GCS Summer Academy 2023: Full Schedule

8:30am EDT

Rigor: The Secret Sauce

An appropriate level of challenge - or rigor - just may be the "secret sauce" to student achievement and engagement. Come experience practical, student-centered, UDL-ified strategies for building students' content vocabulary and incorporating peer to peer academic discussion in the classroom.

Speakers

Kim Pauls

Monday July 17, 2023 8:30am - 10:30am EDT
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8:30am EDT

First-Class Conversations (in 15 minutes or less)

Academic conversations improve students’ confidence and competence. But with limited class time, how can teachers engage every student in meaningful discussions? This session will explore strategies that can be done in 15 minutes or less. Access to a laptop or iPad is required. Access to past or upcoming lesson plans are required.

Speakers

P. Sloan Joseph

Monday July 17, 2023 8:30am - 10:30am EDT
509

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages | Specialized Teachers (ESOL/SPED/GT/Interventionists), Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages | Instructional Leaders (Administrators/Instructional Coaches/Literacy Specialists), Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages

Company Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages

9:30am EDT

Unlock the Power of Talk in the 3-5 Classroom

This session will explore the purpose and benefits of accountable talk. Participants will learn ways to encourage more student talk - more purposeful, more meaningful, and more collaborative.

Speakers

Whitnee Grant

Instructional support, Alexander Elementary

I am an instructional coach who is passionate about empowering young learners to explore, express, and explain their thinking. I love sharing how we as educators can build community and social capital, teach social and critical thinking skills through literacy.

Monday July 17, 2023 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
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1:45pm EDT

Unlock the Power of Talk in the 3-5 Classroom

This session will explore the purpose and benefits of accountable talk. Participants will learn ways to encourage more student talk - more purposeful, more meaningful, and more collaborative.

Speakers

Whitnee Grant

Instructional support, Alexander Elementary

Monday July 17, 2023 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
513

3:00pm EDT

Leading Students to Critical Literacy in a Digital Age

Using the text "What Students Need from Us to Fight Fake News" as our guide, we will look at specific strategies to build student competence and confidence in the ability to discern fact from "information pollution" in a digitally dependent world. Being a critical consumer of information, reader, and thinker is more complex than ever, and the stakes have never been higher for literacy educators to lead. Several copies of the text will be gifted to attendees at the close of the session.

Speakers

Sarah Evanson-Atkinson

Instructional support, Ralph Chandler Middle

I have just completed my 22nd year in education - 15 years as a middle school english teacher and 7 years as an Instructional Coach at Ralph Chandler Middle School. I love this work and I am always looking for ways to make best practice "easier", "simpler", and more streamlined... Read More →

GCS SA Digital Literacy NOTECATCHER pptx

Monday July 17, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
519

Middle School Teachers (Grades 6 - 8), English/Language Arts, Social Studies | High School Teachers (Grades 9 - 12), English/Language Arts, Social Studies | Instructional Leaders (Administrators/Instructional Coaches/Literacy Specialists), English/Language Arts, Social Studies

Company English/Language Arts, Social Studies

1:45pm EDT

What IS a PLC, anyway?

In becoming a nearly ubiquitous term in education, have we lost some clarity about what it means to PLC? What are the goals and characteristics of a successful PLC? How DO teams of educators effectively assemble to generate solutions and strategies for the challenges we all face?

Speakers

Kim Pauls

Lindsey Beam

Tuesday July 18, 2023 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
508

2:00pm EDT

First-Class Conversations (in 15 minutes or less)

Speakers

P. Sloan Joseph

Tuesday July 18, 2023 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
511

Company Career and Technology Education, English/Language Arts, Multilingual Learners, Gifted and Talented Education, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages