ENGAGE 2024 Professional Learning Conference: Full Schedule

Make sure you stick around for lunch on Tuesday and Karaoke in the Student Union! (12:00-1:00)

10:30am CDT

When Kids Don't Like to Write

In this session we will discuss strategies and tools to support reluctant writers. Teachers will walk away with some make and take charts, lessons, and tools to implement at the start of the year.

Presenters

Martha Yosko

Instructional Coach- ELA 2-5, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
BNHS AC-201 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy

1:00pm CDT

Come Geometry With Me! Grades 3-5

Come explore Geometry in the 3-5 classroom as we navigate hands-on experiences and how they support students depth of understanding with geometry concepts. In this session we will explore Geometry with a variety of tools, look at content vocabulary students learn along the way and observe assessment items students encounter in each grade level. If you are wanting to learn more about geometry, this is the session for you!

Presenters

Nicole Young, M.Ed.

Instructional Math Coach, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-135 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Math
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Instructional Strategies

1:00pm CDT

Recipes for Reciprocity: Aligning Reading and Writing Strategies to Maximize Learning

If you love all things Jennifer Serravallo and want to learn how to leverage her resources to better meet the needs of your students, come to this session! You will walk away with concrete ideas and tools for how to use The Reading Strategies Books and The Writing Strategies Book alongside each other. This session will teach you how to connect the dots between reading and writing for students using specific strategy lessons and charts. Join us to cook up your Recipes for Reciprocity!
"Reading is like breathing in; writing is like breathing out." - Pam Allyn

Presenters

Mallory Slawinski

Tuesday July 23, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-202 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Workshop Reboot

Are you newer to the workshop model or looking to foster more indpendence during the reading and writing block? This is a session designed to kick start the year with charts, routines, and strategies to support the workshop model. Teachers will walk away with charts and tools to implement right away at the start of the year!

Presenters

Martha Yosko

Instructional Coach- ELA 2-5, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-202 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy

8:30am CDT

Shifting the Balance: The Science & Balance of Reading

If you teach upper elementary grades chances are, you have some students have haven't truly taken off as readers and writers. If you are looking to support both the secrets of the alphabetic code and relevant experiences with texts, you don't want to miss this collaborative session. Let's explore 6 shifts in teaching reading that apply both science and balance along with the head work and heart behind literacy instruction. Participants will leave with tools to help design plans to for how to leverage reading and writing instruction.

Presenters

Kelli Palmer

Elementary ELA Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

Wednesday July 24, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
BNHS AC-115 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy

10:15am CDT

Foundational Skills Make, Take, & Collaborate

Do you have students that need explicit instruction and repeated practice with foundational skills? Of course you do - we all do! Come to this session to learn about and leave with specific activities, lessons, and tools to teach your students high-leverage foundational skills. Come join us to Make, Take, & Collaborate!

Presenters

Mallory Slawinski

Wednesday July 24, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-116 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy

10:15am CDT

Thinking Deep in the 3-5th Social Studies Classroom

We'll look at getting more out of Social Studies using Depth & Complexity, effective small group discussion, "reading" the maps, charts, & pictures, and student choice. We'll talk about steps to start it, determining groups, special population considerations, and other logistics (e.g. fast finishers, grades). Get ready to help your students go deeper in their thinking!

Presenters

Ann Van Zandt

4th Grade Teacher

Wednesday July 24, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-208 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning

CONTENT AREA Social Studies
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Instructional Strategies

1:00pm CDT

How to Become a Better Writing Teacher

Join this session to learn how to inspire writers by inviting them into your own space as an authentic mentor author. Through this hands-on, practical session, you will experience the writing process as we focus on getting to know our writers, increasing student engagement, using high-yield decision making strategies, and finding inspiration from authors.

Presenters

Amber Reeves

4th Grade Teacher

Wednesday July 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-116 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience 2nd-5th
TOPIC Content Literacy