This session will follow Shawn's journey as an educator, from his days of traditional instruction as a student teacher in Boston to launching personalized school change efforts across the country. Told through a series of missteps and trial and error realizations, this presentation will dive deep into a growing body of research around the transformative power of personalized practices. Along the way, attendees will chart their own pathway to personalization and engage in a few key activities that they can use with students to launch their own personalized classrooms.
General Education teachers play a vital role in educating students served through special education. This session will provide an overview of special education compliance regulations from the referral process through eligibility identification, as well as provide an overview of the general educator's role in developing and implementing student’s individualized education programs (IEPs). In addition, there will be interactive activities and discussion regarding the difference between modifications and accommodations, the ARD Process, and available resources to enhance the classroom experience.
This hands-on workshop is for PreK-12 teachers new to the Creative Learning Initiative and teachers wishing to refresh their skills using creative teaching strategies based in drama, visual arts, movement, and music. Participants will learn how creative teaching supports the educational goals of their campus, how to successfully incorporate creative teaching strategies in their lesson plans, and how to successfully facilitate drama-based creative teaching strategies with their students.
John oversees the Creative Learning Initiative for AISD, where he promotes engagement, collaboration, critical thinking, cultural awareness, equity, and access to the arts for all students PK-12th.
Tuesday August 6, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 167
Successful blended learning is built on strong classroom culture and effective classroom routines. In this session, teachers will be able to identify common routines and procedures needed for the strong integration of technology towards blended and personalized learning. Designing these classroom practices will create a space for students to exercise agency and autonomy in their own learning. Teachers will leave with a plan for how to begin the year with targeted routines and procedures for their classroom context.
For more than 10 years, Rita has served students for multiple districts as both a general and special education teacher in secondary science. She is currently serving as a Technology Design Coach for Austin ISD as a VILS coach for Sadler Means YWLA.
Tuesday August 6, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 151
Mindfulness and Unconscious Bias are rarely linked together in formal professional learning opportunities, but they are deeply connected. This session will explore mindfulness through experiential practices and how this age-old practice can help us solve some age-old problems that arise due to unconscious bias that exists in our schools.
Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness Specialist, Austin ISD
Bavu Blakes is a Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness Specialist in his second year with the Austin Independent School District whose participatory action research has been presented at national conferences (AERA, LRA, and NCTE) for the past few years. Blakes spent a few of his classroom... Read More →
Cultural Proficiency and Inclusiveness Specialist, Austin ISD
Sara Freund is a proud product of the Austin Independent School District and as a student she attended Harris, Andrews, Blanton, Pearce Junior High, and LBJ High School. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she moved back to Austin to teach in the city where she... Read More →
A Chopped-inspired session where teachers collaborate to cook-up a digital story product and compete for best story. Participants will be exposed to new tools, a strategy for introducing student voice and choice, and walk away with model examples and digital creation tools. #SpatulasNotRequired
Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD
Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →
Student Learning Objectives are part of the student growth component of the PPfT Appraisal system. All teachers in the district appraised by PPfT participate in SLOs. This course is designed to train novice teachers or appraisers, teachers or appraisers new to PPfT, or anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the SLO purpose and process and how student growth is used for teacher appraisal.
Austin ISD has approved the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) Appraisal in response to the state’s requirement of a new teacher appraisal system. For the PPfT system, a teacher is defined as directly instructing students 50% or more of the instructional day and whose title... Read More →
Come learn how to engage your students in productive science discussions! In this session, I will share activities instructional strategies and classroom videos focused on facilitating student discussions around evidence. You will also get the chance to engage in two different activities that are designed to support science discussions: 1) a card sort, and 2) a science seminar. Strategies for planning lessons, leveraging student talk to support writing, and creating a classroom culture of argumentation will be also be discussed.
For this fast-paced session PEAS will give an overview of content-area connections to Farm to Table learning to inspire educators to use this framework to engage learners across content areas. Participants will be guided through two cross-curricular Farm to Table mini-lessons that they can adapt and use with their classes. Following the lessons, this workshop community will examine barriers that inhibit them from leading outdoor, garden-based lessons and outline an action plan to move beyond them.
Executive Director, (PEAS) Partners for Education, Agriculture, & Sustainability
If you had a theme song, what would it be? Going Gets ToughWhat three things is your organization best at?Engaging Lessons, Building Relationships, CollaborationWhat is an ambition you hold for your organization's next chapter?Publishing our Easy PEASy Guidebook for Outdoor Educ... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 153
This session will introduce teachers to the National History Day program which is an exciting way for students to study history while conducting real historical research and creating exhibits, historical papers, documentaries, performances and websites. Sessions will include information about rules, development of the 2020 theme “Breaking Barriers, suggestions for using the National History Day model in the classroom, and samples of previous student entries.
Connect current voting rights issues to history through rich primary sources from the LBJ Library, including telephone conversations with Martin Luther King, Jr. and telegrams from George Wallace. Lesson provided.
Speak Up Speak Out is a project-based program which focuses on community engagement by active citizens. Students select a community problem and conduct research to prove problem. The root cause is determined through research of policy and an action plan is created to carry out the solution. Students present an informative and persuasive speech and a visual presentation.
This session will be in BLEND and follows a Tell, See, Do format. Be prepared to create assignments that can be aligned as artifacts and tracked according to standards to see how growth can be measured using BLEND/Canvas. Please bring some content ideas that can used to build from and a fully charged computer.
I am the Canvas coordinator in Austin ISD We have branded Canvas as BLEND. My primary role is to support and coordinate the implementation of Canvas across our district with a blended and personalized design approach. BLEND is the place where we tell the story of teaching and lea... Read More →
You will use your knowledge and expertise in creative ways to invent new products that meet customers’ needs. You will need to be able to recognize when you need to learn something new about STEM, your customers, or the situation, and be willing to work to learn it. At the end of each challenge, you will work to convince a panel of judges that your solution is worth funding in a process called “making a pitch.” Be clear and be convincing. The world needs your ideas.
Vice President of Curriculum Development, JASON Learning
Deb came to JASON Learning after retiring in July 2018 from a 28-year career in public education. From July 2009-June 2018, Deb was the Secondary Science Coordinator for Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in NW Houston, Texas, the 3rd largest school district in Texas and... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 156
Social emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL and mindfulness is a gateway to learning for all students. Learn practical strategies to use with students as well as self-care for yourself. We will model settling in, mindful movement, and creating safe discussion spaces with students.
Prior Dell Education account manager
10 years with AISD @ Lanier High School
7 years experience in teaching Biology and Environmental science
3 years of managing Business Education program
Registered Yoga TeacherCertified Zumba Instructor
Eco-schools co-sponsor
Owner of Willistrated... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 169
Participate in a discussion about what it’s like to prepare students for taking informed action through Action Civics. Teachers will have the opportunity to answer questions and share classroom stories and applicable best practices.
Join the PPfT team to ask questions about PPfT Appraisal and Compensation. We will provide opportunities to get into the Human Capital System, work on Teacher Orientation, complete your Individual Learning Plan, and find out more about the SLO Process. We hope this opportunity gets teachers and administrators started on the PPfT Appraisal with a strong foundation of what is expected and the supports available to them!
Austin ISD has approved the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) Appraisal in response to the state’s requirement of a new teacher appraisal system. For the PPfT system, a teacher is defined as directly instructing students 50% or more of the instructional day and whose title... Read More →
Students of all ages, staff, and caregivers from all backgrounds experience high levels of stress on a daily basis. This stress can create cognitive, emotional, behavioral, physiological, spiritual, and relational responses. This stabilization model is a mind-body intervention that teaches skills to stabilize the nervous system and reduce the symptoms of acute traumatic stress following everyday challenging and overwhelming experiences.
The Brain is an interactive demonstration of how neurobiology impacts academic and behavioral learning. Brain architecture and functioning will be explored as participants make their way through the various hands-on experiential activities. The learning will be supported by looped video clips from the developer of the Neurosequential Model in Education, Dr. Bruce Perry.
The panel discussion will focus on PDUs. A moderator will facilitate as the panel members share information, lessons learned, and relevant resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper into this important topic.
Austin ISD has approved the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) Appraisal in response to the state’s requirement of a new teacher appraisal system. For the PPfT system, a teacher is defined as directly instructing students 50% or more of the instructional day and whose title... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Room 260
Practicing self-care is important to everyone’s wellbeing. Attending this session will give you some tools and techniques needed to practice self-care in your daily life."
Come and explore the different ways you can use the calendar feature within BLEND to connect and share with your students, parents, and families. Learn how to share assignments, events, information, and pictures with your stakeholders.
@labrowderLaura Browder is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at the elementary level in San Antonio and Las Vegas. She also worked as a lead instructional coach and professional learning l... Read More →
I enjoy working with teachers as they create their learning environments and empower their students to be caring and confident citizens . I am beginning my 29th year in Austin ISD, having taught Elementary Music, Math, Science, STEM and Robotics.
Tuesday August 6, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Cafeteria
This session will utilize the popular CLI creative teaching strategy Stage Picture to model rigorous creative instruction and drive discussion about factors that amplify and inhibit critical thinking and active use of knowledge for all students. Whether new to or familiar with Stage Picture, participants will build skills with this successful Turnaround Schools instructional strategy and with creative teaching in general.
