Joanne Miller
Name
Game Changers: ELA Edition (3-6 ELA)
Session Type
Workshop
Track
3rd-6th - ELA Experience
Description

Ready to shake things up in your classroom? This fast-paced session will reveal high-impact, easy-to-implement strategies that can transform your teaching and ignite student engagement. Teachers will learn strategies to increase student accountability, boost student engagement, foster higher critical thinking, and promote student ownership. From classroom management hacks, holding students accountable, building community, to creative lesson ideas, this session is packed with actionable techniques that will energize your teaching and empower your students.

Attendees will leave this session with practical strategies they can implement immediately, tools to boost classroom engagement, and innovative ideas to foster collaboration and critical thinking among students. You’ll walk away with a toolkit of tried-and-true methods designed to be adaptable for any grade level or subject area. Whether it’s increasing student accountability, incorporating movement, gamifying learning, or sparking meaningful discussions, these strategies will help you create a classroom culture where learning is engaging, fun, and impactful.

This session is your chance to reignite your passion for teaching while discovering game-changing strategies that will leave your students excited to learn every day.

Session Research
Danielson, Charlotte (2007). Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching.

Hattie, J. (2012). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning.

Marzano, Robert J. (2017). The New Art of Science and Reading of Teaching.