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.
