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

Getting the Most Out of the Big Idea Icon

How deep can you go with the Big Idea icon? In this session you will engage in tasks that show the true power of the Big Idea icon and see how deep it can take our thinking.

Presenters

Lyndsie Smith

Principal, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning, Instruction

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Instructional Strategies
GT UPDATE GT Update

1:00pm CDT

Using D&C in Student Led Book Clubs

In this session, you will engage in multiple tasks and graphic organizers to support the work your students are doing in student lead book clubs.

Presenters

Lyndsie Smith

Principal, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 23, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning, Instruction

CONTENT AREA ELA
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Instructional Strategies
GT UPDATE GT Update

2:45pm CDT

Empowering Collaboration: Maximizing Student Motivation through Gen. Ed. Partnerships"

Let's learn about the strength in collaborating with your Gen. Ed. partners while motivating your students

Presenters

Stanley Moss

Tuesday July 23, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Contents
TOPIC Instructional Strategies

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

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

8:30am CDT

Youth Mental Health First Aid

YMHFA teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18. This course would benefit any educator K-12.
2 hours of pre-work online to be completed by July 18th and 4.5 hours at ENGAGE in-person.

Presenters

Phyllis Finley

Ryan Laney

Thursday July 25, 2024 8:30am - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-108 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Contents
TOPIC Leadership