AESD Team Lead Summit 2023

Making Learning Visible & Measurable

Presenters:  Stacy O'Rourke, Madrid Principal; Raul Ruiz, Executive Director, Educational Services; Shaunna Smithson, Outreach Coordinator, Choice Learning Academy

Description: Continue to leverage the Teacher Clarity Playbook and dive deeper into success criteria with this session. 

Presentation Link     Handouts 1 Link     Handout 2 Link

Measuring Our PLC Movement

Presenters:  Tina Bunch, Principal, Catalina; Andrew Feight, Principal, Alhambra Traditional; Mackenzie Harris, Principal, Carol G Peck

Description: Use the continuums to see where we are and forge a path ahead. Leaders will be supported with understanding the discrete differences and 1% changes that make big differences in our outcomes.

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Making Data Meaningful

Presenters: Laura Defibaugh, Data Specialist, AESD; Kristi Langley, Solution Tree

Description: Dig into data and learn what to do with it. Set SMART Goals and engage in conversations about how to make sure your data is giving the right information. Answer the questions, How can we use our data to drive decisions?  and How can we use a data protocol with our team to increase our achievement?

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Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms

Presenter: Marcia Tate, Solution Tree

Description: Learn with Marcia Tate, author of Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms and the popular Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites.

In this highly-engaging workshop, based on the book by the same title, educators will not only learn how to restore their passion for teaching, but they will also explore additional brain-based principles for looking five to ten years younger, becoming and remaining healthier, and living a longer life! 

Handouts Link    Session Pictures Link

Site Learning Team Time

Description: There has and will be a lot of learning happening over the next two days. Use this time to debrief with your team. Begin to plan and prepare how this information will be shared with the teachers at your school on August 3rd. The document link below will guide you and provide the resources you need.

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Metacognition: The Neglected Skill of Reflective Thinking

Presenter: Brian Pete, Solution Tree

Description: How do we prepare youngsters for the test of life? We teach them how to learn when they are not being taught. In other words, we give them the gift of self-reflection, self-awareness, self- initiative, self-direction, self-assessment and self-regulation . . . and the gift of knowing when they know and when they don’t know. 

Metacognition is a Blue-Ribbon Strategy for increasing student learning. 

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Teach Like a Champion

Presenters: Kristina Schneider, District Academic Coach, Ed Services; Esperanza Lopez, Assistant Director, Ed Services

Description: Teach Like a Champion provides educators with a shared vocabulary, a framework for practice, and  concrete tangible actions that equip teachers to achieve dramatic results with their students. In this session, participants will be introduced to multiple techniques that can be implemented immediately in collaborative team meetings and the classroom. Are you ready to teach like a CHAMPION?

Presentation Link     Note Catcher Link     Double Planning Link    Ready Math Link

Effective Instructional Strategies

Presenter: Dan Mulligan, Flexible Creativity

Description: Come learn with Dan Mulligan who has conducted workshops and served as a speaker at conferences all across the nation. He has earned many national and state awards including Virginia Mathematics Teacher of the Year, General Electric Star Teacher for Mathematics, and Presidential Honoree for Teaching Mathematics. Dan has dedicated his professional career to helping improve student achievement, especially for the most challenged learners.

Presentation Link Handouts Thinking Routines   Thinking Routines 5Cs-Lesson-Action

What do we do when they know it?

Presenter: Jason McIntosh, Gifted Education Consultant

Description: Come learn with Dan Mulligan who has conducted workshops and served as a speaker at conferences all across the nation. He has earned many national and state awards including Virginia Mathematics Teacher of the Year, General Electric Star Teacher for Mathematics, and Presidential Honoree for Teaching Mathematics. Dan has dedicated his professional career to helping improve student achievement, especially for the most challenged learners.

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Handouts Areas of GT  Enrichment  IEG Workbook

Leading Highly Effective Teams

Presenter: Araceli Montoya, Project Momentum

Description: Learn with Araceli Montoya in this session just for school principals & OC's. (A session for teacher leaders is offered during breakout 2B.)

Presentation: Leads, Principals    Handouts linked in presentation

Effective Instruction

Presenter: Dr. Mike Schmoker, Author, Speaker, Consultant

Description: Mike Schmoker describes a plan for radically improving student learning that is built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum (what we teach); clear, prioritized lessons (how we teach); and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy.

Presentation Link      Handouts Nuke Article    Basic Elements of Effective Teaching  

Site Learning Team Time

Description: These two days have been jam packed with new learning for all. Use this time to debrief with your team. Continue to plan and prepare how this information will be shared with the teachers at your school on August 3rd. The document link below will guide you and provide the resources you need.

Document Link