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Understanding Trauma And Becoming a Self-Healing Community
Based on the ACE Interface Curriculum -Join us for a three-part interactive series designed for PreK–12 educators. Together we will, understand the impact of trauma through neuroscience, epigenetics, and the ACE Study. We will explore the three protective systems that build resilience: individual capabilities, attachment and belonging, and community cultural strengths. Lastly, we will learn how to strengthen teacher well-being and build schools as self-healing communities through shared learning and leadership.
Each session includes grounding, reflection, and community-building practices to support both educators and students.
From Sounds to Success: Quick Assessments and Targeted Teaching for Phonological Awareness
This session will equip Pre-K through 2nd grade teachers with practical tools for quickly assessing phonological awareness skills on the fly and using that data to strategically group students for maximum learning impact. Participants will explore a variety of teacher-led and student-led activities designed to build phonological awareness while learning how to make informed instructional decisions based on assessment results. Leave with ready-to-use strategies that can be immediately implemented in your classroom to support every learner's phonological development. (PREK-2)
From Sounds to Success: Quick Assessments and Targeted Teaching for Phonological Awareness
This session will equip Pre-K through 2nd grade teachers with practical tools for quickly assessing phonological awareness skills on the fly and using that data to strategically group students for maximum learning impact. Participants will explore a variety of teacher-led and student-led activities designed to build phonological awareness while learning how to make informed instructional decisions based on assessment results. Leave with ready-to-use strategies that can be immediately implemented in your classroom to support every learner's phonological development. (PREK-2)
Stronger Together: Building Teacher-Counselor Partnerships for Student Success
This three-part professional development series is designed to strengthen collaboration between school counselors and instructional staff. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the counselor’s role, learn how to identify students in need of support, and explore practical strategies for ongoing partnership. Through interactive activities, real-life scenarios, and ready-to-use tools, educators will leave empowered to co-support students’ academic, emotional, and behavioral success. Each session builds on the last, creating a strong foundation for school-wide alignment and whole-child support. (GRADES 6-8)
Stronger Together: Building Teacher-Counselor Partnerships for Student Success
This three-part professional development series is designed to strengthen collaboration between school counselors and instructional staff. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the counselor’s role, learn how to identify students in need of support, and explore practical strategies for ongoing partnership. Through interactive activities, real-life scenarios, and ready-to-use tools, educators will leave empowered to co-support students’ academic, emotional, and behavioral success. Each session builds on the last, creating a strong foundation for school-wide alignment and whole-child support. (GRADES 6-8)
Enhancing Problem Solving Through Schema-Based Instruction
This session introduces teachers to schema-based instruction (SBI), an evidence-based approach that helps students develop structured problem-solving strategies in mathematics. Schema-based instruction focuses on helping students recognize underlying problem types (schemas) and apply consistent solution strategies. Through explicit modeling, visual representations, and guided practice, SBI supports students—especially those who struggle—with solving word problems effectively and independently.
Teachers will gain a clear understanding of how to implement schema instruction in their classrooms, including how to teach problem structures, use graphic organizers, and integrate schema-aligned problem sets. (PREK-2, 3-5)
Enhancing Problem Solving Through Schema-Based Instruction
This session introduces teachers to schema-based instruction (SBI), an evidence-based approach that helps students develop structured problem-solving strategies in mathematics. Schema-based instruction focuses on helping students recognize underlying problem types (schemas) and apply consistent solution strategies. Through explicit modeling, visual representations, and guided practice, SBI supports students—especially those who struggle—with solving word problems effectively and independently.
Teachers will gain a clear understanding of how to implement schema instruction in their classrooms, including how to teach problem structures, use graphic organizers, and integrate schema-aligned problem sets. (PREK-2, 3-5)
Community, Collaboration, and Creation
We plan on identifying classroom environment techniques, along with creative lesson designs. Some examples include the use of Socratic seminars, group work, and combining art and writing. All of this will lead to deeper thinking. (GRADES 6-8, 9-12)
Community, Collaboration, and Creation
We plan on identifying classroom environment techniques, along with creative lesson designs. Some examples include the use of Socratic seminars, group work, and combining art and writing. All of this will lead to deeper thinking. (GRADES 6-8, 9-12)
In Our Students' Shoes: Evaluating Pedagogical Strategies When Teaching Challenging Concepts
As a SPED co-teacher, I have found that many general education teachers forget what it is like to be a student learning a new topic. They overload students and then get frustrated when students do not absorb the concepts quickly or disengage. My session is a simulation meant to remind teachers what it is like to be a new student again. (GRADES 6-8)
When swimming in differentiation, have your RAFT at hand!
