LAUNCH - Speakers & Sessions

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Eric Sheninger

KEYNOTE SESSION:

The world has and continues to change in ways that are difficult to predict. Regardless of the forces at hand, educators play a pivotal role in preparing students for success now and in the future. The best way to do this is to create a disruptive thinking culture in our classrooms and schools that future-proofs learning for ALL kids! Get ready for a roller coaster journey that weaves stories, practical ideas, and insights from thousands of classrooms to create meaningful learning experiences that will withstand the test of time. It’s time to challenge the status quo when it comes to teaching and learning in our classrooms. Our learners—and their future in a bold new world—depend on us.

SESSION: Empowering Learners Through Voice and Choice

Students want to be involved in the classroom. When they aren’t, the chances increase for off-task behavior. The key is to leverage ways that involve them early and often in a whole group setting. Attendees will be immersed in a session that leverages sound lesson design and effective Tier 1 instructional strategies in ways that empower them to use their voice and choose how to respond to certain question prompts. Each participant will leave with practical strategies and resources that can be used in the classroom or during a meeting.

PRESENTER: Carla Alpern

SESSION: Including ALL Students Through Project-Based Learning!

ALL students, including students with special needs, can benefit from engaging in project-based learning that incorporates the 5Cs. Learn more about how to maintain high expectations for students with special needs by collaborating with special educators to plan PBLs, differentiating PBLs to make them accessible for students, and even embedding IEP goals into PBL expectations.

PRESENTER: Sarah Amick

SESSION: Caps for Kindness

Discover how the crochet club came together to turn a big pile of yarn into hats for all the kindgarteners at TJES. Get to try out your own crochet skills and leave with a simple crochet project.

PRESENTER: Brittany Anderson

SESSION: Video Gaming in the Classroom

In this presentation, participants will learn how to integrate the video game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, into the classroom to support the development of various Language Arts and 5 Cs skills. During the presentation, you will hear about how specific skills can be covered and see examples of activities that can be completed using this video game. The activities shared in the presentation require students to identify or analyze various ELA concepts that are prevalent in the game play, or create examples of these literary concepts based on the game play. After information is shared, you will have the opportunity to play Mario Kart and participate in one of the featured activities!

PRESENTER: Megan Atkins

SESSION: Get Your Game On!

Ready to level up your lessons and turn student engagement up a notch?! Get ready to discover how a year long game can be applied to your classroom and unlock new ideas for gamifying individual lessons. Whether you’re looking for a total instructional change up or simple ways to spice up an old lesson, then the Get Your Game On is the session for you!

PRESENTER: David Blanchard

SESSION: Can I Really Teach Critical Thinking?

Sometimes we don't realize how close we are to providing our students with the right keys to get them thinking in the classroom. Many times it can seem like students aren't able to come up with good responses to our critical thinking exercises or that they don't want to participate. As teachers, we may not realize how close we are to helping our students to reach the goals that we have set. A few changes to activities and assessments can often be the key to opening the door to greater levels of thinking. This workshop will focus on some examples in multiple subjects for modifications that were made to assignments and assessments in order to properly teach students how to develop their thinking skills.

PRESENTER: Dana Bono

SESSION: Bobcat Baristas: Fostering Self-Determination Through a Student-Run Business

The Bobcat Baristas is a student-run coffee cart. Through this business, LCMS students develop communication, socialization, citizenship, problem-solving skills, and collaboration. The Bobcat Baristas plan, prepare, and deliver coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and bakery items twice weekly to LCMS staff. Come see and learn how all students can achieve.

PRESENTER: Bo Bundrick

SESSION: Post-Secondary Exploration and Development

Come explore what post-secondary exploration and high-quality Work-Based Learning (WBL) comprises. In this session, learn first-hand how school-coordinated workplace experiences relate to our students' career goals and/or interests, how all of this becomes integrated with instruction, and what partnerships our students have explored with local businesses and organizations. Come see how students have explored the 5 Cs in a real-world setting!

PRESENTER: Jen Bracken

SESSION: Transforming Learning with the 5 Cs

Have you ever written a grant to support your instruction? Would you like to know how to make learning memorable with the 5 Cs? Have you ever transformed your classroom? During this presentation, we will discuss grant writing, project based learning, and planning classroom transformations. It's easier than you think!

PRESENTER: Chad Bunovich

SESSION: Flipped Classroom

This session focuses on what a flipped classroom looks like and how it differs from a normal classroom (and how it is the same). You will receive instruction on how to create your own videos. Come learn how to turn your classroom into an extraordinary one by flipping it!

PRESENTER: Hannah Bupp

SESSION: Flipped Classroom

This session focuses on what a flipped classroom looks like and how it differs from a normal classroom (and how it is the same). You will receive instruction on how to create your own videos. Come learn how to turn your classroom into an extraordinary one by flipping it!

