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Rebecca Wray

Gaston County Schools
Secondary Social Studies Curriculum Facilitator
Social Studies

https://bit.ly/socialstudiesgcs

Hello! I have been working in education for over sixteen years. First in Cleveland County and now here in Gaston County. I have a love and passion for social studies education. I enjoyed six years at Bessemer City High School teaching World History, Sociology, Psychology and American History. I now am in my second year as a curriculum facilitator.

5:00pm PDT

BLC Opening Reception Georgian

7:00am PDT

BLC Information Center Open - Information and Registration Georgian Coat Room

8:30am PDT

Opening Announcements and Keynote: Dr. Marc Brackett, PhD Grand Ballroom A

10:20am PDT

Keynote Followup with Dr. Marc Brackett Grand Ballroom A Kirr - Shift the Culture of Your Classroom Berkeley Sumich - Transdisciplinary Learning - teaching and learning beyond single subjects. Stuart Zimmerman - From Conflict to Collaboration: Leadership shifts that changed school culture White Hill

11:00am PDT

Trimnal - It’s Time to Assess the Way We Assess: Implementing Non-Traditional Assessments Statler

11:45am PDT

Reed/Mathieson - Charlottesville 2017: Using Visible Thinking to Support Courageous Conversations Cambridge Wilkie/McCloud - #Q2Learn: How do we help students slow their thinking down to truly drive more of their own learning? The answers are in the questions… White Hill

12:00pm PDT

Yates - Ditch the Desks! Classrooms of the Future are Here Now Statler

12:30pm PDT

Comber/Christopher - 21st Century Learning through Interdisciplinary Opportunities Statler

1:10pm PDT

Miller - Becoming the Leader You Would Want to Follow Beacon Hill Polansky - Alphabet Soup: Beyond the Curriculum Terrace Rimmer - Surviving the "Novemberized" Classroom: One Teacher's Practical Approach to Incorporating Alan November's Classroom Strategies Clarendon

1:30pm PDT

D. November - PBL: Integrating Social Justice into the Curriculum Statler

2:30pm PDT

Clark - Adding Student Voice to Professional Learning Statler

2:35pm PDT

Marshall - Passion Projects and Extended Learning: Guiding Thinkers to Embrace Difficult Problems White Hill Sparvell - The Class of 2030:The Science of Emotions Arlington Sumich - Shifting Staff from Professional Development to Professional Learning St. James

4:00pm PDT

Beichler - Creating a Culture of Learning for Educators Whittier Gorman - Computation Thinking Across the Curriculum… Students Thinking for Solutions Arlington Kelley - Implementing Innovation: Less us, More Them Stuart Long - Your School Library - A Dynamic Part of Your Learning Community! Berkeley

7:00am PDT

Registration and Breakfast Buffet Grand Ballroom B

8:30am PDT

Announcements and Thursday Keynotes - Pana Asavavatana, Joy Kirr and Aaron Polansky Grand Ballroom A

10:20am PDT

Asavavatana/Kirr/Polansky - Keynote Followup Grand Ballroom A Krause - Mindful by Design: "The Danger of a Single Story" Whittier Stubbs - Vocabulary-focused strategies for deep academic engagement Georgian

1:10pm PDT

Zimmerman - What Julius Caesar Can Teach Us About AI Whittier

2:00pm PDT

Trimnal - Growth Model Approach to Differentiation: Transferring Responsibility to Your Students Statler

2:35pm PDT

Kirr - Personalized Learning - What's Stopping You? Arlington Long - The Power of Peer Coaching Stuart November - Leadership Georgian

4:00pm PDT

Special Session with Stephen Wolfram Grand Ballroom A

8:30am PDT

Announcements and Friday Keynote: Ted Dintersmith - What School Could Be Grand Ballroom A

10:20am PDT

Stubbs - Teacher Clarity: Practical strategies for deep student engagement Georgian

11:45am PDT

Montgomery - Gaston County Schools: Our Journey With Big Ideas Cambridge