Reshaping Learning with SchoolDay

Entrepreneur, TED speaker, equity warrior, and GALS co-founder, Liz Wolfson discusses positive gender identity, integrated movement and the game-changing model of the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools.   Resources: Connect with Unruly Studios Connect with Elizabeth Wolfson Elizabeth's Ted Talk   Learn more about SchoolDay Explore SchoolDay's Career Academy and visit our blog.

Technology and Special Education teacher Lee Hollman, from PS 132 in Brooklyn NY, shares how Codemancer has filled a technology gap and energized all of his students to love coding, expanding their skills for al content areas.   Resources: Connect to Codemancer

District Managers for Restorative Process, Deanna Goodrich and Yeruwelle de Rouen share trauma-informed and Restorative Process Practices to help shift school climate and create safe, nurturing spaces to accelerate learning.   Resources: Connect to Class Composer Deanna & Yeruwelle's EdCuration conference session Contact Deanna Contact Yeruwelle Intersectional Innovations Consulting Denver Public Schools Restorative Process Guide Oakland Unified Schools Restorative Justice Resources Chicago Public Schools Restorative Process Guide & Toolkit

Veteran Gifted and Talented teacher Susan Holcomb, shares how the national WordMasters Challenge competition keeps vocabulary alive through analogy and competition. She credits the program with developing autonomous learners who consistently end up as merit scholars. Each year, over 125,000 students from some of the best public and private schools throughout the United States participate.   Resources: Connect to WordMasters Challenge Read more about WordMasters & related research   Learn more about SchoolDay Explore SchoolDay's Career Academy and visit our blog.

Cultural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader at St Andrew's Episcopal School, Baltimore Maryland, Dr. Kenneth Waters shares research, his own experiences, best practices and tips for supporting and improving outcomes for Black boys.    Resources: Connect to Mini Money Management Connect to Dr. Waters Dr. Waters' EdCuration Conference session: Educating Black Boys in Today's Social Climate

Joel Rose, Co-­Founder and CEO of New Classrooms, shares a whole new model for structuring learning that not only accelerates achievement and closes learning gaps in middle school math, but also improves classroom culture and increases student engagement.   Resources:  Connect to Snappet - individualized math learning for elementary students New Classrooms Teach to One Read about The Iceberg Problem Teach to One Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn New Classrooms Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

Educator, certified coach & trainer, and sought after speaker Lana Hailemariam shares stories and strategies for how to empower students' voices, facilitate tough conversations, and talk to kids about race.   Resources: Connect with SPEAK Lana's EdCuration Conference session: How to Talk About Race With Youth Lana's website contact StandUP Celeste Headlee's TED talk - How to Have a Better Conversation

Veronica Fiedler, Specific Learning Disability Specialist for the state of Colorado, discusses how to best support diverse learners and their teachers, and helps us better understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).   Resources: Connect to IDL Solutions CDE SLD Webpage: https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/sd-sld  How to join the CDE SLD Listserv:  To subscribe to the CO-SLD listserv:  Open a new email.  In the “To” field, type the email SLD-subscribe-request@cdelist.cde.state.co.us and send the message.  Once added, you will receive a confirmation email.  If you have a problem, email Veronica Fiedler at fiedler_v@cde.state.co.us.    National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII):  NCII’s Tools Chart: https://intensiveintervention.org/about-charts-resources  NCII’s Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity: https://intensiveintervention.org/taxonomy-intervention-intensity  CAST UDL Guidelines: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/   

Christine Danhoff, technology integration specialist at the Genoa School District, shares the Unruly Splats which have allowed her and her teachers to integrate STEM, movement and coding into pretty much any content area. I'm not even kidding. And it's FUN!   Resources: Find Unruly Splats at EdCuration.com

In Read Write Code, Jeremy Keeshin demystifies the world of computers, starting at the beginning to explain the basic building blocks of today’s tech: programming, the internet, data, apps, the cloud, cybersecurity, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more. As CEO and Co-founder of CodeHS, Keeshin has helped teach coding to millions of students over the last decade. This book is a must-read for modern educators and anyone who wants to understand why code matters today.   Resources: Find ClassHook Order Read, Write, Code Jeremy's LinkedIn Jeremy's Twitter Jeremy's Website