplify the Foundation's mission of partnering with the community to invest in innovative and enhanced learning opportunities to help APS students reach their full potential. Come learn about these award-winning programs and how one or several Best In Class programs can become a best practice in your school!
Room: 101B
Increasing Engagement Through Culturally Responsive Book Choices (K-12)
Increasing Engagement Through Culturally Responsive Book Choices (K-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Rachel Altobelli and Jessica Villalobos, APS Library Services and Instructional Materials & Department of Language and Cultural Equity
In this session, presenters will share a one-page document that describes how they think about, define, and engage with culturally responsive book choices. After a brief presentation, participants will break into small groups to discuss and explore selected exemplar books. The session will close with a rapid -- and, we hope, fun! -- Group Booktalk Competition.
Room: 102A
Stop Motion Video: Integrating Inquiry, Joy, and PBL in 5 Simple Steps (K-12)
Stop Motion Video: Integrating Inquiry, Joy, and PBL in 5 Simple Steps (K-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Abby Carlson, APS Curriculum and Instruction
In this interactive session for K-12 educators, participants will engage with 5 simple steps to develop a stop-motion video project for joyful learning in core content, genius hour, or gifted courses. Please bring a mobile device (smartphone, iPad, etc) that has the free app "Stop Motion Studio, by Cateater LLC"
Room: 103 Alternate time: June 10 @ 8:20-9:20 AM in room 101A
Enemy into Frenemy (6-12)
Enemy into Frenemy (6-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Amy Hughes, Volcano Vista High School, Theater
Enemy into Frenemy will teach you how to guide students to make empathetic connections and build self-awareness as they create a monologue from the perspective of their "enemy". In the end, students should see their "enemy" as a person with their own thoughts, feelings, and baggage rather than just someone to dislike.
Room: 111 Alternate time: June 9 @ 3:00-4:00 PM in room 111
The Magic of Learning (K-5)
The Magic of Learning (K-5)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Talia Edgar, A. Montoya Elementary
Are you looking for ways to bring joy and magic into education? If you have no idea where to start, I will give you some simple tips to get started. If this has been something you have been working on already, I look forward to sharing ideas and finding new inspiration together.
Room: 112
Growing the Future (K-12)
Growing the Future (K-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
John Wright, Rio Grande HS/Agricultural Internship Program
Our goal for this past year at RGHS of in-person learning following a year of online learning was to give the students as much of an outdoor, experiential learning experience as possible. Come learn what strategies and activities we used to accomplish that and how that related to meeting the challenges of the future.
Room: 113
Socrates Cafe (6-12)
Socrates Cafe (6-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Tanya Kuhnee, Eldorado High School
This session will provide an interactive opportunity to engage in a few classroom practices that empower students to share ideas on a topic. The session will walk participants through preparing for a text-based, student-led discussion and then have participants engage in a discussion technique that embeds informal artistry to represent the ideas shared during this cafe-style discussion. Participants will wrap up with a simple strategy for positive peer feedback.
Room: 201
Discovery in Literacy Centers (K-5)
Discovery in Literacy Centers (K-5)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Maggie Carrillo, APS Curriculum and Instruction
Transform your literacy centers into discovery centers! Discuss and develop discovery centers that build vocabulary and background knowledge in your content topics - two factors that greatly impact reading comprehension. Explore some ideas and let your own creativity flow!
Room: 202: Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 10:00-11:00 AM in room 202
Virtual Session: Mindful Breathing and Movement Exercises to Enhance Student and Educator Well Being (K-12)
Virtual Session: Mindful Breathing and Movement Exercises to Enhance Student and Educator Well Being (K-12)
12:50 - 1:50 PM
Andrea Villano, Albuquerque Public Schools
Learn how to teach trauma-informed mindfulness and mindful movement practices to students to support their mental and physical health. Through this workshop, you will experience the benefits of inclusive mindfulness practices in your own body, as well as gain the skill and confidence to facilitate wellness practices that will support your students in and outside the classroom!
Link: Please register to receive session link Alternate time:Thursday, June 9 @ 3:00- 4:00 PM (virtual session)
30-Minute Sessions
Virtual Session: Becoming Helen Keller - Accessible Resources from PBS (6-12)
Virtual Session: Becoming Helen Keller - Accessible Resources from PBS (6-12)
12:50 - 1:20 PM
Laurel Wyckoff, New Mexico PBS
The Becoming Helen Keller collection in PBS Learning Media includes 12 resources, each focused on some aspect of disability history. Though often taught in special education programs or in schools for deaf or blind students, this topic is seldom explored in general education classes. We hope to reach both through this session.
The resources are fully accessible to teachers and students who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, or are DeafBlind, including both the video and the support materials. Producers adhered to the principles of the universal design for learning AND ensured the resources are culturally responsive.
