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Refresh. Connect. Energize.
Newsela Summer Workshops
July 11-20, 2022
Designed for teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, and more, these free workshops will help educators REFRESH, CONNECT, and ENERGIZE. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of how Newsela can support their instruction in order to create meaningful classroom experiences for students.
Workshop highlights
- A keynote address from educator and author, Matt Miller , to kick off the workshops
- Certificates for up to 4 hours of free professional development and the chance to win exclusive prizes
- Exclusive sneak peeks of new content, tools, and features on Newsela for the upcoming school year
Agenda at-a-glance
Workshop daily agendas
July 11th
Day 1: Kickoff
ENERGIZE
Keynote: Matt Miller
1:00pm ET
Educator and author Matt Miller will kick off Summer Workshops with a keynote address focused on empowering teachers with tools and resources to create engaging and meaningful learning for their students.
Matt Miller
Author and Educator
Matt Miller’s passion is to equip teachers to thrive in this new era of education and think differently about the craft of teaching. He’s spent more than a decade in the classroom, creating unique learning experiences for his students through technology and creative teaching. He’s the author of Ditch That Textbook and his new book, Tech Like a Pirate. Matt’s been named one of the top 10 influencers in educational technology and elearning worldwide.
REFRESH
Product Sneak Peek
2:15pm ET
Get a sneak peek at what's coming in the 2022-2023 school year. Hear from our Curriculum Strategy Director and former educator, Christina Pirzada, as she walks through all of the new and exciting things coming to Newsela for back-to-school.
Host
Christina Pirzada
Director, Content Engagement
Host
JJ Janikis
Senior Community Manager
Matthew Gross
CEO, Newsela
July 12th
Day 2: Engaging your students with Newsela
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REFRESH
Relevant Content
12:30pm ET
Discover Newsela’s authentic, relevant content across subject-products and build a love of learning for all students.
Annie Eden
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
CONNECT
Inquiry & Accessibility
1:00pm ET
Hear from two Newsela Fellows who spent this past year focusing on engaging students through inquiry and by providing students with accessible content on Newsela.
Kristin Montagano
Digital Literacy Specialist & Newsela Fellow
Carla Neely
5th & 6th Grade Science Teacher & Newsela Fellow
Mecia Moore
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
ENERGIZE
Fostering Engagement
2:00pm ET
Explore ways to support student motivation, interaction, and choice by leveraging both student selected and teacher-directed tools, tasks, and texts as students read across diverse content to build literacy skills and subject-area knowledge
Arianna Ranahosseini
Professional Learning Manager, Newsela
July 13th
Day 3: Unlocking Differentiation in the Classroom
REFRESH
Tools & Resources
12:30pm ET
Learn about embedded tools and resources within Newsela that support standards-aligned instruction and help monitor student progress throughout the school year.
Whitney O’Connell
Solutions Architect, Newsela
CONNECT
Differentiation & Data
1:00pm ET
Hear from two Newsela Fellows who spent this past year focusing on differentiating their instruction for students through student-driven learning experiences and leveraging strong data tracking practices.
Cassondra Smith
Tech TOSA and Coach & Newsela Fellow
Anamarie Neville
District Digital Learning Specialist & Newsela Fellow
Mecia Moore
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
ENERGIZE
Instructional Strategies
2:00pm ET
Learn how to leverage Newsela’s auto-differentiation tools and instructional strategies to support all learners in building skills and knowledge as they access diverse content, engage with new information, and express the new knowledge they have built.
Benny Soto
Professional Learning Manager, Newsela
July 18th
Day 4: Integrating Skills Practice into Instruction
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REFRESH
Monitor Progress
12:30pm ET
Learn about embedded tools and resources within Newsela that support standards-aligned instruction and help monitor student progress throughout
the school year.
Ryan Baxter
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
CONNECT
Aligning Skills
1:00pm ET
Hear from three Newsela Fellows who spent this past year focusing on projects that reinforce skills practice in their classroom with Newsela content and embedded formative assessments.
Zoretta Sanders-Howard
Digital Literacy Specialist & Newsela Fellow
Kevin Balius
Academic Supervisor for Grades K-12 in ELA & Newsela Fellow
Becky Evans-Wilson
Digital Learning Coach & Newsela Fellow
Mecia Moore
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
ENERGIZE
Leveraging Data
2:00pm ET
Dive deep into the Reading Summary section of the Newsela Binder, the available data, and Newsela content and resources for teaching, reteaching, and reinforcing key reading skills. Leverage learnings to plan data-driven instruction and learning experiences focused on essential reading skills.
Alice Montgomery
Senior Professional Learning Manager, Newsela
July 19th
Day 5: Supporting Student Social-Emotional Wellbeing
REFRESH
Instructional Supports
12:30pm ET
Discover embedded SEL instructional supports across Newsela content and how to weave SEL into literacy and subject-specific instruction. Deep dive into the Newsela SEL Collection, aligned to the CASEL framework, to help students build critical social emotional skills.
Ashley Hart
Solutions Architect, Newsela
CONNECT
Supporting Students
1:00pm ET
Hear from two Newsela Fellows who have focused on supporting their students by embedding Newsela’s SEL content into their instruction to encourage self-reflection, collaboration, and opportunities for discussion.
Vann Scott
8th Grade Science Teacher & Newsela Fellow
Sandra Lundgren
Learning Resource Center Director & Newsela Fellow
Mecia Moore
Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela
ENERGIZE
SEL Strategies
2:00pm ET
Learn how the Newsela Social-Emotional Learning Collection and embedded SEL supports across subject-area collections can empower you in incorporating SEL topics and strategies into your core instruction with real-world texts and instructional resources.
Marie Smith
Professional Learning Manager, Newsela
July 20th
Day 6: NCE Overview
On the last day of Summer Workshops, we’ll cover ways to level up with Newsela’s certification program.
12:30pm ET
Learn more about our Newsela Certified Educator program and how gaining certification can grow your skills and support your current instructional practice.
Katie Robinson
Certifications Marketing Program Manager, Newsela
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Newsela Certified Educator Course
Level up with a course designed to support educators and school leaders engage more deeply in Newsela. NCEs are eligible for further PD and the opportunity to become a Newsela Fellow.
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