Keynote Presentation: Team Concepts from Kearney, NE
Presenters: Dr. Mark and Joni Adler
Title: "Reid's Story..." Description Mark & Joni Adler will discuss with students the journey during which their son Reid shared with them that he had suicidal thoughts to just over one month’s time when on January 7, 2016, Reid took his own life changing the lives of many forever. Reid was the victim of intimidation and cyber bullying, a situation his parents knew nothing about until after his passing. Mark & Joni will challenge students to stand up for each other and not allow any type of bullying or inappropriate treatment between students. The final focus will be on using courage and leadership as tools in spreading Hope and Kindness to everyone we encounter an approach Reid lived and exemplified daily! Presenter: Dr. Marissa Payzant Title: "Language Dives: What are they and how deep can we go?" Description This session will focus on the use of Language Dives¹, a powerful inquiry-based strategy in which students analyze, comprehend, and use the language of meaningful academic sentences. It’s a simple but useful tool that’s easy to learn. By applying the engaging formula of deconstructing, reconstructing, and then practicing key sentences, students will strengthen their understanding of literary and informational texts as well as go deeper into literal and inferential thinking. They will activate and build prior knowledge and strengthen content vocabulary. We will also discuss the many different applications of the strategy across content areas. ¹The EL Education Language Dive is based on “Juicy Sentences”: Wong Fillmore, L., & Fillmore, C. (2012, January) “What does text complexity mean for English learners and language minority students?” Paper presented at the Understanding Language Conference, Stanford, CA. Presenter: Dr. Felicity Balluch Title: "Low Impact Behavior Strategies" Description This presentation will offer behavior tools and strategies for teachers dealing with difficult behaviors at the Tier I level. Information offered will allow teachers to support students with little impact to the educational environment but will offer the potential for big results. In an effort to battle initiative-fatigue, participants will walk away with a fresh outlook and ready-to-implement ideas for Monday morning. Presenter: Tim Huls, Taylor Siebert, and Students Title: "Empower Your Students to Tell Your School's Story" Description Use Class Intercom to Build Digital Leadership Skills as you Trust Students to use your Social Media accounts to Share Your School's Story. Presenter: Lucus Dalinghaus Title: "The Role of Support Personnel" (Parts 1 & 2) Description As a para-professional, teacher aide, teacher assistant, or substitute teacher, you are asked to complete many tasks and duties. While it would be ideal to have some sort of background on these assignments; the reality is that you are many times thrust into situations that require you to learn on the fly. During this session, we will look at many of the common activities support personnel are asked to do and will consider background information and details that support these tasks. Presenter: Bobby Truhe, Steve Williams, & Tim Malm (from KSB Law)
Title: "Digital Citizenship For Staff" Description Unfortunately, we have new cases and news stories coming out almost every day dealing with inappropriate social media use. This includes staff members getting in trouble on social media. This presentation will cover the most recent cases, your rights as staff members, and cases when teachers and administrators become the subject of social media scorn from students. Session Title for Administrators: "Hot Topics in School Law" Description This presentation will cover the most current and interesting legal topics affecting school law which every school staff member should know about. We hope it will be informative, entertaining, and only a little bit scary. Presenter: Lynne Herr Session 1: "Rewindable Learning: Video and Screencasting Made Easy" Description Explore Youtube video capture and the Screencastify Chrome extension to see how easy it is to capture and share video from your classroom. Screencasts are great for everything from lesson plans to assessment. Bring your earbuds, phone and a computer with Chrome and leave with your first screencast ready to go! Session 2: "Google Educator Certification: Get Your G Suite Driver's License" Description Buckle up! Check out Google's engaging, free, online curriculum to help educators efficiently learn how to harness the power of Google tools to become more efficient, effective educators. Learn the rules of the G Suite road as you merge your current and new knowledge to accelerate confidently onto the Certification Expressway! Hear about different models ESU 6 schools have used to implement educator certification with their staff members. Presenter: Lenny Vermaas Session 1: "Using Apps and Games in Centers for Students to Enjoy Mathematics" Description Games and apps can be used to engage students in a learning environment that is fun and motivating. Once introduced, centers can be created using these resources to build and differentiate learning for a wide range of students. Come and discovered apps and games as well as strategies for using centers or station rotation. Target audience, teachers in grades 2-8 https://lvermaas.wikispaces.com/ Session 2: "Homework Strategies for the Math/Science Classroom that Engage Students" Description Grade Level 4-12 Are you stuck in that routine of providing instruction, giving an assignment, correcting the assignment, and then going to the next lesson? Are you looking for a different way to do homework? Strategies like Zip Around, Wager Game, White Out, Pick Five and many more will be shared to engage students and keep them interested in learning. https://lvermaas.wikispaces.com/ Session 3: "I Don’t Have a Math/Science Brain ….YET " Description When confronted with learning new technology or a difficult task, students do one of two things. Students with a growth mindset, see persistence, practice and hard work as key ingredients to reach their goal. Students with a fixed mindset lose interest, withdraw, or give half hearted attempts. Growth mindset students believe FAIL represents First Attempt In Learning and see mistakes as learning opportunities. In this session participants will learn strategies to build a “Growth Mindset” in their students. Any grade level. https://lvermaas.wikispaces.com/ Presenter: Keith Rohwer Title: "Seeds of Hope" Nebraska Loves Public Schools Film" Description “If you can wish for anything, you can do it.” Those words, from 2017 Omaha Northwest graduate Kalpana Gurung, come near the end of “Seeds of Hope”, the latest documentary from Nebraska Loves Public Schools. That message, one of hope, reverberates throughout the entirety of the moving, 35-minute exploration into the education of immigrant and refugee students and the adaptation to life in America that those students, and their families, face. The film is elegant, its subjects direct, genuine, endearing, and most importantly, real. “Seeds of Hope” is powerful, but because of its message, which isn’t built on persuasion or an overly-aggressive tug at the heart strings, but rather simple reality. Nebraska leads the nation in refugee resettlement, and since 2000 its public schools have seen a 113 percent increase in English Language Learner (ELL) students. |
