Prioritizing Excellence Conference 2021

Maximize Student Engagement Through Creative Expression

Discovery Education - It's Not Your Mom's United Streaming! Join us and learn how easy it is to search, locate, and curate over 50 types of digital resources available to most Region 11 districts through Discovery Education! That's right! Discovery Education is not just videos any more!

Vocabulary Instruction and the Science of Teaching Reading; What Every Early Elementary School Teacher Needs to Know --This session will discuss the topic of the science of reading and how vocabulary instruction in the early grades fits.

Setting and Achieving Your RtI Goals ~ How to Make it Work!

Adaptive Books for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities & Visual Impairments

Learn how to turn your history classroom into a fast-paced environment where every minute is effectively used to increase student participation and retention of the TEKS. These proven strategies continually raise STAAR scores! The use of interactive student journals will be presented in practical ways to implement these ideas into your classroom for improved student achievement rates. Activities that incorporate vocabulary and visual prompts will greatly impact all students, but especially your English-Language learners. My "Bell to Bell without Blinking" strategies have been tested over years and will raise your scores, enhance your teaching, and impact your students in ways you couldn't imagine! From traditional classroom settings to online learning there is something for everyone to bring success to your social studies classroom and see results on student testing!

What does it mean to "Prioritize Excellence" in Blended Learning?
That is just one of the many questions we'll tackle during a panel discussion featuring leaders in the field that will be moderated by Shelly Shaw, Charles Cooper and Nicole Adkins.

Panelists will offer advise about how to prioritize excellence in this field while navigating various roles, responsibilities, and the ever-changing climate. Attendees will gain insights from the discussions with an opportunity to engage with the panelists after the formal program.

Please join us - this even is open to anyone currently involved or interested in joining this field. Be part of the conversation! Use #PrioritizeExcellenceConference and #PEC2021 to engage with others in the field.

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Circles have been used for centuries. Using them in the classroom will build a community, relationships and trust. They can be used with content or as a restorative practice. Attendees will learn the components of circles, how to conduct them in the classroom and how to connect to any content area. Administrators can use circles to help foster a more positive culture and climate on their campus.

Discovering Independence: Writing Strategies that Empower Student Self-Advocacy
Student self-advocacy skills are critical components of academic, functional, and developmental success. This session will focus on using writing to empower student self-advocacy, including students with learning disabilities or special needs, with an emphasis on social-emotional learning, inclusivity, and diversity.

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Circles have been used for centuries. Using them in the classroom will build a community, relationships and trust. They can be used with content or as a restorative practice. Attendees will learn the components of circles, how to conduct them in the classroom and how to connect to any content area. Administrators can use circles to help foster a more positive culture and climate on their campus.

Urban Pedagogy
It is well known among transformational leaders in any district, there IS a difference between schools deemed as "regular" schools and those schools characterized by the state as "turn around schools." While transformational schools are provided with increased funding and resources, most of the time the schools are still left trying to figure out how to implement resources given. This is mainly due to those resources not being specifically designed to meet the need of school improvement environments.

In this session titled, "Urban Pedagogy" we discuss necessary timelines, professional and culture development needed in order to facilitate and improve school transformation. From new teachers to parents communities, transformation schools are unique in that everything we do (down to the last second) matters!

This session will address the following:

- Instructional leadership timeline
- Culture, Culture, Culture
- New Teacher Induction and Development
- Quick & Consistent Observation/Feedback
- Data Driven Instruction & Intervention Development

Designing Excellence with the RIGHT Curriculum and Instruction Framework
Educators know WHAT we teach and HOW we teach it matters. Teaching . . .

-- the RIGHT thing
-- at the RIGHT time
-- with the RIGHT strategies
-- to the RIGHT student

. . . makes the difference between a good and an Excellent education for every student. The big question is what is RIGHT?

How do some teachers, schools, and districts get it right year after year?
How do some teachers help students achieve more than a year of academic growth?
How do some campuses turn projected failing ratings around to success?

C&I Consulting will share the TOP 5 Mistakes we see most educators making when it comes deciding what to teach and how to teach it. We will give you a clear vision of how using our RIGHT Framework will help you AVOID the biggest mistakes.

Come explore the RIGHT Framework that works with in-person and virtual learners in any content.

Active and Affective Learners AKA "At Risk" Students

District Inclusion/Collaborative Consultation- An NISD journey through our process of transitioning from Inclusion to Collaborative Consultation