{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1464,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1764086055,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI","Handle":"conversations_authentic_assessment_in_the_age_of_ai","ShortDescription":"AI has forced educators to reflect on their teaching and learning practices, especially when it comes to assessment. Author & educator Michael Hernandez leads this discussion about strategies for designing cheat-resistant assignments and how to foster cultures of academic integrity. See case studies, and begin designing uncheatable assessments.","Description":"Artificial intelligence has created existential challenges for educators, especially when it comes to assessment. This session addresses these challenges in two ways: practical strategies for designing authentic, uncheatable assessments, and disincentivizing cheating by creating a culture of academic integrity. Based on over two decades of teaching practice and research, this session is a response to AI founded on what we know to be good teaching and learning practices: curiosity, critical thinking, authenticity, and originality.\r\n\r\nThrough the use of case studies and hands-on activities, participants will practice the approaches they\u2019ll use with students, and learn how to design rigorous, standards-aligned, student-centered learning experiences. These strategies and mindsets help us solve multiple challenges at once by building on what teachers already do best, and integrate organically into classrooms of every level. The learning experience in this session will focus on using multimedia research projects for formative and summative assessment.\r\n\r\nWhether you are developing a portrait of a graduate program, hoping to address student engagement and integrity challenges, or cultivate a school culture that provides purpose and meaning beyond traditional metrics, this session provides guidance to help educators and leaders as they prepare students for success in a constantly changing world.","Link":["https:\/\/www.michael-hernandez.net\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Through a combination of discussions and design-thinking exercises, participants will identify key challenges, and design new assignment and assessment strategies for existing curriculum. Participants will contribute their work and reflections to an online forum such as Padlet, or a digital book, then shared as a public resource.","Presenter":["Michael Hernandez"],"PresenterAffiliation":["National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow"],"PresenterEmail":["cinehead3@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":36,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1415,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1757513375,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Big Picture, Little Things","Handle":"big_picture-little_things","ShortDescription":"If you could change one thing about education, what would it be? Join 2 preservice teachers in conversation about the little things we have control over every day as educators.","Description":"Teaching can be incredibly draining and it can be hard to find the things that we can control in a world that asks more and more every day. Join 2 preservice teachers (one in elementary and one in high school) as we discuss the little changes we can make in the midst of everything else and remind ourselves that we are not alone in the fight to support our students and our selves.","Link":["https:\/\/kate.mcclurken-orr.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will both use conversational protocals to develop soltutions and create a presentation that will be shared with anyone in the room and made available to any educator interested.","Presenter":["Kate McClurken-Orr","Josephine Schrum"],"PresenterAffiliation":["University of Mary Washington","Rowan University"],"PresenterEmail":["kate.mcclurken@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1454,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1760438097,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Making Reading Meaningful","Handle":"making_reading_meaningful","ShortDescription":"Exploring collective best practices for engaging students as they read both fiction and non-fiction.","Description":"How can teachers structure reading to maximize student engagement -- and not, as some of our students have put it, \"suck all the joy out of reading?\"","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"This session will include a sample of best practices from ELA teachers at SLA paired with guiding questions to encourage sharing and analysis from all participants. We know there will be a wealth of expertise in the room -- the goal is for everyone to share and benefit from each other's wisdom.","Presenter":["Grace Kirby","Larissa Pahomov"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadershp Academy - Center City"],"PresenterEmail":["lpahomov@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1448,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1759944067,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Process and Product: What Do We Value?","Handle":"process_and_product--what_do_we_value-2","ShortDescription":"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?","Description":"At the root of progressive education is the idea of \"Learn by Doing\" and project-based learning. But what happens when educators can no longer determine the products that students submit represent a process of student learning?