Boost your instructional impact with this deep dive into adaptive curriculum and actionable Analytics. Learn to use Analytics more strategically to identify areas of struggle, form small groups, and support individual students. Participants engage with an emphasis on new features and next-level tips for experienced Analytics users.
Boost your instructional impact with this deep dive into adaptive curriculum and actionable Analytics. Learn to use Analytics more strategically to identify areas of struggle, form small groups, and support individual students. Participants engage with new features and next-level tips for experienced Analytics users.
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education, Network) will provide an overview of evidenced based practices for effectively running a GSA (Formerly Called a Gay Straight Alliance). Target audience for this is current GSA Club facilitators and those who would like to start a GSA
During Delivering Differentiated Instruction, educators analyze their Diagnostic data to create small groups based on instructional priorities. Using corresponding i-Ready resources, they create actionable small group instructional plans to support students with grade-level instruction. As time permits, educators plan for additional teacher-led instruction to support students in Personalized Instruction and/or how to engage students through data chats.
During Delivering Differentiated Instruction, educators analyze their Diagnostic data to create small groups based on instructional priorities. Using corresponding i-Ready resources, they create actionable small group instructional plans to support students with grade-level instruction. As time permits, educators plan for additional teacher-led instruction to support students in Personalized Instruction and/or how to engage students through data chats.
During Delivering Differentiated Instruction, educators analyze their Diagnostic data to create small groups based on instructional priorities. Using corresponding i-Ready resources, they create actionable small group instructional plans to support students with grade-level instruction. As time permits, educators plan for additional teacher-led instruction to support students in Personalized Instruction and/or how to engage students through data chats.
During Delivering Differentiated Instruction, educators analyze their Diagnostic data to create small groups based on instructional priorities. Using corresponding i-Ready resources, they create actionable small group instructional plans to support students with grade-level instruction. As time permits, educators plan for additional teacher-led instruction to support students in Personalized Instruction and/or how to engage students through data chats.
This presentation discusses what is really in vaping devices and the vapor they produce, and the possible long-term health consequences of vaping. The course content also includes reviews of advertising messages and the audience they are targeting: youth and young adults.
Enhance your students’ critical thinking and analytical skills through the use of primary sources. Discover methods for incorporating a variety of primary documents into your lessons. We will cover a large variety of classroom friendly resources and strategies you can use the next day.
Participants will engage with the five phases of focused note-taking to understand the critical connection between the learning intention, the proposed Essential Question, and the content being delivered.
The follow-up professional development focuses on helping new teachers who have implemented Inspire Science expand their depth of understanding of the resources of the program. This session includes topics related to effective instruction and classroom customization. All follow-up implementation trainings include a deeper review of the curriculum digital platform and resources.
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Have you noticed a poor mindset in your students on learning and grading? Have you thought about making adjustments to the way you grade to improve this mindset? Come learn about progressive grading systems from practicing educators who have taken steps in our own practice to address this pressing issue!
Have you ever had a student ask how 2x is different from x^2? Algebra tiles are an invaluable tool for creating connections between abstract ideas and tangible understanding. They help learners make sense of pivotal concepts such as the distributive property, simplifying expressions, and solving equations. Algebra tiles also offer a visual way to explain why the inequality sign seems to 'flip' when dealing with negative coefficients. Join this session to discover how algebra tiles can powerfully deepen your students' conceptual understanding of key algebraic principles.
Dive into the world of AI with MagicSchool! Participants will explore the fascinating realm of generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), unraveling how they can revolutionize our approach to learning. Experience hands-on activities, learn to craft powerful prompts for AI tools, and discover the array of resources available on the MagicSchool platform. Although the session is designed with Social Studies in mind, all educators are welcome to join.
This course will walk participants through a selection of highly accessible Yoga and mindfulness strategies that teachers can employ in their busy days to support their own self-care. The course will include opportunities to reflect, meditate, practice Yoga postures, and relax. The course is designed for any admin, teachers, and staff in the K-12 setting.
This hands-on, immersive experience is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of the effective and practical strategies to facilitate academic discourse that promotes inclusive science and STEM classrooms. Educators will engage as learners in a variety of intentionally planned instructional strategies and collaborative group discourse structures, that promote access to scientific discourse and opportunities to collaborate with peers. In addition, we will be discussing the shift away from traditional talk patterns- like I-R-E (Initiate, Response, Evaluation) and towards Productive Talk to promote inclusive science and STEM classrooms. Resources used include the Talk Science Primer and the 9 Productive Talk Moves. A digital resource collection of all resources used will be provided.
Learn how to access and incorporate a broad buffet of online instructional content and activities into your English instruction. From lessons to activities to quizzes, you will learn how to tap into a powerful resource in whatever way best suits your lesson style, preferences, and needs.
