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Maximizing Student Engagement In The Classroom
Audience: Pre-K
Instructor: Teneita Palmer
In this session, participants will be taught how to teach their students how to relax, refresh and rebound through
meditation/mindfulness and yoga techniques.
Energetic Engagement Ideas for Preschoolers
Audience: Pre-K
Instructor: Jacqui Gross
In this session, participants will learn how to engage preschoolers by utilizing props, visual aides, interactive
Google Slides, games, songs, and finger play. Participants will learn strategies for keeping preschoolers engaged during transitions for both virtual and in-person learning.
Creating a Virtual Bitmoji Classroom
Audience: K-2
Instructor: Danielle D’Adamo
In this interactive session, participants will learn how to create a Virtual Bitmoji Classroom in Google Slides to
enhance the joy and interest of reading
Have No Fear: Student Engagement Strategies are Here!
Audience: K-8
Instructor: Melissa Regenthal
In this session, participants will learn how to incorporate various platforms, programs, and techniques to engage their students during virtual learning.
Projects for Success
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Dr. Kimberly Crowley, Math Supervisor and James Papcun
Instructor: Dr. Kimberly Crowley, Math Supervisor and James Papcun
In this session, participants will learn how to establish an environment to engage students in mathematical discoursethrough the use of simple real-world application projects.
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Nicole Colon
In this session, participants will learn how to enhance student engagement during small group instruction.
Instructor: Nicole Colon
In this session, participants will learn how to enhance student engagement during small group instruction.
Student Engagement in an Active Classroom-Protocols and Strategies for Collaboration
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Jennifer Sanchez
In this session, participants will learn how to capture student engagement using strategies and protocols for
small group instruction that can be used for remote or hybrid instruction.
Keeping Students Engaged and Coming Back for More
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Rosa Moreno Ortega
In this session, participants will discuss best practice strategies in order to incorporate songs, Edpuzzle,
storytelling, and homework to ensure students are engaged.
From Start to Finish: Best Practices in an ELA Class
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Ted Guzman
In this session, participants will learn about research based instructional strategies that can be utilized in a Language Arts classroom that will keep students engaged from arrival to dismissal.
Engaging Students in the ELA Classroom
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Sara Valentino
In this session, participants will be introduced to simple, research-based strategies that will assist in creating a
classroom environment that encourages all students to engage in learning.
Enhancing Student Engagement Using Go Formative
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Jeremy Stanton
In this session, participants will learn how to make use of the Goformative platform, which provides teachers with the ability to provide synchronous/asynchronous support and tracking of student progress on assignments - on ANY
device.
HoliYoga; “Relax, Refresh, Rebound”
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Isaac Holiday
In this lesson, teachers will be taught how to teach their students how to relax, refresh and rebound through
meditation/mindfulness and yoga techniques.
Increase Student Engagement with Jamboard!
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Silvia Moya
In this session, participants will learn best practice strategies to include the use of Jamboard and Interactive
Whiteboard to increase student engagement.
Closing the Gap-Through Real Time Data Tracking
Audience: K-3
Instructor: Sayi Silfa
In this session, participants will learn about conferencing tips and how it can help monitor progress of students for
small group instruction.
Socratic Literature Circles in the ELA Classroom
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Jillian Colasurdo
In this session, participants will learn how to enhance virtual small group instruction in Language Arts through the use of Socratic seminars and literature circle roles.
Keeping Students Actively Engaged with Actively Learn
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Thomas DiPaolo & Heather DeCamp
In this session, participants will explore Actively Learn, an award-winning digital curriculum platform that delivers
engagement and equity to every classroom.
How to Conduct Successful Breakout Rooms
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Avneet Kaur
In this interactive session, participants will learn how to effectively utilize breakout rooms to maximize student
participation and engagement.
Creating Interactive Sound Card Slides
Audience: K-2
Instructor: Jasmine McTague
In this interactive session, participants will have the opportunity to create Sound Card Slides that can be utilized
during small group instruction to enhance student engagement.
