Discover Cobras LAUNCH—a program created to help high school graduates seamlessly transition into the next phase of their educational journey. Piloted last year by CCC&TI, this summer bridge initiative was developed to address the challenges many graduates face during the months following high school. By offering intentional support and skill-building opportunities, Cobras LAUNCH equips students with the tools they need to thrive in college. Through an engaging and supportive environment, participants build confidence, develop essential skills, and foster a sense of community, setting them up for success as they begin their college experience.
Beginning with Spring 2025 national testing, ACT is rolling out enhancements to the test. Learn why ACT is implementing these enhancements, what changes are being made, and when they will affect different test administrations and modes.
Financial Aid, especially the FAFSA, is a daunting task for students and the educators that help support them. This presentation will go over all of the basics of financial aid and FAFSA like who needs to file FAFSA, what the FAFSA is, when should students file, where do you go for information, and why students should fill it out! This session will help educators support students in your classroom, or in your own life, answer questions about the FAFSA.
This session is for current Reading Apprenticeship participants. This group will participate in the next phase of this program which will include an online coaching session.
In this session attendees will learn about the benefits of using art and creative products as a means to increase student engagement, enhance critical thinking skills, and improve writing skills. By incorporating fine arts into the chemistry content, students engage both the analytical and creative parts of their brains thereby increasing retention, recall, and comprhension of the abstract concepts of chemistry. In this session, I'll be presenting on five art products to be use in concert with whatever pedagocical approach the teacher is already using in their chemistry content. The products align with content standards in density, properties of matter, polarity, reactions, and photons. If time allows, teachers will get to try out one of the art projects with a make-and-take activity.
Discover Cobras LAUNCH—a program created to help high school graduates seamlessly transition into the next phase of their educational journey. Piloted last year by CCC&TI, this summer bridge initiative was developed to address the challenges many graduates face during the months following high school. By offering intentional support and skill-building opportunities, Cobras LAUNCH equips students with the tools they need to thrive in college. Through an engaging and supportive environment, participants build confidence, develop essential skills, and foster a sense of community, setting them up for success as they begin their college experience.
Financial Aid, especially the FAFSA, is a daunting task for students and the educators that help support them. This presentation will go over all of the basics of financial aid and FAFSA like who needs to file FAFSA, what the FAFSA is, when should students file, where do you go for information, and why students should fill it out! This session will help educators support students in your classroom, or in your own life, answer questions about the FAFSA.
ACT offers free test prep resources for teachers and students. Learn where to find teacher resources and how to use them to support classroom instruction. You will also get a bank of resources to share with students for their own prep.
This is a collaborative session for 9-12 PE teachers. Participants will share effective teaching strategies, solutions to common challenges, and explore ways to enhance student engagement and wellness.
This session will introduce the PreACT Item Response Summary Report. Go hands-on beyond the number of items correct/incorrect to determine why students answered the way they did. These insights help first-line remediation in the classroom.
In this session, educators will learn about "The Not So Itty Bitty Book of Protocols" that identifies and explains strategies for teaching along the Common Instructional Framework. These strategies will help keep students engaged in the material while retaining more of what they are learning. These strategies will help educators ensure students are actively interacting with what they are learning while also interacting with their peers.
This interactive presentation introduces a project-based approach to teaching Economics & Personal Finance concepts collective addressed as, “Adulting 101.” Students will use real-world data to explore essential life skills, including job searching, calculating taxes, budgeting, and determining the cost of living. Through hands-on activities, they will research job markets, compare salaries across industries, and calculate mandatory payroll deductions. They will create personalized budgets that account for rent, utilities, transportation, and other expenses, while analyzing how lifestyle choices impact financial stability. This approach equips students with practical tools to navigate adult life confidently and make informed financial decisions.
CFNC Associate Outreach Director, Skip Watts will be on hand to discuss College For North Carolina (CFNC), CFNC ProTools, and tools associated with FAFSA completion.
This session is intended to allow attendees the opportunity to explore some of the lesser used/known features of the Desmos Graphing Calculator. Math 1 - Math 4 topics will be covered, including function notation, shape investigation, trigonometric functions, and data analysis. Attendees will actively engage in problem solving scenarios and will explore a variety of classroom-ready Desmos Activities. Our goal is to show how this technology can be used to make learning more meaningful in the classroom.
The Catawba Valley Leadership Foundation's Strong Student Leader (SSL) Program equips high schoolers with essential leadership skills, focusing on identity, relationships, and purpose. By empowering students to embrace their potential, the program aims to cultivate a legacy of strong leaders who will address community challenges like struggling families and workforce shortages. This impactful initiative invests in the future of Caldwell County by fostering a community where young leaders drive positive change and create a brighter future for all.
We will introduce the Honors Level Course Development & Evaluation Tool. We will use this to help guide the building and completion of your Honors Course Evidence Submission. We will clarify definitions, share strategies and provide some classroom examples for you to potentially use with your advanced level students.
Are you struggling to explain vocabulary words or concepts to your newly arrived Multilingual Learners (MLs)? Come to this session and learn how to add translations and GIFs to your presentations. Not only will this help build your MLs background knowledge and help them connect concepts to their home language, but, the pictures will have the added benefit of increasing your other students’ knowledge as well.
The Blue Ridge Energy Leadership Track is an innovative program for high school students that encourages leadership development, resume building and college preparedness. The Leadership Track is a self-paced point system that allows motivated students to compete for various leadership awards including all-expense paid leadership camp experiences, workshops and possible college scholarships.
Join this session to explore EVERFI's free digital lesson plans and activities aligned to state standards and evidence-based pedagogy for high school educators. The low-prep lessons are student-directed, with built-in assessments, making them easy to drop into plans for the whole class or assign to students for individualized learning. With over 200 lessons, there’s something for everyone – health, CTE, personal finance, business, and more. To get the most out of this session, please bring a device.
EVERFI's FREE online activities cover critical life skills students need to be successful - college and career readiness, mental wellness, financial literacy, interpersonal skills, etc.
Friday February 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EST
Room 356
This presentation is geared toward high school teachers and learning the golden standards of what PBL truly looks like and how to get it started in your classroom or refine its practice. We will look at the why behind using this methodology, review rubrics and templates, and explore possibilities where you can use it in your classroom.
Modeling uses introductions to phenomena through demonstrations, labs, or other activities to stimulate student ownership of learning in a science classroom. It involves students collecting empirical evidence before the teacher introduces any concepts about a learning objective. The teacher is there to provide an opportunity for students to observe science in action, and lead the student to an understanding of the science behind their observations without direct instruction. Chemistry (Physical Science) will be the topic of the demonstrations for this session, but the process can be applied to any science phenomenon.
We will be breaking down the statistics standards in both Math 3 and Math 4 curriculums, as well as including tips for teaching these topics to students. This session is for high school math teachers who are teaching or are interested in teaching Math 3 or Math 4. The goal of this session is to increase one's knowledge of statistics and help teachers develop confidence with statistics standards.
Work Session - We will introduce the Honors Level Course Development & Evaluation Tool. We will use this to help guide the building and completion of your Honors Course Evidence Submission. We will clarify definitions, share strategies and provide some classroom examples for you to potentially use with your advanced level students.
