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Wednesday
, March 12
Broadway A
10:45am •
Differentiated Instruction for All Classes
1:15pm •
Signature Features of High-Quality Career Technical Programs
2:30pm •
Ensuring Positive Student Transitions from Middle Grades to High School: Illinois Students' Experiences
3:45pm •
Internships: Identifying Student Passion so They'll Never Truly Work a Day
Broadway B
10:45am •
Common Core Standards: Let's all Talk the Talk
1:15pm •
Ways to Use the iPad and Web 2.0 Tools as Tools to Implement Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom.
2:30pm •
'Raising ACT Reading Scores and the Common Core'
Broadway C
10:45am •
Cross-curricular Culinary Arts Integrated into Real Life Applications
1:15pm •
Implementing the Accountability Mechanism: A Reflection on Curriculum-Based Reform Initiatives
3:45pm •
Fist Bumps and High Fives: Building Relationships with Staff and Students
Coral
10:45am •
Telling It Like It Is: Expository/Argument Writing Across Disciplines
1:15pm •
'Fracking'! The Transformation of the Energy Landscape
2:30pm •
Measuring Student Growth in Career and Technical Education
3:45pm •
Team Building as a Classroom Management Technique
Jade
10:45am •
Tools/Apps for Targeting 21st Century Skills Across the Curriculum
1:15pm •
Melding Climate, Culture, College Readiness and Project Lead the Way Together to Achieve Increased Student Achievement on the ACT.
2:30pm •
Rigor + Relevance = Motivation
3:45pm •
Guiding the Way to Higher Education: Step-By-Step
Marsalis I
10:45am •
Education for Employment (EFE) Regional System Directors State Meeting and Staff Development Session
1:15pm •
Students, Courses, Teachers, Grades and Assessments - Connecting the Dots
2:30pm •
Counselor-Teacher Collaboration: A year-long partnership to expand post-secondary options for first generation students.
3:45pm •
3D printing, Fad or the Future of Engineering?
Marsalis II
10:45am •
Career Readiness 2014: Trends, Tips, and Tools for Success
1:15pm •
One School's Cross-Disciplinary Approach to the 'Art of Argument'
2:30pm •
Google A-Go-Go
3:45pm •
Kish CareerLink: A Career Connection Tool
Megacenter
9:00am •
Equality for Everyone! Sensitivity to Diversity With Results
New Orleans Ballroom
10:45am •
Reaching the Wounded Student
1:15pm •
Lessons from the Back of the Classroom
2:30pm •
7 Ways to Transform Wounded Students
Preservation Hall A
10:45am •
iPad the Interactive Whiteboard: Teach from Anywhere in the Room
1:15pm •
iPad the Interactive Whiteboard: Teach from Anywhere in the Room
2:30pm •
Repurposing your Interactive Whiteboard (SMART Board, Promethean, Mimio, etc.)
3:45pm •
Repurposing your Interactive Whiteboard (SMART Board, Promethean, Mimio, etc.)
Ruby
10:45am •
Switching from Microsoft Office to Google in the Classroom.
1:15pm •
Supporting Rigorous FCS Programs Through Project Based Learning and Entrepreneurship
2:30pm •
A Look at How PLC's Can Foster Strong CTE Programs
3:45pm •
Technology in the Classroom - Tricks of the Trade
Salon II
10:45am •
Specific Tips for Improving Special Education Collaborative Classes
1:15pm •
Rules of Engagement: Winning the 'This is Boring' War
2:30pm •
What Is It That All 'World Class' Teachers Do?
Salon III
10:45am •
Teaching and Leading with Questions
1:15pm •
Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading.
Salon IV
10:45am •
Authentic C.T.E. Assessment in the Common Core
1:15pm •
High School RTI-Making it Work at the Secondary Level
2:30pm •
I Want to Flip My Class - Now What?
