2025 ROE8 Summer Institute

2025 ROE8 Summer Institute

8:00am CDT

Breakfast/Sign In 201B

8:30am CDT

Welcome/Intro 201B

8:45am CDT

Keynote: How do you want to be remembered? 201BKent Stock

10:00am CDT

KEYNOTE: Achieving Your Dreams: Setting Personal and Professional Goals with 20 X 2030 201BKent Stock Teacher Developed Student Behavior Intervention Plans 210Linsey McDanel Unlocking Potential: Empowering Educators to Support Students Impacted by Trauma 201ASarah Nauman Enhancing the Learning Environment with Brain Breaks 208Kelly Marcum Gen Z: The Anxious Generation 201DShauna Dinges

11:00am CDT

KEYNOTE: Achieving Your Dreams: Setting Personal and Professional Goals with 20 X 2030 201BKent Stock Playful Pathways: Using Games to Teach Emotional Regulation in Early Childhood 201DLynn Kalnins The Importance of Teaching Communication and Ways to Build It 210Linsey McDanel Motivating Kids with Whole Brain Teaching's Super Improver Game 201ASarah Meador The Mindfulness of Teaching 208Jordan Eggleson

11:50am CDT

Lunch Open Campus

12:50pm CDT

KEYNOTE: Achieving Your Dreams: Setting Personal and Professional Goals with 20 X 2030 201BKent Stock Stressed to Death 210Dr. Heather Baker Supporting Every Learner: SEL Strategies for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities 208Samantha Buss Significant 72 201DShauna Dinges Strengthening Educator Wellness: Because You Matter 201AJordan Eggleson

1:50pm CDT

Grade/Subject Networking 201B

2:30pm CDT

Closing and Prizes 201B

3:15pm CDT

Grad Class Meeting 201B

8:00am CDT

Breakfast/Sign In 201B

8:30am CDT

Welcome/Intro 201B

8:45am CDT

Designing the Future: Creativity Meets Technology 201BBen Sondgeroth

10:00am CDT

Keynote: AI as a Creative Partner: Fostering Innovation and Critical Thinking 201BBen Sondgeroth Seesaw: Overview & Create Your Own! 210Jennifer Slater Assistive Technology with Chrome, Chromebooks, and Google Apps for Education 201AShannon Smith Engaging Students with Interactive Tech 201DSarah Meador Unlock Learning with Virtual Manipulatives 208Julie Hunziker

11:00am CDT

KEYNOTE: Making with Purpose: Bringing Design Principles into Your Classroom 201BBen Sondgeroth Flip that classroom 210Beth Melancen Class Companion - Student Facing AI with Instant Feedback 201DSarah Meador Create with Canva 208Nichole Ambrosia Engaging Students with Technology: Using EduProtocols with Google Applications 201AShannon Smith

11:50am CDT

Lunch Open Campus

12:50pm CDT

1:50pm CDT

Grade/Subject Networking 201B

2:30pm CDT

Closing and Prizes 201B

3:15pm CDT

Grad Class Meeting 201B

8:00am CDT

Breakfast/Sign In 201B

8:30am CDT

Welcome/Intro 201B

8:45am CDT

Igniting Student Engagement Through the Science of Hope 201BCathleen Beachboard

10:00am CDT

KEYNOTE: Leading With Hope: Strategies for Empowering Educators and Students 201BCathleen Beachboard Using Games in the Classroom 210Cathy Parker Get More Engagement: Whole Brain Teaching Direct Instruction 201DSarah Meador Socioculturally Sustaining Instructional Practices 208Chanita Jones What is executive functioning? An introduction. 201AAmy Weltin

11:00am CDT

KEYNOTE: Nurturing Hope and Self-Care: Strategies for Personal and Professional Well-Being 201BCathleen Beachboard Quiet Kids: Empowering Introverts to Lead in a Noisy Classroom 206Alex T. Valencic Using Games in the Classroom 210Cathy Parker Leveling Up Engagement in the Classroom 201DTari Jansen The What and Why of Co-Teaching 201AAmy Weltin

11:50am CDT

Lunch Open Campus

12:50pm CDT

KEYNOTE: The Hopeful Brain: Building Classrooms of Hope 201BCathleen Beachboard Simulating History: How role playing and simulations games can transform your social studies classroom 208Dana Jarrard-Lameyer Tiny Hands, Big Gains: Nurturing Fine Motor Skills in Young Children 206Sara Wand Empowering Independence: Integrating Motivational Interviewing to Inspire Youth with Specific Learning Disabilities 201AChanita Jones Number Sense Routines for All Learners (K-5th) 210Julie Hunziker Seven Shifts That Will Bring Big Results in Literacy (7 Mighty Moves Book Club Preview) 201DTari Jansen

1:50pm CDT

Grade/Subject Networking 201B

2:30pm CDT

Closing and Prizes 201B

3:15pm CDT

Grad Class Meeting 201B