Come into my world as a fifth-grade teacher. Here you will see how I use data to drive the choices my students make in their learning, along with how I set up our space and our calendar for the day. Witness independent learning, collaboration, small group lessons, and whole group lessons. Expect to be amazing and energized to re-create your classroom, too!
This course is designed to provide an interactive space for participants to try out and play with a variety of hands-on resources that are available through the Professional Resource Library. This course is open to all.
Classrooms in AISD often bring together a diverse group of students who thrive in creative and culturally responsive classrooms. Creative teaching strategies provide equitable access to content by using instructional techniques that allow students to access information and express their understanding in multiple ways. In this session participants will engage in the creative teaching strategy Look and Link and explore the role this strategy and others like it hold within a culturally responsive classroom.
Wondering how you might use your BLEND course to connect with parents and families? This session will provide an overview of how parents access BLEND, what the "Observer" role involves, and tips and tricks to engage parents on an ongoing basis.
Neural Impact Lesson planning provides a format designed to promote awareness of a student’s position on the Arousal Continuum in order to provide the opportunity for optimal learning by understanding the impact of State Dependent Functioning. This design allows educators to provide the greatest potential for learning by intentionally designing lessons that include somatosensory, relationally mediated and cognitive learning experiences. This lesson design promotes a healthy and respectful environment that allows for every child to experience a proper dose of stress needed to acquire new knowledge.
Want to escape the mundane classrooms activities? BreakoutEdu boxes can be used in any classroom to increase student engagement and build a fun learning community. By solving puzzles to unlock a password, groups of students are challenged to work together and beat the clock. Experience it yourself as you work in teams to solve academic puzzles, unlock more challenges, and get one step closer to the ultimate prize. Participants will also learn how to construct their own breakout kits.
Participants will engage in a visual arts based creative teaching strategy and explore the ways various art forms can be incorporated into lesson design to support student voice. Teachers will discover why, when, and how to apply an arts-based strategy to curricular content and maximize student engagement in the classroom.
EVERFI has worked with the CTE and SEL departments for years, helping connect their teachers to donated resources for students. This program helps teachers introduce critical skills lessons to small groups or whole classes. Over 2.5 million students across the country use EVERFI, including over 10,000 students in Austin ISD.
EVERFI’s online resources for teachers help prepare students to face real world challenges. Thanks to partners who share our mission, EVERFI offers free digital lessons
Tuesday August 6, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Room 267
Research shows that there is a clear connection between movement and academic success. In this session, participants will take part in an interactive, hands-on lesson demonstrating how CLI strategies can be incorporated into daily lessons including warm-ups, and outputs. Participants will also leave with a calendar detailing how/where various CLI strategies can fit throughout an entire unit.
This course is designed to provide learning opportunities to a selection of AISD’s digital resources available through campus libraries and the Professional Resource Library. This course is open to those who have attended the Overview to Digital Resources or previous Online Resource trainings given by the Professional Resource Library.
In this session, participants will learn how to implement and incorporate flexible learning into their classrooms. In this interactive experience, participants will see what it's like in a flexible learning classroom and experience personalized learning in a hands-on way. They will learn how this form of differentiation provides greater opportunity for student success.
For Educators as well as Conscious Discipline Social-Emotional Leaning will be included to focus on a coherent approach to developing and maintaining relationships with students and fostering self-awareness and regulation skills necessary for healthy relationships in the classroom. A more regulated classroom and warm, connected relationships promote a higher level of cognition and ability to learn new material. Students who feel connected to their teacher and one another become more engaged in the classroom. Once children are able to feel safety, comfort, and pleasure in their classroom community, they have greater access to their upstairs brain to make kind, safe choices and learn new things
Teachers will experience a blended learning classroom as an early elementary student. In this role, teachers will explore classroom structures and routines that support technology use and will create appropriate digital artifacts using the available technology in their classrooms.
Technology Design Coach, Austin Independent School District
Vanessa is a Technology Design Coach for Austin ISD. She has worked in the Dept of Technology for over 20 years. She has taught third through six grades. In 2017, she was a finalist for the TCEA Technology Special of the Year Award and was once recognized as Intel's Education 20... Read More →
Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD
Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →
@dianewellsDiane has worked as an elementary educator for more than 15 years with a strong focus on math and technology. She currently works as an AISD technology design coach who champions inclusive practices and an empathetic understanding of the student experience... Read More →
The Neurosequential Model in Education Minimap is a tool used to understand challenging behavior from a neurological perspective. Participants will observe this model in action and will be able to participate in the scoring of a mock-student scenario. They will also engage in
AISD SHRC provides and delivers classroom sets (18) of robots to you for your students' coding engagement. Students use visual codes to instruct their robots to navigate paths, apply the optics of physics, and problem solve to arrive at a finish point. Ozobots are a miniature robot, the smallest of its kind. There are a lot of things Ozobots can do including drive on a line, read colors, interpret commands, complete a task. Come to the AISD Edu Playground to have as much fun as your students!
Presentation of the NEW Austin ISD eBook platform Tumblebook Teen Cloud. This eBook platform offers a selection of graphic novels, enhanced novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks.
Participants will be able to participate in a Breakout Puzzle experience in order to understand how a breakout works with integration of technology. If time permits, discussion will be held about how this type of experience can be applied to all content areas of teaching.
This session will provide ideas for any content area teacher to incorporate writing with content lessons. Writing can fit anywhere in the lesson cycle and be used for a variety of purposes. Learn how to set students up for success as writers by scaffolding writing opportunities.
Participants will experience best practices for understanding the values of empowering students in their learning. The elaboration on strategies to focus on establishing mutual relationship of respect, shifting the mindset of dependent learners to independent learners, and implementing rotation stations for content learning. Effective demonstration of student-centered learning will be offered at this session for participants to immediately impact their classroom.
When the zombies attack, where do we run, regroup, and rebuild our lives? Geography skills can save you from the zombie apocalypse! Apply geography skills using a graphic novel, critical thinking, and community knowledge to bring this content, and the TEKS, to life. Lesson take-away.
Has data become a four-letter word in your teaching practice? In this session, learn about a new way to look at data as a true partner in creating a personalized learning classroom. In this session we will explore three different types of measures that constitute what Anthony Bryk of the Carnegie Foundation calls, a family of measures. Harness the power of “process measures,” “outcome measures,” and “balance measures,” to bring value to and actualize a dialogue of learning and formative assessment.
Vera DeJesus is an Educational Strategies Specialist at the Highlander Institute. Before joining the Institute, she taught 8th grade math in Central Falls, where she had previously worked as an AmeriCorps Education Fellow. Vera's fellowship experience made it clear that education... Read More →
Vendors from the Digital Reading Resources that will be available to teachers and students in the 2019-20 school year will provide information and answer questions about the platforms. Elementary teachers and students will have access to MackinVIA, Tumblebooks, Pebble Go & Capstone. Secondary teachers and students in grades 6-12 will have access to MackinVIA, Tumblebooks Teen Cloud, and Comics Plus.
Participate in a discussion about what it’s like to prepare students for taking informed action through Action Civics. Teachers will have the opportunity to answer questions and share classroom stories and applicable best practices.
This program will provide educators the opportunity to participate in mindfulness strategies that can assist in student engagement, classroom climate, and test taking. This program will provide scientifically based practices using mindfulness techniques that educators may immediately implement in their classroom or campus.
I've gone almost paperless by using BLEND to manage student work. I'll show you the power of a daily agenda, digital warmups and other practical tips I've learned along the way.
Yep, there is an Assistive Technology Team in AISD! There are also other related services that can support students who may need assistive technology supports. How do you get access to assistive technology for your student? Who provides AT Services? How do you get in contact with them? How can they help? What do they provide? Assistive Technology supports can be provided to special education students from a variety of service providers. This session will make it all clear. We will introduce you to the AT Team and others who can support struggling students with access to assistive technology. Participants will leave knowing what AT is and how to get access to it.
The panel discussion will focus on Leadership Pathways: SEL. A moderator will facilitate as the panel members share information, lessons learned, and relevant resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper into this important topic.
Vendor presentation of the Austin ISD eBook platform MackinVia. The ebook platform contains over 21,000 titles across all grade levels and genres. The vendor will highlight the tools and login process for teachers and students.
Mindfulness movements assists the brain in working at its highest potential in areas such as the ability to perform in all core subjects, the skills to be able to control behavior - such as ADHD or negative behavior and reach a calmness within the mind so that the individual can become mindful of their daily living at home, at school, or in public.
Teachers will take existing exemplar lessons and lesson outlines from the AISD PE curriculum and transform these lessons into a more learner centered format.
This session will utilize the popular CLI creative teaching strategy Stage Picture to model rigorous creative instruction and drive discussion about factors that amplify and inhibit critical thinking and active use of knowledge for all students. Whether new to or familiar with Stage Picture, participants will build skills with this successful Turnaround Schools instructional strategy and with creative teaching in general.
Come into my world as a fifth-grade teacher. Here you will see how I use data to drive the choices my students make in their learning, along with how I set up our space and our calendar for the day. Witness independent learning, collaboration, small group lessons, and whole group lessons. Expect to be amazing and energized to re-create your classroom, too!
Classrooms in AISD often bring together a diverse group of students who thrive in creative and culturally responsive classrooms. Creative teaching strategies provide equitable access to content by using instructional techniques that allow students to access information and express their understanding in multiple ways. In this session participants will engage in the creative teaching strategy Look and Link and explore the role this strategy and others like it hold within a culturally responsive classroom.
