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Wednesday
, March 13
9:00am CDT
Preparing Students for the 21st Century -- Lessons Learned from Our Nation's Most Rapidly Improving Schools
Megacenter
10:15am CDT
AVC Director's Meeting
Augusta I & II
Building a Student Run 1:1 Computer Help Desk
Salon IV
Connecting Course Sequences to Pathways: Promoting College and Career Readiness
Turquoise A
Emerging Technology for Course Delivery--Edmodo
Ruby
Equity and Engagement: Parent Support Teams in Action
Turquoise B
Excellence: Building Process and Content with Integrated Curriculum Projects!
Jade
Helping Youth Find Their Future: A Mentorship Model that Works!
Marsalis II
iPad Apps not Naps for FACS Preschool Students and Instructors
Jack Nicklaus
Let's Talk About Data! Using Data to See Career and Technical Education.
Marsalis I
Making High School Math RTI a Reality
Sapphire
Moving Beyond Alignment - Getting the Common Core in Academic and CTE Classrooms
Salon VI
One-to-One Networking With the Use of Tablets and Computers
Preservation Hall A
Plano High School - A Shift in Climate Culture
Ben Hogan
Raising ACT Reading Scores by Improving Student Comprehension Abilities
Coral
Reading Strategies in the CTE Classroom
Arnold Palmer
Sharing Cyberspace with 3 Friends and 30 Million Others
Broadway A
The Principal Instructional Leader in a Data-driven Instructional Environment
New Orleans Ballroom
Web 2.0: No Registration Necessary
Salon II
Preparing for the Challenges and Opportunities of the Common Core State Standards
Broadway B & C
Using Literacy to Teach CTE Program Area Content
Salon V
10:45am CDT
Continuing to Unlock Doors with HSTW's 10 Key Practices
Salon III
12:45pm CDT
A National Study of High School Graduation Requirements and Diploma Options
Arnold Palmer
After School Programs - a Different Way of Learning
Augusta I & II
Blended? Flipped? Online? How to Implement Custom Digital Solutions that Maximize Student Learning
Broadway A
Connecting Students to Increase Graduation Rates
Salon VI
Cooking Connections: Science, Math, Art, Careers, Credentials, and Dual Credits!
Jade
Diversity: Understanding the Cultural Needs of Students, Parents, and Community
Ruby
Final Grades: What Can Data from 16 Million Secondary Courses Tell Us?
Marsalis II
Integrating Academic Content and Skills into CTE and Earn College Credit
Sapphire
Integrating Technology into Curriculum using an Interactive Whiteboard (SMART)
Salon II
Interactive Career Fair - A Hands-on Experience for Exploring Career Options
Marsalis I
One-to-One Networking With the Use of Tablets and Computers
Preservation Hall A
Pac-Man and the Common Core
Coral
Problem Based Learning in Consumer Education
Ben Hogan
Supporting An Amibitious Literacy Initiative with the Literacy Design Collaborative
Turquoise B
The Road to Quality Career Pathways: Guidance Services and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Turquoise A
Transition is Tough - Let's Make a Game Out of It
Jack Nicklaus
Avoiding Classroom Comas
New Orleans Ballroom
Combining Best Practices for First Time Instruction and Student Interventions in Small Learning Communities
Salon IV
Continuing to Unlock Doors with HSTW's 10 Key Practices
Salon III
CTE at a Crossroads
Theater
Higher-level Questioning with Socratic Seminars
Salon V
2:00pm CDT
Best Practice for Promoting FACS Programs
Jade
Building a Wind Farm in Your Classroom
Coral
Common Core Standards: How CTE Instructors Can Help
Broadway A
Connecting Students to Increase Graduation Rates
Salon VI
Contextual Mathematics (Mechanical Drafting and Geometry)
Arnold Palmer
Differentiated Instruction in Business Law Through Literature Circles
Ben Hogan
Engaging the Disengaged: Strategies for Reaching the 'Inbetweeners' and 'Idon'tcarers'
Salon III
Industry Certification: Lead by Example