SESSION: Being a Better YOU to Be a Better Educator

Secondary trauma can be experienced by anyone, but especially when working with children. As dedicated educators, we often take on the struggles of our students and it is important to recognize this and respond accordingly. Teacher burnout is a real problem, especially since the pandemic. In this session, learn how to take care of your mental health for the betterment of our students. Learn about what secondary trauma is and the techniques to help alleviate those stresses.

PRESENTER: Liz Burchell

SESSION: Building Mathematizers

How can we help our students make math meaningful and mathematize their world? Join us to learn about ways to make math visible and bring it to life in your school and classroom!

PRESENTER: Charley Carroll

SESSION: LCMS TAG Passion Projects

The TAG Passion Project was meant to inspire collaboration among students and community members, encourage creativity and critical thinking, and promote citizenship in action within the community of Louisa. To begin the project, students considered the following essential question: How can we build a better Louisa? Students had the opportunity to work individually or form a group of two to four students, and choose the focus question that they were truly passionate about. Questions pertained to embracing diversity, welcoming new people to our community and/or school, caring for the environment, and feeding Louisa. Join us as we discuss community outreach in our Passion Projects, and listen to one of our amazing students discuss her partnership with The Journey Home!

PRESENTER: Dr. Lisa Chen

SESSION: Deeper Learning - What It Means? What It Looks Like? What It Entails?

Learn how to go deep with your students in learning. Learn techniques to ensure that all students are fully engaged with your lessons. Learn what it means to go from surface to deep learning and how to have students take greater ownership for their own learning. Learn how the 5 Cs apply to teacher clarity, rigorous and engaging tasks, and deeper learning. Come join me in a journey of deeper learning. You won't be disappointed with all that you will learn! Presenters will be provided with examples and take-a-ways to try in their classrooms.

PRESENTER: Jessica Cleaver

SESSION: Building Mathematizers

How can we help our students make math meaningful and mathematize their world? Join us to learn about ways to make math visible and bring it to life in your school and classroom!

PRESENTER: Kelly Clough

SESSION: GooseChase Your Way Through the 5 Cs

GooseChase provides a unique and engaging way to intertwine the 5 Cs. It's so much more than an old-school scavenger hunt. GooseChase gives students the opportunity to use their critical thinking skills while collaborating with peers and communicating out their findings. Take your instruction to the next level and ramp up your next lesson! In this session, you will learn how easy it is to create your own GooseChase, and we will brainstorm ways to incorporate GooseChase into your instruction.

PRESENTER: Laurie Corker

SESSION: Building Mathematizers

How can we help our students make math meaningful and mathematize their world? Join us to learn about ways to make math visible and bring it to life in your school and classroom!

PRESENTER: Megan Cornelius

SESSION: Video Gaming in the Classroom

In this presentation, participants will learn how to integrate the video game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, into the classroom to support the development of various Language Arts and 5 Cs skills. During the presentation, you will hear about how specific skills can be covered and see examples of activities that can be completed using this video game. The activities shared in the presentation require students to identify or analyze various ELA concepts that are prevalent in the game play, or create examples of these literary concepts based on the game play. After information is shared, you will have the opportunity to play Mario Kart and participate in one of the featured activities!

PRESENTER: Amy Davis

SESSION: Sensory Walls

Sensory walls are important in the K-2 classroom and/or hallway. They provide students with a simple way to manage their emotions when needing to calm down. Sensory walls allow children to explore and connect with all five of their senses and through play. Come explore the different senses and learn how feelings and/or emotions emanate when provided with certain smells and touches of objects. In this presentation, you will see a video of children using sensory objects to manage their emotions more effectively!

PRESENTER: Tyler Day

SESSION: Plant The Seed

Come learn about Plant the Seed, which is the culmination of community involvement and successful grant opportunities in the implementation of outside-of-the-box thinking for students with behavior challenges. Learn our take-a-ways while watching our students be the little farmers that they are.

PRESENTER: Andrea Dean

SESSION: PAs are a Breeze

Performance Assessments (PAs) are the best way for students to demonstrate the 5 C's in action! Today, we are excited to announce the LAUNCH of two comprehensive, easy-to-use web sites that will make PAs a breeze. Designed by TeamLCPS educators for TeamLCPS educators, get a head start on how to utilize these new web sites to make you a PA master! If you are an elementary or secondary school teacher that would like to plan, implement, assess, and revise the best possible PAs, then this is the right place to be!

PRESENTER: Stacy Dibble

SESSION: Foxy Bean

The Foxy Bean is a small coffee and sweet treat shop that was created to teach communication, social and functional skills, and following directions. We take orders from a google doc that is sent out to the entire school and turn it into yummy drinks and snacks. Reading and math are used in the making and delivering of these items. The idea from the Foxy Bean was taken from the Kindness Café in Charlottesville that gives job skills and employment to individuals with disabilities. In this presentation, you will experience a slide show and learn what Foxy Bean is all about and walk away with a delicious treat made by our students!

