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Tuesday, June 2
 

10:00am CDT

From Our Hands to Theirs
Tuesday June 2, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Learn how John Hattie’s high-impact strategies can shift from educator-driven tools to a framework for learner-driven education. Explore the why and how of transferring control of planning, assessment and progress monitoring to students. Identify actionable strategies that make learner ownership practical and sustainable.


Engage in collaborative reflection around examples of high-impact strategies reimagined through a learner-driven lens. Discuss possibilities, share insights and consider where shifts toward student ownership can strengthen learning.


Apply high-impact strategies to upcoming units by committing to at least one new practice for the first quarter of instruction. Plan intentional scaffolds that support students in taking ownership of goals, feedback and progress. Gain a clear next step for building a learner-driven classroom environment.
Speakers
avatar for Dria Setter

Dria Setter

Professional Development Specialist, Institute for Personalized Learning- CESA #1
As a Professional Development Specialist for the Institute, Dria brings 18 years of elementary education experience including work with technology integration, differentiation for gifted and talented students, personalized learning, and most recently, work as a Learning Coach.  She... Read More →
avatar for Theresa Ewald

Theresa Ewald

Senior Advisor, i4PL
Dr. Theresa Ewald is the former Assistant Superintendent of the Kettle Moraine School District,
and an educational consultant with 30 years of experience in transforming learning for all
students. Theresa coaches and mentors educational leaders, organizations and state leaders as
th... Read More →
Tuesday June 2, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
RM 217 209 S Kingshighway St, St Charles, MO 63301

10:00am CDT

Behind the Scenes: How Discovery Education Makes Every Minute Matter in the School Day
Tuesday June 2, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Learn how Discovery Education supports every part of a teacher's day through practical, UDL-aligned instructional moves, engagement routines and time-saving planning strategies.

Engage with modeled classroom moments, hands-on demonstrations and collaborative redesign activties that mirror a real instructional day.

Apply
ready-to-use routines, digital tools and planning approaches that elevate learning from bell to bell.
PD Partners
avatar for John David Son

John David Son

Regional VP, John David Son

Tuesday June 2, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Discovery Room - 233

1:00pm CDT

More Secure Everyday with Chrome
Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:10pm CDT
Learn how Google Workspace and ChromeOS support district cybersecurity through advanced threat protection, device management and data loss prevention. Explore key features that help safeguard sensitive data and strengthen system security. Examine best practices for protecting users, devices and information across your district.


Engage in exploration of cybersecurity tools and strategies through examples and discussion. Interact with scenarios that highlight how these features protect systems and support secure digital environments.


Apply Google Workspace and ChromeOS security features to strengthen your district’s data protection practices. Use practical strategies to manage devices, prevent data loss and proactively respond to security threats.
Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:10pm CDT
Google Room - 131

1:00pm CDT

Play Matters: The Power of Play in Education
Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Learn the foundations of play - where it comes from, why it matters and what it truly is. Explore the brain science behind play and its lifelong role in learning, well-being and engagement. Examine how play supports both academic growth and human connection.


Engage in exploration that models how play enhances learning and instruction. Experience how purposeful play fosters creativity, curiosity and deeper engagement across learning environments.


Apply simple, classroom-ready strategies to immediately create a more playful learning environment. Use practical ideas to weave play into instruction, relationships and daily routines, supporting joyful learning for both educators and students.
Speakers
avatar for Denise Ford

Denise Ford

Gifted Teacher, Kirkwood School District
Passionate about Gifted Education, innovation, creativity, and learning.

Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
RM 217 209 S Kingshighway St, St Charles, MO 63301

1:00pm CDT

Crafting the Future: Designing People-Centered AI Guidelines
Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Learn how to shift your district’s AI approach from restrictive policies to asset-based, people-centered guidelines that empower teachers and students. Explore the difference between protecting systems and amplifying human potential, and what equitable, ethical AI use looks like in practice. Ground your thinking in a future-focused question: what do today’s kindergartners need from AI to graduate as capable, empowered learners?


Engage in a high-energy, collaborative experience that reframes AI policy as a human-centered design challenge. Map your district’s current practices along a readiness spectrum to determine whether they protect systems or empower people. Experience a live AI learning environment with schoolai to see how the right tools shift policies from theory to immediate practice.


Apply a people-centered framework to redesign or refine your district’s AI guidelines. Identify actionable next steps to move from compliance-driven rules to empowering, ready-to-implement practices. Leave with a clearer path to creating AI guidance that supports both innovation and equity.
Speakers
avatar for Tarah Tesmer

Tarah Tesmer

Senior Educational Strategist, SchoolAI
Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
schoolai Room - 137
 
Wednesday, June 3
 

10:00am CDT

Interactive Learning to Promote Critical Thinking and Student Voice
Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Learn how to foster future leaders by using interactive learning activities that promote critical thinking and amplify student voice. Explore strategies that help students evaluate evidence, support opinions, solve problems, and think analytically. Examine research- and project-based practices that maximize engagement across all content areas.


