SMSD Secondary IFair 2025

Transform your instruction with tis workshop that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to create truly differentiated learning experiences. Through hands-on exploration of AI tools, we will engage in how to efficiently generate leveled reading materials, scaffolded assignments, and culturally responsive content that meets the diverse needs of your English Language Learners. This practical session will equip you with ready-to-use strategies for creating multi-level materials, providing real-time language support, and developing personalized assessments that maintain high academic standards. You'll leave with an actionable implementation plan, a library of effective prompts, and the confidence to use AI as a powerful ally in supporting your students' language development journey. Best of all, this comprehensive workshop is designed to be immediately applicable in your classroom, helping you save time while providing more targeted support for each student's unique language learning needs. Participants will:

1. Master prompt engineering techniques to generate differentiated materials for various English proficiency levels 
2. Create scaffolded learning activities using AI tools while maintaining academic rigor
3. Develop strategies for using AI to provide real-time language support and feedback Learn to generate culturally responsive content that connects to students' backgrounds

In this session we will examine AP classroom and how it can be used as an instructional tool in the AP Science classroom.
1. Participants will be able to identify videos to use for instruction.
2. Participants will be able to identify and assign Topic Questions.
3. Participants will explore instructional resource and possible uses in AP coursework.

This session is designed to equip middle school teachers with practical, easy-to-implement strategies to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classrooms. Focusing on quick wins that can be applied immediately, this session will help content area teachers foster a more inclusive and effective learning environment for their ELL students. Teachers will leave with actionable tools and strategies that promote language acquisition, engagement, and content understanding. For those who have been in an ELL Quick Win session already this year, this session will have similar content but with fresh, new examples of what these strategies might look like in your classroom.

This session will explore the research base, tools, and practices teachers can use to tackle one of the most challenging and emotionally charged conversations in schools: grading practices. We will use Joel Feldman's book "Grading for Equity" as a guide. This session delves into how accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational grading practices can enhance learning, reduce grade inflation, lower failure rates, and foster stronger teacher-student relationships. It examines the historical origins of grading, originally designed to sort students and reinforce fixed mindsets about their potential—an approach still prevalent today. The session also covers research on motivation and equitable teaching, offering practical, fair grading strategies, real teacher examples, and solutions to common challenges.

1. Explore grading history: Understand how traditional grading systems have created inequities and limited student potential.
2. Learn the benefits of equitable grading: Discover how fair, bias-resistant grading can improve learning and strengthen teacher-student relationships.
3. Understand research on motivation and equity: Review key research on how equitable grading supports student motivation and fairness.
4. Develop practical grading strategies: Gain tools and examples for implementing equitable grading practices and overcoming common challenges.
5. Reflect on grading’s impact: Consider how grading shapes both student and teacher identities, encouraging a more thoughtful approach to assessment.

This professional development session is designed for middle school teachers aiming to enhance their students' organization and executive functioning skills. As students transition into middle school, they encounter increased academic demands and responsibilities. Developing these skills is crucial for their academic success and overall well-being. This session will empower educators to help middle school students develop essential organizational and executive functioning skills. We'll explore key components, identify common challenges, and learn practical strategies to support student success in the classroom.

Based on the book Dyslexic Writing Strategies for Student Success, this session will explore methods for fostering a supportive environment, enhancing critical writing skills, and providing individualized guidance tailored to the unique writing challenges of secondary students with dyslexia. Teachers will understand the challenges that students with dyslexia face with their writing skills and take away specific strategies to support writers with dyslexia.

Based on the book Mastering AI for Educators Made Easy, discover how to create efficient lesson plans, improve personalized learning, and manage time effectively using AI. This session will include ethical considerations, hands-on exercises, and time-saving strategies. Teachers new to AI will understand the fundamentals of different types of AI, reflect on the ethical questions involved in AI usage, and take away specific strategies to create lessons and give effective feedback to students.

KSDE has put together a new streamlined process to align units with state/priority standards. In this session teachers will be walked through that process and then given time/support to go through it either individually or in their PLCs for an upcoming unit. Following this session teachers will be able to bring their work back to their building PLCs so they can continue the alignment together. _x000D_Teachers/PLCs will work through the new KSDE HGSS process to align a future 2nd semester unit with state/priority standards.

This session will provide an opportunity for AP Science Instructors to reflect on curriculum changes and share effective Instructional strategies. Be prepared to share at least one strategy.
1. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect on their first semester teaching and dIscuss with other AP teachers.
2. Participants will have an opportunity to share effective instructional strategies.
3. Participants will be given an opportunity to discuss strategies to implement for the second semester.

