Check out our line up of all star presenters during our second breakout session
Session 2: 11:50 – 12:20
2020's sudden shift to distance learning and 2021's shifts in learning post-pandemic pose a serious question: how can instructional coaches best support educators? Participants will learn new instructional coaching strategies and innovative ways to build and cultivate relationships, so that they can implement these practices in their own roles.
In this session, attendees will learn and discuss various effective ways of communicating with families both in-person and in virtual settings. Examples are hosting parent-teacher conferences, weekly communication systems, making schedules, best practices, fostering positive relationships with families, and more. Specific evidence and resources will be shared.
What's more fun than getting to play Minecraft in school with your friends?! Talk about engagement. But, how can you make it fit into your standards while driving creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking? Come to this session and learn how to jump start Minecraft in YOUR classroom. Note: This is a basic intro to Minecraft in Elementary. I'm still learning, too!
Learn with a panel of Einstein Fellows as they share lessons, applications, and innovative ideas in STEM the federal government has available.
Ponder, problem solve, and engage in higher order thinking as you explore tech integrations and free resources whose purpose is to elevate critical creative thinking in all curricular areas. These integrations create rigorous engaging environments and facilitate student leaning through understanding with sticking power!
Session 2: 11:50 – 12:20
- How COVID Changed Instructional Coaching
2020's sudden shift to distance learning and 2021's shifts in learning post-pandemic pose a serious question: how can instructional coaches best support educators? Participants will learn new instructional coaching strategies and innovative ways to build and cultivate relationships, so that they can implement these practices in their own roles.
- Communication Keeps Us Connected: Family Communication in the Classroom
In this session, attendees will learn and discuss various effective ways of communicating with families both in-person and in virtual settings. Examples are hosting parent-teacher conferences, weekly communication systems, making schedules, best practices, fostering positive relationships with families, and more. Specific evidence and resources will be shared.
- Minecraft in the Elementary Classroom
What's more fun than getting to play Minecraft in school with your friends?! Talk about engagement. But, how can you make it fit into your standards while driving creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking? Come to this session and learn how to jump start Minecraft in YOUR classroom. Note: This is a basic intro to Minecraft in Elementary. I'm still learning, too!
- STEM 101: Federal Tools for Moving STEM Forward
Learn with a panel of Einstein Fellows as they share lessons, applications, and innovative ideas in STEM the federal government has available.
- Rigorous Tech Integrations to Elevate Critical Creative Thinking and Learning (Part 1)
Ponder, problem solve, and engage in higher order thinking as you explore tech integrations and free resources whose purpose is to elevate critical creative thinking in all curricular areas. These integrations create rigorous engaging environments and facilitate student leaning through understanding with sticking power!