Reassess – Recharge – Reunite!
Jan. 22-23, 2022 – Virtual Conference (Saturday and Sunday)
It is not too late to register for the conference. Join over a thousand of your colleagues from across the state this weekend!
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Interested in Literacy? Math? SEL? Check out these topical strands:
Join us for our 11th annual Conference, online for the second year in a row!
Be inspired, informed, and recharged — without travel delays and Covid concerns.
Daily Agenda
Pre-conference – January 15
Conference – January 22 & 23
| Opening Keynote | 9:00am – 10:00am |
| Morning Breakout Session | 10:15am – 11:30am |
| Lunch Break | 11:30am – 12:30pm |
| Afternoon Breakout Session: | 12:30pm – 1:45pm |
| Closing Keynote | 2:00pm – 3:00pm |
Join nationally recognized experts and your colleagues across the state to share practices that support the academic, behavioral and social-emotional success of all students. Sessions will cover strategies to support effective literacy and math instruction for all students, academic and behavioral supports and interventions, access and equity, and social and emotional learning.
All classroom educators–especially new teachers–administrators, counselors, and district leaders are invited to attend.
Our online platform will allow us all to connect to a live, ”all-in-one place,” for a virtual conference that is easy to join and navigate. Inspiring keynotes from Hadi Pavarti, Dr. Jo Boaler, Ken Shelton and Dr. Paul Hernandez. Music provided by DJ Wade –and no winter travel required.
EDUCATOR RAVES FROM THE 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
“Best Annual RTI Conference ever in my nine years of attending”
“Smoothest conference I have ever attended online by far.”
“I was blown away, brought to tears, and picked up tools I will be using Monday morning with my students.”
Effective and Efficient Teaching = Everyone Reading
This year, consider joining sessions the intensive Science of Reading strand, designed by national leaders Anita Archer, Pam Kastner, Lexie Domaradzki, and Shelby Skaanes. Support all students to read at grade level with the latest instructional practices for teaching reading in the classroom using the science of reading. These sessions will provide evidence-based reading research and strategies for those who teach at all ages and grade levels.
Develop Critical Math Thinkers
Discover ways to build procedural fluency and conceptual understanding that sticks with students. Explore scaffolding and support strategies to help all students persevere through struggle to find success. The Math Strand sessions are led by Jo Boaler, Cathy Williams, John SanGiovani, and Bobbi Jo Erb.
Maintaining Relationships and Resilience
Our students need safety, belonging, and feeling valued within healthy relationships. Learn how to keep routine, relationships, regulation, and systems of support in mind in the classroom and across the school. Investigate schoolwide practices that cultivate social-emotional well-being for staff, students, and families. These sessions will offer SEL concepts and strategies for teachers at all levels K-12.
21st Century Teaching and Learning
The opportunities for learning today are huge. How can we make our classrooms more learner-focused, with opportunities to engage critical thinking and real world challenges? Get inspired by Hadi Partovi’s keynote on how computer science can bring creativity and opportunity to K-12 education, and why it’s more important than ever to give every student in every school the opportunity to learn computer science. In fact, everywhere we turn, data is telling stories about our world. The need to analyze and interpret data is not confined to engineering or programming; it has become an essential life skill. Learn more about K-12 teachers role in developing data literacy from Dr. Jo Boaler, and “techquity” and information literacy with Ken Shelton.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jo Boaler is the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education at Stanford University. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education in England, and a mathematics teacher in London comprehensive schools. She is author of 18 books, numerous articles and a White House presenter on women and girls. Her latest book is called: Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead and Live without Barriers. She co-founded www.youcubed.org to give teachers, parents and students the resources they need to excite students about mathematics. She is currently co-leading a K-12 Data Science Initiative and was named as one of the 8 educators “changing the face of education” by the BBC.
Keynote: Big Ideas to Make Sense of a Data-Filled World
Hadi Partovi is a tech entrepreneur and investor, and CEO of the education nonprofit Code.org.He founded two successful startups and has been an investor or advisor to other technology companies during their startup phase, including well-known brands such as Facebook, Dropbox, airbnb, and Uber. In 2013 Hadi and his twin brother Ali launched the education nonprofit Code.org, which Hadi continues to lead as CEO. Code.org has established computer science classes reaching 30% of US students, created the most broadly used curriculum platform for K-12 computer science, and launched the global Hour of Code movement that has reached hundreds of millions of students spanning every country in the world.
