This interactive workshop introduces Leaders to STEAM carts as a tool for strengthening engagement, rigor, and cross-curricular instruction. Leaders will participate in a hands-on STEAM challenge, examine classroom look-fors, and identify strategies to support effective implementation across schools.
Are your multilingual learners participating in lessons but still struggling to access grade-level content? Wondering how to support language development without creating a separate lesson for every student? Join us to explore practical, classroom-ready strategies that strengthen Tier 1 instruction for multilingual learners and students with similar language and learning needs. Discover how to unpack the language demands within the SOLs, leverage WIDA resources and Can Do Descriptors, strengthen collaboration between content and EL teachers, and use instructional look-fors to guide implementation. Walk away with actionable tools and strategies that will help create more inclusive, language-rich classrooms where all students can engage, achieve, and thrive.
Are your PLC meetings turning into venting sessions, or is a mismatch between your curriculum and assessments leading to stagnant student growth? Join us for an interactive, hand-on workshop where you’ll move past the spreadsheet overwhelm and learn to truly “listen” to what your numbers are saying. Instead of just looking at abstract charts, you’ll work directly with your own building’s real-time data dashboard to identify hidden rigor gaps, uncover underserved student subgroups, and ensure the written, taught, and tested curricula are perfectly synced. Through collaborative data protocols and role-play simulations, you will discover how to shift your school culture from “my students” to “ our students.”
As school leaders, we spend significant time ensuring new initiatives are launched, schedules are followed, and curricula are delivered. But how do we know if our hard work is actually moving the needle for students? This interactive session resets the framework for school oversight by cleanly separating it into two critical lenses: monitoring for implementation (Are we doing what we said we would do?) and monitoring for impact (Is it working?). Principals will learn how to look past simple compliance checklists and instead analyze adult behaviors alongside student artifacts and data without burning out. Participants will leave this session with a balanced monitoring rhythm, practical look-for tools, and data-reflection protocols designed to help leadership teams make swift, evidence-based adjustments that protect teacher morale while driving measurable student growth.
Student attendance is about more than tracking absences; it is about creating a school culture where students feel connected, supported, and excited to come to school every day. In this session, elementary school leaders will explore how to leverage a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to identify and address attendance barriers before they become chronic issues. Participants will learn practical strategies for using attendance data to drive interventions, developing tiered supports for students and families, and fostering strong partnerships that promote regular attendance. The session will also highlight innovative ways to build a positive school climate through incentives, student engagement, relationship-building, and schoolwide traditions that encourage students to want to be at school. Attendees will leave with actionable tools, real-world examples, and proven strategies for transforming attendance efforts from compliance-focused practices into a culture where every student feels valued, connected, and motivated to show up each day.
Don’t just hope for high-quality math instruction—know how to see it. This session equips leaders with the skills to audit the powerful synergy of HQIM and IXL. We’ll bridge the gap between high-level conceptual struggle and the personalized data loops that keep students on track. You’ll engage in real-world observation protocols and live feedback cycles, learning to identify the “Student Success Markers” that prove teachers are closing gaps in real-time. By mastering the "look-fors" within this digital ecosystem—balancing HQIM’s conceptual "Why" with IXL’s data-driven "How"—you will leave with the diagnostic confidence to ensure every student experiences high-ceiling math instruction. If you’re ready to turn "busy" math instruction into "good Tier 1" practice, this is your roadmap.
Ever feel like your building’s Technology Innovation Coach (TIC) is trapped in a never-ending loop of resetting student passwords and fixing paper jams instead of moving your academic goals forward? It’s time to break the cycle and upgrade your school’s most powerful instructional asset! Join us for a fast-paced, hands-on planning sprint that breaks down the wall between data and delivery. You’ll open your CSIP, raid the brand-new DTI Professional Learning Pathways catalog, and purposefully map out expert-led teacher training that targets your specific reading, math, or behavioral bottlenecks. Don't leave your school improvement to chance—walk away with a customized, schedule-ready Semester 1 deployment plan that turns your coach into an instructional multiplier.
Are you exhausted at the end of each school day from constantly managing chaos, responding to behavior concerns, and putting out fires? This session explores how intentional systems and consistent practices can transform school climate and culture by creating structure, clarity, and predictability for students and staff. Participants will examine practical strategies that strengthen communication, improve consistency, support positive behavior, and build a more productive learning environment. Walk away with actionable ideas to create sustainable change, reduce daily stressors, and develop systems that lead to stronger outcomes for your entire school community.
If your teachers are struggling to turn small-group time into focused, differentiated instruction, it’s time to stop spinning your wheels. We’ll equip you with proven strategies for supporting teachers in setting up structures to support small group instruction (e.g., classroom management, rotation planning, small group instruction) that lead to truly engaged and empowered learners.
Are you exhausted at the end of each school day from constantly managing chaos, responding to behavior concerns, and putting out fires? This session explores how intentional systems and consistent practices can transform school climate and culture by creating structure, clarity, and predictability for students and staff. Participants will examine practical strategies that strengthen communication, improve consistency, support positive behavior, and build a more productive learning environment. Walk away with actionable ideas to create sustainable change, reduce daily stressors, and develop systems that lead to stronger outcomes for your entire school community.
