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

In Our Binder Era- Making Notebooks Work For You

We started using binders as notebooks with our sixth grade science classes to save time cutting, gluing, etc. and be able to help them FIX those hot mess notebook disasters that some inevitably wind up with. We are happy to share our tips, tricks, thoughts, and ideas to help you get your kids organized along with the mistakes and pit-falls we have discovered so that you can avoid them! Come and join us in our Binder Era.

Presenters

Brandie Wolf

Gracie Barnhill

Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
BNHS AC-229 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

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

10:30am CDT

Robust Writing in the Classroom

Writing across the curriculum is the focus of this training. Every teacher and every subject taught should be part of the daily writing block. This training will provide strategies to make writing a goal in each subject throughout the day.

Presenters

Holly Garza

BIL/ESL Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

I've been in education for 10 years with my time focused on serving Emergent Bilingual students. I've taught in Bilingual programs PK-2nd grade, been a Bilingual Intervention Specialist, and an Instructional Coach for 5 years now. My passion is working with teachers of Emergent Bilinguals... Read More →

Dr. Richard Gómez Jr.

CEO, Gómez and Gómez Dual Language Consultants

Dr. Richard Gómez is the co-founder of the Gómez and Gómez Dual Language Enrichment Model. Dr. Gómez is a retired professor in Bilingual Education whose research is focused on language and academic issues affecting bilingual learners. He has spent the last 20 years constantly... Read More →

Rosie Sandoval

Educational Consultant

Iris Gonzales

Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
BNHS AC-133 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning, Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

1:00pm CDT

All Call for Elementary Sped: Phonics, Reading, and Me

Come learn about our Phonics, Reading, and Me curriculum! Phonics, Reading, and Me is designed for students to acquire the skills needed to become proficient readers. Whether you are new or returning to NISD this session will prepare you to get started in the curriculum and dive deeper within.

Presenters

Kayla Gollhofer

Elementary Special Education Instructional Coach, NISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-227 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Content Literacy

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

1:00pm CDT

In Our Writing Era

Come learn how to incorporate claim, evidence, reasoning writing in Math, Science, and Reading. We will model and share our strategies, tried and tested on our 5th graders.

Presenters

Carmen Merino

Hailey Donaldson

Ruth Keyes

Tuesday July 23, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-229 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Building Number Sense with Your Students

Learn some fun, low prep ways to build number sense and fact fluency with your math students! Join us to build up your number sense arsenal. We will explore ideas that are low prep, great for early finishers, and/or could be used for whole class instruction. This session will be mostly geared toward upper elementary/middle school students, but other grade levels could benefit or adapt the games/practices as necessary.

Presenters

Elizabeth Brooks

Rachel Alvarado

Math

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-212 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Math
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Cross-curricular social studies

One of the biggest challenges in making meaningful learning is helping students see cross-curricular application of skills. In this session we are going to help demonstrate easy methods can be used to help incorporate social studies into math and ELA and visa versa. We will be using the 6th grade world cultures warm-ups used at Worthington for the 23-24 school year as a model for how you can offer students the chance to practice without having to radically rewrite your lesson plans!

Presenters

Brian Bloss

6th Grade World Cultures

Keeae Huggett

6th World Cultures

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-135 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Join the Writing Revolution! Strengthening Student Writing in Social Studies

Teachers will be able to strengthen Historical Literacy in their classrooms with Writing Revolution strategies. You'll be able to broaden and deepen historical literacy in your classroom and support both cooperative and indepenent learning opportunties.

Presenters

Kendra Langston

Social Studies Teacher; Collegiate Academy and Early College High School Facilitator, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-115 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Social Studies
Audience Secondary
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

2:45pm CDT

Robust Vocabulary Building in the Classroom

This training will focus on building a robust vocabulary for students through classroom components that in turn lead to above grade-level writing and reading skills. When the teacher stops talking, the vocabulary building starts happening.

Presenters

Holly Garza

BIL/ESL Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

Dr. Richard Gómez Jr.

