Conversations
During each of the six breakout sessions throughout the weekend, a large number of conversations will take place. This site will help you organize your plan for the weekend and provide the relevant information for each conversation. After signing in, search through the conversations below and mark the sessions you are interested in to populate your personal schedule on the right (or below if on your mobile phone).
In our highly engaging and interactive session, we will model the ways we integrate Circle of Power and Respect (CPR) into our teacher education course. We will share lessons we are learning about what it takes to build an engaging and connective classroom. We’re excited for you to join us!
Demonstration of culturally relevant project based learning with students ranging from 8th grade to 12th grade in both district and charter schools.
Have a conversation with Chris Lehmann and Matt Kay of SLA as we examine how we continue to embrace process over product and the need for productive struggle in our classrooms and how generative AI tools are changing the nature of student work.
We have heard that teachers are fleeing the profession: retiring early, leaving for consulting jobs, or burning out. But that's not true of all teachers. So just how does one stay engaged and engaging while aging? How might we avoid both burning out and fading away.
How might we keep our bonfires of innovation and spirits of upstart culture thriving in the face of constant pushback and regression to the mean? Unite around a common cause -- improving the teaching and learning experiences for all -- and cast cynicism aside.
We will let the wisdom of Allen Iverson help us define practice, assessment, and re-takes to create more equitable grading structures in our schools.
This conversation breaks down 4 personality types and 10 multiple intelligences that are most prevalent in K-12 students, and helps cultivate the students’ area(s) of interest and potential career exploration.