PRESENTER: Rick Dye

SESSION: IOT: Internet of Things

Learn about the input process and output of IoT. Internet of things are a technology that are all around us. In this session, we will use Xinabox systems to gather weather information from a distant location, and you will be able to use this information to share with your students!

PRESENTER: Christine Evans

SESSION: Art and Math: Two Worlds Collide

A look at the collaborative world between the creativity of art and knowledge and the retention of math concepts. In this presentation, you will have a hands-on experience of painting to explore math concepts. This workshop is beneficial for both primary and secondary levels. You will see how the worlds of math and art collide and walk away with a canvas.

PRESENTER: Mary Flores

SESSION: Heritage Language and English Learners

In this presentation, learn why proficiency varies among our heritage language learners. As a Spanish teacher, and having taught a number of Spanish speaking students over the years, I began to wonder why heritage language learners had varying proficiencies in my Spanish classes. Even though most of these students had similar experiences growing up (only speaking Spanish at home and taking ELL classes), once these students reached the high school level, some were completely fluent. Still, others could only understand spoken Spanish, but could not respond, and some heritage language learners were somewhere in the middle. This led me to research why proficiency varies among our heritage language learners. Come learn why the use of a native or heritage language among our students is essential and a must for both our classrooms and community.

PRESENTER: Kristie Fountain

SESSION: Introduction to Gizmos

The world's largest library of math & science virtual labs and simulations, Gizmos are interactive math and science virtual labs and simulations for grades 3-12. Over 400 Gizmos aligned to the latest standards help educators bring powerful new STEM learning experiences to the classroom. Come see and learn from an experienced ExploreLearning instructor who will model a lesson with Gizmos. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the major features and functions of the ExploreLearning website. You will learn how to apply and use Gizmos in your classroom to build an inquiry-based approach for learning for your students!

PRESENTER: Kathleen Fox

SESSION: Get Your Game On!

Ready to level up your lessons and turn student engagement up a notch?! Get ready to discover how a year long game can be applied to your classroom and unlock new ideas for gamifying individual lessons. Whether you’re looking for a total instructional change up or simple ways to spice up an old lesson, then the Get Your Game On is the session for you!

PRESENTER: Ryan Franke

SESSION: Sphero Bots

Come explore how to use Sphero Bots in your classroom. The Sphero packs tons of fun into a tiny robotic ball. Spheros are equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and colorful LED lights. Students can drive, play games, and learn to code using the Sphero App.

PRESENTER: Jessica Gentry

SESSION: Gamifying the Classroom

“Gamifying” the classroom increases student engagement and creates daily learning experiences that get students motivated and excited about their learning in a way that is fun! These ideas are a great way to incorporate our 5Cs by having students set their own goals and become good citizens through friendly competition. Goals for Gamifying include a twist on review activities, a creative outlet to demonstrate understanding, visible student progress, a tangible outlet for learning, learning as a personal experience, student progress monitoring, creating independent thinkers, student ownership of learning experiences, communication and collaboration skills, and critical thinking and strategy usage. Come Gamify with us!

PRESENTER: Jordan Goodwin

SESSION: Genius Hour

Genius Hour is similar to a Passion Project and is also sometimes called 20% time. The idea behind Genius Hour is that students spend a lot of time learning things during the school day that someone else deems important. Genius Hour provides students with the opportunity to choose what they would like to learn about. Students spend time researching the topic and then decide how they would like to share the information to the class. Genius Hour is an enjoyable learning experience during which students can explore things they are curious about and present the information in a fun and creative way of their choice. Come learn what our students did and what they presented!

PRESENTER: Sarah Granger

SESSION: Identity and Student-Driven Zine

Choices motivate students to learn, and helps them to be better engaged in the classroom. Creative options boost morale, as well as provide students with the opportunity to discover and explore the concept of their own identity. Students require more kinesthetic opportunities that reflect a positive image back to them. Come learn about the process of zine (ZEEN; short for magazine), which is a small-circulation, self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images.

In this presentation, you will learn about the process of drafting, problem-solving, illustration, illustration, and graphic design. Learn about these skills to take to your classroom!

PRESENTER: Cheryl Gray

SESSION: Building Mathematizers

How can we help our students make math meaningful and mathematize their world? Join us to learn about ways to make math visible and bring it to life in your school and classroom!

PRESENTER: Rachel Green

SESSION: Mathlete Fridays: LEGO Art Remix!

Mathlete Friday was an idea born from the need for students to have opportunities to engage collaboratively, encourage school attendance, and complete work on time. For the 21-22 school year, this need was met through Lego art remix. It allowed students to create mosaic masterpieces. Students were motivated to attend school and ensure that their classwork was completed so they could participate in supplemental extension activities about current learning through Mathlete Friday activities using the lego art remix supplies. This culminated activity resulted in the assembly of our final project - The LCMS Bobcat. Come learn all that was involved in puting this piece together!

