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Friday, October 26
 

11:15am CDT

Are Black Girls Really Rocking?
Limited Capacity full
When discussing academic and behavioral disparities, the national conversation is often focused on improving conditions for African-American boys. Black girls, who grow up in the same neighborhoods and experience some of the same traumas, are often left out of the conversation. As educators, how do we effectively support our girls while challenging them to be the black girl that rocks? In this session we will discuss the intersectionality of race & gender in education & how we can challenge practices that have historically minimize the growth & development of our black girls.
Speakers
avatar for Nakita Green

Friday October 26, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting 213 A
  All Scholars

11:15am CDT

Bringing Your Classroom to Life!
Limited Capacity full
Looking for ways to engage all scholars? Have you asked yourself lately how to motivate ALL learners? Well, this experiential learning session is for you! Student engagement sets the foundation for academic achievement, classroom management and a joyous culture. In this session, teachers will collaborate with other motivated educators to transform bland lesson plans into lessons your scholars will be jumping out of their seats for. From Fish Bowls to Hot Seat, we will explore the many ways to engage all scholars.
Co-Presenters / Panelists
avatar for Cristal James

Cristal James

Instructional Coach, DPACES

Speakers
MA
avatar for Anastasia Lyons

Friday October 26, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm CDT
River 007 A
  All Scholars

11:15am CDT

Backwards Planning for Success - Project Management for Scholars
Limited Capacity full
While we all love a good project, planning for and monitoring scholar progress and success on a major project can sometimes be daunting. Project-based learning provides the opportunity for teachers to step back and let scholars run with their own ideas and creativity. It also presents the ideal circumstances to build executive functioning and self-regulation skills in our scholars. During this session, teachers will backwards plan a unit-based project in order to determine steps and skills for scholar success as well as planning for active project management and skill building during the project's progress. This session is for middle and high school teachers at all levels of project-planning stages.
Speakers
AG

Ashley Getting

Democracy Prep Charter High School

Friday October 26, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting 225 C
  Rigorous Academics

11:15am CDT

Putting the Story in History: Strategies for Engagement and Discussion
Limited Capacity seats available
Faulker famously wrote "the past isn't dead. It's not even past." In many of our classrooms, history instruction stays in 2000 BCE. In this session, we will look at how to structure to articulate a purpose to students besides just learning the past - and to learn techniques that will promote student inquiry and discussing about values within a history classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Ferny Reyes

Ferny Reyes

History Curriculum Specialist

History as Story pdf
Friday October 26, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting 207 B
  Rigorous Academics

1:30pm CDT

A R.O.S.E. From Concrete: Countering the Narrative of Criminalized Girls of Color Through Enrichment
Limited Capacity full
#BlackLivesMatter. #MeToo. #SayHerName. #BlackGirlMagic. What do all these Movements have in common? They were started by women focused on the enrichment and empowerment of females, particularly those of color. Teachers interested in transforming the lives of the young ladies in their schools should attend this session. This session is an in-depth case study about the criminalization of minority girls and the preventative measures taken at one DP school to address and combat the staggering statistics our girls face. R.O.S.E. (Respectful Outstanding Sisters of Excellence) is an after-school program at DP Bronx Prep that has successfully begun to address these concerns.Teachers will leave this session more aware of the challenges our young ladies face and equipped with proven, data driven techniques they can use when creating enrichment programs for girls on their campuses.
Speakers
avatar for Kristan Justice

Kristan Justice

Bronx Prep High School

Friday October 26, 2018 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
River 006 C
  Joyous Culture

1:30pm CDT

Escape My Classroom
Limited Capacity full
The clock is ticking, time is running out, and you haven’t gotten to the exit ticket yet. Your scholars are trying to escape the room and you kind of want to too.

Why not play into it? Break the monotony of your lessons and create an escape the room review session. Scholars work together and demonstrate mastery of the content by unlocking puzzles and solving mysteries. This activity promotes critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration.

In this session, you'll have a mini experience of an academic escape the room challenge. Then we will provide you with the structure and tools to plan your own.

