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Lexington Learns Together 2019

8:05am EST

Diamond Bus to Lexington Learns TogetherFILLING Diamond Middle School Harrington Bus to Lexington Learns Together Harrington Elementary School

8:10am EST

Clarke Bus to Lexington Learns TogetherFILLING Clarke Middle School Hastings Bus to Lexington Learns Together Hastings Elementary School

8:30am EST

Convocation - All Attendees Auditorium

9:15am EST

Make Your Brain a Super Highway! The Neuroscience Behind ReadingFULL 224Katherine Costa • Francine Hannan Spot the Difference and Mirror Writing for K-2 242Kelly Cracchiolo • Kristen Gobiel Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors: How to Analyze and Diversify Your Classroom Library 239Amy Muzyka • Jennifer Kuhn • Amy-Jo Conant • Jessica Caverly "5..6..7..8..!" Dance in Musical TheaterFILLING 140Anne Carey Abstract Art For Absolute BeginnersFULL 212Alethea Roy • Jessica Khamarji Beachology 101 : "Seas Life's Moments"FULL 214Janet Foley • Debra Hankins Belly Dance for Beginners, Move Makers, and Shimmy ShakersFILLING 200Danielle Levy Making Tessellations - Where Math Meets Art 410Janet West National Novel Writing Month in One SessionFULL 240Remy Coombs Photograph Like a Pro With Your Mobile DeviceFULL 215Damian Barneschi Picasso: Staying Curious 210Pia Illarramendi Tanzania: more than safari 223Louise Lipsitz White Fragility - Teacher Talk 235Cheryl Crowder • Rachel Philippe • Daniel Garland Calling all 5th Grade Teachers: Let’s plan and brainstorm together 233Jean Kelly • Rebecca DeSantis The "How" of Heterogeneous Grouping in Secondary Mathematics 234Laura Sheppard-Brick Better Teaching through StorytellingFULL 222Michael Horesh Building Bridges to Better Understand Our Diverse Populations - Focus on Asian CulturesFULL 225Yuiko Shimazu • Deirdre Schadler • Lonamae Shand • Erin Snyder Building Bridges to Better Understand Our Diverse Populations - Focus on Muslim and Israeli CulturesFULL 226Deirdre Schadler • Lonamae Shand • Yuiko Shimazu • Erin Snyder Collaborative Problem Solving: Strategies For Working With Challenging KidsFILLING 614Catherine Boege • Elizabeth Sharp • Krystal Wettstone Creating a Caring and Compassionate School Community: Becoming Aspiring AlliesFILLING 624Reginald Hobbs • Martha Queenin • Scot Schaming Creating and Maintaining your IPDPFULL 178Jean Button Developing Student Reading Skills - A Newsela Overview 176Edward Davey FANTASTIC FOCUSERSFULL 221Heather O'Rourke • Charlene Haouiliya • Elizabeth McGibbon How to Respond to Bias & MicroaggressionsFULL LibraryJohnny Cole • Katie O'Hare Gibson How We Argue - Teaching Students the Crucial Skill of Argument Mapping BEFORE the Skill of Arguing 247Patrick Flynn Hyperdocs: Digital note taking to improve and differentiate learning in any classroom 177Alexandra Lonardo Play Based Learning and Young Children 244Elizabeth Billings Fouhy Professional Growth through Peer Observations 231Francesca Pfrommer • Matthew Gardner Restorative Justice Circle: Restoring Yourself as an Educator in Difficult Times 618Valerie Viscosi • Stacy Glickman Support and Affirm LGBTQ+ Students 229Jeremie Bateman • Rachel Jayson Teaching and Modeling Racial Equity through Restorative Justice Practices 227Celeste Freeman • Gil Davis • Andrea Cerio What is Social Emotional Learning? 627Anne Duffey Bad video projects? Turn Crappy to Happy! 179Howard Wolke • Kate Desjardins Emergency Bicycle Maintenance (there's no place like home)FILLING 173Walter Richardson Extrasolar Planets: There's No Place Like Home, Or Is There? 230Daniel Abramovich • Glenn Allen From Shared With Me to Drive: Eliminating the Search Headache and Putting You in ControlFULL 180Katherine Gerlich Google Sheets Basics (With Stuff for Advanced People if They Are There) 184David Wininger Middle School Science Working Groups 315Valerie Franks • Allison Kugler Out-Of-The-Box Coding: Get Started today 329Jeffrey Harris Robots and Literature: Technology Integration for the K-5 Classroom 321Julie Spang • Traci Jansen Unlocking the Power of Google Forms and Sheets with Add-Ons and QR Codes 175Jason Iannuzzi Blackface Persists: The pernicious legacy of the minstrel show 232Patrick Donaher Fun with Google My Maps! 182Samuel Bosbach Garvey's Anchor the Uphill Battle for Civil RIghts in America 1877-1942 167Thomas Quirk ALICE Training for Faculty & Staff 183Jaffrie Perrotti • Kristina Hankins Badminton BasicsFULL GymAmanda Ciarletta • Francis Pagliuca • Jane Bergin • Christiana Bakolas • Jason Rajotte • Steven Solly • Josh Sideman Cooking Fast and Slow For a Work/Life BalanceFULL 181Lyssa Creney • Kristen DePesa Hikes and Walks 407Valentina Sountsova Innovative Mindfulness Activities for The Classroom and BeyondFULL 610Julie Fenn • Heather Arrigo • Kristie Demirev Know your rights! 166Ashley Adams - MTA • Avon Lewis Salt or Sugar? Choose Your Seasonal Scrub!FULL 154Melissa Buttaro UNIT C: Speak up, let your voice be heard! 149Amy Morin Yoga and Body Scan MeditationFILLING Stage/AuditoriumKelly Mara Differentiation in support of diversity in World Language classes. 613Catherine Brooks The Thing-A-Ma-Bob That Does The Job: Rubrics 612Beckie Bray Rankin