PRESENTER: Scott Harper

SESSION: Raise the ROOF Ceiling Tile Project

Ever looked at your classroom ceiling tiles or the school building ceiling tiles and thought about wanting to add a pop of color, or ONE WORD(s) to motivate you to continue to be great? This session is for you! Come engage and collaborate with LCMS's own 7th Grade English Department and Art Department for a fun-filled session about our ceiling tile project! The catch is, can you be creative?

PRESENTER: Jennifer Hedberg

SESSION: Fifth-Grade Night at the Museum Project

In the late winter of the 2019-2020 school year, Jouett's fifth grade decided to take a leap of faith and do learning differently. We wanted the students to work in collaborative groups to answer essential questions and explore topics in Science. We gave them a voice choosing, planning, and presenting their science topics. It was truly the 5 Cs in action. Come join our presentation and learn what we did!

PRESENTER: Ali Hodell

SESSION: Game Changer

Are your students reluctant to get started right away? From "Soft Starts" to "Brain Breaks" these games are game changers! Come learn a handful of games that you can use in your classroom to get your students engaged or refocused. We will also be discussing a path that students can take if they want a larger project to focus on over a long period of time. So come along for both voyages and help learn how to change the game!

PRESENTER: Amanda Holley

SESSION: Curriculum Integration & Diversity

Curriculum integration teaches our students to become critical thinkers by applying their learning as they learn. It allows for students to collaborate together on special projects by being creative in sharing what they have learned. This will build their communication skills as well as help students appreciate the diversity of their peers. All of these skills help them learn and become better citizens in the classroom and community. In this session, we will discuss the importance and skill of curriculum integration in planning, lesson design, and diversity in K-2 and 3-5 lessons, and provide an example of an integrated unit. Come join us and learn how to integrate your curriculum and promote diversity!

PRESENTER: Amanda Hurd

SESSION: Creating with iPad Apps

Do you want to revolutionize your classroom, engage your students, and give them a chance to CREATE? Come and learn about all of the awesome creation apps we have on the iPads.

PRESENTER: Doreen Kaiser

SESSION: Bobcat Baristas: Fostering Self-Determination Through a Student-Run Business

The Bobcat Baristas is a student-run coffee cart. Through this business, LCMS students develop communication, socialization, citizenship, problem-solving skills, and collaboration. The Bobcat Baristas plan, prepare, and deliver coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and bakery items twice weekly to LCMS staff. Come see and learn how all students can achieve.

PRESENTER: Rachael Kelley

SESSION: Gamifying the Classroom

“Gamifying” the classroom increases student engagement and creates daily learning experiences that get students motivated and excited about their learning in a way that is fun! These ideas are a great way to incorporate our 5Cs by having students set their own goals and become good citizens through friendly competition. Goals for Gamifying include a twist on review activities, a creative outlet to demonstrate understanding, visible student progress, a tangible outlet for learning, learning as a personal experience, student progress monitoring, creating independent thinkers, student ownership of learning experiences, communication and collaboration skills, and critical thinking and strategy usage. Come Gamify with us!

PRESENTER: Ernie King

SESSION: LCHS Slot Cars

The 5 Cs Grant allowed our students to start the LCHS Slot Car Club, which is not your typical slot car! It is actually a programmable computer. In this session, learn how LCHS students designed the track that their cars will be running on. Students further have to decide the top speed and figure out how fast the cars can stop, whether to run the lights or not, how much gas or charge is needed to go the distance, and several other functions. There can be as many as 6 cars running on the track at one time so deciding where to pass is extremely important. Come see, learn, and enjoy this exciting run with the LCHS Slot Car Club!

PRESENTER: Laurie Lammonds

SESSION: Amplifying Student Voices through LiteraCs

LiteraCs is a new class offered at Jouett that is held in the library as part of the resource rotation. This class is team taught by the media specialist, tech coach, and an instructional assistant. During LiteraCs, students participate in projects and lessons that are embedded in the 5Cs and literature. This unique resource class provides students with opportunities to foster their love of reading, request and checkout books, participate in projects that put the 5Cs into practice, and promote the development of social and emotional skills. This session will focus on some of the hands-on projects and tools used during this class, such as Breakouts, Flip, Goosechase, and more.

PRESENTER: Kate Lane

SESSION: Dare to Lead

Dare to Lead is a student organization that focuses on Female leadership and the 5C's. Dare to Lead's mission is to provide female students with a place to learn how to be leaders in their communities, teach them about current and past female leaders in various fields connected to STEM and the 5C's, and allow students to make a real change through a service project.

SESSION: Bringing Learning to Life

Bring learning to life through real life and hands-on experiences. You will receive ideas on how you can incorporate real life and hands-on experiences in your classroom for pre-k-5th grade students. Whether it be through a room transformation that takes students back to the Jurassic period or letting the students experience the life cycle of a butterfly or chicken in real time, your students will leave your classroom engaged and with a greater depth of knowledge.

