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2019 High AIMS Summer Institute

Welcome to the 2019 High AIMS Summer Institute!

High AIMS is a consortium of 30 public school districts in southwest Ohio. Fairfield City Schools will serve as this year’s host to 2,000+ educators for our 6th annual Summer Institute. We will offer two nationally acclaimed keynote speakers and 250 breakout sessions as teachers and administrators immerse themselves in dynamic and inspiring professional learning.

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August 1-2, 2019 Held at Fairfield High School
8:30 am - 4:00 pm 8800 Holden Blvd.
Fairfield, OH 45014

Keynotes: August 1 - Hall Davidson
August 2 - Ron Clark

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8:30am EDT

Welcome & Announcements High School AuditoriumKelly Spivey

9:00am EDT

Creative Practices for Motivating Students, Parents and CoworkersLIMITED High School AuditoriumRon Clark • "America's Educator"

10:15am EDT

15 Ways to Use Alexa (Voice Assistant) in your Classroom Today! (90 min)FILLING HS 3315Rebecca Dwenger Do Not Fear Failure: The Gifts of Growth Mindset and Grit (90 min) [Session added 8/1@ 11:15am]FILLING HS 3208Monica Dawkins A Principal’s Journey to Personalized Learning (90 min)LIMITED HS 3405-3407Krista Heidenreich • Christina French First Impressions: Starting the Year Just Right (90 min)LIMITED HS 2413Beth Rimer Getting Students Moving, Talking and Interacting (90 min)[Repeated 8/2@1:15pm]FILLING HS 3310Karen Crema

11:00am EDT

Lunch HS Cafeteria Student Engagement and Movement in Your Classroom (45 min)FULL HS 3308Caitlin Rudisell • Dan Perlman Creating an Instructional Playbook: Your Guide to Packet Free TeachingLIMITED HS 3215Kasey Dunlap Native Americans: Changing the Narrative, Session 1 (45 min)LIMITED HS 3401Kate Ramsdell • Jheri Neri • April Hester Reaching Students who Lack Emotional Resources (45 min)[New session added 8/1@2:15pm]FULL HS 2213Karen Albrecht Leading as a Person, Not a Position (45 min)[2nd session added 8/1@2:15pm]FILLING HS 2207Travis Showers Amplify Your Impact on Growth with Data Collection and Record Keeping (45 min)FILLING HS 3411Heidi Weber Outside the Bubble: Tools to Increase Global Perspective (45 min)FILLING Community RoomAshley Morrison • Lauren Richardson Regulating Student Activity on Electronic Devices and in Social Media (45 min)LIMITED HS 2401David Lampe Stop! Animate and Listen! (45 min)FILLING HS 1105Sheri Simpson • Kristina Linberg Why Twitter? To Build Your PLN, of course! (45 min)LIMITED HS 3203Becky Tompkins • Sarah Kiefer Ron Clark - Question & AnswerLIMITED High School AuditoriumRon Clark • "America's Educator" Differentiation in the Science Classroom (45 min)FILLING HS 3108Amy Thomsen Discerning the Future of Learning for YOUR Schools (45 min)LIMITED HS 3408Jeff Parker • Jenny Gallow Moving the Box Towards Student-Centered Learning (45 min) [Repeated 8/2@12:15pm]FILLING HS 2303Lindsay Conklin • Jen Neubarth • Justin Wilson Tests to PBL: A History Journey (45 min)LIMITED HS 3314Greg Cole Choral Counting & Counting Collections (45 min)[Repeated 8/2@1:15pm]FULL HS 3313Christina Sherman High Engagement/Low Prep Instructional Strategies for Any Classroom (45 min)FILLING HS 2212Tiffany Rexhausen Maximizing Learning with Research-Based Assessment Pratices (45 min)FILLING HS 3307-3309Katherine McKnight Phonemic Awareness and Decoding strategies for grades K-2 (45 min) [Repeated 8/2@12:15pm]FILLING HS 2405Jennifer Zale The Missing Link in Reading Comprehension (45 min)LIMITED HS 2215Anne Lucas The Vocabulary Advantage: Everyday Ways to Help Build Kids' Word Knowledge, K-12 (45 min)[3rd Session added 8/2@12:15pm]FULL Indian RoomTanny McGregor Top Ten Ways to Amplify Your Students’ Passion for Reading (45 min)FILLING HS 3207-3209Holly Mueller • Megan Ginther Get Rid of the Fence! Creating Social Justice Through Personalized Learning (90 min)FILLING HS 3416Georgine Bowman • Andrea Davis • Andrew Wheatley StartSOLE. A way to bring student-centered inquiry to your classrooms immediately. (90 min)LIMITED HS 2310Jeff McClellan

11:30am EDT

Lunch HS Cafeteria

11:45am EDT

Collaboration & Discovery Attendee's ChoiceHigh AIMS Summer Institute Designing Moments of Impact for Team & Culture Building (45 min)FILLING HS 2307Christian Long • Bridgette Smiley PBL Innovation- WinSoBot Amusement Park (45 min)LIMITED HS 2401Robin McGinnis • Jennifer Johnson Student Engagement and Movement in Your Classroom (45 min) [Session added 8/2@10:15]FULL HS 3308Caitlin Rudisell • Dan Perlman Synnovation Lab Startup (45 min)LIMITED HS 3411Ashley Warren • Greg Cole Stand Up, Speak Up, & Say Something: Amplify Your Voice to Speak Up Against Bias & Stereotypes (45 min) [Repeated 8/2@12:15]FULL HS 3212Katrice Quitter Understanding the Story: One District’s Journey of Culture and Data (45 min)LIMITED HS 3316Tracy A. Quattrone • Ashley Whitely Empowering Teacher Leaders Through Faculty PLC's! (45 min)FILLING HS 1102Michele Sulfsted Blogging with Book Clubs (45 min)[Repeated 8/2@1:15pm]FULL HS 2203Amanda Graf • Courtney Heikenfeld Creating Templates Using Google Tools (45 min)LIMITED HS 2410Beth Kingsley • Sarah Kiefer Using Twitter to Unleash Student Voice (45 min)LIMITED HS 3401Moriah Walker X Marks the Spot: Using Google Slides to Create Scavenger Hunts (45 min)FULL HS 2308Danielle Tymitz Book Signing - Ron Clark PAC LobbyRon Clark • "America's Educator" Action Hour: Personalized Learning that Makes a Difference (45 min)FILLING HS 2212Maggie Kays • Tessa Keyes Ignite Your Vision: The Story of Students Leading for Change (45 min)LIMITED HS 3303Aaron Roberts • Christine McCormick • Shanna Bumiller • Dan Distel Personalized Learning Through Learning Menus and HyperDocs (45 min) [Session added 8/2@12:15]FILLING HS 3213Jordan Diegmueller Eisenhard A Plan to Improve Math ACT Scores in the Classroom (45 min)LIMITED HS 3314Jason J. Lynch Elementary Engagement (45 min)[Repeated 8/2@2:15pm]FILLING HS 2207Alyson Seipelt Engaging K-12 Students Across Curriculum Using Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Strategies (45 min)LIMITED HS 3304Connie Reyes-Rau • Tonia Swami Making Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them (45 min)FILLING HS 3202Clara Ryan Project-Based Learning: Effective Pedagody and an Effective Tier One Support (45 min)FILLING HS 3207-3209Mary Lisa Vertuca • Elizabeth Brown • Mici Eubanks • Lauren Martin • Dr. Thomas Knestrict Venture into Mastery Learning (45 min)FILLING HS 2304Adam Renard • Minoli Burch • Jill Martin • Jodi Davidson • Kimberly Beard • Ellen Watters Visual Fraction Models (45 min)LIMITED HS 3313Christina Sherman DreamBox TrainingLIMITED FS 1051Nicky Szczur Got ALEKS? How 2 Inner City Teachers used ALEKS to change the culture of their math classroom. (90 min)LIMITED HS 3408Scott Heiss • Charles Ratliff A Pathway to Social Emotional Learning (90 min)FULL HS 3414Dr. Joyce Jamerson

