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| A1 | The Brain & Gender Differentiated Classroom (Gr. K-8 - All) | Ron Coniglio | |
Get updated on current brain research on the learning differences between boys and girls and how to maximize their learning needs. Ron sheds new light on how chemical and hormonal differences in the male and female brain influence learning. Hear his ideas on kinesthetic learning, differentiating writing, and language instruction to meet the needs of both genders. Plus, learn how to create a classroom layout that is effective in both form and function, how to increase achievement, and how to manage the behavior of both genders. Close |
| A2 | Lesson Planning 101: Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Linda Karges-Bone, Ed.D. | |
Many educators have forgotten the importance of careful, quality planning. Based on Linda's best selling book, The Best Plan Book Ever, this session will focus on the steps of quality planning as well as brain friendly ideas to improve teaching and learning. Learn how using state standards in long range planning leads to more coherent daily plans. Linda's focus on planning for accommodations for special needs children and integrating technology and the arts makes this session unique. Close |
| A3 | Using Singapore Math Strategies to Meet the Needs of All Learners (Gr. 1-6 - Intro) | Anni Stipek | |
Singapore Math is a unique curriculum that focuses on building students mathematical foundation in number sense, place value, problem solving, mental math, and computation. By starting with the concrete, then moving to the pictorial, and finishing with the abstract, Singapore Math adds great depth to your instruction and improves students mastery of basic math concepts. Join Anni to see how you can put this powerful differentiated approach to work in your classroom. Close |
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| A4 | Assessment in the DI Classroom (Gr. 3-12 - All) | Rick Wormeli | |
Assessment informs practice in a DI classroom. But what does that really mean? In this provocative session, Rick breaks through assessment myths, demonstrates how protocols for pre-, formative, and summative assessments meet diverse classroom realities, and pushes educators to live up to assessment's potential. Close |
| A5 | Villages of Hope: Responding to Children from Poverty (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Cynthia "Mama J" Johnson | |
"Mama J" leads a candid and courageous discussion about reaching and teaching today's diverse students. Gain real-world strategies for creating your own culturally responsive classroom and school. Learn the importance of making connections with your students. And, take away an action plan for success and the know how to implement these new strategies. Close |
| A6 | DI from A to Z: What It Is & How Do I Get Started? (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Zaf Khan, Ed.D. | |
Find out what differentiated instruction is and how to use it to approach teaching and learning for students of differing abilities in the same class. Zaf covers DI from start to finish, including how to deliver instruction that addresses the same concepts with all students, but is adjusted by degree of complexity for the diversity of learners in your classroom. Close |
| A7 | Value Added: Strategies to Meet the Needs of Gifted Learners (Gr. K-5 - Next Steps) | Elizabeth Sizemore | |
Elizabeth helps to effectively and efficiently reach your gifted students and move them forward, using the required standards. You know the basics of differentiation and occasionally differentiate your instruction. Now, take the next step and learn how to embed DI into your daily lesson planning! Close |
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| A8 | Finding Time for Interventions (Gr. K-8 - All) | Jim Grant | |
Learn classroom tested, timesaving tips and strategies for overcoming the obstacle of finding time to administer high quality interventions. Jim offers practical ideas you can use tomorrow, including flexible grouping structures, anchor and sponge activities, and teacher-tested management techniques. Close |
| A9 | Differentiating with Whole-Group Instruction (Gr. 4-12 - All) | Betty Hollas | |
Whole-group instruction in the differentiated classroom? You bet! Betty shares practical whole-group strategies you can use to keep your students engaged and learning. Youll learn strategies for differentiating questions. And, youll explore ways to flexibly group in a whole-group setting. Close |
| A10 | Differentiating Your Small-Group Guided Reading Instruction (Gr. K-2 - Next Steps) | Betty Jo Evers | |