PRESENTER: April Lee

SESSION: Raise the ROOF Ceiling Tile Project

Ever looked at your classroom ceiling tiles or the school building ceiling tiles and thought about wanting to add a pop of color, or ONE WORD(s) to motivate you to continue to be great? This session is for you! Come engage and collaborate with LCMS's own 7th Grade English Department and Art Department for a fun-filled session about our ceiling tile project! The catch is, can you be creative?

PRESENTER: Heather Lustig-Curran

SESSION: Engaging Apathetic Students

Eight years ago, I did a year-long research project on the origins of student apathy. I realized that students hate school, but they want to learn. They crave engaging activities that help them connect the classroom to the real world. In this presentation, you will learn about the origins of student apathy and then receive hands-on lessons on how to engage apathetic, disengaged students.

PRESENTER: Brittany Lythgoe

SESSION: Gamifying the Classroom

“Gamifying” the classroom increases student engagement and creates daily learning experiences that get students motivated and excited about their learning in a way that is fun! These ideas are a great way to incorporate our 5Cs by having students set their own goals and become good citizens through friendly competition. Goals for Gamifying include a twist on review activities, a creative outlet to demonstrate understanding, visible student progress, a tangible outlet for learning, learning as a personal experience, student progress monitoring, creating independent thinkers, student ownership of learning experiences, communication and collaboration skills, and critical thinking and strategy usage. Come Gamify with us!

PRESENTER: Megan Madison

SESSION: Sensory Walls

Sensory walls are important in the K-2 classroom and/or hallway. They provide students with a simple way to manage their emotions when needing to calm down. Sensory walls allow children to explore and connect with all five of their senses and through play. Come explore the different senses and learn how feelings and/or emotions emanate when provided with certain smells and touches of objects. In this presentation, you will see a video of children using sensory objects to manage their emotions more effectively!

PRESENTER: Gail Massie

SESSION: Changing the Game with Nearpod

If you're looking for a tool that will allow you to add instant engagement to ANY lesson, look no further. Seamlessly integrate student feedback, opportunities for building background knowledge and vocabulary, virtual reality, assessment, collaboration, creativity and games without ever leaving the Nearpod interface. Everyone can walk away with practical applications for this amazing tool.

PRESENTER: Jessica Mehlhaff

SESSION: Who I'm Made To be

In this session, come join me as I share how students learn more about themselves and their greatest potential through projects, activities, and discussions that focus on self-esteem, self-worth, self-advocacy, and classroom community while also celebrating each other’s accomplishments, strengths, skills, and birthdays! You will walk away with activities ready to implement in your classroom and see the projects that my students completed.

PRESENTER: Kaitlin Mull

SESSION: Makey-Makey: The Ins and Outs

Experience Makey-Makey, which is a circuit board that can be plugged into a computer as a way to connect every day objects to control your computer keyboard. This tool can be used to create things such as a piano out of bananas, a game controller out of play-doh, or using humans to complete a task through closing the circuits. During this session, you will learn the basics of how to use Makey-Makey and explore inventing and creating with your colleagues.

SESSION: Cardio-Fitness Drumming

Cardio fitness drumming was developed as a way for Physical Education and Music classes to collaborate. By using large buckets, exercise balls, and drum sticks, students are able to develop their rhythm while also getting their heart pumping. In this session, you will hear about this project's success and experience cardio fitness drumming yourselves. Get ready to get your heart beating as you drum along during this session!

PRESENTER: Chelsea Nelson

SESSION: Sphero Bots

Come explore how to use Sphero Bots in your classroom. The Sphero packs tons of fun into a tiny robotic ball. Spheros are equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and colorful LED lights. Students can drive, play games, and learn to code using the Sphero App.

PRESENTER: Rochelle Peasley

SESSION: Building Mathematizers

How can we help our students make math meaningful and mathematize their world? Join us to learn about ways to make math visible and bring it to life in your school and classroom!

PRESENTER: Melissa Pelloni

SESSION: New Peeps at Jouett - A Hatching Project

It's time for some egg-citement! Are you ready to fluff your teaching feathers as you hear about the barn-raising fun we had working with the second graders at Jouett and helping them to "spread their wings" as they successfully hatched baby chicks? You might think this is just about holding fluffy chicks, but the plot chickens - there is more! What how our students take flight as they used the 5c's to collaborate as a team and daily track the incubator statistics, communicate updates with the entire school, and critically think about all the needs of baby chicks. Creativity was used and collaboration developed through our "chick mobile" that traveled far and wide through the halls of Jouett, delivering nuggets of chicken facts, and letting other classes experience the chicks first hand. No foul play here. It was an egg-cellent adventure!

PRESENTER: Marcy Pennella

SESSION: Kindergarten Community Garden

Learn about the plans and the tools needed to have kindergartens work collaboratively with other students to grow vegetables to be shared with the community. Learn the plan of how students will use their critical thinking skills to predict how much the vegetables will grow, and how much water and sunlight each vegetable will need!

