Secondary ELA & Social Studies PL

Secondary ELA & Social Studies PL

8:00am EST

Arrival and Check-In Commons

8:15am EST

AI Teacher Assistant Tools 209ILC AI Tools for Students 211ILC From Student to Citizen: Literacy Skills for Social Studies and English 201Katie Evans and Meranda Merritt • Literacy Coaches Implementing Quad Text Sets 212Jalysa Taylor • Rolfe MS • Reading Specialist Introduction to AI 207ILC

9:50am EST

AI Teacher Assistant Tools 209ILC AI Tools for Students 211ILC Deep Dive into Valentine Resources and Materials 215Valentine Museum Education Staff Empowering MLL Students with Minimal Instructional Adjustments 220Janee Downs and Kaitlin Waldron • Freeman HS From Student to Citizen: Literacy Skills for Social Studies and English 201Katie Evans and Meranda Merritt • Literacy Coaches Implementing Quad Text Sets 212Jalysa Taylor • Rolfe MS • Reading Specialist Introduction to AI 207ILC NEWSELA Writing 224Cory Swatling • Wilder MS On the Air: Creating Podcasts as Engaging Assessments 221Alyson Carroll and Kasi Farmer • Glen Allen HS Streetlaw Mini Moot Court 214Matt Gorsuch • Moody MS Unlocking the Language of Social Studies Through Vocabulary Study 213Kenya Gray • Tucker HS

11:25am EST

Lunch (on your own) TBA

12:40pm EST

2 Mini-Sessions: Professional Development Opportunities for School Teachers Offered by VCU, 2025-2026 and Empower Educators to Explore the Potential of Artificial Intelligence 221Brian J. Daughtery • Ph.D. Professor of History VCU AI Teacher Assistant Tools 209ILC AI Tools for Students 211ILC Deep Dive into Valentine Resources and Materials 204Valentine Museum Education Staff Empowering MLL Students with Minimal Instructional Adjustments 220Janee Downs and Kaitlin Waldron • Freeman HS Newsela–Differentiation (Rooms 201, 206, 208) 201Aiesha Wright Poe Museum 212Meg Luffman Read, Write, Connect with Paired Texts 226Elizabeth Hathaway • Temeca Maddox • April Smith • Literacy Coaches Reenact, Relive, and Remember: How Students Become the Stories They Study 217Brian Hilton • HVA Virginia Museum of History and Culture 215Maggie Creech • Director of Education

2:15pm EST

AI Teacher Assistant Tools 209ILC AI Tools for Students 211ILC NEWSELA Writing 224Cory Swatling • Wilder MS On the Air: Creating Podcasts as Engaging Assessments 221Alyson Carroll and Kasi Farmer • Glen Allen HS Read, Write, Connect with Paired Texts 226Elizabeth Hathaway • Temeca Maddox • April Smith • Literacy Coaches Reenact, Relive, and Remember: How Students Become the Stories They Study 217Brian Hilton • HVA Unlocking the Language of Social Studies Through Vocabulary Study 213Kenya Gray • Tucker HS Virginia Museum of History and Culture 215Maggie Creech • Director of Education

3:45pm EST

End of Day Attendance and Survey Google FormErica Basnight-Johnson • Kendall Hunt • Cat Latcovich