Facilitating Middle School Professional Learning 90 min. Workshop

This 90 min. workshops is designed to model how you could facilitate professional learning with provided resources within your district. We will give grade band and content specific examples during this workshop,. However, this workshop is open to any educator in Idaho.

Nearpod

Is there anything Nearpod can’t do? In this session, we’ll discuss strategies using Nearpod for content delivery, formative assessment, collaboration, and engagement. Bring your ideas and experiences!

First Days of School 3.0

Teaching and learning have changed quite a bit in the past 18 months. It’s time to put these strategies into action! This is our opportunity to reflect and recharge for 2021!

Rethinking Professional Learning

We believe in life-long learning but do we model it? Let’s talk about how we can support our adult learners and continue to grow them professionally.

Coaching Session: Nearpod and Google Classroom Q & A

Come with your questions about Google Classroom and Nearpod. We’ll also have a Stump-the-Chump Challenge where you can bring any Google Workspace question to see if you can stump Eileen.

Strategic Planning- How do you know what to work on?

Heads down and grinding. This has been the mindset for a lot of leaders and educators for years, but how do we find the time to reflect, grow, and improve? Let’s talk about how to focus on priorities, how to improve our schools, and how to ensure progress.

Facilitating High School Professional Learning 90 min. Workshop

This 90 min. workshops is designed to model how you could facilitate professional learning with provided resources within your district. We will give grade band and content specific examples during this workshop,. However, this workshop is open to any educator in Idaho.

Mote

Reaching today’s learners means being multi-modal. Find out how to use the Mote Google Chrome extension to literally add your voice to digital products and student feedback. This session is open and applicable to K-12 educators of all content areas.

Buzzword Breakdown: Cultural Responsiveness

In this session, we will unpack the term culturally responsiveness and how it translates globally, locally, and personally in education.  Participants will have an opportunity to explore the work of Zaretta Hammond, Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad, Dr. Geneva Gay, and Gloria Ladson Billings among others.  As educators we are called to empathize and inquire into

The Best Educational Ideas that Have Never Taken Off

“Rudy, Rudy, Rudy…” The unsung hero often deserves all the credit. Let’s talk about how we can identify the hidden strategies that don't have all the glitz and glamour but deserve to be celebrated and repeated.

Cool Tool Duel: Tools for Secondary Students

Tim and Dean are going to battle it out to share their favorite and best tools for secondary students. Each has 3 minutes to convince you, the audience which tool is better. As an audience, you'll be able to share your favorites as well. This session is designed to be fun and fast paced.

How do I set the conditions for equitable learning?

In this session, we explore learning environment conditions that inspire and empower students to become independent thinkers and compassionate collaborators.  Equitable learning conditions set the stage for all learners to think critically about dissenting and diverse viewpoints and question prevailing currents of thought.  As educators, we have the opportunity to cultivate students’ ability to understand

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