PRESENTER: Clair Perkins

SESSION: Transforming Learning with the 5 Cs

Have you ever written a grant to support your instruction? Would you like to know how to make learning memorable with the 5 Cs? Have you ever transformed your classroom? During this presentation, we will discuss grant writing, project based learning, and planning classroom transformations. It's easier than you think!

PRESENTER: Amanda Peyton

SESSION: Fifth-Grade Night at the Museum Project

In the late winter of the 2019-2020 school year, Jouett's fifth grade decided to take a leap of faith and do learning differently. We wanted the students to work in collaborative groups to answer essential questions and explore topics in Science. We gave them a voice choosing, planning, and presenting their science topics. It was truly the 5 Cs in action. Come join our presentation and learn what we did!

PRESENTER: Jessica Pittman

SESSION: Ag in the Classroom

Ag in the Classroom is a 501c nonprofit organization bringing agriculture education to all 50 states. With cross-curricular lessons that align with Virginia's SOLs, students are introduced to the amazing world of Virginia agriculture. Come learn how to integrate ag education through lessons and activities into YOUR classroom!

PRESENTER: Wendy Pruden

SESSION: How To Promote Deeper Learning with the 4 Shifts Protocol

The 4 Shifts Protocol is a tool used to spark educator conversations and facilitate the incorporation of deeper learning with the 5 C's into lessons. During this session, you will explore the 4 shifts and discover how they can be used to think about lesson and unit (re)design in ways that are generative and comprehensible.

PRESENTER: Kaitlin Rakes

SESSION: Sensory Walls

Sensory walls are important in the K-2 classroom and/or hallway. They provide students with a simple way to manage their emotions when needing to calm down. Sensory walls allow children to explore and connect with all five of their senses and through play. Come explore the different senses and learn how feelings and/or emotions emanate when provided with certain smells and touches of objects. In this presentation, you will see a video of children using sensory objects to manage their emotions more effectively!

PRESENTER: Rodrick Rhodes

SESSION: Using Turing Tumbles to Solve Creative Logic Problems

Turing Tumble is a revolutionary new game where players (ages 8 to adult) build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles. Come join us for this exciting event! Participants will be introduced to this new educational tool and have an opportunity to work with a partner or a team to solve computer problems in a MECHANICAL way instead of a DIGITAL format. This game visually shows how computers process information. As a "technophobe" artist who thinks how computers operate is usually beyond my comprehension this made sense to me. Come and try out this interesting new tool!

PRESENTER: Kathryn Ricotta

SESSION: Bringing Learning to Life

Bring learning to life through real life and hands-on experiences. You will receive ideas on how you can incorporate real life and hands-on experiences in your classroom for pre-k-5th grade students. Whether it be through a room transformation that takes students back to the Jurassic period or letting the students experience the life cycle of a butterfly or chicken in real time, your students will leave your classroom engaged and with a greater depth of knowledge.

PRESENTER: Mackenah Roberts

SESSION: Live with Livestock

Nothing grabs the attention of a classroom quicker than an adorable live animal! If only there was a way to harness that cuteness and connect it to the 5 Cs… Well there is a way! Come get live with livestock and learn how to best utilize a campus pet or animal visitor to engage students in your subject area. Discover Programs and local animal and agricultural opportunities available to you to enhance student learning. Practice & visualize how connecting your subject material to animals or agriculture can foster growth in all 5 Cs.

PRESENTER: Shane Robertson

SESSION: Launch into Vehicle Diagnostics!

This presentation is geared specifically to automotive technology and will give you insights into what your car is "thinking" and why shops are increasing in cost for some of these repairs. Come learn about some tool information so that you can try out this process in your own vehicle!

PRESENTER: Dan Sanchez

SESSION: The 5 Cs Blues

In this session, you will experience working towards incorporating elements of the 5 Cs into everyday classroom lessons, with a particular emphasis on how to teach creativity in a classroom setting. Please come ready to share examples of the 5 Cs from your own classroom, as well as questions to contribute to group discussion. This is not a music specific session, but feel free to bring an instrument if you play one. You will leave the session with at least one concrete skill/concept to identify from your content area of how to incorporate the 5 Cs in your everyday classroom lessons!

PRESENTER: Catherine Schoenster

SESSION: Curriculum Integration & Diversity

Curriculum integration teaches our students to become critical thinkers by applying their learning as they learn. It allows for students to collaborate together on special projects by being creative in sharing what they have learned. This will build their communication skills as well as help students appreciate the diversity of their peers. All of these skills help them learn and become better citizens in the classroom and community. In this session, we will discuss the importance and skill of curriculum integration in planning, lesson design, and diversity in K-2 and 3-5 lessons, and provide an example of an integrated unit. Come join us and learn how to integrate your curriculum and promote diversity!

PRESENTER: Kelly Shuler

SESSION: Access and Inclusivity: Tools to Make it Work

In this session, we will define inclusivity and access and discuss what inclusivity looks like for student members of TeamLCPS in the elementary setting. We will also talk about tools available to students with different abilities that aid them in accessing the world around them in the K-5 setting.

