Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am - Session 1
Discover the Wonders of Nature! Hands On STEM Activities for Project GLAD® Animal Adaptation Units
Sandia III
Lauren Butcher
School & Community Programs Manager
Explora
Looking to incorporate STEM activities into your favorite Project GLAD® animal adaptation unit? Join us as we play hide and seek with some camouflaged animals to helps us understand how their natural environments disguise them. We'll explore adaptations beyond camouflage as we look at spiderwebs, thumbs, beaks, and more!
Elementary: K-5th grades
Culturally Responsive Mathematics
Sandia VI
Yanira Gurrola
Evelyn Chávez
Project Coordinator
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
AIM4S3™ Project Coordinator
A Culturally Responsive Mathematics classroom empowers students to take ownership of their learning by seeing themselves in the curriculum and using mathematics to examine and address practical problems relevant to their communities. By valuing the cultural and linguistic resources they bring into the classroom, math learning will be meaningful and accessible to all students.
Secondary: 6th-12th grades
Meeting in the Middle - Ground Up AND Top Down
Sandia VII
Mary Jane Pimentel
Anita Boggs
EL Instructional Coach
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
Title I Educational Specialist
Teachers are the heart of every school and continue to lead the way in spreading Project GLAD® throughout their building. School leaders want teachers using GLAD® strategies throughout instruction and know getting there requires more than just mandating it. How can teachers and school leaders work together to create strong GLAD® instruction in all classrooms without unrealistic expectations? This session dives into how school leaders can cultivate a culture that empowers teachers to initiate and drive the growth of Project GLAD® among their colleagues. We'll explore strategies for providing teachers with the time, resources, and support they need to develop and implement their ideas as well as potential pitfalls and shortcuts to avoid. Real-world examples of successful teacher-led initiatives will be shared, along with actionable steps for fostering a thriving community of Project GLAD® teacher leaders in your school.
School Leadership
GLAD® and MyView
Sandia VIII
Loyola Cortinas
2nd grade TESOL teacher
Tierra Antigua Elementary
As a pilot teacher for MyView in Albuquerque Public Schools, I have developed lessons using Project GLAD® as the framework for delivery. Come see ideas of how to implement GLAD® into MyView ELA reading program. We will also brainstorm ideas of embedding GLAD® into other programs.
Elementary: K-5th grades
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Session 2
Project GLAD®'s Ready, Set, Go Routines: Key Practices to Support Students' Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Sandia III
Ruth Kriteman
OCDE Project GLAD and Lead Editor
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Project GLAD® strategies include easy-to-access-and-use routines that support students' social and emotional wellbeing. These routines can be used throughout the day, so there is no need for a separate SEL activity. Come learn and practice these routines and be ready to implement them with next-year's students.
K-12: applicable across grade levels
Managing Math Pacing: Keeping it Doable
Sandia VI
Erin Mayer
AIM4S3™Math Developer
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Join us to tackle the common challenge of pacing in math instruction. In this session, you'll gain valuable insights into crafting a comprehensive pacing plan to guide your year that ensures all major concepts are covered. This will be a practical session that can help guide your pacing decisions next year.
K-12: applicable across grade levels
Diving Into Thematic Units- How to Add GLAD® Strategies to Your Current Teaching
Sandia VII
Bonnie Sam
1st Grade Teacher
Governor Bent Elementary
New to Project GLAD®? Already trained but need a refresher on strategies? Feel stuck in your unit planning? Then you have come to the right place! During this session, we will explore GLAD® strategies that are the best to implement right away, and that can be added to any thematic unit to enhance student engagement and increase language proficiency. Examples shared during this session will be from a 1st grade classroom, but resources will be provided that can be adapted for any classroom environment or grade level.
Elementary: K-5th grades
Unlocking Sociocultural Competency: Harnessing the Project GLAD® Narrative Input Chart
Sandia VIII
Natalie Olague
Project Coordinator
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
This interactive session will delve into the transformative power of Project GLAD®'s Narrative Input Chart. Through hands-on practice, participants will learn to wield this tool to deliver stories effectively for all levels of language learners, while also gaining insights into how to pick specific stories that support the development of sociocultural competency, including identity development, cross-cultural competency, multicultural appreciation, and critical consciousness.
Elementary: K-5th grades
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Session 3
Moving Students Forward with the ELD Group Frame
Sandia III
Kathleen Salgado
Project GLAD® Coordinator
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Join us for an interactive workshop where you'll master the GLAD® strategy, ELD Group Frame and learn how to use it effectively in your classroom. We'll dive into real student assessments and brainstorming mini-lesson ideas to support diverse learning needs. You'll leave with a solid understanding of this no-prep, 10-minute authentic assessment and a creative toolkit of mini-lessons ready for your students.
K-12: applicable across grade levels
Increasing Flexible Thinking for Primary Students
Sandia VI
Jamie Shell
Evelyn Chávez
Teacher
Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
AIM4S3™ Project Coordinator
Join us for fun and engaging math strategies that provide an entry point for every student and encourage flexible thinking in early childhood classrooms. In this session, participants will experience low-floor, high-ceiling activities that can be utilized within their own classrooms.
Early Childhood: Preschool-1st grade
Building Systems to Support High-Quality Professional Learning
Sandia VII
Loretta Booker
Lisa Meyer
Project Coordinator
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Director of Instructional Equity
Professional learning is key to high-quality instruction and teacher engagement. This interactive session targets teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators seeking effective strategies to foster buy-in and establish systems for impactful professional development within your school or district. We will share specific examples highlighting schools’ and districts’ challenges and successes in supporting GLAD® and AIM4S3™ implementation.
K-12: applicable across grade levels
Learning to Read and Reading to Learn with Big Books: How I Used Big Books in Middle School Science
Sandia VIII
Ryan Jenkins
Teacher
Washington Middle School, APS
Is it hard for your students to learn content from reading a text? Are they bored by the readings that your curriculum provides? Consider using the OCDE Project GLAD Teacher-Made Big Book to provide access to grade-level content and grade-level text for all students, including linguistically and culturally diverse students with IEPs, while lowering the affective filter and increasing authentic student engagement. This session will review the what, the why, and the how of creating Big Books, while also giving participants time to create their own Big Books and plan ways to differentiate the repeated uses of each Big Book to the needs of their students - especially those with learning disabilities.
K-12: applicable across grade levels