Can your scholars make it in 50 minutes? The clock is ticking, and Trimester 1 exams are coming.
Speakers
AA

Andre Adao

Science Curriculum Specialist, CMO
KW

Keisha Wade

Math Curriculum Specialist

Friday October 26, 2018 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
River 007 A
  Joyous Culture

1:30pm CDT

Case Studies to Increase Rigor
Limited Capacity seats available
We all want our scholars to fully internalize our content and be able to apply it to a variety of contexts. But how do we do that? In this session, we’ll explore an actual project in which scholars assume the role of constitutional lawyers in an imagined Supreme Court case. Participants will get to analyze the lead up, actual work, and summative activity from the perspective of both scholar and observer. After, we’ll have space to analyze the activity and discuss how to apply this type of activity to their own class.
Speakers
TS

Friday October 26, 2018 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Meeting 210 B
  Rigorous Academics

3:00pm CDT

Differentiation Dish with Dorony
Limited Capacity seats available
Struggling with how to juggle a classroom with 10+ ACT students, 3 ELL's and all other learners in your 25 student classroom? Come learn how to differentiate for ALL learners in this differentiation session. You will leave this session with at least 1 highly differentiated lesson plan, multiple ways to reach all learners throughout your instruction, and get a chance to look at some sample lesson plans yourself! We will also model some best practices of co-teaching through this "meta" session.
Co-Presenters / Panelists
NW

Speakers
VD

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 225 C
  All Scholars

3:00pm CDT

Escape My Classroom
Limited Capacity full
The clock is ticking, time is running out, and you haven’t gotten to the exit ticket yet. Your scholars are trying to escape the room and you kind of want to too.

Why not play into it? Break the monotony of your lessons and create an escape the room review session. Scholars work together and demonstrate mastery of the content by unlocking puzzles and solving mysteries. This activity promotes critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration.

In this session, you'll have a mini experience of an academic escape the room challenge. Then we will provide you with the structure and tools to plan your own.

Can your scholars make it in 50 minutes? The clock is ticking, and Trimester 1 exams are coming.
Speakers
AA

Andre Adao

Science Curriculum Specialist, CMO
KW

Keisha Wade

Math Curriculum Specialist

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
River 007 A
  Joyous Culture

3:00pm CDT

Get Engaged (with Math)
Limited Capacity filling up
Looking to bring more engagement in your math classroom? In this session, we will focus primarily on techniques and activities to build engagement in class. These mostly single prep or low prep activities can liven up any independent practice, group practice, partner work, and review/flex days to ensure scholars are engaged in your class. Bring your computer and some lessons becauseeeewb by the end of this session, you will be able to get your math scholars more engaged, invested and learning more Math!
Speakers
avatar for Kristie Wilson

Kristie Wilson

Freedom Prep Middle School

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
River 006 D
  Joyous Culture

3:00pm CDT

...But, Aren't They in High School Now?": High Expectations for High School Scholars
Limited Capacity seats available
Some of our best practices for creating strong school-wide and classroom culture are rooted in our middle school origin stories. When scholars enter high school, especially in the 11th and 12th grade, some of these strategies must evolve with the socio-emotional needs of young adults. "Sitting in STAR" and "pencils down" just aren't going to work. However, the pendulum can swing too far the other way, and we miss an opportunity to hold our oldest learners to the high expectations they deserve. In this session, we are going to explore what "warm strict to grow" means for high school scholars through role playing best practices and some reflective soul-searching.  
Speakers
MR

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 214 C
  Rigorous Academics

3:00pm CDT

Backwards Planning for Success - Project Management for Scholars
Limited Capacity seats available
While we all love a good project, planning for and monitoring scholar progress and success on a major project can sometimes be daunting. Project-based learning provides the opportunity for teachers to step back and let scholars run with their own ideas and creativity. It also presents the ideal circumstances to build executive functioning and self-regulation skills in our scholars. During this session, teachers will backwards plan a unit-based project in order to determine steps and skills for scholar success as well as planning for active project management and skill building during the project's progress. This session is for middle and high school teachers at all levels of project-planning stages.
Speakers
AG

Ashley Getting

Democracy Prep Charter High School

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 206 B
  Rigorous Academics

3:00pm CDT

Close Reading a "Close Reading
Limited Capacity seats available
Close Reading is a strategy that takes an “inch-wide, mile-deep” approach to dissecting complex texts. In this session, you’ll learn why close reading is such a valuable skill for our scholars to practice and learn. Then you’ll learn and practice two types of Close Reading. Close Reading “bursts” allow scholars to take a deeper dive into a shorter amount of text. Longer close readings will promote reading stamina in your classroom. Using a bank of texts relevant to an upcoming Reading or Writing unit, you’ll take ownership of close reading in your classroom by creating and practicing your own close reads for an upcoming lesson!
Co-Presenters / Panelists
LM

Libby Monahan

Assistant Principal, Bronx Prep Middle School

Speakers
JR

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 212 B
  Rigorous Academics

3:00pm CDT

Rigorous Rubrics; a low-lift way to ensure strong scholar work, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and scholar revisions.
Limited Capacity seats available
Have you ever sat down to grade your papers or exams, and realized that your scholars think that a two-word answer is sufficient for an open response? We have all felt the gap between explaining what high quality work looks like and actually equipping scholars to do high quality work. Come and learn how shared rubrics can help push scholars to write to their full potential in your classroom, and how you can leverage these rubrics to ensure horizontal alignment in your grade level or vertical alignment within your department.
Speakers
JA

John Alvaro

DPCHS
Come talk to me about vocabulary, close reading, circle backs, scholar joy and revisions!

