Urgency in Education Conference: May 13, 2023

Location: CI 102

Class Matters: Exploring Socioeconomic and Class Issues to Support our Students

Amanda Morales

Discover how socioeconomic and class issues in higher education affect low-income students. This session will explore socioeconomic profiles of students, as well as how language, policies, biases, university initiatives, and more affect low-income/working class students as they move to and through the university setting.

Location: CI 106

Asian American Representation in Low-Incidence Disabilities: An Examination

Gillian Benedetti

Examine the existing literature on the representations of Asian American students with low-incidence disabilities.

Location: CI 112

XR's Potential to Support Multisensory Learning

Aurelia O'Neil

Explore an innovative pedagogy approach that, by merging multisensory instruction within Extended Reality (XR) features, could potentially improve the academic performance of dyslexic students in the classroom.

Location: CI 109

End Teacher Dropouts: Explore the Power of "Nevertheless and Probably So"

Jourdan Simmang

Learn ways to streamline your teaching and curate a culture of understanding, care, and learning.

Location: CI 107

Bringing the Community into the Schools: It Takes a Village

Maria Iyescas & Courtney Rios

Learn how one large school district collaborated with community agencies to provide much needed education, support, and resources to its’ students when money and staff was not available. Important skills will also be acquired such as how to create legal agreements with community partners, how to get creative with the scheduling of community partnerships in the schools, and how to navigate the School Health Advisory Councils.

Location: CI 102

Can You See Us? Best Practices to Support International Students

Vedika Salunke

Learn ways to improve international student engagement through mindful student support initiatives across campus such as recruiting, orientation, social activities, career services, mental health and counseling services.

Location: CI 106

Leveraging Research and Evidence-Based Practices to Not Only Restore, but Improve Academic Outcomes Post-COVID for PreK-5th Grade Students

Cynthia Hernandez

Learn how this district not only recovered elementary school learning losses, but improved student academic outcomes above where they were pre-COVID, by utilizing a body of research and evidenced based practices.

Location: CI 112

Influencing Behaviors, Altering Perceptions, and Interpreting Emotional Language: A Systematic Review of How Animated Films Impact Learning

Craig Brashears

Examine the existing literature on animated films in educational settings to understand how an effective multimodal form and animated films are useful as an age-appropriate pedagogy for younger audiences. Learn how how animated films may influence behaviors and attitudes, alter perceptions and beliefs, and help interpret emotional language, which could be applied to a variety of disciplines.

Location: CI 109

Blended Learning, What Does That Really Mean and How Can We Get There Together?

Cary Perales & Denis Wisner

Learn ways to support Pre-K-12 students, teachers and parents through a blended learning approach, and to get started to move their district forward. Participate in 3 different blended learning modalities during the session.

Location: CI 107

Educators’ Roles In Creating Leaders

Christopher Ardueser

Explore the current literature on effective leaders and discuss the effect of educators on future leaders.

Location: CI 102

Facilitating Communicative Competence for Children with Extensive Support Needs

Evalynn Ambra Sherrod

Learn about the pillars of effective instruction for students with complex communication needs and how to facilitate equitable educational practices for students within the United States that do not have access to functional communication systems.

Location: CI 106

Ready, Set, Soar Into The Future!

Gloria Bilaye-Benibo, Melody Pro-Smith, Derek Villanueva, & Veronica Benavides

Discover how Career & Technical Education (CTE) department at CCISD offers best practices that have resulted in the availability of programs that prepare students for in-demand, high-skill, and high-wage careers.

Location: CI 112

Be Kind, Rewind: Rethinking Best Practices through Kindness Pedagogy

Bernadette Marie Flores

Learn and discuss kindness pedagogy which advocates for instructors to build trust and relationships with students, advocate for equity, to believe in students and believing students, and to invite students into the experience of learning with kindness and care. Educators will walk away with a greater understanding of how kindness pedagogy can impact their students.

Location: CI 109

The State of the Digital Divide in Texas' Coastal Bend Schools

Pragati Banerjee

Explore a framework of successive access to digital technologies. The participants will gain a deeper understanding of levels of the digital divide in school settings and walk away with a new perspective on 'skills,' a major factor influencing ICT usage.

Location: CI 107

Blended Learning: What Does That Really Mean and How Can We Get There Together?

Cary Perales & Denis Wisner

Learn ways to support PreK-12 students, teachers and parents through a blended learning approach, and to get started to move their district forward. Participate in 3 different blended learning modalities during the session.

Location: CI 102

Integration of Read-Alouds and Mathematics to Support Bilingual Students

Dawn Lozano

Discover research about the integration of read-alouds and mathematics to support bilingual students. Research indicates that read-alouds bring abstract mathematical concepts in a story to real life by making them relatable to bilingual students. Learn how teachers can amplify instruction by hitting critical areas of language development, such as reading, listening, speaking, and writing, simultaneously while learning mathematical concepts.

Location: CI 106

Teaching Empowerment through Children's Literature

Jennifer Brown

Discover how young girls can develop a positive perspective on their lives and their world through literature. By applying the empowerment theory lens to children’s literature, students are introduced to strong female characters. Through personality traits such as strong self-esteem, a high level of self-efficacy, a sense of responsibility, and a resilient determination, young girls begin to envision their place in the world.  

Location: CI 112

Applying Neuroscience Concepts to Education

Sameera Massey

Discover how to apply straightforward, overarching neuroscience concepts to drive your educational decisions.

Location: CI 109

Factors Affecting Retirement Decisions of Teachers in Public Schools of Pakistan

Rizwan Shaikh

Discover the factors influencing retirement decision of teachers working in public sector schools in Pakistan that help improve job satisfaction, motivation for public service, commitment for organization, creating a work life balance and also pave a way for retirement wellbeing.

Location: CI 107

Facilitating Communicative Competence for Children with Extensive Support Needs

Evalynn Ambra Sherrod

Learn about the pillars of effective instruction for students with complex communication needs and how to facilitate equitable educational practices for students within the United States that do not have access to functional communication systems.