12:00pm EDT

Lunch HS Cafeteria

12:15pm EDT

Voice is More than Student Choice: Engage the Disengaged (45 min) [2nd session added 8/1@10:15am]FILLING HS 2305Ann Rush • William Sprankles Designing Outdoor Learning Spaces (90 min)LIMITED HS 3314Greg Nelson One Building’s Journey in Personalizing Professional Learning (90 min)LIMITED HS 2304Amy Brennan • Kristen Listerman • Andy Schroeder • Brittany Ludwig What's Happening with the Ohio State School Board? (90 min)LIMITED HS 3401Charlotte McGuire Trauma: What, Why, How? (90 min) [Session added 8/1@2:15pm]FILLING HS 3208Rachel Ritchey Utilizing G Suite to Enhance Personal Learning (90 min)LIMITED HS 3303Ryan Corris What to do When You're Board… (90 min)[Repeated 8/2@2:15pm]LIMITED HS 2209Adam Renard • Tom Schirmer

12:30pm EDT

Lunch HS Cafeteria Collaboration & Discovery Attendee's ChoiceHigh AIMS Summer Institute Collaboration in the Classroom (45 min)LIMITED HS 3416Kyle Jepson One Classroom, Many Teachers: When Teachers Collaborate to Teach Students Together (45 min)[2nd session added 8/1@2:15pm]FILLING HS 2309Matt Gillispie • Stephanie Porter Stand Up, Speak Up, & Say Something: Amplify Your Voice to Speak Up Against Bias & Stereotypes (45 min)FULL HS 3212Katrice Quitter Ohio’s Revised Science Standards and Model Curriculum - Changes and Implications for Science Instruction (45 min)FILLING HS 3413Lydia Hunter • Robin Deems Moments that Transform School Culture (45 min) [Repeated 8/2@2:15]FILLING HS 3410Crissy Lauterbach Relationships Matter! (45 min)FULL HS 2206Kelly Spivey Taking Kindergarteners' Learning to the Next Level with Seesaw (45 min)FILLING HS 3316Ashley Oswald • Abigail Detcher There's an App for That (45 min)[2nd session added 8/1@1:15pm]FILLING HS 3304David Clark • Mary Snellgrove Classroom 2.0 (45 min)LIMITED HS 3310Jill Moberly • Chris Anderson Flip the Script! (45 min)FILLING HS 3308Caitlin Huxel Moving the Box Towards Student-Centered Learning (45 min)FILLING HS 2303Lindsay Conklin • Jen Neubarth • Justin Wilson Personalized Learning Through Learning Menus and HyperDocs (45 min)FILLING HS 3213Jordan Diegmueller Eisenhard Personalizing Learning Foundations: CoTeaching Leads the Way (45 min) [Repeated 8/2@3:15pm]FILLING HS 2203Allison Curran • Luke Cripe STEAM Amplified (45 min)LIMITED HS 1105Lori Wegman • Jen Mott • Lorinda Ottaway Connecting Writing and Mathematics (45 Min)LIMITED HS 2310Anne Berger • Erin Milligan • Amy Wettengel Not Your Average Graphic Organizer (45 min)FILLING HS 2306Emily Hutchison • Maria Eshman Phonemic Awareness and Decoding strategies for grades K-2 (45 min)FILLING HS 2405Jennifer Zale The Vocabulary Advantage: Everyday Ways to Help Build Kids' Word Knowledge, K-12 (45 min)FULL Indian RoomTanny McGregor