Wondering how you might use your BLEND course to connect with parents and families? This session will provide an overview of how parents access BLEND, what the "Observer" role involves, and tips and tricks to engage parents on an ongoing basis.
This training will cover all need-to-knows for creating a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), including: identifying functions of behavior, data collection, identifying and selecting BIP strategies, and developing all necessary documents within SEEDs. This training will differentiate instruction based on skill and experience level, and is suitable both for those who are new to writing FBAs/BIPs and those who have experience writing FBAs/BIPs and are seeking advanced knowledge regarding application of interventions and strategies. This session will include hands-on activities to practice these skills.
Neural Impact Lesson planning provides a format designed to promote awareness of a student’s position on the Arousal Continuum in order to provide the opportunity for optimal learning by understanding the impact of State Dependent Functioning. This design allows educators to provide the greatest potential for learning by intentionally designing lessons that include somatosensory, relationally mediated and cognitive learning experiences. This lesson design promotes a healthy and respectful environment that allows for every child to experience a proper dose of stress needed to acquire new knowledge.
EVERFI has worked with the CTE and SEL departments for years, helping connect their teachers to donated resources for students. This program helps teachers introduce critical skills lessons to small groups or whole classes. Over 2.5 million students across the country use EVERFI, including over 10,000 students in Austin ISD.
EVERFI’s online resources for teachers help prepare students to face real world challenges. Thanks to partners who share our mission, EVERFI offers free digital lessons
Tuesday August 6, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 267
Research shows that there is a clear connection between movement and academic success. In this session, participants will take part in an interactive, hands-on lesson demonstrating how CLI strategies can be incorporated into daily lessons including warm-ups, and outputs. Participants will also leave with a calendar detailing how/where various CLI strategies can fit throughout an entire unit.
This interactive session will provide an overview and demo of the three tools in the Mobility Blueprint suite: the original Mobility Blueprint, the Learning Locator, and the Charter School Recapture Platform. A question and answer session as well as an opportunity for anonymous feedback will be included. Together, the Mobility Blueprint tools provide opportunities for AISD to enhance student learning and dive deeper into the unique needs of students for customized instructional practices.
In this session, participants will learn how to implement and incorporate flexible learning into their classrooms. In this interactive experience, participants will see what it's like in a flexible learning classroom and experience personalized learning in a hands-on way. They will learn how this form of differentiation provides greater opportunity for student success.
For Educators as well as Conscious Discipline Social-Emotional Leaning will be included to focus on a coherent approach to developing and maintaining relationships with students and fostering self-awareness and regulation skills necessary for healthy relationships in the classroom. A more regulated classroom and warm, connected relationships promote a higher level of cognition and ability to learn new material. Students who feel connected to their teacher and one another become more engaged in the classroom. Once children are able to feel safety, comfort, and pleasure in their classroom community, they have greater access to their upstairs brain to make kind, safe choices and learn new things
Teachers will experience a blended learning classroom as an early elementary student. In this role, teachers will explore classroom structures and routines that support technology use and will create appropriate digital artifacts using the available technology in their classrooms.
Technology Design Coach, Austin Independent School District
Vanessa is a Technology Design Coach for Austin ISD. She has worked in the Dept of Technology for over 20 years. She has taught third through six grades. In 2017, she was a finalist for the TCEA Technology Special of the Year Award and was once recognized as Intel's Education 20... Read More →
Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD
Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →
@dianewellsDiane has worked as an elementary educator for more than 15 years with a strong focus on math and technology. She currently works as an AISD technology design coach who champions inclusive practices and an empathetic understanding of the student experience... Read More →
The program will be a workshop-style session where participants realize and reflect upon using creative learning strategies in classrooms of diverse learners. Providing opportunities for students to interact with the arts not only promotes student engagement through student choice, but also gives students an important space to apply critical thought and problem-solving skills in their expression of their own intelligences and stories.
Teachers will be able to collaboratively create and facilitate a 6-8 day unit of learning that allows students to learn about historical figures, patriots, and good citizens. In leveled reading groups, students will research and obtain information about key people who have changed our world today using a variety of oral and visual resources such as literature, electronic sources, conversations, artifacts, and pictures. Attendees will create a visual display (artifact) to convey the results of the research and teach others about their historical figure.
This session will share effective resume writing and best tips for interviews as well as building a professional social media presence to enhance career growth and networking.
Bring a device and come to this session to receive an introduction to the Carnegie Learning math resources for middle school math. Participants will gain an understanding of the pedagogy behind Carnegie Learning's instructional approach and the resources available to you and your students. You will use your device to sign up for a free online account in order to explore all student and teacher resources.
Vendor presentation of NEW Austin ISD eBook platform Comic Plus. Comic Plus contains graphic novels and comic books. Vendor will share the collection, tools, and checkout process of the graphic novel eBooks.
Participants will be able to participate in a Breakout Puzzle experience in order to understand how a breakout works with integration of technology. If time permits, discussion will be held about how this type of experience can be applied to all content areas of teaching.
Participants will experience best practices for understanding the values of empowering students in their learning. The elaboration on strategies to focus on establishing mutual relationship of respect, shifting the mindset of dependent learners to independent learners, and implementing rotation stations for content learning. Effective demonstration of student-centered learning will be offered at this session for participants to immediately impact their classroom.
When the zombies attack, where do we run, regroup, and rebuild our lives? Geography skills can save you from the zombie apocalypse! Apply geography skills using a graphic novel, critical thinking, and community knowledge to bring this content, and the TEKS, to life. Lesson take-away.
Teachers will be able to see the animals from the Living Materials Center, learn the process for checkout, and engage in hands on activities. Teachers should be prepared to handle live animals and collaborate on how they can be integrated into the classroom.
Academic success begins with attendance! Students' academic achievement hinges on positive attendance—learning happens when students are in class. Research shows that one missed day of instruction correlates with one less point on standardized testing. Participants will be given the opportunity to plan their classroom strategies/incentives for the upcoming school year to promote positive culture and climate around attendance in the classroom.
Video enables students to communicate with each other and with teachers in ways that aren't possible in a "traditional" classroom. This session will use Flipgrid and the media recording tool in BLEND to demonstrate the power of student-created video in the blended classroom. Come hear how Austin ISD teachers across all grade levels and content areas have used video as an innovative solution to instructional problems.
World Language teachers will get a brief overview of the updated and revised curriculum and then find resources that fit their teaching style, students' learning style, and curriculum.
Participants will learn how to call on all students in an efficient and effective manner that ensures all students are learning. This is a best practice approach to engage all your students indiscriminately. This is also a TPR approach.
Get an in-depth look at how one PE teacher uses technology to provide personalized instruction in the gym. PE teachers can provide skill and fitness instruction that allows students to progress at their own pace and build skill mastery and improved fitness levels.
How can you add more choice to your classroom? How can you help keep students on track when you give them more freedom in the classroom? Come learn how I have added more choice to my classes by creating playlists in BLEND and how I have worked to help my students become more independent and reflective through the use of simple, in-class progress tracking and reflections. During this session, I will show you lessons and strategies that increased my student engagement, kept my classes running smoothly, and made my students more thoughtful learners. Bring your devices so you can follow along as I show you how to use links in BLEND to make playlists easy to navigate for students, use journals to help students plan and reflect, and use star chart motivators.
The school librarian is often an overlooked and untapped resource. In this session, participants will learn how they can use the librarian as a resource in increasing student achievement and engagement, providing differentiation, supporting blended learning, and improving accountability ratings.
Stephanie Galvan Russell is a middle school librarian in Austin, Tx. She serves as Past-Chair on the Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Committee and is a member of the TxLA Intellectual Freedom Committee, Media Virtual Presence Committee, and was the 2018 YART Young Adult... Read More →
This workshop is intended for vice principals and principals of the Vertical Teams under the Creative Learning Initiative. In this workshop, principals will gain a deeper understanding of the work that will happen in their schools under the Creative Learning Initiative, as well as receive training in arts-based instructional strategies.
John oversees the Creative Learning Initiative for AISD, where he promotes engagement, collaboration, critical thinking, cultural awareness, equity, and access to the arts for all students PK-12th.
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 162
Issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion should be articulated and represented in any framework for school change. Highlander Institute believes the integration of culturally responsive teaching practices are key to design team work and pilot classrooms. In this session we will explore culturally responsive teaching through the work of noted educator and author Zaretta Hammond and her research outlined in Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
Vera DeJesus is an Educational Strategies Specialist at the Highlander Institute. Before joining the Institute, she taught 8th grade math in Central Falls, where she had previously worked as an AmeriCorps Education Fellow. Vera's fellowship experience made it clear that education... Read More →
The Functions of Behavior identify why a behavior is occurring. Determining the function helps guide instruction and planning for problem behaviors. In this training, real world applications will be applied to identifying and developing function-based strategies for decreasing challenging behavior.
This training will discuss the principles of reinforcement and behavior change. Participants will learn to create and implement various reinforcement systems for individual students, as well as small groups and/or classrooms. This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
This session will be an introduction to how to be an ally to our AISD trans community and beyond. Almost 50% of trans youth attempt suicide. As educators, we have a responsibility to protect and support this vulnerable group.
