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Reimagining Special Education: Creating Positive Change in Disruptive Times
Presented by Jenna Mancini Rufo, Ed.D., Founder, empowerED School Solutions; and Julie Causton, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Inclusive Schooling
Strategies to Support Mental Wellbeing: How to Create SafER Spaces for Disadvantaged Youth
Presented by Jellisa Westney, Team Canada Athlete and Educator; and Kieran Block, Team Canada Alumni and Educator
Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, and TikTok: A Conversation with a Disinformation Researcher
Presented by Peter Adams, Senior Vice President, Education, News Literacy Project; and Abbie Richards, TikToker and TikTok Disinformation Researcher
Moderated by Shaelynn Farnsworth, National Director of Educator Outreach and Success, News Literacy Project
Using Graphic Novels to Empower Dyslexic Learners
Presented by Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School (CT); Nancy Disterlic, Dyslexia Specialist, Keller Independent School District (TX); and Tuan Nguyen, Library Consultant, Mackin Educational Resources
What Teachers Need to Know About Bias and AI in EdTech Products
Presented by Jim Larimore, Chief Officer for Equity in Learning, Riiid Labs; Madison Jacobs, Co-Founder, The EdTech Equity Project; and Vic Vuchic, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Promise Global, and Executive Director, Digital Promise Learner Variability Project (LVP)
Moderated by Barbara A. Pape, Director of Policy and Communications, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise
A Whole-School Approach to Student Well-Being
Presented by Mary Terese Lopata, Director of Guidance, Mercy Career & Technical High School (PA); Emma Mac, Principal, LEAD Southeast Middle School (TN); and Christina Theokas, Chief Applied Science Officer, Turnaround for Children
From Surviving to Thriving: Making a Case for Taking on Leadership Roles as a Teacher
Presented by Fawn Nguyen, Teacher on Special Assignment, Rio School District (CA)
Education as Negotiation: The Case of Teaching Basic Probability
Presented by Dr. Dor Abrahamson, Professor, Learning Sciences & Human Development, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley
5 Ways the Science of Reading Should Guide Early Literacy Instruction
Presented by Dr. Scott McConnell, Director of Assessment Innovation, Renaissance
How to Prepare All Educators to Teach English Learners
Presented by Dr. John Nelson, Former Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District (CA); and Kevin Baird, Chief Academic Officer, Achieve3000
Tools for Supporting Multilingual Learners in Interpreting and Constructing Informational Texts
Presented by Dr. Kate Kinsella, Emeritus Teacher Educator at San Francisco State University, and Author
Effective ELA Assessment: Using Data to Improve Outcomes from the District to the Classroom
Presented by Lindsay Vanderburg, District Instructional Specialist, Secondary Reading Language Arts, Killeen Independent School District (TX); and Cortney Kingery-Ragan, Lead Teacher, Early College High School English Department, Killeen Independent School District (TX)
One Student, Five Teachers: Stories, Lessons, and Challenges from a Math Educator’s Journey
Presented by Thomasenia Lott Adams, Ph.D., Author, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Moderated by Denise Singleton, Product Marketing Director, Core Mathematics Marketing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Welcome 2022: Top 5 Digital Citizenship Trends to Get Ready For
Presented by Dan Frost, Digital Learning Partner, San Francisco Unified School District (CA); Devalin Jackson, Family Technology Support Instructional Designer, San Francisco Unified School District (CA); and Jamie Nunez, Bay Area Regional Manager, Common Sense
Dialogue, Not Debate. New Approaches and Resources to Support Ethics Education
Presented by Dr. Andrew Cullison, Director, The Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University; Kristina Kirtley, Senior Producer, Kids’ Media and Education, The WNET Group; Dr. Evelyn Hanna, STEM Innovation Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Chair, Mathematics Chair, Kent Place School (NJ); and Ashley Ganesh, Student at Brown University and Former Chair of the WNET Youth Collective Advisory Board
Anchor Student Learning with Anchor Charts
Presented by Kristina Smekens, President and Lead Consultant, Smekens Education
Getting Real About K-12 Cybersecurity: Call to Action for All District Leaders
Presented by Greg Ottinger, Ed.D., Former Chief Business/Financial Officer, San Diego Unified School District (CA); Lenny Schad, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, District Administration; Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Ed Tech, US Department of Education; and Julie A. Evans, Ed.D., Chief Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow
Supporting Students’ Mental Health Needs
Presented by Dr. Brenda Curtis, Chief, Technology and Translational Research Unit, NIDA; Jay Matthews, Community Impact Specialist, EVERFI; and Jessie Fox, M.Ed., Director of K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI