2024 Summer Academy: Full Schedule

9:30am EDT

Social Studies Lesson Planning: Unpacking Standards

Tuesday July 9, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

I will illustrate how PLCs can create collaborative social studies unit plans following district pacing and standards. Following a less is more approach, backwards design and unpacking standards will be focus of this session. Teachers will be provided with some time to lesson plan.

Speakers

Paige Simon

Tuesday July 9, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
512

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Classroom Management, Instructional Leadership, Social Studies | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Classroom Management, Instructional Leadership, Social Studies | Instructional Leaders (Administrators/Instructional Coaches/Literacy Specialists), Classroom Management, Instructional Leadership, Social Studies

Company Classroom Management, Instructional Leadership, Social Studies

8:30am EDT

Verbal De-Escalation for Secondary Teachers

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am EDT

913

PD Registration

Participants will recognize brain states, understand the cycle of escalation, utilzing preventative strategies, and common language to use with all students.

Speakers

Randall Drew

Joseph Aughtry

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am EDT
913

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Special Education, Classroom Management, Social and Emotional Learning | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Special Education, Classroom Management, Social and Emotional Learning

Company Special Education, Classroom Management, Social and Emotional Learning

8:30am EDT

Start Strong, Finish Stronger

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am EDT

810

PD Registration

Effective engagement with students during the initial and concluding 15 minutes of each class/session has a significant impact on the teaching and learning process. This session will explore a variety of strategies to maximize class time, promote student ownership, and improve student success.

Speakers

P. Sloan Joseph

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:30am EDT
810

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Assessment and Data, Classroom Management | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Assessment and Data, Classroom Management | Instructional Leaders (Administrators/Instructional Coaches/Literacy Specialists), Assessment and Data, Classroom Management

Company Assessment and Data, Classroom Management

12:00pm EDT

The Learning Pit

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

511

PD Registration

Come experience the learning pit first hand! We will explore how we scaffold, the words we use with students, and the support we embed into classroom assignments. We will then analyze the impact and effect they have on the learning outcomes and student performance.

Speakers

Jen McGraw

Meredith O'Malley

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
511

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Classroom Management | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Classroom Management

Company Classroom Management

2:00pm EDT

Start Strong, Finish Stronger

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

810

PD Registration

Speakers

P. Sloan Joseph

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
810

Company Assessment and Data, Classroom Management

10:45am EDT

Identifying and Correcting Unwanted Behaviors in the General Ed Classroom

Thursday July 11, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT

909

PD Registration

This session provides newer teachers with the opportunity to discuss problematic recurring behaviors and offers new ways to frame and support interventions that satisfy both student and educator needs in the general educational classroom.

Speakers

Sally Batson

Thursday July 11, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
909

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Classroom Management | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Classroom Management | General Teachers (Pre-K - Grade 12), Classroom Management

Company Classroom Management