Help each learner in your classroom get more out of your small-group guided reading instruction! Betty Jo shares strategies for differentiating each step of the guided reading lesson sequence to reach all your students. Plus, youll discover how guided reading is connected to Response to Intervention. Close |
| A11 | Student Led Conferences--The Sure Bet (Gr. 4-8 - Intro) | Jack Berckemeyer | |
If you'd like to reap the benefits of student-led conferences, this is the place to start. Jack shares great tools for developing and implementing student-led conferences and making them effective. Plus, you'll get handouts with scripts for students. Close |
| A12 | Technology ... Just One More Thing to Do? (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Lori Elliott | |
Is the idea of integrating technology into your classroom overwhelming? Wondering why you should or how to find the time? Lori will convince you of the need for technology in instruction and share teacher-friendly ways to integrate it into your teaching to work smarter, not harder. Close |
| A13 | DI & RTI: What´s the Connection? (Gr. K-8 - All) | Gretchen Goodman | |
Gretchen defines the important relationships between DI and the 3 tiered Response to Intervention framework. You'll learn the keys to managing DI in Tier 1, including organizational tips, grouping ideas, visualization cues, and strategies for developing independent learners. Close |
| A14 | Early Intervention Strategies for Helping Your At-Risk Students (Gr. K-3 - Next Steps) | Donna Whyte | |
Transform students that begin a bit behind into motivated and successful learners! Find everyday opportunities to help your at-risk learners start their education on solid ground. Donna shares intervention strategies and valuable adaptations that will help ALL your students reach their full potential. Close |
| A15 | 50 Ways to Create More Engaging Lessons (Gr. K-8 - All) | Grace Dearborn | |
How can you keep your students especially your most reluctant learners engaged when you have to do direct instruction? Grace will present dozens of practical, brain-based strategies that will involve and engage students of varying abilities and help them retain more. Close |
| A16 | Differentiating Nonfiction Strategies in Your Social Studies Classroom (Gr. 3-8 - Next Steps) | Sherri Strating | |
Ignite the curiosity of your students with these high-impact, nonfiction strategies for the social studies classroom. Sherri offers activities to teach predicting, inferring, questioning, and visualizing. Plus, get hands on techniques for reaching different learners and their learning modalities. Please bring scissors, markers, and glue sticks.Close |
| A17 | Managing a Differentiated Classroom (Gr. K-6 - Next Steps) | Judy Stoehr | |
Build and manage a classroom that meets the needs of ALL your students! Learn how to plan daily routines, organize materials, monitor student progress, create anchor activities, and more. Plus, explore ways to create standards-based curricula based on student's readiness levels, learning styles, and interests. Close |
| A18 | Integrating Multiple Intelligences into Your Writing Instruction (Gr. 6-12 - Next Steps) | Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. | |
Learn how to create effective, writing mini-lessons that integrate Howard Gardners theory of multiple intelligences. Katherine shares highly kinesthetic lessons that will support all learners in the general education classroom, including those with special needs. Close |
| A19 | Building Great Vocabulary Skills (Gr. 1-6 - All) | Tim Rasinski, Ph.D. | |
Learning to read new words can be challenging and overwhelming for many children. But it doesn't have to be! In this session, Tim offers effective and engaging strategies for developing your learner's conceptual knowledge and understanding of words. Close |
| A20 | Teaching the Hard to Reach: Connecting with Primary Learning Styles (Gr. 6-12 - Next Steps) | Robert Hart | |
Zeroing in on students' primary learning styles can make all the difference in how effectively you reach them. Learn how to adjust your instruction to connect with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. Robert provides new insights and strategies that will energize your classroom and motivate your students. Close |
| A21 | Creative Projects for Teaching Math in a Differentiated Classroom (Gr. 9-12 - Next Steps) | Mary Boognl & Diane Johnson | |
Enhance the mathematical literacy of your students by engaging them in creative activities. Mary and Diane will use a constructivist approach to explore advanced concepts of composition and inverses of functions, rational exponents, and word problems. You'll also take home effective methods for improving students study skills. Close |
| A22 | Teaching Six-Trait Writing in a Differentiated Classroom (Gr. 1-3 - Next Steps) | Kathryn Tooley | |
How can you teach Six-Trait Writing to all the students in your classroom while accommodating individual levels and learning styles? Kathryn shares the best strategies and gives you differentiated lessons plans for each week of the school year. Close |
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| A23 | 10 Deadly Pitfalls of Differentiated Instruction (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Jim Grant | |
Learn how to avoid the ten common pitfalls of DI that create frustrations for both teacher and student. Jim highlights the core benefits of differentiating your instruction. You'll learn why theory is not enough and how to integrate DI into your own practices. Close |
| A24 | Successful Interventions: Differentiating Literacy for Struggling & Advanced Students (Gr. 3-12 - Intro) | Betty Hollas | |
Boost literacy achievement for every student by differentiating your literacy instruction! Betty shows you specific ways to tier your literacy instruction and deliver effective interventions that meet the needs and readiness levels of both advanced and struggling students in your classroom. Close |
| A25 | Powerful Comprehension Strategies (Gr. K-2 - Next Steps) | Betty Jo Evers | |
Enjoy watching your emergent readers go beyond decoding words to actually constructing meaning with Betty Jo's powerful comprehension strategies! You'll discover how to use read-alouds, shared reading, and guided reading to help your students make the breakthrough to reading for meaning. Close |
| A26 | Classroom Management Strategies That Work (Gr. 4-8 - Next Steps) | Jack Berckemeyer | |
Are you tired of constantly being interrupted in the classroom? You'll appreciate these practical ideas for dealing with classroom behavioral issues. Find out how your room structure can make a difference. And, learn fresh methods for getting your class to simmer down. Close |
| A27 | Integrate: Putting It All Together (Gr. 3-6 - Next Steps) | Lori Elliott | |
Integration is a great way for children to enjoy literacy. Get the framework and tools to plan and write an integrated unit with other teachers of your grade level. The final products from this session will be posted on a blog for use after the conference. Close |
| A28 | Universal Screening to Identify Struggling Students (Gr. K-6 - Intro) | Gretchen Goodman | |
In this fast-paced session, you'll learn the definition and components of universal screening. You'll discover how to tell the difference between testing and screening. And, you'll find out how to determine whether your progress monitoring supports your universal screening. Close |
| A29 | Games That Teach for the DI Classroom! (Gr. K-3 - All) | Donna Whyte | |
Activate higher order thinking skills with student tested games that teach! Create different strategies for different learners. Motivate and empower children across the entire curriculum. And, have a great time with your students while you build skills and reinforce concepts. Close |
| A30 | Teaching Teachers: Strategies for Support Providers & Mentor Teachers (Gr. K-12 - All) | Grace Dearborn | |
New teachers often need strategic support during their first few grueling, exhausting, and humbling years. This session for mentor teachers and support providers is loaded with ideas for working effectively with new teachers (even the reluctant ones), and helping them succeed. Close |
| A31 | Motivate Reluctant Learners Through the Eyes of Science (Gr. 3-8 - Intro) | Sherri Strating | |
Motivate reluctant students in the science classroom with these low-prep, high-impact strategies that focus on learning styles and multiple intelligences.Come ready to explore a variety of differentiated, hands-on activities. Please bring marker, scissors, and glue sticks.Close |
| A32 | Effective Planning & Instruction for At-Risk Students (Gr. 7-12 - All) | Judy Stoehr | |
The population of at-risk students is growing at an alarming rate. Join Judy to gain new insights into the characteristics and needs of these students. You'll learn specific, easy to implement strategies and techniques for reaching and teaching at-risk students in your classroom. Close |
| A33 | Partnering with Your Students for Active Learning (Gr. 7-12 - Intro) | Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. | |
Create an interactive classroom where learning activities are a result of a partnership between you and your students. In this hands-on presentation, you'll explore student-centered learning strategies that will actively involve your students in classroom activities. Close |
| A34 | Developing Reading Fluency (Gr. K-6 - All) | Tim Rasinski, Ph.D. | |
Help your students become proficient readers in no time at all! In this idea-packed session, Tim, author of The Fluent Reader, shares effective and engaging strategies you can use to enrich your instruction and develop fluency in young readers. Close |
