Teaching & Learning Summit

How can educators turn raw, superficial "AI lead" into golden instructional materials for every learner? In this hands-on, 45-minute alchemy lab, teachers will enter the crucible of prompt engineering to critique, distill, and transmute AI-generated content through a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) lens. Participants will test custom prompt formulas, spot hallucinations or pedagogical flaws, and match the right AI catalysts to specific learning barriers. Educators will leave with a Master Alchemist’s Formula Sheet to turn any raw AI response into pure classroom gold.

• Presenter(s): Amy Hill
• Relevant Levels: K-12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

AI Collaborative members are encouraged (but not required) to come see the progress we are making with AI Implementation. This includes drafts of the Student Guidelines, the new AI website and other documents being developed. While this is focused on AI Collaborative work, anyone is free to join.

• Presenter(s): Kevin Kaufman
• Relevant Levels: K-12, Administrators
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Come join a hands on, roll up your sleeves workshop! You will participate in a structured problem-solving protocol paired with dedicated co-planning time to bring your WIN Block to life. Bring your schedule (or be ready to build one that works for you), class list, and current WIN pain points.  You will collaborate with an instructional coach and special education teacher to share strategies with peers, and leave with a customized, actionable plan for your classroom. We will also dedicate time to leveraging every adult in your classroom effectively. 

• Presenter(s): Nina Mancinelli & Lou Mancinelli
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Reclaim prep blocks and establish healthy work-life boundaries with a hands-on, 4-tool email workflow. Build a quick-reply template library, schedule batch-written emails for official school hours, snooze non-urgent messages until dedicated planning blocks, and convert emails into calendar tasks with direct 1-click links. Bonus: Save attachments directly to Google Drive and use shortcuts for shared links to keep your inbox clean and collaborate on live files.

• Presenter(s): Judy Foley
• Relevant Levels: K-12
• Sessions: 2 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Looking for new ways to bring your existing curriculum to life without adding hours of prep? Explore a variety of low-prep, high-yield games and activities that can be used to teach, practice, review, and reinforce standards-aligned, grade-level content across the curriculum. You’ll consider where these activities could fit into upcoming lessons and begin building your own instructional toolkit of activities to draw from throughout the year.

• Presenter(s): Sara Follen & Dasha Layne
• Relevant Levels: 3-5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

What happens when we create classroom conditions that encourage students to think, collaborate, and take mathematical risks? In this interactive session, participants will experience the foundational practices of Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl. Through hands-on mathematics and discussion, we will explore thinking tasks, visibly random groups, and vertical non-permanent surfaces. Participants will leave with practical ideas for increasing student engagement, collaboration, and mathematical thinking in their elementary classrooms.

• Presenter(s): Sue Looney
• Relevant Levels: K-5
• Sessions: 2 only
• Duration: 60 minutes
   

You've been introduced to Building Thinking Classrooms. Now what? This interactive follow-up session is designed for elementary educators who have begun exploring BTC practices and are ready to deepen their understanding. We'll revisit the foundational practices, address common questions and challenges, and explore practical teacher moves that support student thinking, collaboration, and independence. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on their experiences, learn from colleagues, and identify meaningful next steps for their own classrooms.

• Presenter(s): Sue Looney
• Relevant Levels: K-5
• Sessions: 4 only
• Duration: 60 minutes

How can we create mathematics classrooms where students actively engage in problem-solving, share ideas, and persevere through challenges? In this interactive session, participants will experience the foundational practices of Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl. Through collaborative mathematical tasks and discussion, we will explore thinking tasks, visibly random groups, and vertical non-permanent surfaces. Participants will consider how these practices can foster student independence, collaboration, and deeper mathematical thinking in middle and high school classrooms.

• Presenter(s): Sue Looney
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 10
• Sessions: 3 only
• Duration: 60 minutes

In this interactive session, participants will explore how to adapt core Reveal Math K–2 lessons into dynamic Building Thinking Classroom (BTC) tasks. They will leave with some ready-to-use, vertical non-permanent surface activities for immediate implementation in their classrooms.

• Presenter(s): Ken Toomey & Kristen Mahoney
• Relevant Levels: K – 2
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Stop repeating directions and start maximizing your teaching time with the proven power of CHAMPS! This engaging, collaborative session guides you to build a customized classroom management blueprint tailored specifically to your trickiest daily activities. You’ll walk away with actionable, day-one tools that replace behavioral chaos with clear expectations and stress-free success.

