This professional learning session equips principals with practical, research-informed strategies to improve student attendance, including proven processes used across PISD campuses. Participants will explore data monitoring, targeted interventions such as family engagement, individualized attendance plans, alongside schoolwide practices that promote a positive attendance culture. Participants will leave with ready-to-use tools and scalable leadership strategies they can implement and share with their teams to build campuswide ownership of attendance success.
From referral to return, there’s a lot more happening behind the scenes than most realize. Join this session to unpack the full DAEP process, avoid common pitfalls, and ensure your campus is handling every step correctly and efficiently.
From referral to return, there’s a lot more happening behind the scenes than most realize. Join this session to unpack the full DAEP process, avoid common pitfalls, and ensure your campus is handling every step correctly and efficiently.
Move beyond digital substitution and transform your instruction. This session challenges educators to connect physical space and cognitive demand using the PIC-RAT framework in Flexible Learning Spaces. You’ve heard of SAMR, but PIC-RAT is more practical and intuitive. Participants will explore the “Gradual Release of Responsibility” as a path to digital literacy, learning how to move students from passive consumers to creative contributors. We’ll focus on designing instruction where technology isn’t an add-on, but a driver of high-level achievement.
I'm currently a Digital Learning Specialist in Plano ISD and a former math teacher and technology auditor. My formal education includes an M.Ed. in Learning and Technology and BS in Accounting. Teacher certs: EC - 8 Generalist; EC-12 Special Education; 4-8 Math; and EC-12 ESL I can... Read More →
Review the district’s updated AI Guidelines and a curated toolkit of approved platforms designed to bridge the gap between theory and daily practice for campus leaders. We will move beyond "chatting" with AI to focus on providing supports for all students, equipping leaders with the proven systems needed to oversee evidence-based interventions for diverse learners. Participants will leave ready to lead their staff in implementing high-rigor digital literacy that aligns with district safety protocols and instructional priorities.
As we begin our multi-year transition to Canvas from Google Classroom in secondary classrooms, walk through live demonstrations of why Canvas is a full learning management system for the classroom and beyond. Bring your device to navigate the Admin Dashboard and explore the visibility and data access—such as synced grade books and LTI integrations—that create a streamlined experience for all stakeholders. By interacting with real-time reporting tools and school-wide organization modules, you will discover exactly how to leverage this ecosystem to support teacher practice and student success.