11:15am EST

Employees of Color Affinity Group Lunch A 247Cheryl Crowder • Habiba Davis LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group Lunch A 244Avon Lewis • Mark Taggart Lunch A Commons I and II 2 Years in Japan: Lessons from the Land of the Rising Sun 410Kelly Kilts Abstract Art For Absolute BeginnersFULL 212Alethea Roy • Jessica Khamarji New Online Resources available through the school libraries! 179Jennifer Kuhn • Amy-Jo Conant Theatrical Swordplay Choreography Stage/AuditoriumJonathan Ng • Elizabeth Cook There's A World of Artists Out There!FULL 223Annie O'Connor • Katie Bettencourt Contemplate Then Calculate or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Notice Structure 235Katherine House • Lauren Archibald • Megan Arseneau • Linda Menkis A Pear a Day Keeps Boredom Away! 177Christina Gavin • Julie Spang Anti-Bias and Social Justice Institute: LEF Fellowship Grant 227Beth Glick • Alex (Catherine) Kuschel • Jessica Durling • Ann Margaret Matthews • Kimberly Carl Engaging Activities Incorporating Social and Emotional LearningFILLING Field HouseKaitlin Boudreau • Carol D'Antuono • Kalie Jowders • Brian Boucher • Emmett O'Brien Game On! Gamification 101 in the ClassroomFILLING 221Ryan Casey How to Get an LEF Grant 229Kim McCormick • Karen Griffiths • Raquel Leder • Jessica Brett Not so New to Newsela?-This is the workshop for you! 180Jane Hundley Purposeful Play 233Jennifer Sheerin • Elizabeth Billings Fouhy • Becky Linton Using Google Slides for Engaging Units of Study 176Ashley Murphy • Lindsey Day • Sarah Majors • Elizabeth McGibbon Walking in the Footsteps of Asian Students and Their Families Science Lecture Hall (IDLC)Yuiko Shimazu • Nithya Subramanian • Margaret Shih Emergency Bicycle Maintenance (there's no place like home)FILLING 173Walter Richardson Making Text Accessible for ALL Students 184Rachel Kuberry Quick and Easy Google Sites 183Ann Tenhor • Lauren Mills • Taylor Casey You can 3D printFULL 178Erik Murray A Day at the Museum: An Exploration of Native History LibrarySamantha St. Lawrence • Katherine Manning Inside look at Testing Accommodations for students with disabilities (SSD) 186Karen Hurley • Guadalupe Puim Is it ELL or LD?: The Million Dollar Question...More Answers but Still No $1,000,000FULL 224Catherine Murphy • Carolyn Hine • Jean Jayne • Laura Davidian • Barbara Adolph • Deidre Dascoli • Kathleen Abou-Rjaily Cooking Fast and Slow For a Work/Life BalanceFULL 181Lyssa Creney • Kristen DePesa Helping Teachers Invest Wisely - Retirement ReadinessFULL 169Vickie Fotis • Barbara Callaghan (MTA) • Regan Willis, Esq (SEC) Raising Sexually Healthy KidsFULL 172Hallie LeBlanc UNIT C: Speak up, let your voice be heard! 149Amy Morin

