Day 2 11:30 AM

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: T. Jackson The Voorhees University Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation (EPI)will share new approaches to forging meaningful, mutually beneficial partnerships betweenHigher Education Institutions and K-12 school systems to address teacher shortages, educatorpreparation, and equity disparities. Attendees will have an opportunity to examine theirrecruitment and retention strategies, explore …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: E. Davis, R. Ciphrah Unlock the potential of AI in education with this 50-minute session on prompt engineering.Designed for educators committed to equitable education, this session equips participants withthe skills to effectively use AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, Perplexity, and Claude. Participants willlearn the architecture of effective prompts and engage …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: S. Paschel Have you ever wondered what the difference is between student voice and student agency?What are the ways that adults can facilitate or make space for students to feel empowered tocollaborate and take actions that produce positive and tangible differences? Join Austin ISD aswe share the humble beginnings of …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: H. Zimmerman More than two-thirds of children reportedly have experienced at least 1 traumatic event by age16, and trauma impacts the way our students show up in the classroom through behavior andlearning challenges. In order for our students to learn they must feel safe, regulated andconnected. This session will provide …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: N. Campbell Through the Community Engagement Initiative, we provide 300 children per year with 32 weeksof high-quality after school and summer learning (28 weeks during the school year and 4 weeksduring the summer) which totals 384 extra learning hours (54 days) each year. Four days perweek, we transport children to …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: A. Black, T. Garner, S. Moore By the end of this presentation, participants will walk away with a foundational knowledge ofhow to create a district-wide SEL initiative that focuses on increasing the knowledge of theadults. Participants will walk away with key strategies and ideas that can be utilized within theirhome …

Breakout Session 3Meet the Speaker: P. Briggs Helping all students succeed is not about changing what you are doing as an educator, butchanging how you are doing it—the delivery, the scaffolding, and the relationship building. Thestrategies shared in this session can be implemented immediately to increase the level ofsuccess, engagement, and rigor for all students. …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: M. Gilmore, S. Peters In this session, Dr. Stephen Peters and Dr. Margaret Gilmore will expose leaders to cutting-edgeproven leadership transformation best practices that will improve district/school leadershipteams’ performance and effectiveness. This session will focus on developing and acceleratingtrust, and sustaining change for school districts & leadership teams by taking …

Breakout Session 2Meet the Speaker: M. Johnson This session addresses how using culturally responsive action planning can promote learningand student agency. Participants in this session will unpack how identity, voice and choice aretied to intrinsic engagement. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to developand implement an action plan to support marginalized students, …