Have you ever been in a situation where someone, a student or an adult, used biased language or stereotypes and you didn't know what to say? It’s good to have some responses and strategies planned so that we are prepared when it happens. In this session participants will learn and practice four ways to speak up when faced with biased language and stereotypes in our schools or community.
Cultural Proficiency and Inclusiveness Specialist, Austin ISD
Sara Freund is a proud product of the Austin Independent School District and as a student she attended Harris, Andrews, Blanton, Pearce Junior High, and LBJ High School. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she moved back to Austin to teach in the city where she... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 153
Playposit can dramatically enhance how video can be used with all AISD students. The trainer will provide strategies and best practices for using this resource. Playposit will create interactive 'bulbs' that collect formative assessment data and allow for multiple forms of student input. Participants will walk away with the ability to start creating 'Bulbs' for BLEND assignments immediately.
Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD
Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 249
This training will cover an overview of various SPED eligibilities. Eligibilities will include: Autism, Emotional Disturbance, ADHD, Intellectual Disabilities, as well as other eligibilities. Participants will examine the definitions of the different eligibilities and distinguish specific characteristics of each. Participants will also practice strategies for working with students with diverse needs.
When you see an agenda for PD that includes BLEND or Canvas do you automatically assume it doesn't apply to you? Are you unsure how something like Blended Learning could possibly SAVE you time and increase productivity in your Fine Arts class or performance ensemble rehearsal? This session is for YOU! You will learn basic techniques for setting up your BLEND course and also see examples of blended learning in performance-based courses.
My name is Meghan Buchanan and I am a District Technology Design Coach with Austin Independent School District. Our department supports campus teachers in their efforts to leverage blended and personalized learning as they design engaging learning experiences for our students. Before... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 172
Based on Karen Erickson's Four Blocks of Literacy, teachers will learn how to implement the skills needed to teach reading and writing to students with multiple disabilities.
In this session, participants will dissect their current pedagogy and classroom structures to recenter students and their voices through the lens of blended learning priority practices. This experience will include student and teacher narratives/samples from fourth and seventh-grade classrooms. Participants will leave the session with organizational structures that support longterm data collection and growth connected to the blended learning priority practices.
@EmilyE_SmithEmily Smith-Buster is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to becoming a Tech Design Coach, she taught 5th-grade social justice and literature for nine years in south Austin... Read More →
Participants will be exposed to a variety of digital resources that support all content areas. Participants will learn how to incorporate digital resources into lesson planning and classroom implementation.
PBS LearningMedia is the free digital treasure chest of PBS resources, designed with teachers in mind. Come prepared to align PBS resources to your curriculum, to share findings with colleagues, and to get a head start on modifying resources for a variety of students.
Teachers will be provided examples of how PowerPoint can be utilized in a Physical Education lesson such as how it increases physical activity time, provides anchors of support, allows more time for students to get personalized feedback from the teacher, and how it can supplement lesson plans.
Come prepared to take your TEKS outside with this hands-on session. In addition, participants will have time to share resources, successes, and challenges with greening the secondary schoolyards in a collaborative setting. Please come dressed for outdoor activities and bring a reusable water bottle.
Anne Muller is the Outdoor Learning Specialist for the Austin Independent School District. She works to connect children to nature through supporting the district curriculum, facilities use for green schoolyard features, professional development, field trips to the district demonstration... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 166
Structured Independent Reading differs from DEAR and SSR in that teachers provide structure to students' independent reading so that students grow as readers. Structure is helping students select books: considering level (easy, just-right, challenging), topics, and genres. Structure is conferring with students about how and what they read. Independent is allowing students choice and voice as they select texts.
Participations will explore, create and apply different tools and resources to create their BLEND course successfully. These tools are useful for team-building, designing personalized content, whole-child SEL activities, interactive assessments, ongoing reflection and additional resources on how to design Blend courses in all classrooms, including ELL classrooms.
I have been teaching at International High school since school started in 2003. My students are all ELL Learners and I love to learn and implement new ways of engaging students in personalized learning! I was a mentor for TRC and my campus for several years and has been selected as... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 243
What does blended and personalized learning look like in a high-school science class? You can use these exciting, intentional approaches to meet the needs of learners in your classroom. After I briefly discuss my experience, you will immerse yourself in a individual rotation playlist where you will see how to present material in different ways, give students voice and choice in their assignments, and build playlists that will challenge all of your learners. Your independent work time in this session will help you apply these tactics within BLEND or your own digital learning space.
I teach chemistry and a Genius Hour class at LASA and I also serve as the Campus Innovation Connector. I'm very passionate about science education and edtech, and I look forward to sharing, collaborating, and learning more!
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 245
Executive Functioning (EF) skills are essential to learning and navigating school, work, and life yet they are often not explicitly taught. Nationally, we see middle-school students struggling with the new EF demands that come with navigating new expectations, assignments, and relationships. Our workshop will take a developmental approach to understanding how these skills develop and what we can do in our classrooms to strengthen their application to learning and navigating school and life.
Director of Advanced Academics, Austin Independent School District
Dr. Elizabeth Severance is the Director of Advanced Academics (which includes Gifted and Talented, Advanced Courses, AP, IB, AVID, and GEAR UP) in Austin ISD. She has worked at the campus, district, and state levels supporting college readiness and advanced academics. She is the project... Read More →
Aleza and Sarah are both SEL Specialist with Austin ISD. Both are interested in equity-centered SEL relational practices that build educator agency and collective efficacy. A key factor in the on-going work of moving towards equity in our public schools is resilience. As Dr. Angela... Read More →
Tuesday August 6, 2019 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 151
This program will provide educators the opportunity to participate in mindfulness strategies that can assist in student engagement, classroom climate, and test taking. This program will provide scientifically based practices using mindfulness techniques that educators may immediately implement in their classroom or campus.
I've gone almost paperless by using BLEND to manage student work. I'll show you the power of a daily agenda, digital warmups and other practical tips I've learned along the way.
Teachers will be able to see the animals from the Living Materials Center, learn the process for checkout, and engage in hands on activities. Teachers should be prepared to handle live animals and collaborate on how they can be integrated into the classroom.
Academic success begins with attendance! Students' academic achievement hinges on positive attendance—learning happens when students are in class. Research shows that one missed day of instruction correlates with one less point on standardized testing. Participants will be given the opportunity to plan their classroom strategies/incentives for the upcoming school year to promote positive culture and climate around attendance in the classroom.
Video enables students to communicate with each other and with teachers in ways that aren't possible in a "traditional" classroom. This session will use Flipgrid and the media recording tool in BLEND to demonstrate the power of student-created video in the blended classroom. Come hear how Austin ISD teachers across all grade levels and content areas have used video as an innovative solution to instructional problems.
World Language teachers will get a brief overview of the updated and revised curriculum and then find resources that fit their teaching style, students' learning style, and curriculum.
Participants will learn how to call on all students in an efficient and effective manner that ensures all students are learning. This is a best practice approach to engage all your students indiscriminately. This is also a TPR approach.
Get an in-depth look at how one PE teacher uses technology to provide personalized instruction in the gym. PE teachers can provide skill and fitness instruction that allows students to progress at their own pace and build skill mastery and improved fitness levels.
How can you add more choice to your classroom? How can you help keep students on track when you give them more freedom in the classroom? Come learn how I have added more choice to my classes by creating playlists in BLEND and how I have worked to help my students become more independent and reflective through the use of simple, in-class progress tracking and reflections. During this session, I will show you lessons and strategies that increased my student engagement, kept my classes running smoothly, and made my students more thoughtful learners. Bring your devices so you can follow along as I show you how to use links in BLEND to make playlists easy to navigate for students, use journals to help students plan and reflect, and use star chart motivators.
This session will provide you with the information and tools necessary to help newcomer students succeed and thrive—both emotionally and academically—as they go through the different stages of adaptation.
Dyslexia and dysgraphia are being identified in our students at an alarming rate. What are teachers doing to provide their students access to their classrooms? When you consider individualized assistive technology for the student, the student is able to take more responsibility for their learning.
In this session participants will explore strategies, such as leveraging data and learner profiles, to increase equity and meet learners' needs through personalized learning. Participants will learn how personalized pathways enables students to choose how to interact with content, demonstrate mastery, and ultimately empowers students to take ownership and control of their learning.
Looking for the perfect book, online resource, or activity to support your lesson? Sounds like you should visit your campus library! Our panel of librarians will share some of their favorite collaborations and answer your questions.
Have you been looking for a way to gauge student understanding of what you're teaching? Come learn about a few formative assessment tools you can add to your toolbox! Learn how to collect data quickly and use what you learn to direct your instructional decisions daily.
Great teaching isn't a coincidence. Learn techniques for planning quality PE and effective instruction. Great for new teachers and emerging professionals!
Former AISD Librarians of the Year will discuss how teachers can work as partners with librarians in reaching instructional goals. They will demonstrate the power of librarians as a frequently untapped resource and a wealth of information. They will also share innovative programs from their campus libraries.
This training is geared towards novice and veteran life skills teachers. Participants will learn to navigate curriculum framework and develop plans and instruction that are rigorous differentiated instruction for a diverse group of students. This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
An SEL specialist and an MTSS coach will join forces in the facilitation of this workshop to lend both a behavioral and classroom culture lens, and share multiple strategies, experiences and angles informed by a multi-tier perspective.
This training will focus on data collection systems. Participants will learn the steps for collecting behavior data, the importance of defining target behaviors, and how to select a data tool that matches the behavior being observed. This training will include hands-on practice taking data using sample videos.
In this session, educators will learn how to bolster academic readiness in math using DreamBox Data, promote 21st century problem solving and create student-centered learning environments. Educators will explore the non-linear progression of mathematical thinking in DreamBox. You will rise above the curriculum and have a continuous mathematical journey!
The culturally proficient Austin ISD professional is aware of their own culture and the effect it may have on the people in their work setting. They learn about the culture of Austin ISD and the cultures of colleagues, students, parents, and community members, and anticipate how they will interact with, conflict with, and enhance one another. For these reasons, the session will connect to all the strands, be relevant to all Austin ISD staff members, and will reflect the theme of innovation and personalized learning. This session will start with a presentation format, then participants will self-reflect, collaborate in small groups, and end with whole group shares.
Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness Specialist, Austin ISD
Bavu Blakes is a Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness Specialist in his second year with the Austin Independent School District whose participatory action research has been presented at national conferences (AERA, LRA, and NCTE) for the past few years. Blakes spent a few of his classroom... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 233
Our focus is for teachers in a dual language (DL) program. With the new DL YPGs along with some new TEKS, this session gives the teachers a chance to have a hands-on experience examining the new material using a bilingual lens.
In this 90-minute session, participants will be engaged in a hands-on overview of the new Language Arts TEKs. Educators will have an opportunity to review the seven strands, learn the common language, build their expertise with the new TEKs, understand the rationale for the changes, and become familiar with the new vertical alignment.
Title & Description: Literacy Suitcases - Infusing Language Arts With Writing Activities for Kindergarten This is a fun and engaging work shop that all kinder teachers should attend! Learn best practices from the Early Childhood Coordinators on how to infuse Language Arts with Writing... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 256
Wanting to implement personalized learning in the classroom but don't know where to start? Come learn how partner teachers use personalized learning playlists to increase student engagement and critical thinking using a variety of tools to empower students to take control of the pacing and mode in which they learn. You'll construct understanding about personalized learning by learning about this pedagogical approach by seeing examples, listening to student testimonies, and creating your own playlists to take back and implement in the new school year.
In the Philosophical Chairs module, participants will engage in specific WICOR strategies to plan for integration of Philosophical Chairs into their lessons. They will focus on building central questions to which contradictory positions exist. Participants will address these positions through deep, academic discourse in a structured, formal process.
The session will begin with a review of the research that links family engagement to improved student outcomes. Participants will play a card-sorting game that has information about research-based strategies and then match them with the corresponding student outcomes. Participants will then have time to develop their own plans to increase parent engagement that are tied to the specific learning objectives that they have for their campus or classroom. They will leave the session with a clear action plan to implement their strategies during the next school year.
In this session teachers will work to inventory their current questioning style and assess how they can hone their skills in questioning. Participants will be led through a variety of exercises to explore how questioning and reflection bring added value to the use of creative learning strategies. This session is designed for teachers already familiar with creative learning strategies.
Executive functioning skills are critical to student success. Learn how to help foster and support this skill using direct teach and student centered strategies.
This session will provide the tools and preparedness to provide an equitable learning environment for PBL experiences in the classroom. The framework for this session includes building skills for promoting student-centered learning, cultivating equitable team-learning environments, and creating authentic learning experiences for students.
We will engage in structures for textual analysis that encourage all students to access higher-level thinking through reading, discussion, metacognitive note-taking, and writing. We will connect literature to art pieces, provide multiple opportunities for participants to engage in deep cultural connections (as defined by Zaretta Hammond), and reinforce various components of the new Language Arts TEKS throughout the lesson sequence.
This workshop provides an overview of the TeachRock core curriculum, as well as educational collaborations with Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week documentary, the PBS Soundbreaking series, and the Dave Grohl produced HBO series Sonic Highways.
Explore how blended teaching practices and problem-based teaching practices support student mastery, amplify voice and choice, and personalize deep learning for all students. This session will model personalized learning to meet the needs of teachers: 1) who may be implementing PBL, but would like to learn more about how blended teaching practices can support student learning, 2) who may be implementing blended learning but have not started PBL, or 3) teachers who just want to know more about how blended teaching practices and PBL support personalization.
Laurie Beaman is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at Lanier High School for 11 years. During her time at Lanier, Laurie taught social studies, served as both a technology and literacy... Read More →
My name is Meghan Buchanan and I am a District Technology Design Coach with Austin Independent School District. Our department supports campus teachers in their efforts to leverage blended and personalized learning as they design engaging learning experiences for our students. Before... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Room 251
Participants will receive a general overview of curriculum supports on the AISD Portal (Health, PE, Science, English, etc.) and practice locating lesson plans and resources related to their academic assignment(s). Participants will design accommodations and modifications related to their instructional focus. This session will support teachers who tend to create all of their own lessons or have to modify academic lessons to a significant extent (i.e., Resource, SBS, SCORES, and Life Skills teachers).
Seesaw is a student-driven digital portfolio that empowers students to independently document what they are learning at school. Features include: easily capture student learning in any form. Students can use photos, videos, drawings, text notes, links to show what they know. Join us, AISD Pre-K and first-grade teachers, to learn how you can start using this free resource in your classroom today!
What does it mean to be racially literate? How do we develop a racial literacy that will enable us to provide equitable learning environments for our students? In this session, teachers will have an opportunity to explore their own racial autobiographies, gain insight into how it informs their approaches teaching, and develop strategies to disrupt oppressive schooling practices in order to create a more liberatory educational experience for their students.
Do your students struggle with algebraic concepts? See how your students can benefit from a visual approach to algebra and learn how hands-on activities can help promote their understanding of algebraic concepts. Topics include integer operations, solving equations, polynomial expressions, graphing, and more.
Experience the steps of an Action Civics project during which attendees' choices authentically demonstrate the process and influence the final outcome! Learn how to prepare students to be civic changemakers!
Dust off a unit/project/lesson that you use each year and take a fresh-eyed look through the lens of rigor and mastery. In addition to (re)designing instructional materials, we'll investigate the use of outcomes and the Learning Mastery Gradebook in BLEND as tools to track student progress.
This session will provide you with the information and tools necessary to help newcomer students succeed and thrive—both emotionally and academically—as they go through the different stages of adaptation.
Dyslexia and dysgraphia are being identified in our students at an alarming rate. What are teachers doing to provide their students access to their classrooms? When you consider individualized assistive technology for the student, the student is able to take more responsibility for their learning.
In this session participants will explore strategies, such as leveraging data and learner profiles, to increase equity and meet learners' needs through personalized learning. Participants will learn how personalized pathways enables students to choose how to interact with content, demonstrate mastery, and ultimately empowers students to take ownership and control of their learning.
Looking for the perfect book, online resource, or activity to support your lesson? Sounds like you should visit your campus library! Our panel of librarians will share some of their favorite collaborations and answer your questions.
Have you been looking for a way to gauge student understanding of what you're teaching? Come learn about a few formative assessment tools you can add to your toolbox! Learn how to collect data quickly and use what you learn to direct your instructional decisions daily.
Great teaching isn't a coincidence. Learn techniques for planning quality PE and effective instruction. Great for new teachers and emerging professionals!
A coaching relationship can truly make a positive impact on teacher growth and, ultimately, classroom culture. In this session, hear from two technology design coaches who have leveraged priority practices and personalized goal setting to help teachers make shifts toward blended pedagogy. You will have the opportunity to explore some of the templates, protocols, and research behind a successful coaching cycle. You will leave with the tools and confidence to support teachers in achieving their pedagogical goals.
@EmilyE_SmithEmily Smith-Buster is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to becoming a Tech Design Coach, she taught 5th-grade social justice and literature for nine years in south Austin... Read More →
Join the PPfT team to ask questions about PPfT Appraisal and Compensation. We will provide opportunities to get into the Human Capital System, work on Teacher Orientation, complete your Individual Learning Plan, and find out more about the SLO Process. We hope this opportunity gets teachers and administrators started on the PPfT Appraisal with a strong foundation of what is expected and the supports available to them!
Austin ISD has approved the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) Appraisal in response to the state’s requirement of a new teacher appraisal system. For the PPfT system, a teacher is defined as directly instructing students 50% or more of the instructional day and whose title... Read More →
Dr. Bruce Perry, NME, says we need patterned, repetitive, rhythmic somatosensory activity, literally, bodily sensing exercises. The list of repetitive rhythmic regulation activities used for preventing and healing trauma by major researchers include: singing, dancing, drumming, walking, running, swinging, trampoline work, massage, equine grooming. This session will involve drumming, instruments, and life skills.
During the first 20 days of school, students will create guidelines for a safe learning space through Problem Based Learning (PBL). Students will focus on self-awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making, empathy, and growth mindset. We will share our campus-wide PBL story, its evolution, and where we are now.
This panel will consist of educators who have experience designing and implementing high-quality PBL in their classrooms. Our panelists will discuss and share information about PBLs they have created, tips for designing and implementing PBL, and helpful resources. Participants will also have an opportunity to engage the panelists in a Q&A.
The panel discussion will focus on Leadership Pathways: Literacy. A moderator will facilitate as the panel members share information, lessons learned, and relevant resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper into this important topic.
The panel discussion will focus on Successful Student Engagement. A moderator will facilitate as the panel members share information, lessons learned, and relevant resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper into this important topic.
