Half-Day Pre-Conference Institutes

Our half-day Pre-Conference Institutes will be held on Friday, March 13, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. They will run 8:30–11:30 a.m. and 12:30–3:30 p.m. Discounted combination registration rates are not available for half-day Pre-Conference Institutes with Empower20.

• Morning Pre-Conference Institutes
• Afternoon Pre-Conference Institutes

Click the register button under each institute to register for that institute. See the registration information page for pricing and to register for both the conference and an institute.

Sharing Your Education Knowledge with the World

Presenter: Jenny Rankin, University of Cambridge

For your knowledge to have maximum effect, it can't be shared only in the faculty lounge, and it can't languish on a single website or dusty shelf. In this interactive, hands-on institute, you will learn about a variety of opportunities to share your strategies, research, or knowledge, including how to land those opportunities and strategies to maximize them in order to share your work with varied audiences. The course is split into three sections: laying the groundwork (introduction, branding, websites, social media, etc.), speaking (TED Talks, conferences, media interviews, NPR/radio, etc.), and writing (book deals, journals, magazines, etc.). Participants will also learn about resources available to women and traditionally underrepresented groups so that more diverse perspectives are represented in field dialogue. In addressing significant professional development issues (e.g., writing and speaking strategies), this institute will encourage more dynamic, memorable presentations and more accessible, widespread communication of education knowledge.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will

• Learn how to land opportunities to share what you know via speaking and writing.
• Learn how to best communicate your knowledge in ways that "wow" listeners and readers and cause them to care about, remember, and act on what you share.
• Access free resources (including lists of 2,000 opportunities you can apply for, such as links to education awards, media opportunities for teachers, etc.) to help you step onto a national or international stage.
• Establish a brand as a "go-to" expert in your niche.

Materials Fee: N/A

Registration Code: PD20PC024

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

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Writing Beyond School

Presenters: Maria Grant, California State University; Diane Lapp, San Diego State University; Marisol Thayre, Health Sciences High & Middle College

In school, students typically learn how to share information through descriptive and argumentative essay writing, but once they exit the K–12 system, they often need to know how to share information through data charts, advertisements, briefs, blogs, and other forms of writing. Real-world writing involves using the foundational skills and knowledge of writing to strategically communicate in situations beyond the classroom and in the workplace. Preparation for writing beyond school begins in K–12 with a focus on developing writing competencies that can be transferred to any work, career, or post–high school environment. In this interactive institute, we will focus on guiding students to prepare for writing beyond school by knowing the purpose for writing; using models to teach audience; identifying appropriate language; finding appropriate and suitable evidence; and practicing editing, reviewing, and fine-tuning. Participants will engage in activities that incorporate guide-sheets, tools, and rubrics for use in the classroom.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will understand how to plan lessons that guide students to use models for writing beyond K–12 school.
• Participants will learn how to develop assessments that support student growth and understanding of writing beyond school.
• Participants will gain an understanding of how to integrate existing ideas for teaching writing with lessons that support schema-building for writing beyond school.

Materials Fee: N/A

Registration Code: PD20PC026

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

Visit the Hotel & Travel section to reserve rooms and book your travel.

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Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful School and Classroom Practices

Presenters: William Parrett and Kathleen Budge, Boise State University

We know the transformative power of educators, particularly teachers, to improve the life chances of children and youth who live in poverty. What sets these educators apart from others is not only attending to what and how they teach, but also to who they are (what they believe and value) and why they became educators in the first place. In this institute, the presenters will share practical advice from their best-selling ASCD book Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful Classroom Practices. Lesson's learned from nearly 40 successful educators, many of whom have lived in poverty, will provide insight into five practices that foster a supportive classroom culture and build resilience for all students, especially those who live in poverty. Participants will learn how to confront barriers to their success and leave the session inspired and equipped with tips, ideas, and strategies for disrupting poverty's adverse influence on lives and learning.

Materials Fee: $25.00 for Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful Classroom Practices by Kathleen M. Budge and William H. Parrett

Registration Code: PD20PC027

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

Visit the Hotel & Travel section to reserve rooms and book your travel.

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Making Coherence Work

Presenters: Lyle Kirtman, Future Management Systems; Michael Fullan, University of Toronto

Learn how you can lead your school or district in the coherence-making process using leadership insights from Fullan’s three habits of nuance and Kirtman’s seven competencies. In this institute based on the presenters' book Coherence School Leadership, you will learn to assess your progress on Fullan’s Coherence framework and determine how you can improve your planning and implementation of the components that need attention. Kirtman’s work will help you assess the competencies you need to lead and develop strategies for building your leadership team's capacity to stay focused on the goals necessary for success and achieve deeper system change. You will walk away with an area of focus for your coherence work and what competencies will be needed to build capacity for improvement in student achievement. You will also learn how to prevent the day-to-day crisis and reactive environments in schools from distracting your coherence-making efforts.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will

• Understand the coherence framework and how your district or school is positioned for success.
• Understand the seven competencies for high-performance leaders.
• Assess the competencies you need in order to lead coherence-making work.
• Develop actions for your first steps on coherence making.
• Learn how to move from a reactive to proactive culture, which is necessary for sustainable coherence making.