PRESENTER: Leslie Simpson

SESSION: Cardio-Fitness Drumming

Cardio fitness drumming was developed as a way for Physical Education and Music classes to collaborate. By using large buckets, exercise balls, and drum sticks, students are able to develop their rhythm while also getting their heart pumping. In this session, you will hear about this project's success and experience cardio fitness drumming yourselves. Get ready to get your heart beating as you drum along during this session!

PRESENTER: Tom Smith

SESSION: How To Promote Deeper Learning with the 4 Shifts Protocol

The 4 Shifts Protocol is a tool used to spark educator conversations and facilitate the incorporation of deeper learning with the 5 C's into lessons. During this session, you will explore the 4 shifts and discover how they can be used to think about lesson and unit (re)design in ways that are generative and comprehensible.

SESSION: Digital Portfolios

Performance Assessments (PAs) are a great way for students to showcase the work they do for you in your classroom. During this session, we will discuss the reasons students should use a portfolio, look at the LCPS Digital Portfolio template, and answer any questions you might have about how you and your students can best use this new assessment tool.

PRESENTER: Whitney Smith

SESSION: Bringing Learning to Life

Bring learning to life through real life and hands-on experiences. You will receive ideas on how you can incorporate real life and hands-on experiences in your classroom for pre-k-5th grade students. Whether it be through a room transformation that takes students back to the Jurassic period or letting the students experience the life cycle of a butterfly or chicken in real time, your students will leave your classroom engaged and with a greater depth of knowledge.

PRESENTER: Heather Spaid

SESSION: Building a Resilience-Based Classroom

Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. In this session, you will briefly review the work of Dr. Eve Miller and her work in neuroscience and resilience. This session will also offer suggestions and strategies to help build resilience in students.

PRESENTER: Kate Straley

SESSION: Chromebook Creation Tools

This session will cover free tools available on our students' Chromebooks that are perfect for students to show what they know and/or deepen their understanding of content. In this session, you will get hands-on experience with the Screencast app. on the Chromebooks, Padlet, Storyboard That, and Book Creator.

SESSION: Travel the World with Google Earth

Experience a virtual trip anywhere in the world using Google Earth. In this presentation, you will have the opportunity to explore a Google Earth presentation on your own. You will learn how to create your own virtual trip and learn how to collaborate on a trip and use the many features of Google Earth. Learn how to create layers on a Google Earth map and add placemarks that incorporate photos, videos, text, and links to additional sources of information to engage your audience. Practice using the measurement tools to measure the distances between points, compare and contrast the satellite views of various locations, and more.

PRESENTER: Anthony Swain

SESSION: 3D Printing

3D printing is a way for students to use their creativity to demonstrate their understanding of the content through the development of a model based on their interpretation. You will also learn of all the exciting projects that have taken place in the Creation Station at the middle school. It is collaboration and creativity at their best! Come learn hands-on how to use 3D printing to enhance your lessons and activities in the classroom for students!

PRESENTER: Chic Thompson

SESSION: Ideas For Good

WagiLabs: Creating the entrepreneurs of tomorrow The letters in “Wagi” stand for the words in the phrase, “What a Great Idea!” WagiLabs are idea incubators for students to use their curiosity, compassion, and courage to help solve challenges in their community and the world. Our labs are part STEAM laboratory, part design thinking workshop, and part GuppyTank. Every WagiLabs in the U.S. is paired with an international WagiLabs to promote empathy and a global perspective for all our students. Our guiding principles are called the WagiWays. 1. Create a Safe Space 2. Dream BIG 3. Yes, AND 4. Walk-in Others’ Shoes 5. Do GOOD 6. Get Messy 7. Keep Going 8. Play It, Forward.

PRESENTER: Jamey Thompson

SESSION: Sphero Bots

Come explore how to use Sphero Bots in your classroom. The Sphero packs tons of fun into a tiny robotic ball. Spheros are equipped with a gyroscope, accelerometer, and colorful LED lights. Students can drive, play games, and learn to code using the Sphero App.

PRESENTER: Tom Trovato

SESSION: PAs are a Breeze

Performance Assessments (PAs) are the best way for students to demonstrate the 5 C's in action! Today, we are excited to announce the LAUNCH of two comprehensive, easy-to-use web sites that will make PAs a breeze. Designed by TeamLCPS educators for TeamLCPS educators, get a head start on how to utilize these new web sites to make you a PA master! If you are an elementary or secondary school teacher that would like to plan, implement, assess, and revise the best possible PAs, then this is the right place to be!

PRESENTER: Nikki Wagoner

SESSION: Creating with iPad Apps

Do you want to revolutionize your classroom, engage your students, and give them a chance to CREATE? Come and learn about all of the awesome creation apps we have on the iPads.

SESSION: Stop Motion Animation

Are you looking for ways to actively engage your students in their learning? Look no further because Stop Motion Animation is your missing piece! Participate in this session to learn how easily this app lends itself to being applied to all disciplines.