Vendor presentation of the Austin ISD eBook platform MackinVia. The ebook platform contains over 21,000 titles across all grade levels and genres. The vendor will highlight the tools and login process for teachers and students.
Practicing self-care is important to everyone’s wellbeing. Attending this session will give you some tools and techniques needed to practice self-care in your daily life."
In a blended and personalized classroom, the teacher can leverage the power of technology to "be" in more than one place at the same time, providing targeted support to multiple students or groups of students simultaneously. In this interactive session, we will explore examples of how AISD teacher-created videos are being used across grade levels to support student learning. Participants will also experiment with different methods for creating videos for their own classrooms using BLEND, free screencasting software, and the Lumens document camera.
@labrowderLaura Browder is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at the elementary level in San Antonio and Las Vegas. She also worked as a lead instructional coach and professional learning l... Read More →
I enjoy working with teachers as they create their learning environments and empower their students to be caring and confident citizens . I am beginning my 29th year in Austin ISD, having taught Elementary Music, Math, Science, STEM and Robotics.
Laurie Beaman is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at Lanier High School for 11 years. During her time at Lanier, Laurie taught social studies, served as both a technology and literacy... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Room 251
This training will focus on the Resource Program. Participants will learn to create and utilize specific skills used within the Resource classroom. Topics range from setting up a schedule, facilitating social skills groups, creating a reinforcement systems, specific paperwork, and much more! This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
Need to brush up on your CST process? Want to find ways to make your Child Study Team meetings shine? This session will help your CST team develop skills and strategies for your campus to design meetings that are perfect for gathering details about students on your campus, and utilize tools like eCST so that data-driven decisions can be made.
Come explore how, when and why to help students process, represent, and explain their understanding through a CLI movement-based teaching strategy. Learn how to use specific techniques to support your students creating and justifying intentional movements that make learning stick. Creative Learning Initiative strategies are flexible and adaptable for a wide range of ages, abilities and content.
Vendor presentation of NEW Austin ISD database designed for K-2 learners includes curriculum and leveled articles for beginning readers including read-along audio. Presentation will include an overview of the available databases, tools, and login information.
This training will focus on the PPCD Program. Participants will learn to create and utilize specific skills used within the PPCD classroom. Topics range from setting up a schedule, facilitating group times, creating a reinforcement systems, specific paperwork, and much more! This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
Many of our students experience anxiety at school, but the appearance of anxiety can look different depending on the student's culture, race, or socioeconomic status. As educators, we look at the whole child and realize that anxiety can greatly affect a student's learning in the classroom. This session will give educators tools to help support students who struggle with anxiety, in all its forms.
In this program, participants will participate in working through a deliberately planned series of math problems, and discuss strategies and discoveries. They will be shown strategies for support and differentiation during direct teach and will be given tools for creating authentic mathematical learning.
Through virtual reality adventures, we'll immerse teachers in the stunning world of Austin underground. While exploring virtual caves, students engage in Science investigations covered in the TEKS. Teachers will have the opportunity to try multiple forms of virtual reality devices and play Science augmented Creek Quest. We'll discuss how we've incorporated other techniques for teaching students with disabilities.
Conservation Program Coordinator, City of Austin Watershed Protection
I coordinate Earth Camp, 5th grade field program focused on watersheds, Clean Creek Campus, reaches 3rd-8th incorporates service learning in the field, and Hydrofiles, water quality outreach for high school.
Wednesday August 7, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Room 169
This training will focus on the Social Behavior Skills (SBS) Program. Participants will learn to create and utilize specific skills used within the SBS classroom. Topics range from setting up a schedule, facilitating social skills groups, creating a reinforcement systems, specific paperwork, and much more! This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
This training will focus on the SCORES Program. Participants will learn to create and utilize specific skills used within the SCORES classroom. Topics range from setting up a schedule, facilitating social skills groups, creating a reinforcement systems, specific paperwork, and much more! This training will feature hands-on activities that participants can take back to use immediately.
Teachers will become accustomed to going to the Health and PE website to access the Elementary Health Lesson designed to be taught for Coordinated School Health. This session will allow teachers to view the lessons and jigsaw teaching the lessons to their peers.
This session will advance the TBRI knowledge that teachers have received in the past. Participants will be guided through applying the TBRI principles of Connection, Empowerment, and Correction, as they review their first weeks of class plans. Teachers will come away with a set of concrete strategies to apply each day over the first few weeks of school as they build TBRI into day-to-day routines.
The Nurture Group provides a format designed to promote healthy relationships through Receiving Care, Giving Care, Negotiating Needs, and Knowing the Autonomous Self. The Nurture Group is part of Trust Based Relational Intervention and can be used in a classroom or small group setting. Participants will benefit from additional tools that can be used for student emotional regulation.
Participants will get to hot seat a character, real or abstract idea or object while other participants interview them. Afterwards they will reflect as a group.
Using lessons from Hands-On Standards Math books (a resource in every elementary school library), we'll explore ideas to teach math using manipulatives. Other materials will be used to help develop centers activities for Math and STEAM. We'll discuss ways to engage student learning by doing.
Here at hand2mind we believe children learn best by doing.For over 50 years, teachers and administrators at thousands of schools and districts across the country have relied on our high-quality, hands-on materials to expand their core curriculum.From math to science to STEM to literacy... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Cafeteria
Participants will experience several mindful-making and storytime activities typical of an elementary library. Participants will learn about the benefits of mindfulness in the school environment. We will debrief and plan for implementation in the classroom.
Research shows us that spending time with nature improves students’ academic performance, behavior, and focus while supporting creative and critical thinking. Join peer-educators and the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Program in exploring the challenges facing Austin’s classrooms and strategies for using nature-based education as a tool for intervention. Through this interactive workshop, we’ll develop low stakes, outcome-aligned tools for successfully introducing nature in our classrooms—and begin to move towards our highest visions of our classroom climates. Participants will be introduced to resources available through the Urban Forest Program, including grant opportunities, training, and innovative partnerships.
Conservation Program Coordinator, City of Austin Urban Forest Program
A visual storyteller and group facilitator, I currently serve as Conservation Program Coordinator with the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Program. Here, I blend visual communications and community development with a lens on igniting Austin’s next generation of stewards through... Read More →
You will learn how to use authentic resources in the target language at a novice level across the three modes: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. At the end, we will leave the session with two to three “ready-to-teach” lessons per theme unit for Level 1. The lessons are meant to engage students in higher-order thinking and demonstrate how they can develop their language proficiency, discover the target culture, and reflect on their own language and culture in a fun and meaningful way! The session targets teachers of French 1 or French 1A and French 1B.
Bring your student hat and teacher hat to this session! Experience a Carnegie Learning demonstration lesson from the student math perspective, to build an understanding of what a Carnegie Learning classroom should look like, sound like, and feel like. Then put on your teacher hat to debrief the role of the facilitator during the lesson, the observed teacher moves, and the potential impact on student learning. We will briefly discuss best practices for planning with Carnegie Learning teacher resources.
Participants will learn about the neuroscience underpinnings of the stress response and how to use the power of the mind-body connection to improve focus, reduce stress, and increase learning outcomes. Participants will leave with a personalized toolbox of strategies they can use themselves or teach their students. This will be an experiential workshop, so come ready to interact and move!
Vendors from the Digital Reading Resources that will be available to teachers and students in the 2019-20 school year will provide information and answer questions about the platforms. Elementary teachers and students will have access to MackinVIA, Tumblebooks, Pebble Go & Capstone. Secondary teachers and students in grades 6-12 will have access to MackinVIA, Tumblebooks Teen Cloud, and Comics Plus.
A coaching relationship can truly make a positive impact on teacher growth and, ultimately, classroom culture. In this session, hear from two technology design coaches who have leveraged priority practices and personalized goal setting to help teachers make shifts toward blended pedagogy. You will have the opportunity to explore some of the templates, protocols, and research behind a successful coaching cycle. You will leave with the tools and confidence to support teachers in achieving their pedagogical goals.
@EmilyE_SmithEmily Smith-Buster is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to becoming a Tech Design Coach, she taught 5th-grade social justice and literature for nine years in south Austin... Read More →
Austin ISD's School Counseling leaders will present an interactive session to equip administrators with an understanding of the American School Counseling Model. Supporting its implementation in their school communities will result in safer and healthier school environments.
What am I getting good at? What strategies am I using to help me? Having students self-assess, reflect on their understanding of lesson objectives, and provide feedback to the teacher or their peers are key moves to empowering students in their learning. Come learn how to leverage tools such as google forms, flipgrid, Seesaw and more to create a classroom culture driven by feedback.
Teachers will learn about and participate in a Creative Learning strategy called visual brainstorming to engage students and help them develop strong comprehension and critical thinking skills. It can be used in any subject or grade level, but this lesson will focus on strengthening reading comprehensions skills such as summarizing, inferencing, and understanding theme.
Communicating effectively using the three modes of communication while embedding the culture of the target language. We will use Chapter 3 of ACTFL's Keys Series to Language Instruction as a model and guide.
Are you interested in incorporating technology centric projects in your classroom but don't know where to start? Do you have little to no experience with coding, video-game design, or web development? In this session we will explore beginner-friendly, free technology projects centered around student-created products. This session will assume classroom technology is limited to district-provided Chromebooks but will also cover resources for more advanced technology.