CEO, Gómez and Gómez Dual Language Consultants

Rosie Sandoval

Educational Consultant

Iris Gonzales

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-133 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning, Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
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

8:30am CDT

Empowering Science Educators: Integrating Modeling & Lab Investigations for Effective Student Inquiry Learning - Session 1of 2

Hands on Session! Teachers will complete interactive, hands on investigations during this PD session. We will work with 3D Molecular Designs models and other lab activities focused on the new biotechnology and cell biology TEKS.

Session 1: Biotechnology. We will focus on investigations concerning DNA, genetics, and biotechnology. Attendees will build models on the structure of DNA and chromosomes, genetic inheritance, and various biotechnology practices such as PCR and electrophoresis. We will examine the TEKS for secondary science and work through student investigations that best support educators, supporting student learning.

Presenters

Kimberly Hendrix

Biology & Environmental Systems Teacher, Northwest ISD

I am excited about the opportunity to share exciting, hands-on lab materials for use in secondary science classes. We will focus on biotechnology (one of Biology's newest TEKS) and cellular processes. We will also examine DNA, heredity, cells, cell processes, and cellular energy... Read More →

Biotechnology Modeling pdf

Wednesday July 24, 2024 8:30am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-135 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Science
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Content Literacy

8:30am CDT

Practice and Pedagogy: Secondary ELA Professional Book Study

Back by popular demand! This session offers several choices of professional books to guide and improve our craft as teachers. We will engage in analysis and applications of the texts through meaningful discussion and collaboration. We have five brand new book choices for this year, and we canâ€™t wait to dig into the ideas these texts have to offer!

Presenters

Brittnie Bragg

Secondary ELA Curriculum Coordinator, Northwest ISD

I am passionate about kids, literacy, and supporting our teachers as educators, leaders, and learners!

Meagan Davis

Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

Shawna Mitchell

Aleisha Reid

Wednesday July 24, 2024 8:30am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Secondary
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

Patterns of Revision

Looking for a better way to teach revision? Join this session to gain helpful, concrete, doable solutions that go beyond generalizations to support the craft of revising. Participants will leave with lesson ideas and strategies for teaching revising that can be used with writers as soon as we welcome them back in August!

Presenters

Victoria Mendoza

Caitlin Sherwood

Kelli Palmer

Elementary ELA Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

Katrina Lawyer

Wednesday July 24, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-201 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Content Literacy

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

1:00pm CDT

Empowering Science Educators: Integrating Modeling & Lab Investigations for Effective Student Inquiry Learning - Session 2

Hands on session! Teachers will complete interactive, hands on investigations during this PD session. We will work with 3D Molecular Designs models and other lab activities focused on the new biotechnology and cell biology TEKS.

Session 2 will focus on cell biology concepts. We will examine various cell processes, such as energy production, enzyme activity, and cell transportation & division. We will examine the newest TEKS and discuss methods of increasing student understanding.

Presenters

Kimberly Hendrix

Biology & Environmental Systems Teacher, Northwest ISD

Wednesday July 24, 2024 1:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-135 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Science
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Content Literacy

1:00pm CDT

Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature: Secondary ELA Professional Book Study

Back by popular demand! Teachers will experience some of the top young adult and middle grade authors and titles in contemporary literature. By reading and experiencing these stories, teachers will be able to reach a variety of student interests and walk away with strategies for curriculum and instructional implementation. If you participated in previous years, you will have the opportunity to select titles from a brand new list of titles!

Presenters

Brittnie Bragg

Secondary ELA Curriculum Coordinator, Northwest ISD

I am passionate about kids, literacy, and supporting our teachers as educators, leaders, and learners!

Meagan Davis

Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

Shawna Mitchell

Aleisha Reid

Wednesday July 24, 2024 1:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction, Planning

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Journaling in Math Class

Hello! Are you still having your students cut and paste for their journals? Are you incorporating journal writing as a part of your math class? Come see how we've managed to find a journaling system that works! We will have real journal examples, and we will give you ideas on making journaling in math class a stress-free part of your daily routine. Please bring a 1" binder with you (one that has a clear view front and spine).