The Mexican Revolution is one of the most important events of the 20th Century. The first revolution of the century, it’s a narrative that is at times complex, complicated, and perhaps even convoluted. While there is no way to calculate the exact number of casualties, historians estimate that one million people were killed during the Revolution. There is no question the Revolution irrevocably changed the course of Mexican history, but it also had a significant impact on the United States. More than one million Mexican refugees entered the United States attempting to escape the death and destruction wrought by the Revolution. Despite this impact, the topic of the Mexican Revolution, if taught at all, is only briefly addressed in classrooms or textbooks. As the first revolution caught on film, available resources allow students to actually see the people and events that would forever change North America. In this workshop, we will consider ways to integrate the Mexican Revolution into 6-12 grade classrooms. An in-depth educator’s guide will be provided.
Presenter: Dr. Katrina Dillon, U of A Center for Latin American Studies
Have you ever wondered why Arizona has so much copper compared to the rest of the country or how that copper got there? In this lesson, teachers will learn an engaging and math-rich method to model the concentration of copper in various types of rocks. They will also develop a demonstration to illustrate the cutting-edge geological theory explaining science’s best ideas about how copper gets to the places we find it in the Earth’s crust.
Understanding labor market data prepares students to make effective personal, professional, and civic decisions. Attendees will participate in activities from two new lesson plans that engage students in analyzing messy real-world data to arrive at conclusions about unemployment.
This full-day professional development session will cover interactive lesson design, the use of discussion protocols for student engagement, how to analyze SchoolCity ELD Benchmark Data, and implementation of multicultural resources in the ELD classroom.
Educators will review 2nd semester AVID Enrichment curriculum and instruction expectations with ways to integrate into Science and Social Studies. Educators will also collaborate on best practices for the 6th grade expansion model.
AVID Elective teachers will engage in relational capacity strategies, unpack AVID Elective standards, and share best practices for AVID Elective curriculum implementation.
Sorry, we will not be playing Jenga in this session. However, Jenga principles exist in every HS mathematics course. Our ACT data tell us that our HS learners need support with structural thinking. Structural thinking is a big need for our learners and it is a challenge to develop. Come, and experience and consider ways to support students’ development of structural thinking in HS courses from the language we use to the prompts we ask to the strategies we spotlight.
During this session, teachers will deeply study a Module of their grade level along with its Topics and Lessons. Studying a Module develops teachers’ understanding of its purpose and big ideas; its essential strategies, models and terminology; and how it assesses student learning. To effectively guide students through the story of a Module, a teacher must be deeply familiar with it.
This initial professional development focuses on introducing TUSD teachers to the Inspire Science curriculum, focusing on introducing teachers to the resources and instructional path of the curriculum. The session includes a pedagogical overview, along with a detailed exploration of the 5-E instructional framework, including whole-group labs and investigations within the program. All PD sessions are structured so teachers are engaged in interactive explorations of both teacher and student resources.
Building upon the foundational knowledge from session one in October, participants will continue to explore a range of practical techniques and tools to enhance student learning outcomes to create dynamic, inclusive and literacy rich classrooms that enhance student engagement and foster a culture of learning excellence. PLEASE NOTE: Please bring the red folder and participant guide from part one, if those who attended still have copies.
This dynamic workshop introduces educators to powerful visual tools for developing students' systems thinking capacities. Drawing from the Waters Center's Habits of a Systems Thinker, participants will explore how tools like behavior-over-time graphs, connection circles, and causal loop diagrams can help learners "consider how mental models affect current reality and the future," while strengthening their ability to "identify the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships." Through hands-on activities using examples from science (like predator-prey relationships and chemical equilibrium) and mathematics (like compound interest and exponential growth), participants will discover how these tools make thinking visible and deepen understanding across all subject areas. Participants will gain practical experience using new online modeling tools to create and share visual representations of systems – from simple stock/flow diagrams to more complex feedback models. Please bring a laptop or tablet, as we'll be working extensively with digital tools to build and refine systems models that can be immediately implemented in your classroom.
The Synergy Points Collaboration Mixer is a professional development session for secondary school users of the Synergy Points system (RPFs, MTSS facilitators, teachers, and district staff). Using the ""unconference"" Edcamp model, the event emphasizes participant-driven dialogue and fosters collaboration and innovation in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
This session will empower participants to shape the conversation, address shared challenges, and explore effective strategies for PBIS implementation. Through peer-led discussions and networking, attendees will build meaningful connections and exchange actionable ideas to support district-wide improvement efforts. The atmosphere is informal, collaborative, and centered on sharing and learning from each other. Instead of pre-set schedules and presenters, sessions are created on the spot by attendees based on their interests, expertise, and questions.
The course will be presented by ADE Health and Physical Education Specialist Angela Budovsky-Robinson. It will cover a variety of games and activities across all grade bands and will include learning targets and assessments. There will be an overview of the new National State Standards incorporated as well.