General Education teachers play a vital role in educating students served through special education. This session will provide an overview of special education compliance regulations from the referral process through eligibility identification, as well as provide an overview of the general educator's role in developing and implementing student’s individualized education programs (IEPs). In addition, there will be interactive activities and discussion regarding the difference between modifications and accommodations, the ARD Process, and available resources to enhance the classroom experience.
This session will provide new research on student engagement. Participants will engage in differentiated tasks in a classroom setting to understand the power of Learning Styles and Student Choice when planning differentiated lessons.
Debi Torres, the Gifted Education Coordinator for Austin ISD, was honored as the 2022 TAGT Administrator of the Gifted. She is an avid enthusiast for equity and diversity topics; her work with the 2022 Jacob Javits Grant, awarded to Austin ISD, is focused on improving equity representation... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 256
This training will focus on goal writing, progress monitoring, and analyzing collected data. Participants will learn to write measurable, observable behavior goals that are aligned with the FBA and BIP, transfer the goal to a progress-monitoring tool, and then analyze the data by looking for patterns and graphing. This training will feature hands-on activities to practice acquired skills.
The goal of this roundtable is to ease the apprehensions classroom teachers, support staff, and administrators experience when they acquire a student with a visual impairment. With guidance from a Teacher for the Visually Impaired (TVI), a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS), a Braillist (Alternative Media Specialist), Assistive Technology Specialist (AT), and an Administrator, the audience will be able to get a glimpse of what the accommodations may be and the overview of this situation. An in -epth discussion with occur, showcasing the tools of each trade to help the continued education for others outside this field. In most cases, the classroom teacher does not need to alter their classrooms, teaching styles, or materials in an extensive manner. Our special guest will be Katherine Olson, a classroom teacher from Fulmore, who has worked with two low-vision students and who can talk about her experiences working with these specialized SPED departments.
AISD educators will learn about the multiple e-book options available dependent upon their campus. Participants will explore e-book options and practice creating book lists for students to read in conjunction with assignments or projects.
This session will be an interactive session where teachers will learn how to manage a Sport Ed classroom, how to set up teams in Sport Ed, and hear about best practices from teachers who are using this model in their gyms.
This course is designed to provide Life Skills teachers with the tools to create routines paired with visuals that will help students follow a daily/weekly schedule, transition between activities, manage challenging behaviors, and develop self-help, job and social skills. Participants will learn how to analyze a task to create a routine, how to format a visual to support a routine, and how to create routines and visuals that support the following: schedules, transitions, self-help skills, jobs/chores, social skills, and behavior.
My name is Karen Sadler. I am an exceptionally qualified, experienced teacher who has taken part in many leadership roles. My personal goal is to relocate to an area with a researched-based and collaborative school district. I have experienced many successful years as a highly effective... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 251
How can I help students understand fractions? Come see how using manipulatives can help students understand fraction concepts. Discover why they are a powerful tool; ideas will be shared for equivalence, ordering, and operations with fractions!
Wondering how to make best use of your time and use the tools within BLEND to provide timely and ongoing feedback in BLEND? Come and explore a variety of ways you and your students might use BLEND to give and receive formative assessment feedback.
@labrowderLaura Browder is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at the elementary level in San Antonio and Las Vegas. She also worked as a lead instructional coach and professional learning l... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 155
In Collaborative Study Groups (CSGs), students identify a specific question from a content area, collaborate to develop and deepen their understanding through Socratic inquiry, and apply their new learning in order to enhance classroom performance. Participants in this session will experience CSGs through watching two different classroom applications and participating in a mock CSG before developing a CSG Personal Implementation Plan for their own classrooms.
Speak Truth To Power is a series of lessons designed by STTP Lead Educators and RFK Human Rights combining powerful storytelling and student engagement as a means to understanding and protecting human rights. The lessons can be mapped into courses in Social Sciences, Language Arts, the Arts and Foreign Language. Through the lens of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and other international law, students come face-to-face with human rights and social justice issues and how they can play a key role in becoming agents of change.
Participants will build upon their prior knowledge of the Hummingbird Bit or Duo to create instructional tools, experimental and cross-curricular activities as well as generate ideas for Problem Based Learning (PBL).
Participants will engage in Forum Theatre to analyze themes in a text while practicing strategies that ensure that all voices are expressed and valued.
For teachers who are already familiar with Seesaw and would like an opportunity to learn about creating activities, new updates, implementation across all curriculum areas, and more!
"Ready, Set, Go." Classroom teachers will discover and experience implementing physical activity along with academic objectives throughout the school day.
Peace areas are a designated place or resource in your classroom to empower students to calm down when they have a strong feeling. Peace areas help normalize strong feelings and give students a way to appropriately manage them. Peace paths give students the language to resolve peer conflicts without adults having to intervene. Students are given the tools to solve problems and teachers in turn are given the gift of time.
Peace areas are a designated place or resource in your classroom to empower students to calm down when they have a strong feeling. Peace areas help normalize strong feelings and give students a way to appropriately manage them. Peace paths give students the language to resolve peer conflicts without adults having to intervene. Students are given the tools to solve problems and teachers in turn are given the gift of time.
How can you leverage technology in your class to engage your students? How do you develop curriculum that uses technology in a meaningful way? From flipping/blending your classroom to creating engaging and rigorous interactive activities, participants will gain multiple ways to transform their classroom learning through the use of technology.
Teacher, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin
I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about presenting at the STEM District Wide PD Conference this year. I graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Master's in Interdisciplinary Education. GO GATORS... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 267
This session will be in BLEND and follows a Tell, See, Do format. Be prepared to create assignments that can be aligned as artifacts and tracked according to standards to see how growth can be measured using BLEND/Canvas. Please bring some content ideas that can used to build from and a fully charged computer.
I am the Canvas coordinator in Austin ISD We have branded Canvas as BLEND. My primary role is to support and coordinate the implementation of Canvas across our district with a blended and personalized design approach. BLEND is the place where we tell the story of teaching and lea... Read More →
In this class, we will discuss popular Marvel/DC movies and the real life scientific implications behind them in order to gain student interest in science. For instance, Conservation of Mass tells us that when Ant Man shrinks down to the size of an Ant, he'd still be 180 lbs, so he'd instantly squish any ant that he tries to ride. Also, since Pressure=Force/Area, he would sink into most surfaces since he is applying 180 lbs of force on the area of a pinpoint. Other fun discussion topics include the invisible girl would be blind because light is shining directly through her eyes, so her brain does not have any light to interpret an image.
What does blended and personalized learning look like in a high-school science class? You can use these exciting, intentional approaches to meet the needs of learners in your classroom. After I briefly discuss my experience, you will immerse yourself in a individual rotation playlist where you will see how to present material in different ways, give students voice and choice in their assignments, and build playlists that will challenge all of your learners. Your independent work time in this session will help you apply these tactics within BLEND or your own digital learning space.
I teach chemistry and a Genius Hour class at LASA and I also serve as the Campus Innovation Connector. I'm very passionate about science education and edtech, and I look forward to sharing, collaborating, and learning more!
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 156
Social emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL and mindfulness is a gateway to learning for all students. Learn practical strategies to use with students as well as self-care for yourself. We will model settling in, mindful movement, and creating safe discussion spaces with students.
Prior Dell Education account manager
10 years with AISD @ Lanier High School
7 years experience in teaching Biology and Environmental science
3 years of managing Business Education program
Registered Yoga TeacherCertified Zumba Instructor
Eco-schools co-sponsor
Owner of Willistrated... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 169
Austin ISD's School Counseling leaders will present an interactive session to equip administrators with an understanding of the American School Counseling Model. Supporting its implementation in their school communities will result in safer and healthier school environments.
What am I getting good at? What strategies am I using to help me? Having students self-assess, reflect on their understanding of lesson objectives, and provide feedback to the teacher or their peers are key moves to empowering students in their learning. Come learn how to leverage tools such as google forms, flipgrid, Seesaw and more to create a classroom culture driven by feedback.
Teachers will learn about and participate in a Creative Learning strategy called visual brainstorming to engage students and help them develop strong comprehension and critical thinking skills. It can be used in any subject or grade level, but this lesson will focus on strengthening reading comprehensions skills such as summarizing, inferencing, and understanding theme.
Communicating effectively using the three modes of communication while embedding the culture of the target language. We will use Chapter 3 of ACTFL's Keys Series to Language Instruction as a model and guide.
Are you interested in incorporating technology centric projects in your classroom but don't know where to start? Do you have little to no experience with coding, video-game design, or web development? In this session we will explore beginner-friendly, free technology projects centered around student-created products. This session will assume classroom technology is limited to district-provided Chromebooks but will also cover resources for more advanced technology.
During the first 20 days of school, students will create guidelines for a safe learning space through Problem Based Learning (PBL). Students will focus on self-awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making, empathy, and growth mindset. We will share our campus-wide PBL story, its evolution, and where we are now.
Participants will learn about accessible fundraising resources that are available for all teachers and schools in Austin ISD, which include partnerships, grants, and crowdfunding. They will also experience real-life examples of how Austin ISD teachers utilized extra funding to enhance classroom projects or fulfill campus needs. Time will be provided for participants to collaborate on innovative project ideas and plant seeds for future fundraising efforts.
Learn about purposeful strategies to add to your everyday routine that foster trust and build strong connections within your classroom community. We hope to build your SEL toolbox for all learners using a variety of positive discipline strategies. Building these common practices will allow for a smoother and more effective school year.
