iNNovate 2026 NNPS: Full Schedule

11:00am EDT

Turning Pages into Power: Building Student Voice Through Reader's Response

Wednesday August 12, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

This professional development session will equip teachers with tools to increase student engagement during independent work time in reading. Teachers will learn how reader's response can meet the needs of diverse learners, increase engagement, and honor the thoughts and perspectives of our students. The session will model how to create different reader's response prompts using different modalities such as technological, auditory, and written. Teachers will leave with sample prompts and planning tools to help them develop authentic reader's response tasks for their students.

This session would benefit teachers who teach reading in grades 3-5.

Speakers

Ashley Gorde

Wednesday August 12, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
B227

Elementary Staff, Supporting Diverse Learners

1:15pm EDT

Making Comprehension Visible!

LIMITED

Wednesday August 12, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

B227

Limited Capacity seats available

What moves can teachers make during instructional planning and deliver to make comprehension visible and explicit? Anchored in the Science of Reading and Scarbourgh's Rope, take some time to fully understand what comprehension is and how we provide instruction that helps students truly derirve meaning from what they read.

This session would benefit anyone that has students engaged in activites that require comprehending texts.

Speakers

Melanie Malsbury

Elementary Reading Specialist, Newport News Public Schools

I began teaching for Newport News Public Schools 14 years ago, I have taught 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at both Crittenden Middle School and Passage Middle School, served as a proud reading specialist for An Achievable Dream Academy and Yates Elementary, and supported literacy instruction... Read More →

Wednesday August 12, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
B227

Elementary Staff, Literacy Across Contents | Middle School Staff, Literacy Across Contents | High School Staff, Literacy Across Contents

2:30pm EDT

Get Them Writing!

LIMITED

Wednesday August 12, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

B227

Limited Capacity seats available

How do I get my students excited and engaged when writing? Learn how to keep instruction grounded in the writing process and using conferencing to create independent, self-driven student authors.

This session is most appropriate for grades 3-5 teachers using Benchmark Advance.

Speakers

Melanie Malsbury

Elementary Reading Specialist, Newport News Public Schools

Wednesday August 12, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
B227

Elementary Staff, Literacy Across Contents

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11:00am EDT

Ashley Gorde

1:15pm EDT

Melanie Malsbury

2:30pm EDT

Melanie Malsbury

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