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Summer Talent Development Workshop Schedule

 

CTD Conference Day Schedule: Joy, Hope, Resilience

Participants will be able to select options for both the morning session/s (a single 2.5 hour session or two shorter sessions) and afternoon session/s (a single 2.5 hour session or two shorter sessions) based on their interests and roles.

  • Conference Duration: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Welcome and Keynote: 9: 00 AM
  • Morning Workshops: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Lunch: 12:30-1:15 PM
  • Afternoon Workshops: 1:30 – 4:00 PM
  • Adjournment: 4:00 PM  

Focus

Morning 

Afternoon

Joy

Summer Staff Workshop (CTD summer program staff members will have training sessions in the morning)

Title: Leveling Up through Joy: Utilizing Gamification as a Tool for Joy in Middle Grades and High School
Strand: Curriculum Design: (1 hour)

Joy

Title: Civic Leadership Through Asset-Based Thinking
Strand:  Civic Leadership (2.5 hours)

Title: Building Civic Identity: A Contextual Learning Roundtable
Strand:  Civic Leadership: (1 hour)

Joy

Title: The Joy of Learning through Play
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Title: Engaging Students in Discourse
Strand:  Responsive Teaching  (1 hour)

Joy

 

Title: Civic Leadership Through Asset-Based Thinking
Strand:  Civic Leadership (2.5 hours) 

Joy

 

Title: The Importance of Learning Through Play 
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Joy

 

Title: Engineering Joy: Building Happy, Engaged Classroom Communities
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (2.5 hours)

Hope

Summer Staff Workshop (CTD summer program staff members will have training sessions in the morning)

Title: Pathways to Purpose: Preparing students for Career and Life Goal Alignment
Strand:  Curriculum Design (1 hour)
 

Hope

Title: Real World Problems & Ethical Discussions in Your Domain
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Title: Teaching beyond Proficiency: Growth for Advanced Learners
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (1 hour)

Hope

Title: Responsive Teaching | Using Interests, Strengths, and Learning Readiness
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (2.5 hours)

Title: Motivation and Metacognition
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (1 hour)

Hope

 

Title: Real World Problems & Ethical Discussions in Your Domain.
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Hope


 

Title: Unity through Diversity: Building on Students’ Unique Abilities and Strengths
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (2.5 hours)

Hope

 

Title: Rethinking Rigor: Diving Deeper through Student Identity to Unlock Potential
Strand: Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Resilience

Summer Staff Workshop (CTD summer program staff members will have training sessions in the morning)

Title: Strategic Expectations: Executive Functioning for Learners
Strand:  Curriculum Design (1 hour)

Resilience

Title: Reconsidering Diversity Through the Lens of Resilient Thinking and Learning Systems

Strand:  Responsive Teaching (2.5 hours)

Title: Cultivating Resilient Thinkers: Harnessing Disagreement for Deeper Learning
Strand:  Civic Leadership: (1 hour)
 

Resilience

Title: Creating and Consuming Wisely: The Path to Digital Resilience
Strand:  Civic Leadership (2.5 hours)

Title: Supporting and Empowering Students with Additional Needs
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (1 hour)

Resilience

Title: Bridging Domains: Cultivating Resilient Innovations Across Fields
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

Title: Reconsidering Diversity Through the Lens of Resilient Thinking and Learning Systems
Strand:  Responsive Teaching (2.5 hours)

Resilience

 

Title: Creating and Consuming Wisely: The Path to Digital Resilience
Strand:  Civic Leadership (2.5 hours)

Resilience

 

 

Title:  Bridging Domains: Cultivating Innovation Across Fields
Strand:  Curriculum Design (2.5 hours)

 

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