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 225 B
  Rigorous Academics

3:00pm CDT

What Do You Mean: Planning for and Responding to Scholar Misconceptions
Limited Capacity filling up
Have you ever had a student get confused in the classroom? Or run into a wall of misconceptions when teaching? In this session, we will dig into how to best plan for and anticipate misconceptions when doing your own intellectual prep. We will use and practice in-the-moment strategies as tools to respond to unanticipated scholar misconceptions during class.
Speakers
KA

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Meeting 225 A
  Rigorous Academics
 
Saturday, October 27
 

9:00am CDT

The HS Classroom Socratic Seminar
Limited Capacity seats available
The Socratic Seminar is a unique tool allows scholars to practice multiple skills. This workshop will provide an example of how to conduct/grade a Socratic Seminar, provide examples of increasing rigor in HS classroom through discussion, how to create college ready scholars through mastery of appropriate communication techniques, delivery/analysis and how to assess skills learned/practiced in Socratic Seminars in both verbal/written assessments.
This session will focus on the teacher tactics of Socratic Seminar that challenge scholars to mature in their communication skills ( academically) and prepare them for a civics-oriented mindset in the college of their choice.
Speakers
AG

Ashley Glover

HS Literature Teacher, Freedom Prep High School

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
River 006 D
  Rigorous Academics

9:00am CDT

What Do You Mean: Planning for and Responding to Scholar Misconceptions
Limited Capacity filling up
Have you ever had a student get confused in the classroom? Or run into a wall of misconceptions when teaching? In this session, we will dig into how to best plan for and anticipate misconceptions when doing your own intellectual prep. We will use and practice in-the-moment strategies as tools to respond to unanticipated scholar misconceptions during class.
Speakers
KA

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Meeting 221 C
  Rigorous Academics

9:15am CDT

The Art of the Circle Back
Limited Capacity full
The Art of the Circle Back Conversation will provide an opportunity to reflect on data in your classroom and create action steps for scholars who are frequently sent out or who are returning to the classroom after an egregious send out. We are going to focus on having conversations that will assist the taxonomies that we already use and help enhance the relationships, trust, and respect we have with our scholars. We will look at data of your most struggling scholars and plan conversations you can have with them to ensure a fresh start every day.
Co-Presenters / Panelists
JW

Speakers
MH

Michelle Hilt

Freedom Prep High School

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
Meeting 212 A
  All Scholars

9:15am CDT

Supporting Our Boys
Limited Capacity full

Want to foster males sense of responsibility for their school community and self? Do you see potential leaders within your school, and are looking for something more to give them besides a classroom job? Do you believe in peer to peer mentoring? Come out and hear about one initiative that is working to foster leadership skills in our middle school males using a strengths base approach, The L.O.T (Leaders Of Tomorrow) Program. Staff will be able to walk away with beginning action steps to starting their own boys leadership chapter.
Speakers
avatar for Kesha Atterberry

Kesha Atterberry

School Social Worker, Democracy Prep Harlem Middle School
I have been a school social worker within charter schools for over 10 years. I am a advocate for young people, and a strong believer in developing adolescences assets and social skill competencies. I am excited and honored to be doing such important work.

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
River 007 D
  Joyous Culture

9:15am CDT

Authentic Grammar Instruction in Context
Limited Capacity seats available
Implementing authentic grammar instruction into lessons can seem impossible, especially when you are trying to make it engaging. Come to this workshop if you want to experience an engaging, language-based lesson model that includes multimedia connections, poetry, critical lenses, and specific grammar instruction. In order to make grammar engaging for students, it needs to me included in a way that is integral to the actual learning and discussions in class. You will leave this workshop with specific activities that you can take back to your class in addition to multiple resources that can further your practice.
Speakers
KB

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
Meeting 210 B
  Rigorous Academics

9:15am CDT

Rigorous Rubrics; a low-lift way to ensure strong scholar work, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and scholar revisions.
Limited Capacity seats available
Have you ever sat down to grade your papers or exams, and realized that your scholars think that a two-word answer is sufficient for an open response? We have all felt the gap between explaining what high quality work looks like and actually equipping scholars to do high quality work. Come and learn how shared rubrics can help push scholars to write to their full potential in your classroom, and how you can leverage these rubrics to ensure horizontal alignment in your grade level or vertical alignment within your department.
Speakers
JA

John Alvaro

DPCHS
Come talk to me about vocabulary, close reading, circle backs, scholar joy and revisions!