Sapphire
Integrating Technology into Curriculum using an Interactive Whiteboard (SMART)
Salon II
Planning for High Quality CTE Education in the 21st Century
Turquoise B
Regional Approach to Career Development for High School and College Students
Jack Nicklaus
STEM Employment: What Our Students Really Need
Ruby
Students Recruiting Students into Illinois Agriculture Teacher Education Programs
Marsalis I
TinyQ - Social Media Tutoring - #ask_a_question #get_an_answer @arc.iit
Marsalis II
Combining Best Practices for First Time Instruction and Student Interventions in Small Learning Communities
Salon IV
Formative Assessment
Preservation Hall A
Literacy Professional Development Aligned to the Common Core
Salon V
Manage Your Classroom - Manage Yourself
New Orleans Ballroom
Transforming the Attitudes of At-Risk Students
Theater
BYOL for CIS: Helping Students Use Portfolios for College Choice and Job Search
Turquoise A
Illinois WECEP (Work Experience and Career Exploration Program) Coordinators Meeting
Augusta I & II
3:15pm CDT
Backwards Planning for Integrated CTE Instruction
Coral
Developing Instructional Strategies to Embed Common Core Standards
Turquoise B
Do Teachers Teach Students Using the Methods by Which They Learn Best?
Marsalis I
Entrepreneurship: Virtual Enterprise International (VEI)Program
Arnold Palmer
Preparing for The WorkKeys Trilogy and NCRC Certificate.
Ben Hogan
Project Lead The Way (PLTW)--Problem-Based STEM Opportunities
Marsalis II
Real World Math, Decision Making and Career Awareness Applications for 6-12
Jack Nicklaus
Saving Building Trades! (A Partnership Story)
Broadway A
Using Screencasts for Teaching and Learning
Jade
You Don't Have to be a Magician to Align Your FCS Curriculum to the Common Core Standards
Ruby
Brain Based Teaching: Making Connections for Long-Term Memory & Recall
Preservation Hall A
Specific Steps For Improving Parental Involvement
New Orleans Ballroom
Transforming the Attitudes of At-Risk Students
Theater
The Superintendent Does Make a Difference
Sapphire
4:30pm CDT
The Superintendent Does Make a Difference
Theater
'One Day at a Time': Supporting School Counselors in Transition
Jade
A series of Firsts: Improving Transitions and Increasing College Success for Students with Disabilities
Preservation Hall A
Career Facilitator: A Unique Position in Secondary Schools
New Orleans Ballroom
College Credit Business Courses Offered in High School
Turquoise B
Common Core Reading Standards and Students with Disabilities: Problems and Prospects in CTE
Arnold Palmer
Connecting Students to College and Careers through CCSS and STEM
Ruby
Education for Employment (EFE) Regional System Directors State Meeting and Staff Development Session
Augusta I & II
Freshman Advisory Transition and Leadership Program
Coral
How to Get Your Students to Think Outside the Box
Turquoise A
Improving Programs Through a Special Populations Lens
Ben Hogan
Increased Student Achievement in FCS with Brain-Strategies and Common Core!
Broadway A
Lake County Secondary Transition Service Providers Professional Learning Team (PLT)
Marsalis I
Quality Adjunct Are Faculty, Too!
Sapphire
Satisfying Common Core Anchor Standards With a Mini Unit on Korean Culture/Literature
Jack Nicklaus
Using Tuning Protocol to Critique Student Work in Technology Classes
Marsalis II
Thursday
, March 14
8:15am CDT
Amped Up: Circuits, Schematics, Oh My!
Sapphire
Catching Freshmen Before they Fail
Marsalis I
Challenges and Resources for Professional School Guidance Counselors
Coral
Creating Wrap-around Support for Struggling Students
Broadway A
Data Driven Instruction: Improving Student Performance
Salon IV
Digital Storytelling: Defining Personality through Digital Stories
Marsalis II
Engaging 8th Graders in Career Options: Career Expo Can Make it Happen!