Materials Fee: $20.00 for Coherent School Leadership: Forging Clarity from Complexity by Michael Fullan and Lyle Kirtman

Registration Code: PD20PC033

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

Visit the Hotel & Travel section to reserve rooms and book your travel.

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The Forces of Influence: Leveraging Relationships to Lead Effective Change

Presenters: Fred Ende, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Meghan Everette, Salt Lake City School District

Change is hard. Sometimes, it seems nearly impossible. Yet change becomes more likely and more effective when we lead with relationships as the standard bearer. How do we prime ourselves to do this? By boosting our ability to cultivate and sustain strong relationships, and by using a series of leadership moves known as the Forces of Influence to help others to be as successful as they can be. During the course of our time together, we'll explore the basics of relationships; dive into the pushes, pulls, shoves, and nudges that make up the Forces of Influence; and challenge ourselves to use the forces as a self-assessment tool and as a springboard to learning for all.

Learning Objectives:

• Educators will build their knowledge of the research behind why relationships form, grow their skill set on crafting relationships, and strengthen their ability to sustain high-quality relationships.
• Educators will be able to reflect on their leadership actions to determine which of the Forces of Influence are strengths and which they need to strengthen.
• Educators will engage in using Forces of Influence implementation tools, leave with access to a forces resource folder, and have design time to put balanced force usage into practice upon leaving the session.

Materials Fee: N/A

Registration Code: PD20PC025

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

Visit the Hotel & Travel section to reserve rooms and book your travel.

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Schoolwide Integration of Social and Emotional Learning: Lessons Learned from High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools

Presenters: William Parrett and Kathleen Budge, Boise State University

Developing students' social and emotional learning (SEL) requires much more than an "SEL" program. Successful schools integrate SEL into everything they do, and such is the case in high-performing, high-poverty schools (HP/HP). Drawing from the second edition of their best-selling book Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools and their new study of 16 HP/HP schools, the presenters will share insight into how the practical strategies found in the Framework for Action seamlessly align with the 10 indicators of schoolwide SEL integration identified by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learnings (CASEL). Participants will learn how educators in HP/HP schools develop the collective efficacy required to fully integrate their efforts to improve academic, social, and emotional learning in high-poverty environments. They will leave equipped with tools and a road map for disrupting poverty's adverse influence not only on academic learning, but on social and emotional learning as well.

Materials Fee: $25.00 for Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools by Kathleen M. Budge and William H. Parrett

Registration Code: PD20PC028

ASCD Empower20 and the Pre-Conference Institutes have been canceled.

Due to the special price of this Pre-Conference Institute, discounted combination rates with Empower20 are not available.

Visit the Hotel & Travel section to reserve rooms and book your travel.

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Addressing Student Stress and Shifting Classroom Climate—CANCELED

Presenter: Stefanie Gross, Move Through Yoga

Research shows that yoga and meditation can help both youth and educators manage their stress and mood, thereby positively affecting student outcomes. In this instiute, learn to engage in exercises focused on breathing, meditation and mindfulness, and movement that support learning readiness and the development of social and emotional learning competencies. Through engaging exercises specifically designed for the time- and space-crunched classroom, students can learn 21st century skills in an evidence-based, interactive approach, and teachers can foster a more positive, productive classroom climate. Through the framework of Breathe First, BE Second, Move Last, participants will walk away feeling reinvigorated themselves and with a toolkit of strategies and resources that will empower students to succeed in and out of the classroom. This half-day institute is appropriate for classroom (academic, health/physical education) teachers, administrators, and special educators, as well as school counselors who work with middle and high school students. The activities covered in this institute can be adapted to meet the needs of elementary school participants. Absolutely no prior yoga experience or training is required. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and shoes to the workshop.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will understand

• How stress and trauma affect learning and behavior.
• How to implement various breathing techniques; guided meditations; safe, classroom-appropriate movement, and effective, introspective prompts in their classroom.
• Why these techniques can de-escalate stress, facilitate deeper learning, reinvigorate classroom energy, and minimize self-loathing and bullying behavior.
• How the skills and exercises taught will enhance their own self-care, which is vital for building resilient schools and improving classroom climate, teacher effectiveness, and student outcomes.

Materials Fee: N/A

Registration Code: PD20PC31

This Pre-Conference Institute has been canceled.

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