RSAC 2024

Reading comprehension skills can be difficult to develop for many students. In this session we will explore a different approach of developing reading comprehension skills by using Cartoons and hands on STEM Activities.

In this session we will discuss the development and framework of a K-8 STEM program in a
the diverse, low income, rural school. Our STEM program explores coding/robotics, 3D design, and basic physics.

** Open House Format ** Spend time in this session exploring a variety of social emotional learning games and mindful activities - HANDS ON! Play, explore, experiment with these SEL games and mindful activities in real time to get ideas for your classroom. Resources featured include: Breaking Barriers Down, Icebreaker Linemaker, Connect More, Head Rush, You Know, Ouisi, Mindfulness Matters, Rory’s Story Cubes, Hygge Game. Additionally, a variety of mindful activities will be showcased for educators to practice in real time and take back to their classrooms. Register to WIN - One complete set of the resources will be given away in a raffle drawing!

Participants will examine the recent shifts in immigration patterns that have brought an influx of newcomers to our state and explore the socio-cultural, linguistic, and academic needs of their newcomers. Reflecting on the unique needs of their local community, participants will be guided in applying research-based and pragmatic systems to meet the needs of their newcomers with aligned and measurable success indicators, to complement their existing ESL/Bilingual/Dual program. Successfully meeting the needs of newcomers during their first months in US schools helps to lay the foundation for successful academic achievement, linguistic growth, and a healthy cultural identity.

Is your MTSS process serving multilingual learners to the best outcomes? Do you wonder if universal screeners and associated process are over-identifying multilingual learners for Tier 2 and 3 interventions? Or is under-identification your greater concern? Are the applied interventions successful or failing? Are you struggling to get to the just the right balance for your multilingual learners; one that mimics the balance in your never-EL population? Learn about key concepts that must be considered when setting up or tweaking an MTSS process to avoid both over- and underrepresentation, key variables that impact multilingual learners’ progress, key questions that must be asked and answered when interpreting multilingual learners’ classroom performance, assessment results, and progress monitoring data, and key considerations that must be applied to interventions at any tier to hit that just right Goldilocks point for the MTSS process for multilingual learners at your district or school.