| A35 | Effective RTI Strategies for Your Classroom (Gr. K-5 - All) | Jay Dudley, Lakeshore Learning Materials | |
Join Jay as he explores RTI and the strategies necessary for successful implementation. You'll leave with a variety of tools from independent workstations to assessment and documentation you can immediately incorporate into your classroom. Close |
| A36 | Using RAFT to Differentiate in the Secondary Classroom (Gr. 7-12 - All) | Katie Jackson & Chris Mann | |
Looking for a Secondary Comprehensive Literacy Model that allows teachers a resource for instructional techniques? Learn about the experiences of Fort Wayne Community Schools when they chose RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, Topic). Close |
| A37 | Implementing DI in Your School (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Ryan Hitchman | |
Ryan shares ten strategies you can use to develop a school climate that revolves around differentiated instruction. Find out how to plan staff development around the concept of differentiation and gain buy-in from teachers and students. Close |
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| B1 | Language Arts: Meeting the Needs of Young Adolescents (Gr. 4-8 - All) | Jack Berckemeyer | |
If you're looking for new language arts teaching techniques, this presentation is for you! Jack will demonstrate simple-to-do classroom activities that involve and motivate adolescents in spelling, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Laughter and handouts will be shared by all! Close |
| B2 | Conscious Classroom Management: Bring Out the Best in Students & Teachers (Gr. K-12 - All) | Grace Dearborn | |
There is a tremendous need for concrete, practical strategies for compassionate discipline and management. In this lively, fun, and interactive workshop, you'll gain dozens of practical and eye-opening strategies for managing classes effectively and compassionately. And, youll leave with your tool kit overflowing with stuff you can use. Close |
| B3 | Teaching the Classics in an Inclusive Classroom (Gr. 9-12 - Intro) | Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. | |
Not sure how to teach the classics to students whose reading skills are so diverse? It's easier than you think! Katherine demonstrates how to equip your students with the tools and skills needed to read, understand, and appreciate any piece of literature. Close |
| B4 | Assessment for Understanding (Gr. K-6 - All) | Judy Stoehr | |
Evaluate the characteristics and purpose of effective assessment and the differences between formative, summative, process focused, and product focused assessments. Learn where to look for evidence of learning and how to distinguish degrees of understanding. And, leave with tools for designing your own standards-based authentic assessments. Close |
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| B5 | Practical Cognitive Science Principles (Gr. 7-12 - All) | Rick Wormeli | |
Come learn how to teach the way their brains learn best! So much information is available on brain research that it's hard to keep up. Join Rick for a provocative look at practical cognitive-theory approaches you can apply immediately in your differentiated classroom. Close |
| B6 | Math Interventions That Work (Gr. K-6 - All) | Jim Grant | |
Teachers today are faced with an alarming number of students who should know their math facts but don't! In this practical session, Jim offers several low-prep, high-impact, targeted interventions that will help your struggling students build number sense and retain basic math facts. Close |
| B7 | Motivating Your Teachers to Differentiate (Gr. K-12 - All) | Betty Hollas | |
Get your teachers ready to meet the needs of all of their students! During this fast paced session, Betty shares practical tips and provides step-by-step instructions to get your staff pumped and motivated to learn the skills of differentiation. Close |
| B8 | Differentiated Writing Strategies for Diverse Learners (Gr. 6-12 - Intro) | Cynthia "Mama J" Johnson | |
Regardless of the content or grade level taught, every instructor is a writing teacher. Join "Mama J" in this exploration of instructional strategies designed to differentiate writing across the curriculum, engage reluctant writers, and inspire proficient writers. Close |
| B9 | 60+ Shortcuts to Successful Centers (Gr. K-2 - All) | Betty Jo Evers | |
Enjoy quick, cheap, and easy ways to make your classroom more child-and teacher-friendly by making your centers more successful! Betty Jo reveals how simple changes can make centers more engaging for your students. Learn a tip a minute over 60 ready-to-use ideas! Close |
