CCS Secondary Mini-Conference

John Dewey said, "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."  Explore myFutureNC's county profile data to learn how education, business and government partners are collaborating to lift the value of education and workforce in Caldwell County.  Discuss the role that educators must play in this work, identify ways your ideas can be shared with community leaders, and consider how we might encourage educational attainment for students and their families.

We all have seen this quote, “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”- Benjamin Franklin.  During this session, participants will experience from the student lens ELA and Math review games.  Participants will be provided the research that supports the use of games as learning experiences and engage in professional discourse about implementation and barriers. Participants will leave with a bank of templates for other games.

According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, a routine is a regular procedure or habitual performance.  We teach and model procedures and expectations as part of our classroom culture, but what if we also taught students HOW to approach a new piece of text in content areas other than reading with a reading routine.  This session will model and guide participants through a set of engagement strategies that establish reading routines for vocabulary, comprehension and text analysis. *This session is planned for teachers who are not ELA teachers.

Join this session to explore EVERFI's free digital lesson plans and activities aligned to state standards and evidence-based pedagogy for middle 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, science, math, and more. To get the most out of this session, please bring a device.

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.