Presenters: Dr. Kelly Kingsley & Dr. Frank Lynott
Title: "Professional Development Through Mindfulness" Description Mindfulness tips and techniques to use not only for the teacher, but for the classroom. A brief look at the psychological and physiological effects of mindfulness. Presenter: Catrina Zentner Title: "Concussions: Return to Learn, THEN Return to Play" Description Give a more in depth knowledge about monitoring symptoms of concussion in a recovering student. Address the importance of Return to Learn before Return to Play. Presenter: Stephanie Call Title: "No World Language Teacher? What Now?" Description Meet with Nebraska Department of Education World Language Specialist Stephanie Call to discuss options in finding and maintaining world language teachers in your district. Counselors and Administrators are especially encouraged to attend this session. Presenter: Dave Stickrod Title: "Socratic Seminars - Love Teaching Again" Description: Learning to Lead Socratic Seminars has changed the lives of teachers all over the world. This session is targeted to teachers who are looking for ways to engage even the most reticent students, enhance reading skills, improve classroom discussion, and challenge all students. After a good seminar, students not only leave the classroom excited about ideas that directly affect their lives, but they come back the next day asking for more. Seminars work well in all grade levels and subject areas. In Socratic Seminars, the leader and participants work together to understand what the author is saying, what words mean, and how the ideas discussed are significant to the lives of people today. Seminar participants gain life skills not only in critical reading and in speaking clearly, but also in listening to each others' views and considering evidence from different viewpoints. These are important skills schools can develop to help society return from what some call today’s “tribalist” culture. Materials for seminar discussions can include: primary sources, historical documents, literature, works of art, poetry, music and movies, as well as provocative writing in all subject areas, songs, speeches and essays, intriguing STEM problems and concepts, etc. Presenters: Beth Kabes & Nancy Movall
Session 1: "The Uberization of Education: Getting ready for personalized delivery!" Description It’s a common story, a graduate sets out in pursuit of a degree or job only to hit an immediate roadblock - their current math skills or English skills don’t measure up. Is it time for us to rethink our MO? Let’s spend some time taking a peek into the future of work and the 7 megatrends that will influence education & work -and then focus on how the personalized learning tools EdReady Math and EdReady English can help ensure your students succeed in academics and life. Session 2: "Jazz Up Your Classroom With 4C’s" Description Are you dancing around adding a CREATIVITY activity in a lesson? What about side-stepping CRITICAL THINKING, even doing a quick-step for COLLABORATION? This presentation will COMMUNICATE resources, apps and suggestions for adding 4Cs to your next lesson. Presenter: Aimee J Daily, Ed.S NCSP Title: "De-Escalation & Verbal Intervention" Description (2 Sessions, Parts 1 & 2) During these back-to-back sessions, participants will get an overview of student behavior and verbal intervention techniques. Presenter: Kristin Slechta Title: "Science Standards: Exploration & Collaboration" Description Science Standards are now College and Career Ready! It's time to shift from "learning about" to "figuring out." How does this look? How does a science teacher plan for a phenomenal experience in learning and thinking? Join us to explore the standards further and collaborate with others. Presenter: Joel Halpine
Title: "Hearing Losses in Little Ears" Description Identification and intervention for types of losses preschool and elementary populations. Presenter: Ben E. Hanika Title: "The New Google Earth: Take Your Students To New Levels of Virtual Learning!" The New Google Earth runs directly in Chrome and has tons of great new features, including Voyager. While this session is primarily geared for Social Studies teachers, all teachers who are interested in using the New Google Earth with their students are welcome to attend! Presenter: Don Loeske
Title: "Continuous Improvement Updates and Q & A" Description This session will begin with updates on continuous improvement for both AdvancED and Frameworks schools. Time for Q & A will wrap up the session. Presenter: Julane Hill
Title: "Shake Your Brain: Active Brain Smart Strategies for Learning" Description Physical activity is associated with improved concentration, memory, behavior, and information-processing skills, yet students spend the majority of their days in school sitting. Why sit when they learn better with movement! Learn key facts about your brilliant brain and participate in fun and easy brain smart strategies that can be easily incorporated into any setting. Get Active. Get Learning. Get Healthy! Presenter: Ellen Stokebrand Title: "Sped Cadre... Updates, Data and IEPs... Making it Right!" Description Updates from NDE will be shared. Training will also be a continuation of the conversation about including appropriate data in the IEP's Present Level of Performance and goals. Presenter: Isaac Mertens (Team Concepts)
Title: "Train The Trainer" Description Participates will learn practical tools in how to foster engagement in their classrooms through activities based exercises. They will gain an understanding in the process of engagement that individual students go through based on their personal leadership style. Presenter: Dixie Trevarthen
Session: 1 "AT & Early Childhood" Description Even with babies we can start thinking about Assistive Technology. In this session we will be talking about what AT might look like for the very young child as well at the 3-5 year olds. We will also be considering the importance of having things in place as we transition from birth to 3 into 3-5 programs. Session 2: "Using Google Forms for Data Collection in Special Education." |