| B10 | Explore the World Using Google Earth & Online Projects (Gr. 6-12 - Next Steps) | Lori Elliott | |
Explore the world and bring content to life using Google Earth, the free online tool. Lori shares amazing ways to become part of an online project and interact with students from all across the country and world. Close |
| B11 | Curriculum Compacting for Secondary Students (Gr. 7-12 - All) | Elizabeth Sizemore | |
Are you really differentiating your instruction at the secondary level? Elizabeth shows how curriculum compacting can help you reach your students where they are and move them forward, using the required standards. Close |
| B12 | Motivate, Reach & Teach the Unmotivated Student (Gr. 6-12 - All) | Zaf Khan, Ed.D. | |
Delve into specific strategies that will motivate students and rekindle their desire to learn. This session for school administrators, school counselors, general education teachers, special education and teacher assistants will reveal practical and theory-based techniques for motivating the unmotivated learner. Close |
| B13 | 10 Simple Ways to Differentiate! (Gr. K-8 - All) | Gretchen Goodman | |
Discover practical tips for differentiating your instruction. Explore simple strategies such as work cards, tic-tac-toe boards, cubing, and slicing the pie to meet your students unique learning needs. And, get ready to apply these effective strategies in your own classroom. Close |
| B14 | Social Studies: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle (Gr. K-2 - All) | Donna Whyte | |
Turn social studies topics into multiple learning opportunities throughout the school day! Explore exciting lessons that teach students about themselves and their world. And, find ways to incorporate social studies into your everyday instruction. Close |
| B15 | Meeting Learning Styles Through Science (Gr. K-3 - Intro) | Sherri Strating | |
Motivate students in your science classroom with low-prep, high-impact strategies that reach to teach all learners. Sherri offers hands-on activities that differentiate teaching and learning of science through learning styles and multiple intelligences. Watch science enthusiasm grow as students see SUCCESS. Please bring markers, glue sticks, and scissors.Close |
| B16 | Readers Theatre: Integrating Reading in the Content Areas (Gr. 3-8 - All) | Tim Rasinski, Ph.D. | |
Build fluency, comprehension, and confidence in your students' reading by teaching material in various content areas with Readers' Theatre. Tim will outline how teachers and students can create, practice, and perform scripts based on essential content. Close |
| B17 | Tiers Without Tears: Easy Ways to Tier Assignments (Gr. K-12 - All) | Wendy Conklin, Learning is Fun | |
Start tiering assignments without the frustration and tears! Wendy will arm you with concrete strategies for tiering assignments. Come explore how to create tiered graphic organizers, tiered questions, tiered learning centers, and much more. Close |
| B18 | Integrating Strategies for Students with Sensory Sensitivities (Gr. K-6 - Intro) | Brooke Houillion & Lori Dreyer | |
Tap into each learner's sensory needs with these quick and easy classroom strategies for creating focused learners. Learn how to decode why students may be disconnected from the lesson and effectively integrate sensory helpers into the classroom for all learners. Close |
| B19 | Reading Strategies for Intermediate Level ELL Students (Gr. 5-8 - Intro) | Karen Scott | |
Turn English language learners into successful readers! Learn expository strategies that will help students connect to the texts across the content areas. Plus, explore fiction strategies such as building a reading wall and making your own literature guides. Close |
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| B20 | Summarization Techniques for Any Subject (Gr. 3-12 - All) | Rick Wormeli | |
Students today must not only grasp the main idea and supporting details, but also the principle argument and its evidence. Learn how to teach students to distill salient information in every subject area and use summarization skills to process information and retain it long-term. Close |
| B21 | Differentiated Intervention: The More Ways You Teach, The More Students You Reach (Gr. K-3 - All) | Jim Grant | |
Help your struggling students achieve success by creating different pathways for different learners. Jim shares dozens of easy-to-implement, classroom-tested, reach-to-teach strategies, adaptations, and teaching tools that support Response to Intervention. Close |
| B22 | Anchor Activities in Your Differentiated Classroom (Gr. 3-8 - All) | Betty Hollas | |