Do want to give your students voice through choice? Do you believe differentiation is a thing, but not exactly know how to implement this to empower your students? Do you want to provide options for your students to tap into their strengths to demonstrate learning? Then you might want to build a RAFT to help you and your students to float successfully on the river of differentiation. (GRADES 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Bridging Assessment and Action: Structured Literacy Interventions for K–2 Small Groups
This professional development series will help K–2 educators use assessment data to drive effective small-group instruction aligned to the five pillars of literacy: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teachers will explore how to select and implement evidence-based interventions that meet diverse student needs through a Structured Literacy approach. (PREK-2)
Bridging Assessment and Action: Structured Literacy Interventions for K–2 Small Groups
This professional development series will help K–2 educators use assessment data to drive effective small-group instruction aligned to the five pillars of literacy: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teachers will explore how to select and implement evidence-based interventions that meet diverse student needs through a Structured Literacy approach. (PREK-2)
Building Strong Writers with The Writing Revolution (3–5)
This professional development session will focus on strengthening writing instruction across grades 3–5 by integrating strategies from The Writing Revolution with grade-level writing progressions. Teachers will explore how to build strong, coherent writers through explicit instruction in sentence-level skills, paragraph development, and structured writing routines aligned with standards and curriculum. Participants will leave with practical tools and planning strategies to support students at all stages of writing development. (GRADES 3-5)
Building Strong Writers with The Writing Revolution (3–5)
This professional development session will focus on strengthening writing instruction across grades 3–5 by integrating strategies from The Writing Revolution with grade-level writing progressions. Teachers will explore how to build strong, coherent writers through explicit instruction in sentence-level skills, paragraph development, and structured writing routines aligned with standards and curriculum. Participants will leave with practical tools and planning strategies to support students at all stages of writing development. (GRADES 3-5)
Exemplars in Action: Bringing Standards to Life in K–2
This presentation will engage participants in mathematical discourse and the implementation of Math Exemplars as an instructional resource to improve student understanding and performance in mathematics. Math Exemplars are problem-solving performance tasks that illustrate key mathematical concepts, methods, and reasoning skills. By integrating Math Exemplars into the curriculum, educators can provide low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that support the use of concrete models, guide students through various problem-solving strategies, and promote differentiated learning to meet diverse skill levels—ultimately fostering deeper conceptual understanding. (PREK-2)
Exemplars in Action: Bringing Standards to Life in K–2
This presentation will engage participants in mathematical discourse and the implementation of Math Exemplars as an instructional resource to improve student understanding and performance in mathematics. Math Exemplars are problem-solving performance tasks that illustrate key mathematical concepts, methods, and reasoning skills. By integrating Math Exemplars into the curriculum, educators can provide low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that support the use of concrete models, guide students through various problem-solving strategies, and promote differentiated learning to meet diverse skill levels—ultimately fostering deeper conceptual understanding. (PREK-2)
Exemplars in Action: Bringing Standards to Life in K–2
This presentation will engage participants in mathematical discourse and the implementation of Math Exemplars as an instructional resource to improve student understanding and performance in mathematics. Math Exemplars are problem-solving performance tasks that illustrate key mathematical concepts, methods, and reasoning skills. By integrating Math Exemplars into the curriculum, educators can provide low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that support the use of concrete models, guide students through various problem-solving strategies, and promote differentiated learning to meet diverse skill levels—ultimately fostering deeper conceptual understanding. (PREK-2)
Promoting Strong Mathematical Conversations
In Promoting Strong Mathematical Conversations, educators consider strategies to develop their mathematics community where students justify their own thinking and respond to the reasoning of their peers, building increased student understanding and ownership. Educators jumpstart their year by actively participating in the Try–Discuss–Connect framework to observe how productive talk can deepen student reasoning and understanding. They engage in collaborative planning to unpack mathematical content, establish students’ learning goals, and understand the mathematical learning progression of Unit 1 and beyond. And with that knowledge, educators then prepare to facilitate their first lesson focused on elevating the level of mathematics conversations, using Teacher Moves.
Refresh with Brisk: A New Extension for Teacher Planning and Feedback
This session will be an Introduction to Brisk: An AI Teaching Assistant. This is an extension that works in Google Docs, Slides, and even YouTube, Brisk is an "AI" helper that lives right in the web browser. It can do many things like create lesson plans, generate quizzes, adjust text levels for students and compose student feedback. (GRADES 6-8, 9-12)
Refresh with Brisk: A New Extension for Teacher Planning and Feedback
This session will be an Introduction to Brisk: An AI Teaching Assistant. This is an extension that works in Google Docs, Slides, and even YouTube, Brisk is an "AI" helper that lives right in the web browser. It can do many things like create lesson plans, generate quizzes, adjust text levels for students and compose student feedback. (GRADES 6-8, 9-12)
Move with Meaning: Using Kinesthetic Strategies & AI to Deepen Math Engagement
This 3-day professional development series, Move with Meaning, equips middle school math educators with research-backed, movement-based strategies enhanced by AI-powered lesson planning. Participants will explore kinesthetic learning practices that promote engagement, equity, and retention across diverse classrooms. (GRADES 6-8)
Move with Meaning: Using Kinesthetic Strategies & AI to Deepen Math Engagement
This 3-day professional development series, Move with Meaning, equips middle school math educators with research-backed, movement-based strategies enhanced by AI-powered lesson planning. Participants will explore kinesthetic learning practices that promote engagement, equity, and retention across diverse classrooms. (GRADES 6-8)
Supporting Students with Disabilities- Best Practices in Data Collection
This professional development pathway will provide educators with practical strategies for collecting meaningful data on IEP goals within the flow of daily instruction. Participants will learn how to streamline data collection methods, track student progress efficiently, and use that data to form and manage purposeful small groups.
Supporting Students with Disabilities- Best Practices in Data Collection
This professional development pathway will provide educators with practical strategies for collecting meaningful data on IEP goals within the flow of daily instruction. Participants will learn how to streamline data collection methods, track student progress efficiently, and use that data to form and manage purposeful small groups.