*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.