This session focuses on the essential elements of implementing the MyPerspectives program. Participants will delve deeper into the curriculum, explore instructional strategies, and learn how to effectively use the SAVVAS Realize platform. The training will cover differentiation, assessment tools, and best practices for classroom implementation.
This session focuses on the essential elements of implementing the MyPerspectives program. Participants will delve deeper into the curriculum, explore instructional strategies, and learn how to effectively use the SAVVAS Realize platform. The training will cover differentiation, assessment tools, and best practices for classroom implementation.
This initial professional development focuses on introducing TWDL teachers to the Spanish Inspire Science curriculum, focusing on introducing teachers to the Spanish resources and instructional path of the curriculum. The session includes a pedagogical overview, along with a detailed exploration of the 5-E instructional framework, including whole-group labs and investigations within the program. All PD sessions are structured so teachers are engaged in interactive explorations of both teacher and student resources.
Boost your instructional impact with this deep dive into adaptive curriculum and actionable Analytics. Learn to use Analytics more strategically to identify areas of struggle, form small groups, and support individual students. Participants engage with new features and next-level tips for experienced Analytics users.
*Note -if you attended the IXL Virtual session on Foundations in IXL in Aug -this will not be new information
Deep dive into IXL’s adaptive curriculum, classroom engagement tools, and actionable Analytics. Learn how to adapt instruction and support students using up-to-the-minute insights.
Discover active, practical resources to teach the essentials of fiscal and monetary policy. Participants will play a board game, experience other hands-on learning activities, and leave with new, ready-to-implement lesson plans.
In this lesson, teachers will learn an activity that simulates the job a field geologist attempting to model a copper ore body at the site of suspected igneous rocks as determined by a geologic map. The lesson incorporates the use of technology in the form of Vernier LabQuests and magnetic field probes to initially detect the presence of a possible copper ore but is adaptable if similar equipment is not available. After detecting the ore, teachers will then explore ideas about core drilling with boba straws to obtain the most accurate three-dimensional model of the ore body.
Science Teachers are welcome to attend this session to get introduced to SchoolCity Science Assessment resources and recommended uses for helping students prepare for AzSCI and ACT Science assessments. Some familiarity with SchoolCity helps, but is not required.
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education, Network) will provide an overview of evidenced based practices for effectively running a GSA (Formerly Called a Gay Straight Alliance). Target audience for this is current GSA Club facilitators and those who would like to start a GSA
This session provides 6-12 grade social studies teachers with an opportunity to collaboratively plan. Participants will work together to analyze the district instructional guidelines, develop aligned lesson and unit plans, and foster cross-district collaboration.
This presentation discusses what is really in vaping devices and the vapor they produce, and the possible long-term health consequences of vaping. The course content also includes reviews of advertising messages and the audience they are targeting: youth and young adults.
This hands-on, immersive experience is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of an effective and practical strategy to support students with the Science and Engineering Practice of Asking Questions called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a method that teaches students to generate and refine their own questions, fostering critical thinking and enhancing phenomena-based learning. Participants will observe a phenomenon from a OpenSciEd High School Lesson, collaborate in a small group utilizing intentional discourse structures, to revise and develop testable questions for the causes of the phenomenon. Resources include an OpenSciEd Lesson, a structured, collaborative questioning form for engaging students with the QFT, guidance and question stems for helping students revise questions, student discourse table structures, and sentence stems for support with developing a whole class Driving Question Board (DQB).
When was the last time you saw students jumping up and down with joy after solving a problem? Bragging about it to their friends for weeks afterwards? With escape rooms in the classroom, I have witnessed this miracle! I will show you what my past escape rooms have looked like, the research behind why this works, and provide you with a starter template for making your own escape room to fit your standards.
The example escape room is for a math class setting, but the materials are applicable to all subject areas. They are recommended for secondary teachers; however, with some adjustments, they could be done in upper elementary. I also have examples of virtual escape rooms for a TUVA setting.
Participants will engage with the five phases of focused note-taking to understand the critical connection between the learning intention, the proposed Essential Question, and the content being delivered.
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Educators learn about i-Ready’s approach to measuring student growth, including how the differentiated Typical Growth and Stretch Growth measures support each student’s growth and proficiency goals. Educators use a protocol to analyze student growth data after the second Diagnostic and create an action plan for supporting students that could benefit from additional support to promote growth.
In Grades 3-8, writing scores can mean the difference between a student being MP in ELA or being PP and above. In high school, writing scores can affect the number of college choices students have. This session is intended to give strategies for increasing the odds for struggling writers - those that have been in school for four to thirteen years - and are still unable to write a basic essay. (This is a similar session as the one offered by this presenter in January 2024 PLD, but is solely focused on writing.)
This session is designed to equip social studies teachers with tools and strategies to implement inquiry-based learning in their classrooms. Participants will explore the principles of inquiry and learn to create engaging, student-centered lessons that promote critical thinking and deeper understanding of historical and social concepts.