PRESENTER: Kristin Watkins

SESSION: Live with Livestock

Nothing grabs the attention of a classroom quicker than an adorable live animal! If only there was a way to harness that cuteness and connect it to the 5 Cs… Well there is a way! Come get live with livestock and learn how to best utilize a campus pet or animal visitor to engage students in your subject area. Discover Programs and local animal and agricultural opportunities available to you to enhance student learning. Practice & visualize how connecting your subject material to animals or agriculture can foster growth in all 5 Cs.

PRESENTER: Natalie Watterson

SESSION: Genius Hour

Genius Hour is similar to a Passion Project and is also sometimes called 20% time. The idea behind Genius Hour is that students spend a lot of time learning things during the school day that someone else deems important. Genius Hour provides students with the opportunity to choose what they would like to learn about. Students spend time researching the topic and then decide how they would like to share the information to the class. Genius Hour is an enjoyable learning experience during which students can explore things they are curious about and present the information in a fun and creative way of their choice. Come learn what our students did and what they presented!

PRESENTER: Courtney Waugh

SESSION: New Peeps at Jouett - A Hatching Project

It's time for some egg-citement! Are you ready to fluff your teaching feathers as you hear about the barn-raising fun we had working with the second graders at Jouett and helping them to "spread their wings" as they successfully hatched baby chicks? You might think this is just about holding fluffy chicks, but the plot chickens - there is more! What how our students take flight as they used the 5c's to collaborate as a team and daily track the incubator statistics, communicate updates with the entire school, and critically think about all the needs of baby chicks. Creativity was used and collaboration developed through our "chick mobile" that traveled far and wide through the halls of Jouett, delivering nuggets of chicken facts, and letting other classes experience the chicks first hand. No foul play here. It was an egg-cellent adventure!

PRESENTER: Helen Weddle

SESSION: Make and Take Workshop - Collaboration and Critical Thinking

It's time for some egg-citement! Are you ready to fluff your teaching feathers as you hear about the barn-raising fun we had working with the second graders at Jouett and helping them to "spread their wings" as they successfully hatched baby chicks? You might think this is just about holding fluffy chicks, but the plot chickens - there is more! What how our students take flight as they used the 5c's to collaborate as a team and daily track the incubator statistics, communicate updates with the entire school, and critically think about all the needs of baby chicks. Creativity was used and collaboration developed through our "chick mobile" that traveled far and wide through the halls of Jouett, delivering nuggets of chicken facts, and letting other classes experience the chicks first hand. No foul play here. It was an egg-cellent adventure!

PRESENTER: Cheryl Weidow

SESSION: Amplifying Student Voices through LiteraCs

LiteraCs is a new class offered at Jouett that is held in the library as part of the resource rotation. This class is team taught by the media specialist, tech coach, and an instructional assistant. During LiteraCs, students participate in projects and lessons that are embedded in the 5Cs and literature. This unique resource class provides students with opportunities to foster their love of reading, request and checkout books, participate in projects that put the 5Cs into practice, and promote the development of social and emotional skills. This session will focus on some of the hands-on projects and tools used during this class, such as Breakouts, Flip, Goosechase, and more.

SESSION: Travel the World with Google Earth

Experience a virtual trip anywhere in the world using Google Earth. In this presentation, you will have the opportunity to explore a Google Earth presentation on your own. You will learn how to create your own virtual trip and learn how to collaborate on a trip and use the many features of Google Earth. Learn how to create layers on a Google Earth map and add placemarks that incorporate photos, videos, text, and links to additional sources of information to engage your audience. Practice using the measurement tools to measure the distances between points, compare and contrast the satellite views of various locations, and more.

PRESENTER: April Whipp

SESSION: Drama Club in Elementary School

Theatre builds confidence, improves communication skills, boosts reading scores, and promotes creativity. Interested in starting a drama club at the elementary level? Come to play some improv games and learn how you can get started!

PRESENTER: Tiffany Williams

SESSION: BreakoutEDU in the Classroom

BreakoutEDU helps students break out of their comfort zones and nurtures collaboration in the classroom. This program offers digital breakouts and lessons using actual hands-on locks. Our school system has a subscription so you have access to many lessons on all topics. Come learn takeaways about what BreakoutEDU is all about and see how you can create and nature collaboration in your classroom!

PRESENTER: Natalie Wilson

SESSION: Transforming Learning with the 5 Cs

Have you ever written a grant to support your instruction? Would you like to know how to make learning memorable with the 5 Cs? Have you ever transformed your classroom? During this presentation, we will discuss grant writing, project based learning, and planning classroom transformations. It's easier than you think!

PRESENTER: Abigail Young

SESSION: Art and Math: Two Worlds Collide

A look at the collaborative world between the creativity of art and knowledge and the retention of math concepts. In this presentation, you will have a hands-on experience of painting to explore math concepts. This workshop is beneficial for both primary and secondary levels. You will see how the worlds of math and art collide and walk away with a canvas.