\r\n\r\nHow do educators have to adapt their instructional design and assessment practices to recognize the shifting landscape?\r\n\r\nHow do we recognize the difference between when a technological tool such as AI transforms learning processes compared to when it supplants it?\r\n\r\nHow do we remain open to how students can leverage new technologies to learn more deeply while understanding the reality that these technologies can also be used to create products that sidestep the learning process?\r\n\r\nAnd what does \"Productive Struggle\" look like in the age of AI?","Link":["http:\/\/practicaltheory.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"This will be a dialogic session where we grapple with questions that don't lead to easy answers.","Presenter":["Chris Lehmann"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["clehmann@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1410,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1757330615,"CreatorID":45373,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"So Now What? Figuring It Out in Schools, One Challenge at a Time","Handle":"so_now_what-figuring_it_out_in_schools-one_challenge_at_a_time","ShortDescription":"Creativity, flexibility, and endurance are required for every role in the school ecosystem\u2014whether responding to another mandate, supporting a student in crisis, or figuring out staff coverage. Let\u2019s discuss how we tackle both persistent and emerging challenges. Come for honest conversation, practical strategies, and tools you can use next week.","Description":"Let\u2019s face it\u2014working in schools means constantly solving problems no one prepared us for. Whether you\u2019re navigating surprise schedule changes, managing a student meltdown, responding to the latest policy shift, or just trying to get the copier to work with seconds to spare, you\u2019ve probably asked yourself: So\u2026 now what?\r\nThis session is a space for real talk, shared wisdom, and practical thinking. Designed for anyone working in education\u2014teachers, secretaries, principals, social workers, coaches, librarians, you name it\u2014we\u2019ll explore both the everyday challenges we all face and the curveballs that keep coming and how to maintain intentionality. \r\nThrough guided conversation, personal reflection, and interactive activities, we\u2019ll surface the strategies we use to adapt, support one another, and stay grounded when things get messy. Participants will be invited to share their own \u201cfigure-it-out\u201d moments, celebrate small wins, and walk away with tools they can actually use next week\u2014no prep required.\r\nWhether you're brand new to education or have the t-shirt, tote bag, and battle scars to prove your experience, you'll leave feeling seen, supported, and equipped with ideas from a community that gets it.\r\nCome ready to talk, think, laugh, and reflect. Because sometimes the best professional development starts with the question: So\u2026 now what?","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"This interactive conversation is designed to engage everyone in the room through small group discussions, reflective prompts\/scenarios, and collaborative problem-solving activities that invite participants to share their own experiences, challenges, and creative solutions.\r\n\r\nBy exchanging real stories from different roles in education,we will share practical strategies that have worked across classrooms, offices, and school hallways. Whether it\u2019s managing unexpected crises, navigating policy changes, or juggling competing demands, let\u2019s examine our perspectives and refine actionable tools that can be implemented immediately.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSpecific takeaways include:\r\n\r\nConcrete approaches to staying flexible and resilient amid shifting priorities\r\nSimple communication techniques for collaborating with colleagues and families\r\nStrategies for managing emotional and intellectual stamina on tough days\r\nIdeas for quick problem-solving when traditional \u201canswers\u201d aren\u2019t available\r\nA renewed sense of community and support by connecting with peers who face similar challenges\r\n\r\nTogether, the participants and the facilitators will engage in a dynamic exchange of wisdom rather than a one-way lecture\u2014so we are inspired and equipped to \u201cfigure it out\u201d next time we walk into our schools.","Presenter":["Nicole Dent","Jessica Massenat","Anna Muessig"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Trenton Public Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["ndent@trenton.k12.nj.us","jmassenat@trenton.k12.nj.us","amuessig@trenton.k12.nj.us"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":45373,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1442,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1758633649,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Supporting the Whole Student: Building Equitable Career Pathways through Internships in Title I Schools","Handle":"supporting_the_whole_student--building_equitable_career_pathways_through_internships_in_title_i_schools","ShortDescription":"Discover how our public school supports 11th graders through a holistic internship program that connects students' interests to career pathways while addressing equity gaps in an urban, Title I setting. We'll share our collaborative model involving teachers, our Real World Learning Director, and our school social worker to support the whole student\u2014academically, socially, and professionally\u2014while building agency and disrupting systems of inequity.","Description":"Our session will begin with a brief overview of our Title I public school context, highlighting our citywide admission policy, project-based learning approach, advisory model, and interdisciplinary curriculum\u2014all designed to be accessible to students traditionally underserved by such educational models. We'll share key demographics and explain how our program aims to address challenges faced by students with a history of trauma.