Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Conference Overview

    • Welcome from NCAIS Board Chair, Kerin Hughes

  • 2

    Schedule

    • Agenda for Live Sessions on October 15
  • 3

    Sponsors

    • Leadership Circle Sponsors

    • Conference Sponsors
  • 4

    Keynote Sessions

    • 8:30 am Morning Keynote Speaker | Phyllis Fagell

    • Phyllis Fagell Bio

    • 2:30 pm Afternoon Keynote | Communications Breakdowns in Adolescence: A New Model for Connection

    • Michelle Icard Bio

  • 5

    Sessions Recorded Live

    • Integrate Play to Increase Engagement

    • Navigating Cancel Culture & the Impact on Student Well-being

    • Reflecting through the Lens of Co-Cognitive Habits

    • Resilience

    • Say YES to Consent!

    • Teaching Anti-Racism through Identity Exploration

    • Positive Relationships

    • Raising the Bar, Integrating Play to Increase Engagement

    • The time is now! Inclusive classroom environments

    • Leveling Up: Redefining MS Academic Rigor

    • How to Get Middle Schoolers to Love Who They Are

    • Service Learning with Dignity
  • 6

    Pre-recorded Sessions

    • Assessment Made Easy in the Music Classroom

    • Literacy for Middle School Social Studies Students

    • Centering Black, Latinx, and Indigenous History

    • Looking at Student Work: What Are They Thinking?

    • Supporting All Students Through Differentiated Instruction

    • Land and Livestock: Real world education, Montessori-style

    • Teach coding with your TI-84 calculator

    • Create a Culture of Autonomous Readers and Writers

    • Using Conceptual Lenses to Make Math Relevant

    • Isn't it poetic?

    • Building Positive Emotion

    • Study Strategies that Support EF Growth

    • Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom

    • Leer es Poder: Reading Your Way to Proficiency

    • We Can Dance If We Wanna (Teach Science)

    • A Makers Toolbox in a Chaotic World

    • Motivating Students through Storylines in STEM

    • Killing Mockingbird

    • Public Storytelling through Art

    • Encourage Student Advocacy with Spoken Word Poetry

    • Professional Development Doesn't Have to Be a Bad Word: Finding PD That Inspires You

    • Maymester: Interdisciplinary Capstone Experience for Middle School

    • Extreme Makeover: Current Events Edition!

    • Keeping Culture Comprehensible