Have you tried implementing an alternative grading system in your class? Whether it was “standards-based grading”, “data-based grading”, or something else, this session is intended for educators who are striving to improve their grading methodologies and do better by their students to share, learn, vent, and develop their practice.
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons.
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games.
This course will walk participants through a selection of highly accessible Yoga and mindfulness strategies that teachers can employ in their busy days to support their own self-care. The course will include opportunities to reflect, meditate, practice Yoga postures, and relax. The course is designed for any admin, teachers, and staff in the K-12 setting.
Providing an in-depth, collaborative, and project-based learning experience to spark student interest in your high school science classroom.
An effective way to promote inquiry in the classroom and empower students to take ownership of their learning is through the use of a driving question board (DQB). After exploring the unit-level phenomena and discussing a science probe, students can generate and post their questions on the DQB. This process helps them uncover preconceptions and provides a foundation for breaking down complex ideas into smaller, manageable investigations. As they work through module-level activities such as Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER), students engage in meaningful exploration. The ultimate goal is to make science interactive and relevant by incorporating real-world connections, including module-level elaborations on STEM careers, the nature of science, and other application-based opportunities.
The Mexican Revolution is one of the most important events of the 20th Century. The first revolution of the century, it’s a narrative that is at times complex, complicated, and perhaps even convoluted. While there is no way to calculate the exact number of casualties, historians estimate that one million people were killed during the Revolution. There is no question the Revolution irrevocably changed the course of Mexican history, but it also had a significant impact on the United States. More than one million Mexican refugees entered the United States attempting to escape the death and destruction wrought by the Revolution. Despite this impact, the topic of the Mexican Revolution, if taught at all, is only briefly addressed in classrooms or textbooks. As the first revolution caught on film, available resources allow students to actually see the people and events that would forever change North America. In this workshop, we will consider ways to integrate the Mexican Revolution into 6-12 grade classrooms. An in-depth educator’s guide will be provided.
Presenter: Dr. Katrina Dillon, UofA Center for Latin American Studies
Participants will explore the neurobiology of trauma and its impact on brain development, mood, and behavior, particularly in children. Through engaging in the Brain Architecture Game, they will gain hands-on experience to deepen their understanding of trauma's effects and identify strategies for fostering resilience and promoting healing.
Many students struggle to transition from procedural algebra to structural algebra and find it challenging to produce the “nth” term in a linear change pattern. Pattern blocks plant the seeds of growth patterns that encourage students to make conjectures about rates of change and y-intercepts in linear functions. By the end of this session, participants will be able to how to use pattern blocks to help students understand the relationships between concrete, visual, verbal, symbolic, and contextual representations of y=mx+b.
Educators learn how to use projected proficiency data at midyear to inform their planning that uses Diagnostic reports to plan instruction to accelerate growth.
Educators review resources and discuss strategies for increasing student engagement and promoting student ownership over their own learning through student data tracking. They reflect on the benefits of integrating data tracking with data chats and create an action plan for having students track their own data.
Educators reflect on the benefits of engaging students in discussions about their data. They explore resources to use for student data chats at different times in the school year and plan for a data chat using the Student Data Chats Pack.
Educators access and analyze their Standards Performance report alongside the Diagnostic Results report to plan for whole class and small group instruction using iReady instructional resources. They review their Standards Performance Report using questioning strategies to conduct proactive instructional planning and use i-Ready data to create a plan for grade-level, whole class and small group instruction, considering scaffolds needed to help students access grade-level content, and whether some students would benefit from small group instruction focused on prerequisite skills, additional scaffolded support or practice of grade-level content, or areas for enrichment.
Educators use i-Ready Diagnostic data to plan for small group differentiated instruction using i-Ready resources.
This course will clarify the responsibilities of the K-12 general education teacher and paraprofessional, ensuring that both parties understand how they contribute to the educational experience of exceptional education students. Explore how these professionals can work together to develop individualized support strategies, differentiate instruction, and create inclusive learning environments. Discuss strategies for creating a positive, respectful partnership.
Now that student ACT scores have been shared with IXL, use this session to learn more about what students can do with their personalized pathway, how you can monitor growth and proficiency and motivate students to stay engaged with IXL practice.
Now that student ACT scores have been shared with IXL, use this session to learn more about what students can do with their personalized pathway, how you can monitor growth and proficiency and motivate students to stay engaged with IXL practice.
Explore how to address varied skill gaps and readiness levels with ease and automation with Apex Tutorials. Whether used for all or a sub-set of students, you will learn how to leverage this adaptive skills instructional tool to invigorate lesson plans, engage your learners, while leveraging technology to meet the varied needs of your students.
