SESSIONS

12:45pm to 1:45pm

“Fun Comes After the Test???”

“Education is Not Indoctrination:  Improving the Academic Performance of African-American Students”

 “Learning is Not a Spectator Sport:  Engage Your Students”

 “A Connected Mathematics Investigation – Looking for Pythagoras”

 “Classroom Walkthroughs:  The tie that binds”

 “A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures”

 “Will the Middle School Survive in Florida?  The Status of Middle School Programs in Our State”

 “Presto Change-O:  Meeting student needs with Differential Instruction”

 “Education, What For?”

 “Helping Kids Reach for the Stars with Model Rocketry”

2:00pm – 3:00pm

“Bringing Back the Learning”

 “Are your students REALLY prepared for success in Algebra 1?”

 “New Ways to Engage and Develop Students to win at the Game of Writing”

 “Real World, Real Math, Real Fun”

 “Facilitating school transitions:  The literacy classroom as a model for supporting young adolescent development”

 “The Trail of Dusty Muleman:  A mock trial based on Carl Hiaasen’s novel “Flush.”

 “Quick and Quirky Ways to Teach Spelling So It Sticks”

 “OASIS (Over Age Students Intensive Studies) Academy finds real success thru Vantage Learning’s MY Access Program”

3:15pm – 4:15pm

“Got a Plan for Att, FACTS org & ePEP?”

 “A Bridge over Troubled Waters:  What Middle Schools Can Do To Help Students Successfully Make the Transition to High School”

 “Classroom Management Strategies That Work”

 “People and the Planet:  Hands-on Activities for a World of 6.6 Billion”

 “Math in the Real World”

 “Organizational Strategies to Improve Writing and Increase Relevance for Students”

 “Picture This!  Helping Middle School Writers Create Images with Words”

 “A Plethora of Ideas to Help Students”

 “Helping Kids Reach for the Stars with Model Rocketry”