Salon V
10:45am •
Project Lead The Way--Problem-Based Pre-Engineering STEM Opportunities
1:15pm •
Project Lead The Way BioMedical Sciences-- Project-Based STEM
2:30pm •
Financial Literacy: At the Core of Good Citizenship
Salon VI
10:45am •
An Introduction to Simulation Software for Solar Energy Training
1:15pm •
Recycled as Art: Sparking Interest in Welding Programs
2:30pm •
AVC Director's Meeting
Sapphire
10:45am •
Use Literacy Strategies in Consumer Education
1:15pm •
Creating Coherence and Clarity to Your School Improvement Plan
2:30pm •
Enhancing CTE Programs for Emerging Priorities for College and Career Readiness
3:45pm •
Re-Igniting Your Love for Teaching
Theater
10:45am •
Featured Session
1:15pm •
Planning With the End in Mind
2:30pm •
Teaching and Leading with Questions
3:45pm •
Planning With the End in Mind
Turquoise A
10:45am •
Connecting the DOTS within your school
1:15pm •
Literacy Strategies in CTE
2:30pm •
Writing More in Every Subject: Using LDC to Improve CCS Writing Instruction
3:45pm •
Meet Common Core Across the Curriculum Through MS Office Projects (Assessments)
Turquoise B
10:45am •
Graduating College before High School: RVC's Running Start Model
1:15pm •
PARCC Assessment and Common Core State Standards: Implications for the Classroom
3:45pm •
Using Pinterest Professionally
Thursday
, March 13
Arnold Palmer
11:00am •
Bringing the Research Paper to Digital Natives
Broadway A
8:30am •
Quality Adjuncts Are Faculty, Too!
9:45am •
Being Productive in a Reactive Classroom Environment: An Overview of Managing Conflict Using Emotional - Behavioral Disorder & Emotional Intelligence Concepts
11:00am •
How to Recognize Domestic Violence and Bullying in Your Classroom and in Social Media
Broadway B
8:30am •
Universal Design for Learning and Response to Intervention
9:45am •
Universal Design for Learning and Response to Intervention
11:00am •
Universal Design for Learning and Response to Intervention
Broadway C
8:30am •
REFOCUS: The Most Powerful Solution To Problem Behavior
9:45am •
Update on NGSS in Illinois
11:00am •
Postsecondary Education - The Transition!
CANCELLED
TBA •
CANCELLED-What is a Career Development Counselor?
Coral
8:30am •
Why Should High Schools Care About Career Readiness ???
9:45am •
MAX Teaching: ELA Common Core Standards in Content-Area Classes
11:00am •
Math-On-Monday's in CTE
Jade
8:30am •
The 21st Century Learning Experience - From Environment to Interface
9:45am •
Uniting Sustainability and CTE
11:00am •
Decisions Today Bring Consequences that Lie in the Future
Marsalis I
8:30am •
CTE State Data That Matters
11:00am •
Raising Achievement by Affirming Differences and Similarities
Marsalis II
8:30am •
'Flavors' of the Marketplace
9:45am •
Improve Student Achievement Through Extra Help
11:00am •
Succeeding in FCCLA Events that are Aligned with Common Core
New Orleans Ballroom
8:30am •
How To Bring About Change (When Change Seems Hard to Bring)
9:45am •
The Power of School Culture
11:00am •
How To Bring About Change (When Change Seems Hard to Bring)
Preservation Hall A
8:30am •
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC): A Framework for Implementing the Common Core State Standards
9:45am •
Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Action Plan
Ruby
8:30am •
Entrepreneurship & Enterprise: A Collaborative Real-world Learning Experience for Business Students
11:00am •
Living miDream: Engaging Students in Exploring Career Pathways
Salon II
8:30am •
Using Walk Through Observations To Change Instructional Practices
9:45am •
What Is It That All 'World Class' Teachers Do?
Salon III
8:30am •
Featured Session - Information Coming Soon
9:45am •
Featured Session - Information Coming Soon
Salon IV
8:30am •
Same As It Never Was: Urban Schools in the Age of High-Stakes Reform
9:45am •
Same As It Never Was: Urban Schools in the Age of High-Stakes Reform
Salon V
8:30am •
Lesson Design in CTE-Meaningful Connections to the Common Core Standards
9:45am •
Literacy Design Collaborative - A Cross Curricular Approach
Salon VI
8:30am •
Advanced 3D Printer Knowledge and Skills
Sapphire
9:45am •
Virtual Enterprise International: An International Business Opportunity
11:00am •
An Apple a Day from the STEM to the Core
St. Charles Ballroom
1:15pm •
Run! Don't Walk to Your Goals!
Theater
8:30am •
CTE Assignments That Impact Student Success
11:00am •
Why Can't You Be More Like... Like Me!
Turquoise A
8:30am •
Achieving Their Goals: Supporting Student Success with Individualized Learning Plans
9:45am •
Resources for Implementing and Enhancing Programs of Study
11:00am •
Flip Your Classroom, Go Paperless, and Engage Students with Edmodo!
Turquoise B
8:30am •
CommonCore: Best Practices in Contextualized/Integrated Curriculum Sample Lessons
11:00am •
Creating a simple and inexpensive rapid prototyping system
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