1:00pm EDT

Lunch HS Cafeteria

1:15pm EDT

Collaboration & Discovery Attendee's ChoiceHigh AIMS Summer Institute Personalizing Learning through Book Clubs and Independent Reading (45 min)LIMITED HS 3307-3309Tessa Keyes • Cathy Bella Student Engagement and Movement in Your Classroom (45 min)[Session added 8/2@10:15am]FULL HS 3308Caitlin Rudisell • Dan Perlman Use Interactive Learning Experiences to Create Magic in Your Classroom! (45 min)[Repeated 8/2@2:15pm]FULL HS 3316Jennifer Haller • Holly Smith-Conway Work Together: Collaborating Resources Between High AIMS District Using Abre. (45 min)LIMITED HS 3304Zach Vander Veen Inclusive Excellence (45 min)LIMITED HS 3408Hakim Oliver Relationships Matter! (45 min) [Session added 8/2@12:15pm]FULL HS 2206Kelly Spivey Blogging with Book Clubs (45 min)FULL HS 2203Amanda Graf • Courtney Heikenfeld Creating Digital Class Notebooks to Personalize (45 min)LIMITED HS 2207Jackie Bender G Suite Tools Throughout the Writing Process (45 min)LIMITED HS 3203Tyler Erwin HMH Virtual Field Trips: Powered by Google Expeditions (45 min)LIMITED HS 3202Tristan Fuerbacher Planboard: Standards-Based Lesson Planning Made Easy (45 min)LIMITED HS 3411Ricardo Calles • Whitney McKee • Cindy Jones Screencasting to Create Reflective, Metacognitive Learning Experiences (45 min)FILLING HS 2407Matt Gillispie Templates for Teacher (45 min)LIMITED HS 2410Beth Kingsley • Sarah Kiefer X Marks the Spot: Using Google Slides to Create Scavenger Hunts (45 min) [2nd session added 8/2@11:15am]FULL HS 2308Danielle Tymitz Multisensory Mindfulness for a Peaceful, Happy Classroom (45 min)FULL HS 3207-3209Lisa Combs Personalized Student Learning through Community Engagement (45 min)[2nd session 8/1@3:15]FULL HS 2204Debbie Gentene Allowing Student Choice to Turn Writing Into A Celebration! (45 min)FILLING HS 2305Elaine Rose Choral Counting & Counting Collections (45 min)LIMITED HS 3313Christina Sherman Kickstart Critical Thinking and Collaboration with Quick, Team-building Lesson Starters (45 min)[Repeated 8/2@2:15}FILLING HS 3404Tricia Kluener The Vocabulary Advantage: Everyday Ways to Help Build Kids' Word Knowledge, K-12 (45 min){3rd session added 8/2@12:15pm]FILLING Indian RoomTanny McGregor Amp Up Your Game! Transformative Approaches for K-3 Educators (90 min)LIMITED HS 3416Caryn Gross • Shawna Obregon • Dana Hallgarth Conversations, Collaboration, and Chemistry: Transforming Our District into a Learning Organization (90 min)LIMITED HS 3213Kelly Freiheit • Keith Koehne • Krista Heidenreich • Christina French • Andrew Wheatley Getting Students Moving, Talking and Interacting (90 min)LIMITED HS 3310Karen Crema Inspire with Interactive Notebooks (90 min)LIMITED HS 2414Holly Stout Number Talks for K to 2 (90 min)FILLING HS 2401Shannon Knutson • Jen Bebout Phonological Awareness and Phonetic Development Through Real Writing Opportunities (90 min)LIMITED HS 2411Carolyn Helmers • Carrie Foltz Student-Centered ELA Classrooms with Digital Tools (2.5 hrs)LIMITED HS 2416Heidi Weber • Debbie Steward inquirED Training- K-5 Inquiry-Based Social Studies (2.5 hrs) (Lakota Only)LIMITED FS 1052Jeanette Baum • Emerie Lukas • Elisabeth Simon Interactive Notebooks: Ignite, Increase, Improve, and Invigorate Instruction (2.5 hrs)LIMITED HS 2405Brianna Doyal • Rachel Keyes • Christina Davis • Sally Harper