12:30pm EST

Beachology 101 : "Seas Life's Moments"FULL 214Janet Foley • Debra Hankins Embrace your revolutionary spirit - Creating change in the workplace 166Avon Lewis Let's Put the INK in THINKFILLING 321Tammy McBride • Sandra Bergantz • Christopher Bruff • Julie Harrington New Online Resources available through the school libraries! 179Lynnette Allen • Brenda Rich • Paul Walsh Social Dance Spectacular! 140Rachel Jayson • Anne Carey Build and Explore with Desmos Activity Builder! 819Michaela Tracy • Sheera Knecht Choral Counting = Numbers + Joyful + Routine 230Molly Rawding • Sharon FitzGerald Better Teaching through StorytellingFULL 222Michael Horesh Considering Our Cultural Frames of Reference 225Deirdre Schadler • Shannon Gallagher Culture at PlayFILLING 234Barbara Hamilton How to Get an LEF Grant 229Kim McCormick • Karen Griffiths • Raquel Leder • Jessica Brett How to Respond to Bias & MicroaggressionsFILLING LibraryJohnny Cole • Katie O'Hare Gibson Mentoring Matters: Compassion is Key 226Sara Fenzel • Catherine Murphy • Erica Lawrence Seeking Special Advisers to Advisory 232Andrew Baker The 5th to 6th grade Transition: let's improve it!FILLING 624Bayard Klimasmith • Beth Gavrin “Who am I?”: Identity Reflection for Intersectional Educators 246Maria Kirigin • Remy Coombs Middle School Science Working Groups 315Valerie Franks • Allison Kugler Unlocking the Power of Google Forms and Sheets with Add-Ons and QR Codes 175Jason Iannuzzi Use Sketchpad in the Classroom 182Jamie Welsh Garvey's Anchor the Uphill Battle for Civil RIghts in America 1877-1942 167Thomas Quirk Our Lexington: Holidays and Traditions 407Valentina Sountsova Badminton BasicsFILLING GymAmanda Ciarletta • Francis Pagliuca • Christiana Bakolas • Jason Rajotte • Steven Solly • Josh Sideman CPR for Friends and FamilyFULL Fitness CenterEamonn Sheehan • Jane Bergin Helping Teachers Invest Wisely - Retirement ReadinessFULL 169Vickie Fotis • Barbara Callaghan (MTA) • Regan Willis, Esq (SEC) Move it or Lose it!FULL 200Carissa Becker • Mary Gretchen Segars The Teenage Brain Project-Adolescent Brain Development and AddictionFILLING 610Kristie Demirev • Elliott Gimble • Raeanne Brazee Are Essential Questions Your Stumbling Block? 612Heidemarie Floerke • Maureen Haviland What does it mean to be an "Honors" World Language student? 613Catherine Brooks

12:45pm EST

Employees of Color Affinity Group Lunch B 247Claudia Vanegas • Yuiko Shimazu LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group Lunch B 244Samuel Bosbach • Jeremie Bateman Lunch B Commons I and II

2:00pm EST

Student Panel - All Attendees Auditorium