• Presenter(s): Heather O'Toole 
• Relevant Levels: 3-5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Bring your classroom community to life with practical, engaging Responsive Classroom strategies! In this interactive session, you'll collaborate with colleagues, explore routines that foster connection and belonging, and discover ways to create a positive, supportive learning environment. You'll also get a chance to explore Fly Five and walk away with fresh ideas and ready-to-use strategies you can bring into your classroom tomorrow!

• Presenter(s): Ashley Deshenes & Michelle Delehanty
• Relevant Levels: K-5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 60 minutes

Designed for educators in grades 6-12, but could be relevant to all grades and subject areas, this session offers actionable strategies to seamlessly integrate current events into any classroom. Through hands-on practice, participants will discover how to facilitate constructive civil discourse while cultivating strong civic awareness in their students. Teachers will walk away with ready-to-use tools to draw authentic, meaningful links between daily news and their existing coursework, making learning deeply relevant for every learner.

• Presenter(s): Ethan Dolleman
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Teachers will engage directly with internal curriculum documents to identify key learning goals, resources, and instructional priorities. They will use these materials to collaboratively plan purposeful lessons and learning experiences that align curriculum expectations with the needs of their students.  This session is geared towards math educators 6-12

• Presenter(s): Kristine Holloran & Kate Garand
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Think the DCAP is just another plan students need to qualify for? Think again! Join us for an engaging, interactive session where we’ll bust common myths, uncover what the District Curriculum Accommodation Plan (DCAP) really is (and isn’t!), and explore how this powerful resource can help educators meet the diverse needs of ALL learners in the general education classroom.

• Presenter(s): Ed Paris
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

This professional development session will provide secondary educators with actionable strategies to decode Lexile framework scores—evaluating reader capability—to design targeted, differentiated instruction across subject areas. Teachers will explore methods for using Lexile data to scaffold complex, grade-level texts rather than lowering reading expectations, ensuring all middle and high school students remain engaged with rigorous curriculum. Through hands-on analysis and the use of AI, participants will learn how to pair Lexile ranges with appropriate supplementary texts and apply targeted reading supports that assist striving readers while extending learning for advanced students. 

• Presenter(s): Julie Cullen
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Orton-Gillingham Trained Staff ONLY

• Presenter(s): Lauren Mitsis, Professional Training Institute
• Sessions: 3 + 4
• Duration: 120 minutes

Maximize your phonics instruction with practical, evidence-based routines designed to reach every reader in your classroom. During this workshop, K–2 educators will explore how to use two core instructional routines—Blending and Dication to support all learners in building foundational literacy skills.

• Presenter(s): Michelle Canty
• Relevant Levels: K– 2
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

This presentation explores how technology and digital media intersect with children’s development, learning, and classroom experiences, with a focus on building healthy habits and foundational digital skills. Participants will consider developmentally appropriate ways to supporting regulation, routines, transitions, attention, and balanced technology use, while partnering with families and creating supportive classroom environments.

• Presenter(s): Boston Childrens Hospital Digital Wellness Lab
• Relevant Levels: K-5
• Sessions: 2 only
• Duration: 60 minutes

This presentation explores how technology and digital media intersect with adolescents’ identity, relationships, learning, and growing independence. Participants will consider how to recognize when technology may be affecting student wellbeing and functioning, navigate challenges such as distraction and online conflict, and support students in developing greater agency and intentionality in their digital lives.

• Presenter(s): Boston Childrens Hospital Digital Wellness Lab
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 4 only
• Duration: 60 minutes

Come gather some tools and understanding to facilitate small math groups that target student needs.  With new math curriculum here, this is a chance to discuss what the independent work block can look like. 

• Presenter(s): Mike Maresca
• Relevant Levels: K– 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

How can we maintain high expectations for every learner while creating flexibility in how students access and demonstrate their learning? It starts with clear learning objectives! In this interactive workshop, teachers will explore how instructional clarity creates the foundation for meaningful flexibility. Participants will practice crafting and revising standards-aligned objectives and will walk away with practical strategies and ready-to-use tools.

• Presenter(s): Pam Chu-Sheriff
• Relevant Levels: K– 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 60 minutes

How can we maintain high expectations for every learner while creating flexibility in how students access and demonstrate their learning? It starts with clear learning objectives! In this interactive workshop, teachers will explore how instructional clarity creates the foundation for meaningful flexibility. Participants will practice crafting and revising standards-aligned objectives and will walk away with practical strategies and ready-to-use tools.

• Presenter(s): Pam Chu-Sheriff
• Relevant Levels: 6– 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 60 minutes

What classroom routine, procedure, or activity do you wish was easier? Whether it’s automatically tracking late work, building custom Google Forms, or generating engaging daily warm-ups, Gemini and Apps Script can turn your ideas into functional tools Join us to identify a routine, procedure, or starter activity you want to improve, and let Gemini generate the Google Apps Script to build it for you.  No coding experience required!

