Explore engaging strategies that promote collaboration, critical thinking, and meaningful mathematical conversations. This interactive session will provide participants with opportunities to experience student-centered learning while discovering practical approaches that encourage active participation, problem-solving, and deeper understanding in the mathematics classroom. Walk away with ideas you can immediately implement to elevate student engagement and learning.
My name is Nichole Johnson, and I have had the privilege of working as a secondary mathematics teacher at Denbigh High School. Throughout my teaching career, I have taken on various roles, including teaching students with special needs, serving as a secondary mathematics teacher... Read More →
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Instructional time is one of a school’s most valuable resources—yet it is often lost to inconsistent discipline practices and fragmented systems. In this session, a principal and assistant principal leadership team will share how they designed and implemented a cohesive, schoolwide approach to discipline that reduces disruptions, streamlines teacher decision-making, and maximizes instructional time. Participants will explore how aligned expectations, tiered behavior systems, and proactive structures—such as morning meetings, explicit norm-setting, and data-driven responses—create sustainable change while supporting diverse learners. These systems intentionally cultivate resilient, emotionally intelligent, and academically prepared students by embedding social-emotional learning into daily instruction. Participants will leave with ready-to-use strategies, editable templates, and practical tools that can be immediately implemented in their schools.
This session is ideal for Elementary administrators, PBIS/MTSS teams, grade-level leaders, and K–5 teachers.
Learn how to transform traditional school events into high-impact, community-centered experiences that align with our school division’s strategic vision. This session focuses on increasing attendance, strengthening school identity, and building meaningful connections through cross-curricular collaboration, student performance, and intentional storytelling. Participants will leave with practical strategies and ready-to-use planning tools to elevate their next event.
This session is intended for any staff who support, promote or organize school based events or Visual & Performing Arts teacher who hold concerts.
How much time do you lose endlessly scrolling for emails, searching for buried Drive files, or locating the browser tab you’ve already opened four times? These "wasted clicks" create search fatigue that drains the energy you need for planning and instruction. Join me for a high-energy, hands-on lab designed to help you reclaim your time from clicking. This isn’t a "sit and get" session—it’s a "do and finish" workshop. With guidance from a digital learning coach, visual task cards, and self-paced tutorials, you will choose your own pathway to "digital zen." Attendees will clear the obstacles in Outlook, Google Drive, and Google Chrome to create a personalized, organized digital ecosystem ready for immediate use. (Please bring your fully charged NNPS laptop and make sure you can access your NNPS accounts.)
This session would benefit educators who teach any grade level or subject area, as well as instructional assistants and district staff who want to eliminate digital clutter and reclaim instructional time. This session would benefit new teachers with less than 3 years of experience.
Instructional Coach for Digital Learning, Newport News Public Schools
Karen Griffin is an Instructional Coach for Digital Learning with Newport News Public Schools. She has been in education since 2009, with 9 years as a preschool teacher. She currently works with teachers and students at the Early Childhood Centers. Karen is a Seesaw Certified Educator... Read More →
Wednesday August 12, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT A109