2:15pm EDT

Collaboration & Discovery Attendee's ChoiceHigh AIMS Summer Institute Amp it Up: Empower Student Engagement (45 min) [Session added 8/2@3:15pm]FILLING HS 3314Megan Janes • Jackie Heinzelmann Use Interactive Learning Experiences to Create Magic in Your Classroom! (45 min)LIMITED HS 3316Jennifer Haller • Holly Smith-Conway A Winning School Culture for the 21st Century (45 min)LIMITED HS 2309Charles J. Ogdan Colorism: The Persistence of Ethnic Division and How to Address it in the Classroom (45 min)[2nd session added 8/1@12:15]FULL HS 2204Amy Hull Creating an Instructional Playbook: Your Guide to Packet Free Teaching[Session added 8/2@10:15am]FILLING HS 3215Kasey Dunlap Instructional Coaching Hacks 2.0 - The Journey Continues (45 min)FILLING HS 3313Lori Vanover • Katie Enneking Moments that Transform School Culture (45 min)LIMITED HS 2410Crissy Lauterbach Top Ten Ways for Principals and Instructional Leaders to Support Effective Co-Teaching (45 min)LIMITED HS 3207-3209Lisa Combs Amplify Assessment with Edcite (45 min)LIMITED HS 3308Katie Pennell • Lori Wegman How to Utilize LiveSchool and PBIS to Ensure Student Success and Improve Communication (45 min)LIMITED HS 2305Elaine Rose Podcasting in the Social Studies Classroom (45 min)LIMITED HS 2407Robin Hornberger Why Twitter? To Build Your PLN, of course! (45 min)FILLING HS 3203Becky Tompkins • Sarah Kiefer Cultivating Personalized Learning & Standards-Based Grading (45 min)LIMITED HS 3307-3309Tonya Nkhata • Amanda Bimonte Connecting Writing and Mathematics (45 Min)[2nd session added 8/2@12:15pm]FULL HS 2310Anne Berger • Erin Milligan • Amy Wettengel Elementary Engagement (45 min)FILLING HS 2207Alyson Seipelt Journey Through Generation Z (45 min)LIMITED HS 3212Kim Pence Kickstart Critical Thinking and Collaboration with Quick, Team-building Lesson Starters (45 min)LIMITED HS 3404Tricia Kluener Mindfulness, Community Building and the Impact on Student Achievement (45 min) [Also offered 8/1@10:15am)FILLING HS 1102Tiffani Wills SOARing for Success (45 min)LIMITED HS 3303Sarah Burk Writing in the Wild: Amplify Student Voice Through Authentic and Rigorous Writing Instruction (45 min)FILLING HS 2213Holly Mueller • Angela Faulhaber AI Goes to School (90 min)LIMITED HS 3315Rebecca Dwenger • Lorinda Ottaway Do Not Fear Failure: The Gifts of Growth Mindset and Grit (90 min)FILLING HS 3208Monica Dawkins Diving into the Desmos Activity Builder (90 min)LIMITED HS 3411Steve Phelps Hacker Academy- Teacher Hacks for Deeper Student Learning (90 min)LIMITED HS 3401Brooke Conklin ISTE Standards in the Classroom (90 min)LIMITED HS 3304David Clark • Mary Snellgrove The Reality of Virtual Reality in the Classroom (90 min)LIMITED HS 2306Ruowei Fischer • Tyler Erwin Co-Regulation: A Foundation for Classroom Management (90 min)FULL HS 2413La Shanda Sugg What to do When You're Board… (90 min)LIMITED HS 2209Adam Renard • Tom Schirmer

3:15pm EDT

Collaboration & Discovery Attendee's ChoiceHigh AIMS Summer Institute Amp it Up: Empower Student Engagement (45 min)FILLING HS 3314Megan Janes • Jackie Heinzelmann Drone Racing League and Classroom Application (45 min)LIMITED HS 3316Thomas Smith STEM to STEAM and Literacy (45 min)[2nd session added 8/1@12:15pm]FILLING HS 3303Elise McWilliams Relationships Matter! (45 min)[Session added 8/2@12:15pm]FILLING HS 2206Kelly Spivey Data is NOT a Four Letter Word (45 min)FILLING HS 1105Mike Ross • Jenni Stadtmiller Action Hour: Personalized Learning that Makes a Difference (45 min) [2nd session added 8/2@11:15am]FILLING HS 2212Maggie Kays • Tessa Keyes Personalizing Learning Foundations: CoTeaching Leads the Way (45 min)LIMITED HS 2203Allison Curran • Luke Cripe The Mindful Child: It starts with us (45 min)[Also offered 8/1@ 1:15pm]FILLING HS 1102Gretchen Bloomstrom • Lindsay Kearns Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: A Discussion (45 min)LIMITED HS 2310Anne Berger • Christina Sherman Connect-Create-Capture: Building Relationship, Designing Active Learning Experiences, and Documenting Moments (45 min)FILLING HS 3408Soroya Smith Writing in the Wild: Amplify Student Voice Through Authentic and Rigorous Writing Instruction (45 min) [2nd session added 8/2@2:15pm]FULL HS 2213Holly Mueller • Angela Faulhaber