SY26 Breakout SessionS 

Appropriate for ALL

3D Printing Basics..............................................................................................(RM 436)
Learn how to integrate 3D printing into your course using tools like OnShape or TinkerCAD, from basic setup and maintenance to advanced design tasks aligned with industry applications and standards. This session will support the transition from Dremel to Flashforge printers.

Presenter: Ryan Kint

AI in the Classroom (EdCamp Style)...................................................................................................................(CAFE)
An explanation of the updated guidance from FCPS about teacher and student use of AI in the classroom. Engage in teacher-led sharing around how AI tools are being used in the classroom for lesson planning, assessment design, and student learning—with a focus on ethics, safety, and productivity.

Presenter: Tony Bollino

Career Exploration Through Xello     ...........................................................................................................................(RM 521)
Get hands-on with Xello to maximize its use for student career planning, academic goal-setting, and meeting Maryland CCR requirements. Ideal for supporting college/career readiness. Xello has replaced Naviance for SY26. 

Presenter: Laura Brown

Connecting with Business Partners............................................................................................................(RM 313)
Explore strategies for initiating and maintaining strong relationships with industry partners to support work-based learning, advisory boards, and authentic learning opportunities for students.

Presenter: Dr. Kristine Pearl

CS for All Learners / CS Computational Thinking Quality Instruction (EdCamp Style)..................................(RM 419)
Explore instructional strategies and tools to support equitable access to computer science, with a focus on scaffolding for all learners, especially those with diverse learning needs.  Unpack the core elements of computational thinking, decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithmic design, and apply them across CTE and STEM disciplines.

Presenter: MCCE (Tim Dixon & Shane Wines)

CTE in the Field: Getting Students Out To Industry (Trips)...............................................................................(RM 523)
Join a behind-the-scenes look at a local industry site to deepen your understanding of career pathways, hiring needs, and future trends relevant to your program area.

Presenter: Anne Gallo

Experiences with Rubrics and Grading (EdCamp Style) – Reteach and Reassessment................................(RM 439)
Collaboratively examine how to leverage rubric grading in CTE. Build or refine performance rubrics, and share approaches to reteaching and reassessment that support student mastery. 

No Presenter: EdCamp Style Discussion with focused discussion questions. Please use this time to share ideas, strategies, and share example rubrics you have created OR, practice creating a rubric to use in an upcoming unit you will be teaching.

Level up with Canva.........................................................................................(RM 421)
Level up your multimedia skills with Canva. Create high-impact visuals, infographics, and student projects using Canva. Great for marketing, instruction, student artifacts, and projects.

Presenter: Othni St. Paul and Claire Kelly

Literacy & Numeracy in CTE.............................................................................RM 315)

• Discover easy-to-implement reading, writing, and vocabulary strategies that support content learning in your CTE course and strengthen student comprehension and performance.

• Strengthen student math literacy by integrating practical numeracy skills into your CTE classroom using real-world contexts, tools, and data-driven techniques. Come learn about the math concepts that are easy to support within CTE courses. 

Presenters: Lera Straits & Taylor McGaughey 

Onshape (High School target - Middle possible)..............................................(RM 432)
Jumpstart your understanding of Onshape, expand your skills, and learn about the resources. Deepen your knowledge of Onshape’s cloud-based CAD features, and discover how it can elevate instruction in WDA and EDA classes while supporting collaborative design and documentation. MS teachers interested in adding this into the engineering classes are welcome. 

Presenter: Aaron Miles

Partnering with Your Career Coach.............................................................(RM 525)
Middle and High School successes, how to collaborate and forge new ideas to support career exploration, career readiness, and program promotion.

Presenter: Michelle Printz, Katie Glover, Shayna Bolton, Dana Baker

Middle School-Focused Offerings

SmartFarm Refresher (EdCamp Style- Middle School Only)...............................RM 312)
Share your experiences and refresh your skills with SmartFarm tools through peer-led sessions. Explore new ways to integrate data collection, sustainability, and food systems into instruction. BYOSF - Bring your own Smart Farm & MicroBit

Presenter: Donielle Axline

Digital Citizenship & Financial Literacy (EdCamp Style - Middle School Only).(RM 311)

Review the FCPS Digital Citizenship curriculum(s), focusing on how to help 6th graders navigate online safety, ethics, privacy, and media balance in developmentally appropriate ways. A focus will be on providing quality instruction practices with resource use. Bring your favorite digital & financial literacy activities and walk away with new ideas! This collaborative session is ideal for integrating money management, saving, and budgeting in middle grades.

Presenter: Krista Kolb

Middle School Engineering Design Projects: Tips, Tricks, and How-Tos (Middle School Only) ..................(RM 422)
Get practical strategies, classroom-tested tools, and ready-to-use project ideas for implementing engineering design in middle school labs. Perfect for hands-on, student-centered learning.

Presenter: Becca Clark

High School-Focused Offerings

CDA Financial Literacy (Required for CDA) - Financial Literacy (Intuit).........(RM 422A)
Tailored for CDA teachers, this session focuses on financial literacy concepts and lesson integration to meet state requirements and support student readiness for adulthood.

Presenter: Tony Bollino / Intuit

HS CS Certification (CS Only)...................................................................................................................(RM 424)
To deepen your understanding of the Computer Science certification assessment, please come prepared -- participants will engage in taking a sample certification test during this session

• HTML/CSS

• Java

• Python

Presenter: Greg Loomis

HS FFA (HS Ag only)....................................................................................................................(RM 440)
Get updates on FFA competitions, leadership opportunities, and chapter management. Collaborate with other Ag teachers to share best practices and grow student engagement.

Presenter: Amy Jo Poffenberger

FBLA (HS Preferred - (MS business welcome)....................................................................................................(RM 423)
Come collaborate on how to build a strong FBLA chapter, integrate leadership and competition prep into your classes, and help students gain real-world business and communication skills.

Presenter: Travis Zimmerman