Sessions and Speakers
Conference Agenda/Schedule
(subject to change until the event starts)
Our team is excited to share our conference keynote speakers for this year!
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Dr. John Spencer
Dr. John Spencer is a former middle school teacher who worked as a teacher and then as a coach within the ELD-focused Twenty-First Century Classroom Initiative in Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently a full-time professor who is passionate about seeing students reach their creative potential. He is the author of the bestselling books Launch, Empower, and Vintage Innovation, and The A.I. Roadmap. In the past, he spoke at the White House, sharing a vision for how to empower students to be future-ready through creativity and design thinking. John is an author of a popular blog, podcast, and YouTube channel.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Dr. Steven M. Constantino
At its core, The Five Simple Principles to Engage Every Family Process supports schools and districts in demonstrating progress toward the stated student learning goals through effective and targeted family engagement practice.
Family engagement increases student achievement but how do schools connect with families who don’t participate yet? Educators can easily become frustrated trying to reach the disconnected and often fall back to engaging the already engaged. Can every family be engaged in the learning lives of their children? Dr. Steve Constantino, known for his experience and sound teaching on family engagement, knows they can and promises far more than easy answers and theory to make it so. His book and professional development will show how to bring about real shifts in culture through process, reflections, and diligent effort. Simple logic models and best practice case studies will reveal how and where family engagement breaks down, and how to create a truly inviting culture for successful community and family partnerships.
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