In this interactive workshop, secondary educators will explore how social-emotional learning (SEL) can serve as a powerful tool to strengthen student relationships and build a more inclusive, connected classroom environment. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how SEL competencies—such as self-awareness, empathy, and relationship skills—impact student interactions and overall well-being. Through hands-on activities, practical strategies, and collaborative discussions, educators will learn how to use CharacterStrong to integrate SEL into their daily teaching practices, fostering trust, empathy, and positive communication among students.
This session provides 6-12 grade social studies teachers with an opportunity to collaboratively plan. Participants will work together to analyze the district instructional guidelines, develop aligned lesson and unit plans, and foster cross-district collaboration.
Come learn about and work with the different tools available on Desmos. I'll share some of my techniques that I use (especially relating to geometry). There will be time to play around and create something of your own as well.
This presentation discusses what is really in vaping devices and the vapor they produce, and the possible long-term health consequences of vaping. The course content also includes reviews of advertising messages and the audience they are targeting: youth and young adults.
The focus of our session will be on exploring student engagement strategies through the lens of congruency. We will engage in activities that develop accuracy with vocabulary, promote student voice and collaboration, and encourage visible student thinking. Participants will leave the session with ideas for the development of their own student centered lesson plans.
This hands-on, immersive experience is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of an effective and practical strategy to support students with the Science and Engineering Practice of Asking Questions called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a method that teaches students to generate and refine their own questions, fostering critical thinking and enhancing phenomena-based learning. Participants will observe a phenomenon from a OpenSciEd High School Lesson, collaborate in a small group utilizing intentional discourse structures, to revise and develop testable questions for the causes of the phenomenon. Resources include an OpenSciEd Lesson, a structured, collaborative questioning form for engaging students with the QFT, guidance and question stems for helping students revise questions, student discourse table structures, and sentence stems for support with developing a whole class Driving Question Board (DQB).
Create dynamic, interdisciplinary learning experiences for your students by integrating economics into your U.S. history course. Attendees will experience exercises from two lessons and access a practical teaching guide that explains key economic concepts, maps them to each period in American history, and provides over 20 classroom-ready lesson plans.
Agrivoltaics is an exciting method of land use in which the same land is used for both growing food and producing solar energy. Agrivoltaics has the potential to mitigate some of the challenges with current food production, including water availability and energy needs, while increasing crop yields. In this session, you will become familiar with agrivoltiacs and learn ways to explore this science with your students through hands-on investigations. Students’ experiential learning with agrivoltaics kits provides a rich opportunity for teaching across the curriculum and for tapping into diverse funds of knowledge. You will leave with ideas for three-dimensional learning activities that are standards-aligned and adaptable for grades 6-12.
Participants will engage with the five phases of focused note-taking to understand the critical connection between the learning intention, the proposed Essential Question, and the content being delivered.
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
The course will provide professional development from McGraw to instruct and support teachers in using the new health adoption for online curriculum and resources.
Our students are still significantly changed by the disruptions to learning that they encountered. Teaching has had to change as a result. This session will provide practical strategies that dovetail with CPM beautifully in order to support learners as they overcome these challenges.
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games,.
This session unpacks the myth of “Chinese” as a single language, exploring the country’s linguistic diversity and the geographical and historical formation of regional languages. We’ll trace the rise of Putonghua as a national standard and examine how shifting historical and political contexts have shaped the language, revealing the role of language standardization in broader political agendas.
Presenter: Xi (Lucy) Lin, UofA Center for East Asian Studies
This lesson focuses on the twin imperatives of a mining engineer: get as much copper out of the earth while spending the least amount of money and making the smallest impact on the environment as possible. This lesson flows most naturally from the previous one, “A Peek Below,” but the basic concepts from that lesson will be very briefly reviewed for teachers unable to attend both sessions. In this lesson, teachers will review mathematical formulas and principles for describing area, volume, mass, density, and concentration and apply these concepts to design a mine that maximizes profits for its investors while minimizing the impact on the environment. This lesson requires at least a 6th-grade proficiency in math but is adaptable all the way through calculus.
This professional development session is designed to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach media literacy effectively. Participants will learn how to help students critically analyze media messages, recognize bias, and develop informed opinions. This session will cover essential concepts, strategies, tools and resources to integrate media literacy into your lessons.
Objective: Identify Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and other Culturally Relevant Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Teaching strategies, particularly scaffolding and CR strategies (SPARKS), for middle and high school teachers (6-12 graders).
Instructors will: 1. Provide two examples on how to apply Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and SLA Teaching strategies, in the classroom. 2. Provide prompts, charts, a short story to read, construct a lesson (with scaffold and CR element), graphic organizers, discussion questions, jigsaw (butcher paper), simplify written instructions or texts.
Attendee Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify at least two examples of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and Second Language Acquisition SLA Teaching strategies, Teaching Practices, particularly how to apply scaffolding and CR strategies in the classroom. 2. Analyze teaching strategies to use in the classroom.
Target population: ELD, SLA, CRPI, EDI, Spanish, and ALE (DE/Honors/GATE) teachers and TAs.
Participants will learn and engage in self-care by learning about how compassion, sympathy, perspective and reflection play a major role in our work as educators utilizing strategies outlined in the Onward book and workbook written by Elena Aguilar.
Providing an in-depth, collaborative, and project-based learning experience to spark student interest in your middle level science classroom.
A powerful approach to fostering inquiry in the classroom and encouraging students to take ownership of their learning is by engaging them with module-level phenomena and lesson-level science probes. This process allows students to identify and challenge their preconceptions, laying the groundwork for breaking down complex concepts into smaller, actionable investigations. Through lesson-level activities such as Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER), students participate in meaningful exploration. The overarching goal is to make science engaging and relevant by integrating real-world connections, including lesson-level explorations of STEM careers, the nature of science, and other practical, application-based opportunities.
Synergizing AP Seminar: A Collective Journey - opportunity for AP Seminar teachers to collaborate and reflect on the past semester for teaching this course. College Board facilitator will host and support teachers on this journey.
Participants will explore the neurobiology of trauma and its impact on brain development, mood, and behavior, particularly in children. Through engaging in the Brain Architecture Game, they will gain hands-on experience to deepen their understanding of trauma's effects and identify strategies for fostering resilience and promoting healing.
Many students struggle to transition from procedural algebra to structural algebra and find it challenging to produce the “nth” term in a linear change pattern. Pattern blocks plant the seeds of growth patterns that encourage students to make conjectures about rates of change and y-intercepts in linear functions. By the end of this session, participants will be able to how to use pattern blocks to help students understand the relationships between concrete, visual, verbal, symbolic, and contextual representations of y=mx+b.
Educators learn how to use projected proficiency data at midyear to inform their planning that uses Diagnostic reports to plan instruction to accelerate growth.
Educators review resources and discuss strategies for increasing student engagement and promoting student ownership over their own learning through student data tracking. They reflect on the benefits of integrating data tracking with data chats and create an action plan for having students track their own data.
Educators reflect on the benefits of engaging students in discussions about their data. They explore resources to use for student data chats at different times in the school year and plan for a data chat using the Student Data Chats Pack.
Educators learn how to use projected proficiency data at midyear to inform their planning that uses Diagnostic reports to plan instruction to accelerate growth.
Educators review resources and discuss strategies for increasing student engagement and promoting student ownership over their own learning through student data tracking. They reflect on the benefits of integrating data tracking with data chats and create an action plan for having students track their own data.
Educators reflect on the benefits of engaging students in discussions about their data. They explore resources to use for student data chats at different times in the school year and plan for a data chat using the Student Data Chats Pack.
Educators access and analyze their Standards Performance report alongside the Diagnostic Results report to plan for whole class and small group instruction using iReady instructional resources. They review their Standards Performance Report using questioning strategies to conduct proactive instructional planning and use i-Ready data to create a plan for grade-level, whole class and small group instruction, considering scaffolds needed to help students access grade-level content, and whether some students would benefit from small group instruction focused on prerequisite skills, additional scaffolded support or practice of grade-level content, or areas for enrichment.
Educators use i-Ready Diagnostic data to plan for small group differentiated instruction using i-Ready resources.
This full-day professional development session will cover interactive lesson design, the use of discussion protocols for student engagement, how to analyze SchoolCity ELD Benchmark Data, and implementation of multicultural resources in the ELD classroom.
AVID Elective teachers will work on the vertical articulation of AVID K-12, this includes instruction, WICOR strategies, relational capacity, and family/community engagement.
High School Counselors will have the opportunity to meet with administration, staff, and students from Fred G. Acosta Job Corps to discuss options for tuition free training in high growth industries.
Teachers will investigate the structure, design, and components of Eureka Math2 while engaging with the print and digital resources. Teachers will explore the instructional role of all curriculum resources and be prepared to facilitate lessons with students.
This initial professional development focuses on introducing TUSD teachers to the Inspire Science curriculum, focusing on introducing teachers to the resources and instructional path of the curriculum. The session includes a pedagogical overview, along with a detailed exploration of the 5-E instructional framework, including whole-group labs and investigations within the program. All PD sessions are structured so teachers are engaged in interactive explorations of both teacher and student resources.
Building upon the foundational knowledge from session one in October, participants will continue to explore a range of practical techniques and tools to enhance student learning outcomes to create dynamic, inclusive and literacy rich classrooms that enhance student engagement and foster a culture of learning excellence. PLEASE NOTE: Please bring the red folder and participant guide from part one, if those who attended still have copies.
