Unlock the potential of Microsoft CoPilot to enrich Social Studies lessons with captivating visuals and relevant information. By harnessing CoPilot, you’ll supercharge your instructional planning, fueling both creativity and productivity. In our interactive session, discover how to seamlessly access CoPilot, craft compelling images using the integrated Microsoft Designer, and design standards-aligned lessons and engaging instructional activities.
How do we know what our students have learned? In this interactive session, we will examine how to use success criteria as formative assessments to understand our students' mastery of the content.
Come hang out with us as we dive into fun and practical ways to amp up your CTLS classroom! We’ll share strategies used by CVA to create organized and engaging unit content. Ever wondered what your class looks like from a student’s view? We’ve got you covered with quick ways to check it out. Want to create attention grabbing posts for your Class Board? We’ll show you how! Whether you’re a CTLS pro or just starting out, you’ll leave with some cool ideas to make your classroom even better!
Teaching AP content through quick skill based activities. You will learn how to incorporate First Five Activities as well as evaluating art to get the most out of your classroom time.
In this workshop teachers will learn best practices on how to handle teaching difficult histories that can be found in social studies curriculum. We will review primary and secondary sources, provide tips about teaching controversial content and model an activity using primary sources during this workshop.
This detailed professional development session provides Social Studies teachers with a comprehensive introduction to using Nearpod in their classrooms. It combines explanations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities to ensure participants leave with practical knowledge they can immediately apply in their teaching.
Kris Allen will bring replicas of items that are in the Carlos Museum and demonstrate how to teach students using objects. This examination of artifacts allows teachers to participate in the learning process, as their students would, in order to determine what kinds of questions to ask and how to attempt to find answers when studying history through artifacts.
Unlock the potential of Microsoft CoPilot to enrich Social Studies lessons with captivating visuals and relevant information. By harnessing CoPilot, you’ll supercharge your instructional planning, fueling both creativity and productivity. In our interactive session, discover how to seamlessly access CoPilot, craft compelling images using the integrated Microsoft Designer, and design standards-aligned lessons and engaging instructional activities.
How do we know what our students have learned? In this interactive session, we will examine how to use success criteria as formative assessments to understand our students' mastery of the content.
My presentation will showcase Byte Size Lesson samples designed to prompt students to challenge their assumptions and engage in deeper thinking. These examples will ask students to utilize knowledge in unfamiliar contexts and draw new conclusions based on what they've learned, as well as develop additional skills like analysis and evaluation. Educators will have the freedom to integrate these sample lessons into middle grade Social Studies classes, regardless of the specific topic.
This session is designed to help middle school social studies teachers enhance the rigor in their lessons. Teachers will explore key components of rigorous instruction, including fostering higher-order thinking, promoting student autonomy, and using complex, open-ended questions. Teachers will collaborate to design a rigorous lesson component and leave with practical tools to implement in their classrooms, driving deeper engagement and critical thinking.
In this session, we will focus on literacy strategies, that will include activators, the "WHY" on reading, and how to promote student learning and empowerment through literacy.
Participants dive into interactive demos of multiple easy-to-implement lessons to help teach personal finance in grades 6-12. We'll also explore several online resources."
In this workshop teachers will learn best practices on how to handle teaching difficult histories that can be found in social studies curriculum. We will review primary and secondary sources, provide tips about teaching controversial content and model an activity using primary sources during this workshop.
Kris Allen will bring replicas of items that are in the Carlos Museum and demonstrate how to teach students using objects. This examination of artifacts allows teachers to participate in the learning process, as their students would, in order to determine what kinds of questions to ask and how to attempt to find answers when studying history through artifacts.
Unlock the potential of Microsoft CoPilot to enrich Social Studies lessons with captivating visuals and relevant information. By harnessing CoPilot, you’ll supercharge your instructional planning, fueling both creativity and productivity. In our interactive session, discover how to seamlessly access CoPilot, craft compelling images using the integrated Microsoft Designer, and design standards-aligned lessons and engaging instructional activities.
How do we know what our students have learned? In this interactive session, we will examine how to use success criteria as formative assessments to understand our students' mastery of the content.
This session will focus on Assessment Literacy in CCSD. We will focus on best practice approaches to creating and reviewing quality assessment items, and the practices for determining the strength of an assessment. District Assessment updates will also be shared.
Ready to bring your lessons to life? This course will help you move beyond traditional PowerPoint lectures and web assignments by introducing interactive StoryMaps from ArcGIS/ESRI. You'll learn how to create dynamic presentations and assignments, while giving students the tools to design exciting, data-driven projects that spark curiosity and engagement!
Comparing teaching philosophies and frameworks for teachers, administrators and academic coaches, challenging traditional classroom environments to incorporate into their classroom/school to empower their students to be engaged and intrinsically motivated, self-directed learners.
Participants dive into interactive demos of multiple easy-to-implement lessons to help teach personal finance in grades 6-12. We'll also explore several online resources.
In this workshop teachers will learn best practices on how to handle teaching difficult histories that can be found in social studies curriculum. We will review primary and secondary sources, provide tips about teaching controversial content and model an activity using primary sources during this workshop.
Lecture is the lowest rung of pedagogy and practice, right? Wrong! Personal insights plus knowledge gained from experts at the AP Annual Conference will help us rediscover the lost art of effective lectures and how to make teacher-led instruction more effective and engaging.
Kris Allen will bring replicas of items that are in the Carlos Museum and demonstrate how to teach students using objects. This examination of artifacts allows teachers to participate in the learning process, as their students would, in order to determine what kinds of questions to ask and how to attempt to find answers when studying history through artifacts.
Unlock the potential of Microsoft CoPilot to enrich Social Studies lessons with captivating visuals and relevant information. By harnessing CoPilot, you’ll supercharge your instructional planning, fueling both creativity and productivity. In our interactive session, discover how to seamlessly access CoPilot, craft compelling images using the integrated Microsoft Designer, and design standards-aligned lessons and engaging instructional activities.
How do we know what our students have learned? In this interactive session, we will examine how to use success criteria as formative assessments to understand our students' mastery of the content.
An introduction into the science/research behind Arts Integration and how it helps to address stress in the classroom for both students and teachers. Participants will also encounter the 'So What?' behind Arts Integration not only in addressing stress, but as a genuine tool for student engagement and learning.
This session will focus on Assessment Literacy in CCSD. We will focus on best practice approaches to creating and reviewing quality assessment items, and the practices for determining the strength of an assessment. District Assessment updates will also be shared.
Teachers will be able to explore the ELLevation platform with their ELLs data of English Language Proficiency. They will also navigate through a collection of thinking maps and ways to differentiate their instruction with Social Studies and/or any content area.
Participants dive into interactive demos of multiple easy-to-implement lessons to help teach personal finance in grades 6-12. We'll also explore several online resources.
In this workshop teachers will learn best practices on how to handle teaching difficult histories that can be found in social studies curriculum. We will review primary and secondary sources, provide tips about teaching controversial content and model an activity using primary sources during this workshop.
Kris Allen will bring replicas of items that are in the Carlos Museum and demonstrate how to teach students using objects. This examination of artifacts allows teachers to participate in the learning process, as their students would, in order to determine what kinds of questions to ask and how to attempt to find answers when studying history through artifacts.
