Teacher Learning Academy 2025

Teacher Learning Academy 2025

8:00am EDT

Enhancing Secondary Instruction with eMediaVA: Engaging Digital Resources for All Subjects TBALindsey Horner Enhancing STEM Instruction with NASA and VA Space Consortium Resources TBAKatherine Mitchell • Cindy Watson (Outside Presenter) Marbled Magic: Exploring the Art of Paper Marbling in the Classroom TBAWendy Davis • Heide Hayek Online Gambling: Risk or Reward? What Our Students need to know. TBACheri Spahr Sphere: Foundations of Civic Culture TBAJohn Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist at Sphere Education Initiatives

10:15am EDT

Help! I need some ideas! A collaborative think tank TBAAdrienne Dalton • Jaimie Wommack Off the Grid: Everything In a Paper Bag! TBAMary R. Bailey Phenomenon: Hooks With a Purpose TBAHelen Wilborn Sphere: Foundations of Civic Culture TBAJohn Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist at Sphere Education Initiatives

1:30pm EDT

Navigating the IEP TBALisa Cardwell • Michele Happs Prioritize Productivity to Maximize your Planning TBASavannah Evans Sphere: Foundations of Civic Culture TBAJohn Snoad, Educator Engagement Specialist at Sphere Education Initiatives

8:00am EDT

Embroidery and Sashiko / Form and Function TBAMeghan Bolling • Heide Hayek Future-Ready: 8 Essential Tech Skills for Students and Classroom Strategies to Build Them TBACheri Spahr • Leah Talbert Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum TBASavannah Evans • Mandy Pugh Using Analytics in Social Studies TBAMatt Allen

10:15am EDT

Promoting Vocabulary and Higher Level Reading in Social Studies TBAMatt Allen The Art of Improvisation TBAMegan Emanuel • Nathan Munson Thriving in the Trenches of your First Years TBAKari Christopher • Sydney Nolley Through a Language Lens - Integrating Literacy Strategies in the Content Areas to Support English Language Learners TBAAshley Bright • Melanie Kiger

1:30pm EDT

Hands on Learning for Big Kids TBAChristel Reaves • Helen Wilborn Stepping Stones to Building Positive Relationships in Secondary TBATonya Barber Streamline Your Workflow TBAHaley Blanks • Rebecca Cyrus Thinking in Action: Building Classrooms That Work TBAStormi Anderson