How to Create a Class Website 101: Organizing Classroom Resources Using a Website
Audience: K-3
Instructor: Paula Gordon
In this session, participants will enrich the usage and organization of instructional resources by creating a class
website.
How to Create a Class Website 101: Organizing Classroom Resources Using a Website - PAULA GORDON-PDF
Exploring Cross Curricular Writing
Audience: 3-5
Instructor: Maureen Betz
In this session, participants will learn how to utilize GoogleApps in order to produce quality projects for content area such as writing, social studies, and science.
Teaching Middle School Math: Google Slides and Jamboard!
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Stefanie Philips
In this session, participants will learn how to incorporate Google Slides and Jamboard into everyday math instruction.
Rigor & Relevance of Slides and Docs: Complementing PBL for Presentations, and Research Papers
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Adnan Ezad
In this session, participants will learn how Google Slides and Docs can be used to enhance project-based learning
activities.
Google Forms in a Math Classroom: A Look at Advanced Features
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Bryan Besler
In this session, participants will learn about advanced features of Google Forms including using add ons,
integrating math type, response branching, choice elimination, and an introduction to the script editor. Some
prior knowledge of Google Forms is expected.
Using G Suite Apps in the Mathematics Classroom
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Renzo Arevalo
In this session, participants will learn how to integrate G Suite apps and extensions in the mathematics classroom.
Mastering Google Forms: Creating Forms That Do More Than You Imagined!
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Patricia Hudak
Participants will learn how to create Google Forms that self-grade, allow for reinforcement, and automated
differentiation for students. Also, bonus material on how to easily create Escape Rooms and Solve & Check Forms for small group activities.
Social-Emotional Development in Preschool
Audience: Pre-K
Instructor: Diana Heyward-Bowden
In this session, participants will learn why it is important to incorporate social-emotional learning. In addition, it will focus on core skills, problem-solving, resiliency, empathy, and self-regulation activities to bring SEL into the classroom.
Supporting Social-Emotional Development for Our Youngest Learners
Audience: Pre-K
Instructor: Tiffany Grant-Simmons
In this session, participants will expand their knowledge of Social Emotional Learning. Participants will receive
resources for literature, apps, and small group activities that may be used in the classroom. The resources can also be shared with families for use at home.
Somehow I Manage: Student Engagement & Social Emotional Learning
Audience: K-4
Instructor: Eric Pawlowski
In this session, participants will learn tips and techniques to incorporate movement and exercise into the core curriculum. These activities will make learning more enjoyable and fun while still focusing on student objectives.
The ABCs of SEL: From Theory to Action
Audience: 3-5
Instructor: Danielle Chiaro
In this session, participants will have the opportunity to understand the theoretical framework of Social-Emotional
Learning. Discuss practical applications to enhance a repertoire of resources and create SEL "spaces" in both
virtual and school-based classrooms.
The Heart of Your Classroom: Social & Emotional Learning
Audience: Pre-K
Instructor: Brooke Noonan
This workshop will give participants the social and emotional tools and resources necessary for in-person or virtual
learning using the COR Assessment, state standards, and common sense early childhood teaching as a framework.
Using Mindfulness and Critical Literacy to Teach SEL in the Classroom
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Deborah Bartley-Carter
In this session, participants will discuss best practice strategies in order to effectively implement social-emotional
learning that sparks mindfulness, self-awareness, and empathy in the classroom.
learning that sparks mindfulness, self-awareness, and empathy in the classroom.
Super Strategies for Social Emotional Learning
Audience: 6-8
Instructor: Sean Healy
In this session, participants will discover how to deliver social emotional learning lessons in an engaging and
effective way. In addition to social emotional learning resources that are available through the Special Education
Department.
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Movement: SEL Strategies for High School Students
Audience: 9-12
Instructor: Emily Quinn
During this interactive session, participants will learn how to incorporate mindful moments into their daily classroom
routine to engage students and address their need for social-emotional learning.