Engage in reflection and discussion around implementing critical thinking and student-centered strategies. Explore examples, share ideas, and consider ways to make learning experiences more interactive and meaningful for students.


Apply critical thinking and student voice strategies to your own lessons and content areas. Design engaging tasks that encourage problem solving, evidence-based reasoning, and analytical thinking, ready for immediate classroom use.
Speakers
avatar for Kendra Vaughn

Kendra Vaughn

Reading Specialist and EdPlus Innovate Presenter


Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
RM 217 209 S Kingshighway St, St Charles, MO 63301

10:00am CDT

Chatbots and Curriculum: A New Era for K-12 Instructional Design
Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Learn about a range of AI chatbots while examining key cautions and considerations for using AI. Explore how to design effective prompts that generate standards-aligned essential questions, enduring understandings, transfer goals, student learning targets and proficiency scales with clear learning progressions.


Engage in hands-on AI tasks using content-area state or national standards. Analyze AI-generated outputs, reflect on prompt effectiveness and refine prompts through peer and facilitator feedback.


Apply new learning by creating proficiency scales with level 1–4 learning progressions aligned to grade level or content area. Gain ready-to-use lesson components and the ability to design meaningful learning experiences and assessment tools.
Speakers
avatar for Tina Lauer

Tina Lauer

Instructional Technology Specialist, St. Charles R-VI School District
Tina is the instructional technology specialist for the St. Charles R-VI School District. She has been an educator for over 25 years. She has taught technology to students through UMSL's Microcomputer program and to adults through district professional development opportunities. She... Read More →
Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
RM 136 209 S Kingshighway St, St Charles, MO 63301

10:00am CDT

Behind the Scenes: How Discovery Education Makes Every Minute Matter in the School Day
Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Learn how Discovery Education supports every part of a teacher's day through practical, UDL-aligned instructional moves, engagement routines and time-saving planning strategies.

Engage with modeled classroom moments, hands-on demonstrations and collaborative redesign activties that mirror a real instructional day.

Apply
ready-to-use routines, digital tools and planning approaches that elevate learning from bell to bell.
PD Partners
avatar for John David Son

John David Son

Regional VP, John David Son

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Discovery Room - 233

1:00pm CDT

The Multiplier Effect: Scaling AI Innovation for Classroom and Community Impact
Wednesday June 3, 2026 1:00pm - 1:25pm CDT
Learn how to use a simple yet powerful facilitation framework to uncover what matters most to your teachers and anchor your AI implementation to real needs rather than features. Discover how this framework can serve as an entry point for identifying north stars and barriers across your school community. Gain a clear model for how coaches and education leaders can multiply their impact by turning teacher challenges into AI-powered solutions that drive impact across the wider school community.


Engage by experiencing a collaborative brainstorming activity, surfacing the bright spots and friction points most relevant to your own context. Use your identified challenges to drive a hands-on design sprint, building a schoolai-powered experience anchored to a real need in your school, district or community. Walk through a flexible facilitation protocol you can bring directly into your next team meeting, informal conversation or professional learning session.


Apply a repeatable, supportive conversation framework that moves your teachers from their most pressing challenges to AI-powered solutions with confidence and purpose. Return to your community with a schoolai artifact you built during the session, ready to introduce to your team. Use a 30/60/90 implementation road map structure to stay focused, learn from what is working and scale what is making a difference.
Speakers
avatar for Tarah Tesmer

Tarah Tesmer

Senior Educational Strategist, SchoolAI
Wednesday June 3, 2026 1:00pm - 1:25pm CDT
schoolai Room - 137

1:00pm CDT

Experiential Learning: Sparking Engagement and Innovation
Wednesday June 3, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Learn how research on experiential learning, motivation and neuroscience connects to increased joy, relevance and student ownership. Explore learning approaches, from low-prep, high-impact entry points to longer-term designs that deepen community connection and shared responsibility for learning.


Engage in collaborative reflection and analyze learning examples across multiple content areas to uncover what makes these experiences powerful and replicable. Reimagine your own instructional practices through guided design time.


Apply learning principles by drafting an initial ExL design aligned to instructional goals and student needs. Gain a flexible framework to use in designing future experiential learning.
Speakers
avatar for Kerry Arens

Kerry Arens

Chelsea Center Coordinator, Webster Groves School District
Kerry Arens is a connector, creative problem-solver, systems designer, & coach of learners in the classroom and beyond. Kerry spent her first ten years in education as an English teacher in Parkway and Kirkwood School Districts. Her passion for working alongside her colleagues to increase student... Read More →
Wednesday June 3, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
RM 217 209 S Kingshighway St, St Charles, MO 63301
 
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