How can you keep your students actively learning with meaningful and challenging activities so you can work with small groups? Anchor activities are the answer! You'll leave this idea packed session with a toolbox full of practical and engaging anchor activities for your differentiated classroom. Close |
| B23 | Understanding Learning Characteristics of Diverse Student Populations (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Cynthia "Mama J" Johnson | |
Examine ways to make learning culturally responsive in your school and classroom. "Mama J" will lead a candid and courageous discussion about teaching and improving the learning of children of color. Come ready to participate in the conversation! Close |
| B24 | Supporting Writing with Mini-Lessons (Gr. K-2 - Next Steps) | Betty Jo Evers | |
Get your kids excited about writing with mini- lessons! Betty Jo offers her best examples of mini- lessons that support the writing process. You'll gain specific, powerful mini-lesson strategies that empower your students to write with confidence. Close |
| B25 | Just Between Friends? The Ins & Outs of Social Networking (Gr. K-12 - Intro) | Lori Elliott | |
Consider the positive implications and possible consequences of using social networking. In this enlightening session, Lori also will discuss how employers and educators may view and use information from social networking in the future. Close |
| B26 | Integrating Digital Media Resources & Interactive Technology into Math & Science (Gr. 7-12 - Next Steps) | eInstruction | |
See a hands on demonstration of effective ways to integrate interactive whiteboard technology, student response systems, and digital media resources into science and math. Explore in small groups and as a whole a variety of different classroom settings to promote student engagement for 21st century learning. Close |
| B27 | Bully Proofing Your Classroom & School (Gr. K-12 - Next Steps) | Zaf Khan, Ed.D. | |
It is a known fact that bullying can inflict physical harm, emotional distress, or social embarrassment.Learn specific strategies and tools to prevent bullying at both the macro-and micro-level and to eliminate the negative effects of bullying. Close |
| B28 | Response to Intervention (RTI) Strategies (Gr. K-8 - All) | Gretchen Goodman | |
How will the implementation of RTI in the identification process for special education affect your classroom? Gretchen discusses how one school district empowered its staff to implement change within the regular educational setting while documenting a learners response to true scientific, research-based instruction. Close |
| B29 | Working Smarter, Not Harder, in the DI Classroom (Gr. K-2 - Intro) | Donna Whyte | |
Here's a special networking opportunity to share creative ideas, timesaving tips, and classroom management solutions! Stock up on tricks of the trade and proven teaching tools to streamline classroom set up, establish family connections, use the internet, and much more. Close |
| B30 | Literacy Centers Across the Content Areas (Gr. 1-6 - All) | Sherri Strating | |
Discover how to strengthen your students' reading skills by tapping into their interests! Sherri reveals how to use literacy centers to develop and support an engaging, cross curricular writing environment. You'll explore examples of real life student work from successful centers, as well as sample rotation schedules and assessments. Close |
| B31 | Developing Reading Fluency (Gr. K-6 - All) | Tim Rasinski, Ph.D. | |
Help your students become proficient readers in no time at all! In this idea-packed session, Tim, author of The Fluent Reader, shares effective and engaging strategies you can use to enrich your instruction and develop fluency in young readers. (Repeat of A-34) Close |
| B32 | Banish Boredom! Building Student Engagement Through Six Skills of Interest (Gr. 6-12 - All) | Wilkins-O´Riley Zinn, Ed.D. | |
Explore six "skills of interest" an application of the themes of fun in learning that correlate with motivation and creativity research. Learn how to develop intellectual responsibility and discovery skills and integrate these skills in multiple disciplines. Close |
| B33 | Reaching Differentiated Students Through Their Parents (Gr. K-6 - Intro) | Rose Gonzales | Cancelled |
There are lots of ways to reach your differentiated learners. But one of the most effective is through their parents—you'll get results like never before! Rose gives proven strategies for using parents as team members and working with them to achieve student success. Close |
| B34 | The Precise Language of Mathematics Word Games (Gr. 5-9 - Intro) | Jacqueline Bell-McGee | |
Learning math is fun with these interesting word games that build math language and use both research and the latest technological websites. Help your students define and discuss concepts—such as units of measure or 4-step problem-solving strategies. Close |
