D Sessions: Monday, 10:45–11:45 a.m

Creating Possibilities

D.01 A 30-Day Writing Habit: Developing a Community of Teacher-Writers

Room: Catalina 7 A 30-Day Writing Habit is a district-wide initiative that encourages educators to join a virtual writing community and welcome the new year by launching a writing habit. This interactive session will share strategies for developing a district-wide writing initiative and will invite participants to engage in and discuss several of the writing and reflection prompts from 2022. Presenter: Jill Davidson, Anglophone West School District

Coaching Teachers

D.02 Activate Your Community of Practice through Intentional, Actionable, and Empowering Feedback

Room: Catalina 6 Accept the challenge of fostering a culture of feedback in your community. In this “feedback clinic,” you will learn, observe, and rehearse. Through a series of scenarios, you will discover methods and routines for feedback that grow Tier 1 instruction. Walk away with a plan for providing meaningful feedback, tools that support best practices, and confidence to grow the agency of others. Presenters: Alissa Crabtree, Texas Council of Teachers of

English Language Arts Pattie Parker, Above Ground Media

Coaching Teachers

D.03 Beyond Book Lists: Texts and Tools to Build Community

Room: Catalina 5 Using a framework of C.A.R.E., participants will reflect on texts, tools, and resources such as Bookelicious and Bring Me a Book and leave with an abundance of ideas—beyond book lists—that can complement reading and writing workshops and units of study, or foster stand-alone lessons that strengthen caring, responsive, and inclusive whole school communities. Presenter: JoEllen McCarthy, The Educator Collaborative Supporting Leaders

D.04 Growing New Leaders in Your School and District: Methods for Empowering Teachers and Expanding Their Leadership Avenues

Room: Catalina 4 An often underutilized source of leadership in schools resides in classroom teachers. Classroom teachers hold a wealth of instructional knowledge and know-how in meeting the strengths and needs of all students, and they already have relationships developed with other teachers on staff. Join us to learn specific methods to support teachers in becoming valuable school and district leaders. Presenters: Jackie Epler, Randolph Township

School District Christina Nosek, Lucille Nixon School Amie Reed, O’Fallon District 90

Mobilizing Teams

D.05 Partnering to Help All Kids Learn: Transformational Literacy Leadership

Room: Catalina 3 In this session, participants will engage in discussions about systems-level transformational leadership for literacy with literacy leaders at NWEA who are supporting the organization’s evolution into a teaching and learning organization. Participants will leave with practical ways to be transformational literacy leaders in their schools or districts. Presenters: John Luke Bell, NWEA Miah Daughtery, NWEA Amy Schmidt, NWEA Sharon Stroman, NWEA

Connecting Communities

D.06 Transformative Protocols to Address the Influence of Hate Groups in School Communities

Room: Catalina 2 This session will lead participants through scenarios arising in the increasingly divisive climate our students navigate today. Using protocols developed by the Western States Center’s Confronting White Nationalism in Schools Project, participants will gain insights and practical tools for addressing the racism, conspiracy, and hatred that is infiltrating our nation’s communities and classrooms. Presenter: Jan Stallones, Western States Center,

University of Northern Colorado