2024 Summer Academy: Full Schedule

8:15am EDT

A Toolkit for Social Studies

Tuesday July 9, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT

Are you constantly frustrated with finding ways to enhance your social studies curriculum? Have you thought about creative and fun ways to reach your students but never have the time to invest in researching resources? This presentation is geared toward Social Studies teachers who want to introduce their students to skills and resources that will help your entire student population. Join this session to get resources that will enhance your social studies toolkit.

Speakers

Leticia Lewis

Tuesday July 9, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT
511

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Social Studies

Company Social Studies

9:30am EDT

Open Inquiry and Productive Struggle in the English Classroom

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

511

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Want your students to take more risks, engage in productive struggle, and work on critical thinking skills? We will discuss ways to task students with open inquiry while keeping the recursive process sustainable. Activities align with new ELA standards.

Speakers

Tarin Lewis

Tuesday July 9, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
511

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education

Company English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education

10:45am EDT

A Toolkit for Social Studies

Tuesday July 9, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT

511

PD Registration

Speakers

Leticia Lewis

Tuesday July 9, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
511

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Social Studies

Company Social Studies

8:15am EDT

Create a Culture of Growth

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT

511

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We will refine our understanding of the differences between growth and fixed mindsets. We will develop strategies to promote growth mindset for our students, and we will incorporate these strategies into our practices and lesson plans for the coming year.

Speakers

Sandra Hunt

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT
511

All Instructional Audiences, English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education, Instructional Leadership, Mathematics, Science, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Studies, Special Education | General Teachers (Pre-K - Grade 12), English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education, Instructional Leadership, Mathematics, Science, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Studies, Special Education | Instructional Leaders (Administrators/Instructional Coaches/Literacy Specialists), English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education, Instructional Leadership, Mathematics, Science, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Studies, Special Education

Company English/Language Arts, Gifted and Talented Education, Instructional Leadership, Mathematics, Science, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Studies, Special Education

9:30am EDT

Student Ownership - Feedback

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

511

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We will explore research based effective use of teacher feedback and plan ways to incorporate effective feedback into our practice and lesson plans to improve student achievement.

Speakers

Sandra Hunt

Wednesday July 10, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
511

10:45am EDT

What in the "tech" is AI?

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

511

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Google Translate, ChatGPT, Twee, Diffit….what in the 'tech' is AI ?! Join the fearless educators who are learning to harness artificial intelligence for good and not evil. Let’s find useful ways together for educators to use AI to enhance our craft and improve our profession.

Speakers

Corey Ramey

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
511

All Instructional Audiences, Instructional Leadership, Technology | General Teachers (Pre-K - Grade 12), Instructional Leadership, Technology

Company Instructional Leadership, Technology

12:00pm EDT

The Learning Pit

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

511

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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

Nurturing Self-Regulated Writers Through Reflection and Connection

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

511

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The process of writing is hard work. Teaching writing, and helping students believe in themselves as writers, is even harder. Join Lisa Helsel, 2023 recipient of the NCTE Donald H. Graves Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing, as she shares ideas for connecting deeply with student writers and for helping them become aware of their own writing processes. Participants will walk away with assessment and reflection activities that can be used in classrooms across the grade levels.

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