Turquoise B
High School, College & Career Centers - Build It & They Will Come
Turquoise A
High Technology in Tech Ed a guide for going 1:1 in ALL Tech Ed Courses.
Ruby
Improving Student College Readiness Skills in the Science Classroom
Arnold Palmer
Nanotechnology: Current and Future Directions
Salon VI
ProStart Curriculum - Expanding Career Exploration and Workforce Development for the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Industry
Salon III
Providing Additional Assistance in Order to Support Students and Learning
Salon V
School Improvement: Absent Funding
Augusta I & II
Six Step approach to Power Decision Making
Jade
CANCELLED - Design Thinking In The Classroom
Cancelled Coral Session
Avoiding Classroom Comas
New Orleans Ballroom
Brain Based Teaching: Making Connections for Long-Term Memory & Recall
Preservation Hall A
Building Teacher Capacity for Creating Culturally Responsive Learning Environments
Theater
U-46 STEM Equity Pipeline - Moving Forward with STEM
Salon II
9:30am CDT
A Bridge to Your Future: Transitioning Into the Freshman Year
Sapphire
Can We Teach Creativity and Innovation? Yes and Here's How!
Jade
Classroom Lab Management and Incorporating Reading into a Foods Class
Coral
Creating Successful Vocational Community Partnerships for Students with Disabilities
Marsalis II
Creative Ways of Using Technology & Other Resources to Support Student Learning
Salon V
Data Driven Instruction: Improving Student Performance
Salon IV
Get Hands-on with Three Cutting-Edge Engineering Activities
Salon VI
Leading Change: Building a Culture of Support
Broadway A
ProStart Curriculum - Expanding Career Exploration and Workforce Development for the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Industry
Salon III
School Improvement: Absent Funding
Augusta I & II
STEM and the Common Core: A Literacy-Based Framework for Instruction
Ruby
Targeting Common Core with Inquiry Based Learning and Student Blogs
Arnold Palmer
Top 20 Tips for New Teachers
Turquoise B
We've Collected the Data, Now What?
Marsalis I
CANCELLED - Design Thinking In The Classroom
Cancelled Coral Session
Building Teacher Capacity for Creating Culturally Responsive Learning Environments
Theater
Creating and Changing Mindsets ~ Movies of the Mind
Preservation Hall A
Manage Your Classroom - Manage Yourself
New Orleans Ballroom
U-46 STEM Equity Pipeline - Moving Forward with STEM
Salon II
High School, College & Career Centers - Build It & They Will Come
Turquoise A
10:45am CDT
Using Twitter for Professional Development
Preservation Hall A
1:1 Initiative at Joliet Township High School District 204
Broadway A
Collaborative Training for Literacy Design
Turquoise A
Community Centered Project-based Learning: Rigor + Relevance = Motivation
Marsalis I
Creating a Cross Cultural Learning Environment Based on Value Systems
Marsalis II
Establishing the Accountability Mechanism - From Students to Staff to Administrators
Sapphire
Freshman Connection - Last Chance to Bail (Bale)
Coral
Pathways to Results as a Vehicle for High School Improvement
Ruby
Robotics: Science and Technology as Popular as a Rock Star.
Jade
The Pathways Resource Center: A Resource for RTTT Districts
Arnold Palmer
The Yellow Brick Road: Following a New Path
Turquoise B
Using a CTE Employability Skills Assessment to Improve College Readiness
Augusta I & II
Changing School Cultures: The Key Ingredient to School Improvement
New Orleans Ballroom
Make Your Own Magic Designed to motivate individuals, employees, leaders and managers
Theater
1:00pm CDT
How To Stay Motivated in Challenging Times Designed to help individuals, businesses and organizations cope with and conquer change and challenge
St. Charles Ballroom
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