This dynamic workshop introduces educators to powerful visual tools for developing students' systems thinking capacities. Drawing from the Waters Center's Habits of a Systems Thinker, participants will explore how tools like behavior-over-time graphs, connection circles, and causal loop diagrams can help learners "consider how mental models affect current reality and the future," while strengthening their ability to "identify the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships." Through hands-on activities using examples from science (like predator-prey relationships and chemical equilibrium) and mathematics (like compound interest and exponential growth), participants will discover how these tools make thinking visible and deepen understanding across all subject areas. Participants will gain practical experience using new online modeling tools to create and share visual representations of systems – from simple stock/flow diagrams to more complex feedback models. Please bring a laptop or tablet, as we'll be working extensively with digital tools to build and refine systems models that can be immediately implemented in your classroom.
This session focuses on the essential elements of implementing the MyPerspectives program. Participants will delve deeper into the curriculum, explore instructional strategies, and learn how to effectively use the SAVVAS Realize platform. The training will cover differentiation, assessment tools, and best practices for classroom implementation.
This session focuses on the essential elements of implementing the MyPerspectives program. Participants will delve deeper into the curriculum, explore instructional strategies, and learn how to effectively use the SAVVAS Realize platform. The training will cover differentiation, assessment tools, and best practices for classroom implementation.
*Note -if you attended the IXL Virtual session on Foundations in IXL in Aug -this will not be new information
Deep dive into IXL’s adaptive curriculum, classroom engagement tools, and actionable Analytics. Learn how to adapt instruction and support students using up-to-the-minute insights.
*Note -if you attended the IXL Virtual session on Foundations in IXL in August, this will not be new information
Deep dive into IXL’s adaptive curriculum, classroom engagement tools, and actionable Analytics. Learn how to adapt instruction and support students using up-to-the-minute insights.
In this interactive workshop, secondary educators will explore how social-emotional learning (SEL) can serve as a powerful tool to strengthen student relationships and build a more inclusive, connected classroom environment. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how SEL competencies—such as self-awareness, empathy, and relationship skills—impact student interactions and overall well-being. Through hands-on activities, practical strategies, and collaborative discussions, educators will learn how to use CharacterStrong to integrate SEL into their daily teaching practices, fostering trust, empathy, and positive communication among students.
This course provides teachers the training and tools and video resource to teach the graduation required CPR training to students. The course will discuss CPR and practice with CPR kits.
This presentation discusses what is really in vaping devices and the vapor they produce, and the possible long-term health consequences of vaping. The course content also includes reviews of advertising messages and the audience they are targeting: youth and young adults.
The focus of our session will be on exploring student engagement strategies through the lens of congruency. We will engage in activities that develop accuracy with vocabulary, promote student voice and collaboration, and encourage visible student thinking. Participants will leave the session with ideas for the development of their own student centered lesson plans.
Apex Tutorials are proven to bring gains in ACT performance. Where there are skill gaps, practice tests are not enough. Apex Tutorials for ACT Prep uses adaptive technology to increase readiness and performance on the ACT by providing students with personalizes learning in their individualized skill gaps. Teachers can instantly see data to support gains and improvement in readiness for the ACT.
Create dynamic, interdisciplinary learning experiences for your students by integrating economics into your U.S. history course. Attendees will experience exercises from two lessons and access a practical teaching guide that explains key economic concepts, maps them to each period in American history, and provides over 20 classroom-ready lesson plans.
When was the last time you saw students jumping up and down with joy after solving a problem? Bragging about it to their friends for weeks afterwards? With escape rooms in the classroom, I have witnessed this miracle! I will show you what my past escape rooms have looked like, the research behind why this works, and provide you with a starter template for making your own escape room to fit your standards.
The example escape room is for a math class setting, but the materials are applicable to all subject areas. They are recommended for secondary teachers; however, with some adjustments, they could be done in upper elementary. I also have examples of virtual escape rooms for a TUVA setting.
Agrivoltaics is an exciting method of land use in which the same land is used for both growing food and producing solar energy. Agrivoltaics has the potential to mitigate some of the challenges with current food production, including water availability and energy needs, while increasing crop yields. In this session, you will become familiar with agrivoltiacs and learn ways to explore this science with your students through hands-on investigations. Students’ experiential learning with agrivoltaics kits provides a rich opportunity for teaching across the curriculum and for tapping into diverse funds of knowledge. You will leave with ideas for three-dimensional learning activities that are standards-aligned and adaptable for grades 6-12.
Participants will engage with the five phases of focused note-taking to understand the critical connection between the learning intention, the proposed Essential Question, and the content being delivered.
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
Pick up some pre-developed and ready to implement systems and protocols for your science classrooms here! The programs covered are available today and aim to protect liability, increase lab awareness, and act as a resource for science teachers at all schools. Curious about chemicals? We will cover how to access the district Hazcom program and training; including SDS protocols, Chemical Disposal, fume hoods, and general housekeeping. Eager for Emergency preparedness? Learn about the importance of emergency equipment inspections, fire extinguishers, spill kits and fire blankets. We will also go over how to correct and prevent Fire Marshall violations in your classroom. Striving for Safety? Come learn about Risks' Health and Safety Program and leave with a pre-made lab safety checklist for use in your classroom. Have questions? Members of the Risk team will be present and happy to help! We look forward to seeing you in our session!