Link: Please register to receive session link Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 11:00 -11:30 AM
Breakout Block 3 - 3:00 -4:00 PM (June 9)
Breakout Block 3 - 3:00 -4:00 PM (June 9)
60-Minute Sessions
Math Exploration: Using the Inquiry Process to Explore Real World Math (K-5)
Math Exploration: Using the Inquiry Process to Explore Real World Math (K-5)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Trish Ann Teasdale and Adrianne Elkins, Desert Willow Family School
Why is it too expensive to put a swimming pool in our playground? How much would it cost to open our own restaurant? Through Family School’s Real World Math curriculum, we provide structure and facilitation for students to ask and answer their own questions about how math affects their lives and our world. In this session, you’ll experience the instructional methods of student-driven Real World Math inquiry, and evaluate how this can be used to address core math standards through engaging play, collaboration, and student voice.
Room: 101A Alternate time: June 9 @ 12:50-1:50 PM in room 101A
Celebrando Cultura con Literatura - Estableciendo Tradiciones; Celebrating Culture through Literacy - Establishing Traditions (K-12)
Celebrando Cultura con Literatura - Estableciendo Tradiciones; Celebrating Culture through Literacy - Establishing Traditions (K-12)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
This session will address a) The grant writing process in brief b) How to celebrate culture through literacy throughout the year c) How to establish ongoing traditions that empower students and enliven minds.
Room: 101B
Podcasts: A New Tool for Assessment (6-12)
Podcasts: A New Tool for Assessment (6-12)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Brandy Sarver, Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative Schools
Attendees will learn how to create a Podcast Project to use as an assessment tool through the online website Anchor.fm which publishes directly to Spotify.
Room: 103 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 8:20-9:20 AM in room 103
Enemy into Frenemy (6-12)
Enemy into Frenemy (6-12)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Amy Hughes, Volcano Vista High School, Theater
Enemy into Frenemy will teach you how to guide students to make empathetic connections and build self-awareness as they create a monologue from the perspective of their "enemy". In the end, students should see their "enemy" as a person with their own thoughts, feelings, and baggage rather than just someone to dislike.
Room: 111 Alternate time: June 9 @ 12:50-1:50 PM in room 111
Seeds & Soil (K-12)
Seeds & Soil (K-12)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Tara Henderson, Explora
Learn how to plant seeds of STEM with your students whether virtual or in-person! You’ll get dirty with soil and dirt, design your own seed through the Engineering Design Process, and determine your ideal seed bomb. You’ll receive ready-to-go activity cards in Spanish and English, as well as resources to build your own connections to local farms and agricultural STEM role models in your community.
Room: 113
Promoting Play with Foundational Skills (K-5)
Promoting Play with Foundational Skills (K-5)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Maggie Carrillo, APS Curriculum and Instruction
Games and wordplay activities are great ways to bolster foundational skills with little ones as they learn to read! In this session, play along with a couple of games that you can take back to your little ones to support their literacy development along with resources to further explore!
Room: 202 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 8:20-9:20 AM in room 202
Virtual Session: Mindful Breathing and Movement Exercises to Enhance Student and Educator Well Being (K-12)
Virtual Session: Mindful Breathing and Movement Exercises to Enhance Student and Educator Well Being (K-12)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Andrea Villano, Albuquerque Public Schools
Learn how to teach trauma-informed mindfulness and mindful movement practices to students to support their mental and physical health. Through this workshop, you will experience the benefits of inclusive mindfulness practices in your own body, as well as gain the skill and confidence to facilitate wellness practices that will support your students in and outside the classroom!
Link: Please register to receive session link Alternate time:Thursday, June 9 @ 12:50-1:50 PM (virtual session)
30-Minute Sessions
STEAM: Coding and Maker Space (K-5)
STEAM: Coding and Maker Space (K-5)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Cecillia Batres and Megan Coalson, A. Montoya Elementary
Benchmark focuses a lot on community and our maker space activity allows for students to apply their knowledge by physically building a small community (with makers space supplies), as a team. The coding activity is tied to communities as well. The mice are coded to make their way through student-created communities. This ties our benchmark curriculum, social studies, and social-emotional learning together. Students also have a chance to write a summary about communities and the importance of how they operate. This project allows students to experience cross-curricular, critical thinking opportunities.
Room: 112
Virtual Session: School Garden Design: Designing for Learning, Fun, and Classroom Management (K-5)
Virtual Session: School Garden Design: Designing for Learning, Fun, and Classroom Management (K-5)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Nissa Patterson, NMSU
This session will cover best practices in garden design to maximize 1) student engagement 2) student comfort 3) instructional ease 4) student regulation. Attendees will learn about design features they can implement in their own garden programs.
Link: Please register to receive session link
Virtual Session: Multimodal Text Sets for Multiple Perspectives in High School ELA (6-12)
Virtual Session: Multimodal Text Sets for Multiple Perspectives in High School ELA (6-12)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Ashley K. Dallacqua, UNM Department of Language, Literacy, and Socio-Cultural Studies
Amanda Manning, Albuquerque High School
Building on shared interests in introducing students to texts that are relevant to their lives and experiences, this session highlights work in a high school classroom using multimodal texts (including comics, art, young adult literature, and film) as legitimate for academic study. We deliberately chose texts that visually, culturally, and linguistically told different stories from different perspectives. We will highlight unit texts and plans, as well as student reactions and our own reflections.
Link: Please register to receive session link
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