\r\nThe core of our session features three representative case studies illustrating common barriers, challenges, and assets among our prospective interns. Through these authentic examples, we'll demonstrate our holistic approach to:\r\nSupporting the whole student (academic, social-emotional, and professional skills)\r\nLeveraging cross-functional collaboration between Teacher\/Advisors, our Real World Learning Director, and Social Worker\r\nAligning internships with students' interests and future career pathways\r\nCreating continuity of support throughout students' 9-12 journey\r\nAfter presenting each case study, attendees will break into small groups to discuss similar challenges in their contexts and share promising practices. Each small group will document strategies that worked in overcoming specific barriers, which we'll collect and synthesize into a collaborative resource of promising practices that participants can implement in their own settings.\r\nThroughout the session, we'll emphasize how our approach explicitly addresses equity by removing barriers to high-quality work-based learning for traditionally marginalized students, building agency through interest-driven experiences, and disrupting systems of inequity by connecting students to professional networks and opportunities that may not have been accessible to them otherwise.","Link":["https:\/\/www.workshopschool.org\/"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"For the break out groups that focus on our case studies, we will provide a handout that includes driving questions for participants to discuss as they work to identify possible strategies for addressing challenges. Each small group will share out their promising practices which we will document and share back out to participants via google drive resource folder after the session.","Presenter":["Candace Eaton","Shingi Middelmann","Claire Norwood","Jason Weinberg"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Workshop School; Workshop Learning"],"PresenterEmail":["ceaton@philasd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":30,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13},{"ID":1426,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1757973397,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Oxygen Mask First: Rethinking Staff Wellness as Intentional Practice","Handle":"the_oxygen_mask_first--rethinking_staff_wellness_as_intentional_practice","ShortDescription":"What if staff wellness was treated as central to student success? In this conversation, we\u2019ll explore how intentional structures for educator wellbeing can reduce burnout, strengthen school culture, and transform sustainability. Together, we\u2019ll reimagine how schools can proactively support the adults who hold them up.","Description":"Schools often center student wellness while unintentionally overlooking the wellbeing of the adults responsible for creating safe, thriving learning environments. Yet, educator burnout and attrition are at crisis levels, undermining stability and equity. In my role as a school-based counselor for staff, I intentionally support educators with individualized and group wellness practices, reducing secondary trauma, building resilience, and strengthening retention.\r\n\r\nThis conversation invites us to rethink how schools can prioritize the adults at their core. What would it look like if staff wellness was not an afterthought but a deliberate design principle? How might we embed intentional practices\u2014counseling, reflective groups, wellness spaces, and community care\u2014into the DNA of a school? And most importantly: how might this shift ripple out to benefit students, families, and entire communities?\r\n\r\nGrounded in my school\u2019s experiment with this unique role, I\u2019ll share what has worked, what challenges remain, and what possibilities lie ahead. Participants will leave with concrete strategies and collective inspiration to design school systems where staff wellbeing is not optional, but essential to meaningful educational transformation.","Link":["http:\/\/www.southbronxcommunity.org"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will discuss their biggest pain points as educators, what personal experiences (not related to their roles as educators) inform this tension, and what practical support looks like in their contexts. Participants will leave with mental health resources and a proposal for their school leaders related to their own wellness.","Presenter":["Jeannette Bautista","John Clemente"],"PresenterAffiliation":["South Bronx Community Charter High School"],"PresenterEmail":["jeannette.bautista@southbronxcommunity.org","john.clemente@southbronxcommunity.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":189,"ScheduleLocationID":32,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":13,"ScheduleSlotID":189},"total":7,"limit":false,"offset":false}