• Presenter(s): Andrew Patterson
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

This session is open to all educators, administrators, and related service providers. We will explore the impact of ACEs on pediatric development, the impact on learning, and long term health outcomes. Break out groups will focus on small, trauma-informed strategies that can be easily implemented in the classroom. The session will end with a collaborative case study and opportunities to problem solve as a group.

• Presenter(s): Ashley Dube
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Make the most of Frontline EEM in this interactive, 45-minute workshop for evaluators! Bring your questions, discover how the Professional Learning Library can support meaningful educator growth, and carve out time in your calendar for evaluations. Leave with practical tips, greater confidence, and a plan to keep your evaluation work moving forward.

• Presenter(s): Heather Smith
• Relevant Levels: Administrators
• Sessions: 2 only
• Duration: 45 minutes

Ready to level up your teaching and bring a whole new dynamic to your classroom? Join us for an action-packed, high-energy session where you will step into the shoes of a learner and experience the magic of gamification firsthand! Through fun, hands-on activities, you will discover powerful, UDL-aligned engagement strategies that ignite student curiosity and motivation. Best of all, you will build and walk away with your very own customized Gamification Toolkit packed with practical tools, quest ideas, and interactive mechanics ready for immediate deployment in your class. Get ready to transform your lessons into an unforgettable learning adventure!

• Presenter(s): Meghan Armstrong
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Looking for fun ways to make your general education spelling instruction or special education decoding and encoding lessons more engaging?  Come learn and share some of your own games / activities with your colleagues.  Copies of games and rules will be shared as well as a google doc with all of the ideas.  Participants will be given time to make and take as well.

• Presenter(s): Lisa Walsh
• Relevant Levels: K – 8
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Transform your inbox from a source of daily stress into a streamlined, low-friction workspace. Optimize native email settings like 30-second Undo Send, build automated filters to route notifications out of your main view, customize your own action labels, and master a 10-minute daily triage routine. Bonus: Save attachments directly to Google Drive and use shortcuts for shared links to keep your inbox clean and collaborate on live files.

• Presenter(s): Judy Foley
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 3
• Duration: 45 minutes

Newly introduced this year, ParentSquare is a system to facilitate communication and engagement between our classrooms and families.   This session is for those who are looking to get started using ParentSquare.  Learn how to log-in, find your class rosters, post news & updates and message parents right from your desktop and/or phone.  Attendees should plan to bring a computer to follow along, create a welcome post for your classroom or extracurricular group and leave with a handful of new ideas for sharing news, photos, files and more!

• Presenter(s): Sara Errickson
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Need some suggestions on organizing your life? Need some dedicated time to organize your work/email/drive? Let's reduce your stress and organize together!

• Presenter(s): Tess Kerrigan
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

How do you fit research-based UFLI instruction into an already packed day? Hear directly from a classroom teacher who made UFLI work seamlessly during WIN time—and saw incredible student gains. Discover practical pacing routines, small-group management tips, and realistic strategies you can immediately apply in your own classroom tomorrow!

• Presenter(s): Allison Kieffner & Katie Coogan
• Relevant Levels: 1– 3
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Have you ever wanted to be more inclusive in your teaching, but don't know how? Designed specifically for secondary educators, participants will explore the distinction between simple access and authentic engagement. You will leave with a suite of practical tools, actionable classroom strategies, and techniques to foster an environment where every student actively belongs,

• Presenter(s): Elizabeth Watson & Emily Devonick
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

 Take an hour today to reset, find gratitude, ground yourself and leave with a few easy routines and stand alone lesson ideas that can help you and your class experience being present and grateful. 

• Presenter(s): Kim Hermesch & Julia Oettgen
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Are you looking for practical ways to reach every learner in your room without burning out? Join an overview of the Modern Classrooms Project, an instructional model built on blended learning, flexible-pacing, and mastery-based grading. In this session, you will learn how replacing traditional whole-class lectures with bite-sized instructional videos frees you to provide personalized, 1-on-1 support during class

• Presenter(s): Julie Sweetman
• Relevant Levels: 3– 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2 
• Duration: 45 minutes

Ready to bring real-world purpose to your everyday curriculum without starting from scratch? Register for this 45-minute working session to brainstorm fresh, engaging activities connecting your subject area to DESE's MyCAP domains—academic and college readiness, personal/social, and career development and education. Bring a unit or activity you love (or one that needs a refresh) and let's MyCAP it!

• Presenter(s): Ashley Mansfield, Michelle Singer, Jim Forrest, Pete Cavanaugh, Cailtin Harrington
• Relevant Levels: 9– 12
• Sessions: 1 only
• Duration: 45 minutes

In this hands-on session, educators will explore the connection between Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning by analyzing models of lesson planning designed to meet the needs of diverse learners. Participants will consider tools and strategies that can remove barriers to learning, increase access, and provide students with flexible ways to engage and demonstrate understanding. Using a practical planning template, teachers will have dedicated time to apply these ideas to upcoming lessons and develop plans that provide meaningful pathways for all students.

• Presenter(s): Kelly Cook
• Relevant Levels: 6– 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

You've started using ParentSquare to share the latest updates, news and adventures from your classroom/club, but haven't explored all the bonus potential of the system.  This session is for educators who have already started using ParentSquare for communications but are looking to level-up.  This interactive session will present new tips, some feature add-ons that may solve common challenges, and create space for best practice sharing, Q&A, troubleshooting and more.   Bring all your "Can I...?" "Will it...?" "How do I...?" "What about...?" questions! 

• Presenter(s): Sara Errickson
• Relevant Levels: K– 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Join us for "Phonics at Play" to discover how to transform your literacy instruction by effectively integrating games into your classroom. Learn how to use targeted, engaging games to supplement phonics lessons, boost student automaticity of learned skills, and facilitate meaningful practice during your WIN blocks, small groups or Tier 1 instruction. Come learn practical strategies for differentiating instruction and ensuring your students are engaged and learning!

• Presenter(s): Stephanie Hoyt & Megan Cunningham
• Relevant Levels: K– 8
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Transform your classroom dynamics and reclaim your teaching time by mastering the art of proactive behavior management! In this high-impact session, you'll discover how to handle challenging behaviors on the spot while building long-term interventions that teach essential, missing skills. We’ll dive into creating schoolwide consistency, mastering early de-escalation, and strengthening your Tier 1 strategies so you can thrive in today's classroom reality rather than getting stuck in "the way things used to be." Packed with actionable insights on adult culture and tiered support systems, you will leave with practical tools that prove one powerful truth: when you change your response to a student's behavior, they change theirs.

• Presenter(s): Polly Bath
• Relevant Levels: K –  5
• Sessions: 3 + 4
• Duration: 120 minutes

We’ve got bigger behavior challenges in our classrooms than ever, and student motivation has taken a nosedive – all thanks to the last few years. It’s no wonder many teachers feel like their behavior management toolboxes are empty. But these difficult circumstances can be an opportunity. So, let’s take on these bigger challenges! In this professional development workshop, participants will learn hot to reduce behaviors, prevent and chance disruptive behaviors, respond to problem behaviors, and see problem behaviors as a roadmap to what skills a student is missing!

• Presenter(s): Polly Bath
• Relevant Levels: 6 –  12
• Sessions: 1 + 2
• Duration: 120 minutes

Dig into the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a powerful instructional strategy for teaching students to ask better questions in any content area. Join us to learn how to maximize the strategy to improve student discourse and build students’ sense of ownership and self-efficacy.

• Presenter(s): Rhian Hill & Mai-Linh Cummings
• Relevant Levels: 3– 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Are your students overwhelmed by writing? Do you feel like you are needing to supplement the curriculum writing? Releasing Writers (ThinkSRSD) is one of the only evidence based writing frameworks to exist and has been an absolute game changer in my classroom. Learn the framework, how to integrate it with CKLA, get copies of materials, and have time to plan/ ask questions! My students now love writing, it is ultimately less planning work for me, and the consistency of the framework translates across all subjects and state testing.

• Presenter(s): Olivia Eastwood
• Relevant Levels: K– 5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

• Presenter(s): Tracie Wilson (MH)
• Relevant Levels: Administrators
• Sessions: 1 only
• Duration: 60 minutes

• Presenter(s): Tracie Wilson (MH)
• Relevant Levels: K-2
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 60 minutes

Ditch the dense text walls and transform how your secondary students consume and demonstrate knowledge. Designed specifically for Canva newcomers, this hands-on professional development workshop demystifies visual design, walking you step-by-step through creating sleek, professional slide decks and data-packed infographics. You will leave with ready-to-use classroom templates and the confidence to guide your  students toward elevated learning.

• Presenter(s): Jenny Dolan
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Have you ever thought of getting taking on a leadership role in your department or school but you have not felt like you have not had the opportunity or let the opportunity go by? Now is your chance! Come by and see what qualities you have that could make you a good teacher leader!

• Presenter(s): Alison Guifarro & Sabiha Madraswalla
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

Turn prompt engineering into a high-energy game! This session moves beyond "chatting" with AI to using it as a creative collaborator for storytelling, art, and mystery-solving. Educators will participate in a "Prompetition" (Prompt Competition) and leave witha  "ready-to-teach" activity.