Keynote: Computer science: bringing creativity and opportunity to K-12 education
Paul Hernandez, PhD, is a community college leader, award-winning teacher, and advocate for equity and young people. He began his educational journey in community college and eventually went on to earn his doctorate in Sociology specializing in the sociology of education and diversity. Dr. Hernandez is a nationally recognized speaker and leader in college access and success, community outreach, and pedagogy for educators working with underserved /underprepared students and students at risk of dropping out of school.Prior to earning his degrees, he was engulfed in gang culture and deep poverty in Los Angeles. Paul openly shares with others his personal story of being a youth at risk and how his path has influenced his work.
Keynote: Creating a sense of belonging though ‘Real Talk’
Kenneth Shelton: currently holds an M.A. in Education with a specialization in Educational Technology as well as New Media Design and Production. He has worked as an Educator for over 20 years and spent most of his classroom experience teaching technology at the Middle School level. Ken regularly gives keynotes, presentations, consults, and leads workshops, covering a wide variety of Educational Technology, Equity and Inclusion, Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist, Multimedia Literacy, Cultural Intelligences, Visual Storytelling, and Instructional Design topics. Ken is the ISTE Digital Equity PLN 2018 Excellence Award winner. Due to his extensive and broad impact Ken has also been named by EdTech Magazine as an influencer to follow.
Keynote: Building Sustainable Pathways Towards An Equitable, Inclusive, and Mindful Culture
Looking to register a group? It is easy this year! Contact Ceann Murphy at asdn@alaskaacsa.org with your group number and purchase order.
Registration Fees – STANDARD RATE
Registration Dates of December 12 – January 21
| Level 1 ASDN Member District | Level 2ASDN Member District Out-of-State or Retired Educators | |
| Conference Only (January 22 & 23) | $275 | $475 |
| Pre-Conference and Conference (January 15, 22 & 23) | $325 | $525 |
| Rural Schools Pre-Conference Only (January 15) | $50 | $100 |
Effective and Efficient Teaching = Everyone Reading
Science of Reading Strand Sessions
Designed and Led by: Anita Archer, Pam Kastner, Lexie Domaradzki, Shelby Skaanes
- Keeping Students in the Game: Opportunities to Respond and Errorless Learning (K-12, All content areas)
- Comprehension is an OUTCOME, not a Strategy (K-5)
- Phonological Awareness (What, Why, and How) (K-2, Elementary Intervention)
- Vocabulary Word Learning Strategies (Grades 3-12, all content areas)
- Using Diagnostic Information to Design Literacy Interventions (K-5, Elementary Intervention)
- Structure and Design of an Effective Foundational Skills Lesson (Leaders and Literacy Coaches)
- Vocabulary Word Learning Strategies: Morphology and Use of Context Clues ( Grades 3-12, All content areas, Advanced Session)
- Writing Effective Sentences and Summaries (Secondary, All content areas)
- Effective Walkthroughs (Tools for Principals, Coaches, and Teacher Leaders)
- Sound Walls: Phonemes to Graphemes (K-2, Elementary Intervention)
- Effective use of Decodable Text (K-2, Elementary Intervention)
- Irregular Word Reading (What, Why and How) (K-2, Elementary Intervention)
- Introduction to the Science of Reading (K-12, Beginner)
- Writing Strategies at the Sentence Level (Grades 2-5)
- Using Text Structure in Reading and Writing (Secondary (6-12), All content areas)
- Effectively Building Background Knowledge (Secondary (6-12), All content areas)
- Using Text Structure in Reading and Writing (Secondary (6-12), All content areas)
- Intensifying Foundational Skills Instruction (K-2, Advanced)
Develop Critical Math Thinkers
Math Strand Sessions
Designed and Led by: Jo Boaler, Cathy Williams, John SanGiovanni, Bobbi Jo Erb
- Teaching Math in Mixed Ability Classrooms
- Building Problem Solvers in a Multi-level Class (Math K-8)
- S^4: Scaffolding, Supports, Strategies, and Structures to Engage MS & HS Math Students
- Using Learning Progressions to Meet the Needs of ALL Students (Math preK-12)
- Foundations for Fluency: Growing Number Sense and Reasoning (Part I)
- Foundations for Fluency: Growing Number Sense and Reasoning (Part II)
- Fluency and Productive Struggle
- Foundations for Fluency: Figuring Out Facts