Amplify Reading for Texas Home Learning

Laura Seal, Associate Director, Supplements, Amplify
Emily Lutrick, ELA and Dyslexia Coordinator, Allen ISD

Through the Texas Home Learning Initiative, K-2 students can have free access to an adaptive, student-driven digital reading program, Amplify Reading Texas, that can be accessed at home and at school. See the program that can help address the COVID slide and find out how to opt-in.

The Key to Transformation: Music as a Bridge Between SEL and Culturally Competent Classrooms

Toni Garza, Interim Director of Training, QuaverEd, Inc.

In this session, explore the intersection of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Both are helpful frameworks for understanding and supporting every student to succeed. And both can be enhanced through the power of music! Attendees will walk away with tangible ideas for engaging their students in fun, interactive, and effective ways. No musical expertise required.

How to Increase FAFSA/TASFA Completion for Your School or District

Charlie Maynard, Co-Founder and CEO, Going Merry
Suzie Thomas, Enterprise Consultant, Naviance by Hobsons

Join our Naviance team and the CEO of Going Merry to learn more about how to increase FAFSA/TASFA completion rates. In this session, we will cover the following topics:

1. Requirements and new changes
2. Current challenges that schools and districts face with meeting requirements
3. How schools and districts are addressing challenges and how Naviance has helped
4. Going Merry and results their clients have achieved

Insanely Great Free Resources for College and Career Awareness

Hall Davidson, Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education
Lauren DeNu, Director of Partner Impact, Discovery Education

Global companies and foundations have funded great sites, activities, and virtual field trips for college and career awareness. Many feature technology resources, interactive websites, videos, and student challenges with cash awards. Find college essay-writing lessons and hear from working professionals passionate about their jobs. All high-quality resources are totally free for districts and families!

Paving the Yellow Brick Road, One Brick at a Time

Lacey Rainey, Area Superintendent, Denton ISD
Rachel Falknor, Coordinator, Intervention Services, Denton ISD

MTSS and Section 504 and Dyslexia … oh my! By reallocating personnel and integrating the processes within each program, Denton ISD began a cycle of continuous improvement that helps ensure student academic and social-emotional success. Join district representatives to learn how they paved their yellow brick road, one brick at a time, to lessen teacher frustration, identify students’ needs, and correct systemic problems.