In Grades 3-8, writing scores can mean the difference between a student being MP in ELA or being PP and above. In high school, writing scores can affect the number of college choices students have. This session is intended to give strategies for increasing the odds for struggling writers - those that have been in school for four to thirteen years - and are still unable to write a basic essay. (This is a similar session as the one offered by this presenter in January 2024 PLD, but is solely focused on writing.)
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games.
This session unpacks the myth of “Chinese” as a single language, exploring the country’s linguistic diversity and the geographical and historical formation of regional languages. We’ll trace the rise of Putonghua as a national standard and examine how shifting historical and political contexts have shaped the language, revealing the role of language standardization in broader political agendas. Presenter: Xi (Lucy) Lin, UofA Center for East Asian Studies
Direct Instruction lessons are easy for teachers to plan and enact, but they are hard for learners, as they create mimicked behaviors rather than long term understanding. But how do we change a DI lesson into a lesson that allows learners to inquire and investigate in order to develop a persistent understanding? It might not be as hard as you think! Come and learn how to work less so students can think more.
Have you ever had a student ask how 2x is different from x^2? Algebra tiles are an invaluable tool for creating connections between abstract ideas and tangible understanding. They help learners make sense of pivotal concepts such as the distributive property, simplifying expressions, and solving equations. Algebra tiles also offer a visual way to explain why the inequality sign seems to 'flip' when dealing with negative coefficients. Join this session to discover how algebra tiles can powerfully deepen your students' conceptual understanding of key algebraic principles.
Dive into the world of AI with MagicSchool! Participants will explore the fascinating realm of generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), unraveling how they can revolutionize our approach to learning. Experience hands-on activities, learn to craft powerful prompts for AI tools, and discover the array of resources available on the MagicSchool platform. Although the session is designed with Social Studies in mind, all educators are welcome to join.
This hands-on, immersive experience is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of the effective and practical strategies to facilitate academic discourse that promotes inclusive science and STEM classrooms. Educators will engage as learners in a variety of intentionally planned instructional strategies and collaborative group discourse structures, that promote access to scientific discourse and opportunities to collaborate with peers. In addition, we will be discussing the shift away from traditional talk patterns- like I-R-E (Initiate, Response, Evaluation) and towards Productive Talk to promote inclusive science and STEM classrooms. Resources used include the Talk Science Primer and the 9 Productive Talk Moves. A digital resource collection of all resources used will be provided.
Arizona is the Copper State because our crustal rocks contain 1000 times more copper than typical crustal rocks elsewhere, but even at 1% copper, 99% of the rocks are unusable given our current technological capabilities. In this lesson, teachers will learn one way metallurgists separate copper from its ore using electrochemistry and compete to optimize an electrowinning cell to produce the most copper in the shortest time. This lesson features chemistry and physics applications but is also adaptable to other middle and high school science contexts.
Join Sarah Reed from the Children's Advocacy Center of Southern Arizona for "Understanding ACEs." This session includes an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, including national and local ACEs data. In addition, this training discusses trauma, historical and racial trauma and the ways in which ACEs and trauma impact short term and long-term health outcomes of children and adults.
Educators learn how to use projected proficiency data at midyear to inform their planning that uses Diagnostic reports to plan instruction to accelerate growth.
Educators review resources and discuss strategies for increasing student engagement and promoting student ownership over their own learning through student data tracking. They reflect on the benefits of integrating data tracking with data chats and create an action plan for having students track their own data.
Educators reflect on the benefits of engaging students in discussions about their data. They explore resources to use for student data chats at different times in the school year and plan for a data chat using the Student Data Chats Pack.
Educators access and analyze their Standards Performance report alongside the Diagnostic Results report to plan for whole class and small group instruction using iReady instructional resources. They review their Standards Performance Report using questioning strategies to conduct proactive instructional planning and use i-Ready data to create a plan for grade-level, whole class and small group instruction, considering scaffolds needed to help students access grade-level content, and whether some students would benefit from small group instruction focused on prerequisite skills, additional scaffolded support or practice of grade-level content, or areas for enrichment.
Educators use i-Ready Diagnostic data to plan for small group differentiated instruction using i-Ready resources.
Educators access and analyze their Standards Performance report alongside the Diagnostic Results report to plan for whole class and small group instruction using iReady instructional resources. They review their Standards Performance Report using questioning strategies to conduct proactive instructional planning and use i-Ready data to create a plan for grade-level, whole class and small group instruction, considering scaffolds needed to help students access grade-level content, and whether some students would benefit from small group instruction focused on prerequisite skills, additional scaffolded support or practice of grade-level content, or areas for enrichment.
Educators use i-Ready Diagnostic data to plan for small group differentiated instruction using i-Ready resources.