• Presenter(s): Holli Caulfield
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

This workshop gives general education teachers practical, hands-on strategies to bring Core CKLA lessons to life through simple art integration. Participants will explore accessible 2D and 3D art techniques—such as paper sculpting, collage, and basic printmaking—that require minimal prep and setup. You will learn step-by-step methods to translate the art recommendations in your CKLA curriculum guides into realistic, engaging classroom projects. The session also covers efficient supply management and cleanup hacks designed to protect your valuable instructional time. By the end of the workshop, you will leave with ready-to-use project ideas and the confidence to guide meaningful visual art experiences in your own classroom. 

• Presenter(s): Bridget O'Leary
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 45 minutes

"Come celebrate the POWER of the ESP!"
This fun interactive session is packed with real-life scenarios, laughs, practical strategies, and a few "yep, that's my job!' moments- all designed to remind us why what we do matters and give you ideas you can use tomorrow.

• Presenter(s): Joan Donovan & Deana DelloIacono
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

You've given the MAP Growth Assessment, but now what?  Come learn how to look at how your students performed to use that information to support your students (and YOU) in all subject areas.  We'll look at the various reports and leanr how to use them to develop groupings throughout the school day.

• Presenter(s): Ed Paris
• Relevant Levels: 1 – 2
• Sessions: 2 only
• Duration: 45 minutes

In this interactive session, elementary teachers will learn how to strengthen their CKLA units by tapping into the power of the school library. Participants will explore how to access and use library resources that directly connect to CKLA content, discover additional online tools that provide equitable access through translation and audio features, and design engaging STEM/Makerspace challenges that extend CKLA themes into creative, hands-on learning opportunities. Teachers will leave with practical strategies, ready-to-use resources, and new ideas for enriching their CKLA instruction.

• Presenter(s): Wendy Garland, Ingrid Mayyasi & Katie deWit
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Bringing hands-on, project-based learning into core classrooms shouldn't mean management chaos—or pretending standard classrooms are fully stocked art studios! Facilitated by a middle school art educator, this practical workshop equips Grades 6–12 general education teachers with realistic strategies to manage cross-curricular visual projects within standard classroom constraints. Learn how to control supply waste, implement safe, water-bucket clean-up routines for rooms without sinks, and select high-impact, low-mess project formats tailored for core subjects. Leave with an understanding of what materials and skills are developmentally appropriate for your students, and where to find free or low-cost supplies. Plus, build digital organizational design skills using Canva and Google Sheets to streamline classroom systems. Gain the confidence and structure to support visual learning seamlessly alongside your academic goals.

• Presenter(s): Sarah Altone
• Relevant Levels: 6 – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

This practical session introduces teachers to the importance of vocal health and provides strategies for protecting and strengthening the voice. Participants will explore common causes of vocal strain and learn simple, effective techniques—including hydration, vocal warm-ups, healthy speaking habits, and vocal rest—that can be incorporated into their daily teaching routines. The session will include opportunities to practice techniques and develop a personal plan for maintaining vocal wellness.

• Presenter(s): Neva Ventullo
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

Want to help your students better understand what they are learning, why they are learning it, and what success looks like? Join us for a hands-on working session focused on instructional clarity!  We'll explore how to use AI to create student-friendly learning objectives, meaningful "why" statements, and clear success criteria that students can actually understand and use. Bring an upcoming lesson or unit, and we'll work together to develop practical prompts and tools you can take right back to your classroom.  Come with a lesson or unit and  leave with a plan!

• Presenter(s): Jenny McGowan & Sue Flanagan
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 60 minutes

Moving beyond the surface of self care because you're supposed to put on your oxygen mask before assisting others. This session intends to share some methods to calm your nervous system and/or implement systems that help you work smarter NOT harder. 

• Presenter(s): Christine Casali
• Relevant Levels: K – 12
• Sessions: 1 and 2
• Duration: 45 minutes

The goal of these sessions will be to give teachers dedicated time to work together to create clear, standards-aligned learning objectives and success criteria. The focus will be on the three questions:

What am I learning?

Why does it matter?

How do I know I’m successful?

This will be strictly a working session for teachers. We want to give teams the time and space to collaborate, dig into their standards, and develop learning objectives that are meaningful and student-friendly.  Bring your curriculum guides to begin work on the next unit! subject area is your choice! 

• Presenter(s): Kristen Cannon & Dana Bennett
• Relevant Levels: K – 5
• Sessions: 3 and 4
• Duration: 60 minutes