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)

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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

Kelli Palmer

Elementary ELA Instructional Coach, Northwest ISD

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

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Content Literacy