Participants will learn about the key aspects of Client Connected Projects and how they can expand student social capital through connections with mentors._x000D_1. I can articulate the key components of a Client Connected Project. 2. I can connect with community partners to expand my students' social capital. 3. I can help students be successful in various roles on a project team.

Participants will use data driven prerequisite reports to identify and plan for student learning needs and tailor instructional practices to ensure all students make progress in mathematics.  Effectively use i-Ready Math data to inform and enhance instructional strategies for both Tier 1 (core instruction) and Tier 2 (targeted interventions).

This virtual session is geared for high school administrators and counselors who lead and support Edgeunity in their buildings. If you attend this session, please make sure to bring your computer/iPad and headphones/airpods.  This workshop prepares leaders and counselors with everything needed to jump-start and lead a successful implementation with Imagine Edgenuity. Leaders will learn about how to best support staff, analyze data and perform MOY and EOY procedures.

In this session, participants will...1) understand how to lead and support the successful implementation of Edgenuity in their schools. 2) understand how to support staff with implementing Edgenuity. 3) understand how to analyze data reports and perform middle and end-of-year procedures.

Zoom Link: https://imaginelearning.zoom.us/j/99654705104?pwd=8LfYybodTMF9JD0waIf3JPuTS4mhNn.1
Meeting ID: 996 5470 5104
Passcode: 555598

This session is designed to empower general educators with the knowledge and tools to create strong, collaborative partnerships with paraprofessionals that support student success. Participants will explore the distinct roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals and general education teachers, ensuring clarity and alignment within the educational team. Through interactive discussions and practical tools, attendees will learn techniques to involve paraprofessionals in differentiated instruction and classroom management.
By the end of this session, participants will:
1. Understand the roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals and general education teachers.
2. Learn strategies to effectively communicate and plan with paraprofessionals to align with instructional goals.
3. Develop techniques to involve paraprofessionals in supporting differentiated instruction and classroom management.
4. Gain tools to address common challenges, such as unclear roles, inconsistent communication, and conflicting expectations.
5. Build a collaborative approach that fosters a positive, inclusive environment for all students and staff.

This session is designed to equip high school teachers with practical, easy-to-implement strategies to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classrooms. Focusing on quick wins that can be applied immediately, this session will help content area teachers foster a more inclusive and effective learning environment for their ELL students. Teachers will leave with actionable tools and strategies that promote language acquisition, engagement, and content understanding. For those who have been in an ELL Quick Win session already this year, this session will have similar content but with fresh, new examples of what these strategies might look like in your classroom.

Helping General education teachers appropriately give feedback for students with IEPs and the importance of that feedback, and the best way to help gen ed teachers be active members of the IEP team. I can identify the characteristics of appropriate and constructive IEP feedback. - I can demonstrate effective strategies for actively participating as a collaborative member of an IEP team.

This session will explore the research base, tools, and practices teachers can use to tackle one of the most challenging and emotionally charged conversations in schools: grading practices. We will use Joel Feldman's book "Grading for Equity" as a guide. This session delves into how accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational grading practices can enhance learning, reduce grade inflation, lower failure rates, and foster stronger teacher-student relationships. It examines the historical origins of grading, originally designed to sort students and reinforce fixed mindsets about their potential—an approach still prevalent today. The session also covers research on motivation and equitable teaching, offering practical, fair grading strategies, real teacher examples, and solutions to common challenges.

1. Explore grading history: Understand how traditional grading systems have created inequities and limited student potential.
2. Learn the benefits of equitable grading: Discover how fair, bias-resistant grading can improve learning and strengthen teacher-student relationships.
3. Understand research on motivation and equity: Review key research on how equitable grading supports student motivation and fairness.
4. Develop practical grading strategies: Gain tools and examples for implementing equitable grading practices and overcoming common challenges.
5. Reflect on grading’s impact: Consider how grading shapes both student and teacher identities, encouraging a more thoughtful approach to assessment.

In this session, educators will learn practical strategies for maintaining academic rigor while adapting content for English language learners. Through hands-on practice with Webb's Depth of Knowledge and vocabulary tiering, participants will discover how to preserve complex cognitive tasks while providing appropriate language support. Teachers will learn to differentiate between essential academic vocabulary and supporting language, ensuring students engage with challenging content while receiving targeted linguistic scaffolding. The session culminates in guided practice modifying sample texts, allowing educators to immediately apply strategies for creating rigorous yet accessible materials for their multilingual learners.
Educators will:

1. Differentiate between linguistic simplification and content dilution 
2. Apply strategies for preserving cognitive demand while modifying language
3. Create scaffolds that support language without reducing rigor