Conversations
During each of the six breakout sessions throughout the weekend, a large number of conversations will take place. This site will help you organize your plan for the weekend and provide the relevant information for each conversation. After signing in, search through the conversations below and mark the sessions you are interested in to populate your personal schedule on the right (or below if on your mobile phone).
And please click on the session for a more detailed description of the session!
How might we use creative forms of expression to help us identify solutions, communicate expectations, guide processes, and innovate education? Experiment with strategies and discuss methods that bring purposeful creativity into our committee meetings and conference rooms.
Educator burnout is real—but it can also be a turning point. In this session, we’ll share stories, explore systemic causes, and co-create strategies for renewal. Together we’ll build a collective toolkit for sustaining joy, purpose, and impact in teaching and learning.
With the advent of AI, students can now create products in ways they never could before, but how do we know when those products represent deeper student learning?
Sometimes, it's really just the prompt! A lot of times, when class discussions go flat, we blame our personalities, the lethargy of "kids these days", or the curriculum. But often, if we had just asked the question a different way, changed a few words, we would have had success! This session is about sharing best strategies to ask the best questions.
The pressures on educators (and on everyone) are significant in this moment. How do we care for ourselves so that we can continue to care for others?