Parent and Family Engagement: This panel will be inspiring us to think deeply about the importance of building authentic partnerships with families and communities for student success. Participants will become familiar with AISD’s Family and Community Engagement policy and hear perspectives about research-based family and school family engagement strategies to advance student and family leaning within our diverse populations. This training is designed to build the capacity of participants in building effective partnerships with families that is linked to learning and emotional development.
The panel discussion will focus on Leadership Pathways: Transformative Technology. A moderator will facilitate as the panel members share information, lessons learned, and relevant resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper into this important topic.
@labrowderLaura Browder is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at the elementary level in San Antonio and Las Vegas. She also worked as a lead instructional coach and professional learning l... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 245
The Playground will display resources available through the Professional Resource Library. We plan to have items in each of the corners of the room: MakerSpace, SEL, eBooks, and Digital Resources that attendees can explore and "play."
This workshop focuses on using self-care and mindfulness to promote teacher well-being. Participants will identify and understand their unique self-care needs and begin cultivating mindful practices that will help them reduce stress and be more fully present in their classrooms.
In a blended and personalized classroom, the teacher can leverage the power of technology to "be" in more than one place at the same time, providing targeted support to multiple students or groups of students simultaneously. In this interactive session, we will explore examples of how AISD teacher-created videos are being used across grade levels to support student learning. Participants will also experiment with different methods for creating videos for their own classrooms using BLEND, free screencasting software, and the Lumens document camera.
@labrowderLaura Browder is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at the elementary level in San Antonio and Las Vegas. She also worked as a lead instructional coach and professional learning l... Read More →
I enjoy working with teachers as they create their learning environments and empower their students to be caring and confident citizens . I am beginning my 29th year in Austin ISD, having taught Elementary Music, Math, Science, STEM and Robotics.
Laurie Beaman is a Technology Design Coach in the Technology and Learning Department of AISD. Prior to joining the Technology Design Team, she taught at Lanier High School for 11 years. During her time at Lanier, Laurie taught social studies, served as both a technology and literacy... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 251
Come explore how, when and why to help students process, represent, and explain their understanding through a CLI movement-based teaching strategy. Learn how to use specific techniques to support your students creating and justifying intentional movements that make learning stick. Creative Learning Initiative strategies are flexible and adaptable for a wide range of ages, abilities and content.
Meet the students where they are. Teachers can create YouTube content that can be shared with students and parents to extend the reach of a teacher’s curriculum. Walk away with your teacher channel and a plan for using it in your classroom.
Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD
Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 260
Need to brush up on your CST process? Want to find ways to make your Child Study Team meetings shine? This session will help your CST team develop skills and strategies for your campus to design meetings that are perfect for gathering details about students on your campus, and utilize tools like eCST so that data-driven decisions can be made.
Many of our students experience anxiety at school, but the appearance of anxiety can look different depending on the student's culture, race, or socioeconomic status. As educators, we look at the whole child and realize that anxiety can greatly affect a student's learning in the classroom. This session will give educators tools to help support students who struggle with anxiety, in all its forms.
In this program, participants will participate in working through a deliberately planned series of math problems, and discuss strategies and discoveries. They will be shown strategies for support and differentiation during direct teach and will be given tools for creating authentic mathematical learning.
This interactive session will provide an overview and demo of the three tools in the Mobility Blueprint suite: the original Mobility Blueprint, the Learning Locator, and the Charter School Recapture Platform. A question and answer session as well as an opportunity for anonymous feedback will be included. Together, the Mobility Blueprint tools provide opportunities for AISD to enhance student learning and dive deeper into the unique needs of students for customized instructional practices.
Participants will experience several mindful-making and storytime activities typical of an elementary library. Participants will learn about the benefits of mindfulness in the school environment. We will debrief and plan for implementation in the classroom.
The Nurture Group provides a format designed to promote healthy relationships through Receiving Care, Giving Care, Negotiating Needs, and Knowing the Autonomous Self. The Nurture Group is part of Trust Based Relational Intervention and can be used in a classroom or small group setting. Participants will benefit from additional tools that can be used for student emotional regulation.
Learn the logistics, the how-to of implementing flexible seating, and also the why. We will explore how flexible seating encourages student choice, builds empathy, and allows students to take leadership of their own learning and emotional regulation.
Presentation of the NEW Austin ISD eBook platform Tumblebook & TumbleMath. TumbleBook has over 1100 titles including animated books, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, graphic novels and playlists. The collection includes Spanish and French titles. TumbleMath is a comprehensive collection of math picture books with animation and narration.
The Neurosequential Model in Education Minimap is a tool used to understand challenging behavior from a neurological perspective. Participants will observe this model in action and will be able to participate in the scoring of a mock-student scenario. They will also engage in
The Green School Parks program seeks to create a network of school parks that provide schools and the surrounding community the opportunity to learn from, steward, and play in nature. Learn how your school can get involved in this program, the health and academic benefits of incorporating the natural environment into your lessons, and the potential health and environmental impacts to the surrounding community.
CCCN Program Manager, City of Austin - Parks & Recreation Dept.
Melody Alcazar joined the City of Austin - Parks & Recreation Department in July 2018 as the new permanent, full-time coordinator of the CCCN initiative. She has over a decade of experience working to connect children and families to nature and serves on the Children in Nature Collaborative... Read More →
Wednesday August 7, 2019 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 169
Participants will get to hot seat a character, real or abstract idea or object while other participants interview them. Afterwards they will reflect as a group.
In this, the Centennial of Suffrage, are you looking for a way to enliven women's history curriculum? Or need help with community history? How about combining women's history and Austin history? A perfect way is through field trips to Austin historic sites that tell stories of brave and powerful women that impacted our city. This session will teach you about historically significant Austin women (there are many!), and women's history-pertinent Austin historic sites (there are many of those too!). A raft of TEKS (especially in third grade) can be covered via this material and activities that will be presented in this session.
Student voice and choice is the key to student engagement. Students who are bored are going to check out as quickly as those who are lost. It can be difficult to assess student understanding, design an individualized support for each student, and implement the plan all in one class period. Success Criteria allow students to find the gaps in their own knowledge, and providing stations at a variety of levels lets them fill in the gaps for themselves.
You will learn how to use authentic resources in the target language at a novice level across the three modes: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. At the end, we will leave the session with two to three “ready-to-teach” lessons per theme unit for Level 1. The lessons are meant to engage students in higher-order thinking and demonstrate how they can develop their language proficiency, discover the target culture, and reflect on their own language and culture in a fun and meaningful way! The session targets teachers of French 1 or French 1A and French 1B.
This session will open the seams of Somos Escritoras/We Are Writers, a creative space for Latina girls (grades 6-12) that invites them to use art, writing and theater as a tools of expression, examination and critique of self and their worlds. First, we provide a brief overview of the Somos Escritoras, including practices, mentor texts and art/writing activities. Next, we engage participants in a sample art/writing activity using culturally sustaining texts to inspire self-reflection and writing. Then, we will discuss ways to select texts that invite exploration and writing, how to model our own writing, and integration for all students --to create powerful writing classrooms that cultivate empowered writers.
Participants will learn about the neuroscience underpinnings of the stress response and how to use the power of the mind-body connection to improve focus, reduce stress, and increase learning outcomes. Participants will leave with a personalized toolbox of strategies they can use themselves or teach their students. This will be an experiential workshop, so come ready to interact and move!
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
Debi Torres, the Gifted Education Coordinator for Austin ISD, was honored as the 2022 TAGT Administrator of the Gifted. She is an avid enthusiast for equity and diversity topics; her work with the 2022 Jacob Javits Grant, awarded to Austin ISD, is focused on improving equity representation... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
Room 172
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
I have been teaching at International High school since school started in 2003. My students are all ELL Learners and I love to learn and implement new ways of engaging students in personalized learning! I was a mentor for TRC and my campus for several years and has been selected as... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
Room 151
For participants who have previously scheduled a coaching conversation. If you requested an appointment, please make check your email to find your scheduled time.
These rooms are modeled after the TDC facilitated design lab time offered during the summer at the PLC. Participants come work on projects inspired by EDU sessions or general interest. TDCs will be available to provide guidance, answer questions, and build participant skills and confidence.
These rooms are modeled after the TDC facilitated design lab time offered during the summer at the PLC. Participants come work on projects inspired by EDU sessions or general interest. TDCs will be available to provide guidance, answer questions, and build participant skills and confidence.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
Teacher, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin
I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about presenting at the STEM District Wide PD Conference this year. I graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Master's in Interdisciplinary Education. GO GATORS... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 9:30am - 10:20am CDT
Room 146
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
Melanie is a Humanities Curriculum and Instructional Coach for Austin ISD whose interests include social justice, equity in education, integration of transformative technology, and the focus on the whole child with social-emotional learning, creative teaching strategies, and promotion... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Room 172
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these meet-up style sessions, participants join and drive organic conversations around grade-level content, subject content, and district initiatives.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations driven by an expert. Session facilitators’ expertise includes topics showcased throughout the AISD EDU Personalized Learning Conference.
Teacher, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Austin
I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about presenting at the STEM District Wide PD Conference this year. I graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Master's in Interdisciplinary Education. GO GATORS... Read More →
Thursday August 8, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Room 146