Presenters

Brandy Russell

teacher, NISD

Angela Cunningham

6th Grade Math

Stacy Forte

GT/Honors Pre-Algebra, Medlin Middle School

Wednesday July 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-116 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA Math
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

The Power of Books! 2024-2025 Book Lists (UBC, 2x2, Bluebonnet and more!)

Hop on board for a sneak peek into the 2024-2025 book line-up! Discover how to spice up your class lessons with these great reads and snag some lesson plans ready to go!

Presenters

Christa Pospisil

Library Media Specialist, Schluter Elementary/Northwest ISD

Jenni Hatfield

Courtney George

Librarian

Wednesday July 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-110 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

The Language of Science: Vocabulary Strategies for All Learners

This training is a blend of current research and practical strategies to promote vocabulary acquisition for all learners. During this session, we explore methods to scaffold learning and deeper thinking through intentional vocabulary instruction and support. We will also analyze the ELPS and consider how to best incorporate those standards in a science classroom to the benefit of all learners. Participants will leave with effective strategies that they can utilize immediately to supplement their current instructional practices.

Presenters

Think Big Learning

Co-owner, Think Big Learning

www.thinkbiglearning.net

Wednesday July 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-103 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment

CONTENT AREA Science
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy

2:45pm CDT

Running record and anecdotal note taking

Taking anecdotal notes and administering running records should be an essential part of the data collection process for struggling students. In this session, participants will learn how to give a running record and collect anecdotal notes (in real time) that can be used immediately to inform small group instruction.

Presenters

Kim Santiago

Kim Santiago is a veteran Intervention Specialist. The first ten years of her career were spent as an elementary Resource/Inclusion teacher in NorthEast ISD, Lewisville ISD, Plano ISD, and most recently, Irving ISD. This is her second year with Northwest ISD where she has found her... Read More →

Trixie Brownlee

Wednesday July 24, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-104 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning, Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Content Literacy

8:30am CDT

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway

Presenters

Katie Delgado

GT Specialist

Heather Martin

GT Specialist

I am a 23 year experienced teacher having taught grades K-5. I have been, both, departmentalized (ELA/SS) and self-contained, and have served as a Dyslexia Specialist. I am currently a Gifted and Talented Specialist at Hughes Elementary.

Tammy Krieger

Gifted & Talented Specialist, Clara Love ES

Kristen Dixon

Elementary Gifted and Talented Specialist, Northwest ISD

Caitlin Andrews

GT Specialist, Northwest ISD

Caitlin Andrews is a GT Specialist in Northwest ISD with over 14 years of experience in providing gifted services in both self-contained and pull-out classrooms. She is advocate for twice-exceptional students, a passion that has only grown since her own son was identified as dyslexic... Read More →

Lindsey Hart

Gifted and Talented Specialist at Lance Thompson

Krysta Kick

Thursday July 25, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
BNHS AC-104 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Contents
TOPIC Content Literacy
GT UPDATE GT Update

2:45pm CDT

Writing from Scratch: Whip up Delicious Writing Lessons Your Students Will Eat Up!

Motivating our young writers to take creative "whisks" can be tricky at the elementary level. In this practical, you-can-do-it session, you will learn strategies for young writers to add some flavor to their writing. Through demonstrations, video clips, and oodles of ideas, youâ€™ll be excited to go back to the classroom and try some of these writing recipes with just the right dash of fun.

Presenters

Shannon Anderson

Speaker, Shannon Anderson

Shannon Anderson has taught for 25 years, from first grade through college level. She also served as the gifted coordinator for her school district and on the board of directors for the Indiana State Literacy Association. A highlight of her teaching career was being named one of the... Read More →

Thursday July 25, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-105 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment, SEL

CONTENT AREA ELA
TOPIC Content Literacy
GT UPDATE GT Update