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
River 007 C
  Rigorous Academics

9:15am CDT

Show me the Criteria and I'll Show You The Success!
Limited Capacity full
Imagine a classroom where scholars know exactly what's expected of them academically, 100% of the time. Imagine that there was a way for you to know, before the exit ticket, whether or not scholars would master the aim. Your dreams could become reality on October 27. Come learn how "Criteria For Success" and “Intentional IP” keep expectations high while setting all of your scholars up for success. You'll have the opportunity to implement these new strategies into an upcoming lesson plan so that you can execute CFS in class on Monday.
Speakers
ED

Elisa DiMauro

Principal, Democracy Prep Charter High School

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
Meeting 207 A
  Rigorous Academics

9:15am CDT

Teaching Korean to Non-Heritage Learners: Biggest Challenges and Best Strategies
Limited Capacity seats available
Korean teachers in Democracy Prep are in a unique situation where students in our classrooms are 100% "non-heritage" learners. Since curricula and teaching methods used by Korean teachers in the United States have traditionally targeted teaching students of Korean American heritage, we need to develop curriculum that meet the needs of our unique student body. My goal for this session is to provide Korean teachers useful insights on how to effectively respond to a few issues that non-heritage learners struggle understanding: verb/adjectives conjugation, use of particles and S-O-V sentence structure. Some frequent mistakes our students make will be presented and teachers will discuss ways to teach the needed skills to prevent them. I would also like to share with the team how I have dealt with those topics and ask teachers to share their own experiences. 
Speakers
YH

Saturday October 27, 2018 9:15am - 10:30am CDT
Meeting 214 D
  Rigorous Academics

10:30am CDT

Are Black Girls Really Rocking?
Limited Capacity full
When discussing academic and behavioral disparities, the national conversation is often focused on improving conditions for African-American boys. Black girls, who grow up in the same neighborhoods and experience some of the same traumas, are often left out of the conversation. As educators, how do we effectively support our girls while challenging them to be the black girl that rocks? In this session we will discuss the intersectionality of race & gender in education & how we can challenge practices that have historically minimize the growth & development of our black girls.
Speakers
avatar for Nakita Green

Saturday October 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
Meeting 214 D
  All Scholars

10:30am CDT

At the Right PACE: How to serve our highest need scholars at the high school level
Limited Capacity seats available
Do you feel prepared to support our highest need scholars? Are you interested in learning more about innovative practices and programming to support all scholars? As our network works, our student populations entering our high schools have shifted to include far more diverse student learning needs. The pilot PACE classroom at DPHHS has been exploring alternatives to our more traditional curriculum, and we want to share out best practices and key takeaways so far with you! You'll leave this session with concrete strategies and practices to implement in your own settings. You'll also gain an understanding of what to look out for to identify our highest need students.
Co-Presenters / Panelists
ER

Emily Ritchings

Democracy Prep Harlem High School

Speakers
JW

Saturday October 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
River 006 C
  All Scholars

10:30am CDT

Everybody Reads!
Limited Capacity filling up
The goal of this session is to share and practice strategies to create a joyous culture of reading in your classroom. In order for our scholars to master the aims in our lessons, they must truly grapple with the texts we put in front of them. But how do we prevent scholars from checking out during independent or whole group reading? I will share strategies that have worked for me in my class of struggling readers to establish a strong culture of reading. Session participants will participate in a classroom simulation, debrief the use of strategies, and practice engaging all scholars during control the game. This session is recommended to teachers who have had an introduction to control the game and is open to all content teachers although the strategies may be more helpful for humanities teachers.
Speakers
SC

Sarah Clark

Freedom Prep High School

Saturday October 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
Meeting 206 B
  All Scholars

10:30am CDT

Desmos Activity Builder
Limited Capacity seats available
Desmos is a powerful, free online graphing calculator. If you've used Desmos graphing calculator and/or activity lessons, this session can help you take things to the next level! Desmos now offers an activity builder for mathematics teachers that allows for the development of original, interactive, engaging lessons. One of the best parts about using Desmos activities is the live data collection feature. When you implement the lesson, you can see individual student responses for each question/task and then decide to provide individual, small group, or whole class feedback. This session is for teachers who do not know how to create a custom activity using Desmos. Please come with an AIM that requires student to do mathematics in multiple representations, one being the coordinate plane. Creative Science teachers might be able to adapt this for their classrooms!
Speakers
EA

Saturday October 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am CDT
Meeting 206 A
  Thoughtful Data
 
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