Teacher Learning Academy 2024

Based on the book “Building the Thinking Classroom in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl, teachers will be introduced to research-based strategies and practices within the Toolkits to promote deep mathematical thinking and encourage learning to occur. Deep mathematical conversations can occur in your classroom when you give these Toolkits a try.

Empower Learning with AI and Triple E! Discover strategies to use technology in the classroom to engage, enhance, and extend student learning by utilizing the Triple E Framework. Experience leveraging AI to generate ideas for instruction and assessment. Take your classroom to the next level!

Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive and Google Classroom. With Kami, you can easily collaborate on documents in the classroom while avoiding the hassles of printing documents.

​What can teachers do with Kami?

Students Get Work Done: Students engage with Kami's user-friendly and vibrant interface, encouraging creativity as they learn. Enjoy a seamless experience with the Google Drive Auto-Save feature.

Teachers Save Time: Teachers save valuable time by using Kami, enabling them to enhance workflow and collaborate with their students in real-time.

School Districts Save Money: Get all the essential tools without the high price point. With Kami, schools and districts cut down on printing costs while saving the environment.

Go Paperless!: Tired of wasteful printing? Kami lets you do everything that pen-and-paper allows you to do without having to spend a lifetime in front of the photocopier. Gone are the days of the dog eating your students' homework!

Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive and Google Classroom. With Kami, you can easily collaborate on documents in the classroom while avoiding the hassles of printing documents.

​What can teachers do with Kami?

Students Get Work Done: Students engage with Kami's user-friendly and vibrant interface, encouraging creativity as they learn. Enjoy a seamless experience with the Google Drive Auto-Save feature.

Teachers Save Time: Teachers save valuable time by using Kami, enabling them to enhance workflow and collaborate with their students in real-time.

School Districts Save Money: Get all the essential tools without the high price point. With Kami, schools and districts cut down on printing costs while saving the environment.

Go Paperless!: Tired of wasteful printing? Kami lets you do everything that pen-and-paper allows you to do without having to spend a lifetime in front of the photocopier. Gone are the days of the dog eating your students' homework!

Come take a deeper dive into the world of NWEA MAP data! We'll show you the various reports, discuss how you can use each report, give you reference tools that will help you interpret the data, talk about practical tips for conferencing with students about their data, and give you useful resources that align with MAP percentile and RIT scores. Perfect for secondary teachers and administrators who see the need for differentiation but don't know where to start.

In this session, we will seek to understand what trauma is, how it affects the brain in children and adults, and the impacts it can have on learning. We will explore tools and strategies to support students who have experienced trauma, and identify ways our own traumatic experiences may impact our teaching.