NWAIS Fall Educators Conference October 12, 2018 Session A | 10:15-11:15 am

Featured Speaker Sessions

A1. Anita Sanchez, Keynote Speaker, will present a Follow-Up Workshop: What Gives Rise to Dignity: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Community (Gym)

A2. Ana Homayoun presenting: Social Media Wellness: Understanding the Intersection of

School, Stress and Social Media (Discovery Hall)

A3. Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men's team, sharing: A Conversation with Schuyler (Fulton Theater)

A4. Alison Park, Blink Consulting, presenting: Facilitating Inclusive and Equitable Conversations About Race (Black Box Theater)

A5. Bob Stains, M.Ed. and Scott Silk, J.D., M.Ed., of Essential Partners presenting A Workshop: Structured Dialogue: as an essential tool for understanding identities and harnessing the power of differences

(Fulton Band Room)

1 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 Breakout Sessions

A6. Media Literacy and Mindfulness WCA Room 202 Presenter: Jen Wilkinson, Epiphany School, Alexa Townsend, The Bush School We'll consider how mindfulness tools, such as a body scan and "just like me" reflections, can ground how we read, listen to and view media. We'll use Newsela Pro/Con articles and Scholastic Debate of the Week articles to examine how we embody perspectives and present them with our students.

A7. Building a Culture of Coaching FJG Room 204 Presenter: Allisen Haworth, The Overlake School, Mollie Page, The Overlake School + Jessica Hanson, University Prep The Overlake School has developed a culture of coaching by implementing a three-pronged approach to employee induction and professional development. This includes a formalized mentor program, instructional coaching, and coaching for technology innovation. Ultimately, a coaching culture systematically engages teachers in ongoing professional development that is personalized, goal oriented, and job embedded. Participants in this session will examine Overlake’s program as a case study and leave with practical tools for creating their own coaching program. The session is appropriate for administrators or other teacher leaders interested in developing their own coaching program.

A8. Inspiring Conservation of the Salish Sea- Place Based Maritime Education WCA Room 304 Presenter: Nancy Israel, Northwest Maritime Center, Amy Kovacs, Northwest Maritime Center Learn how individual and collective actions nurture connection to the Salish Sea. Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend Marine Science Center and Sound Experience (Schooner Adventuress) will present information about their unique partnership to offer place based maritime education. Explore how our connection to water and maritime culture provide relevant opportunities for learning about ourselves and our place in community. Learn activities that help deepen student understanding of thier role in protection of shared resources.

A9. Environmental Sustainability; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Social Justice: Creating a Space for Dialogue and Collaboration in Education WCA Room 101 Presenter: Jenny Cooper, The Northwest School, Anshu Wahi, The Northwest School, And Janet Charnley, The Evergreen School What is environmental justice? How do DEI, social justice, and environmental sustainability groups collaborate at your school? How do environmental issues impact marginalized groups in our communities? Some NWAIS schools have recently created separate roles focused on DEI, social justice, or environmental sustainability. With such positions, we are able to approach our work from a systems perspective, and highlight how environmental sustainability necessarily overlaps with DEI. This breakout session aims to create a space where schools engaged in these areas can come together in the spirit of dialogue, sharing, and learning from best practices, mistakes, and ideas.

2 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 A10. The Community Connected Classroom WCA Room 104 Presenter: Daron Henry, Spruce Street School, Deborah Bartlett, Spruce Street School + April Roberts, Spruce Street School Spruce Street School is a K-5 school located in downtown Seattle. We focus on creating opportunities for active engagement with the surrounding community. Last year we further developed our Community Connected Classrooms—our framework for our place based learning. In this session, we will highlight lessons learned from schools around the country, discuss how to develop curriculum, and share specific projects that you can tailor to your own school and community.

A11. Hands-On/Minds-On: Design Thinking in Integrated STEM M&S Room 6 Presenter: Arny Leslie, TESLA STEM School, Cheryl Farmer, The University of Texas at Austin The Engineer Your World classroom is a place where students engage in authentic engineering design and computing practices in a problem-solving, inquiry, project-based environment. Attendees will learn about this innovative, NSF-funded curriculum; talk with a veteran Engineer Your World teacher about how the program engages students in design thinking and builds 21st Century Skills; explore our innovative teacher support model; and discover opportunities for students in grades 9-12 to earn college credit through dual enrollment.

A12. Common Ground: Inquiry and Discussion Based Learning in Math and Humanities Presenters: Elizabeth Moore and Brian Wagner, The Evergreen School WCA Room 204 As students move into middle and high school, they become more independent in their thinking about and understanding of their world. We seek to capitalize on this growing independence to engage students in developing their knowledge and constructing their own understandings across subjects. We have worked with discussion and inquiry based strategies in both math and humanities. Come share strategies to increase participation and engagement through discussion.

A13. Integrating In and Out of School Time - A Transformative Approach M&S Room 1 Presenter: Chelsea Lamb, Oregon Episcopal School, Kati Stenstrom, Oregon Episcopal School In this session, we will explore out of school time and all of its potential! This session is for administrators, teachers, after school and summer staff. Through small and large group discussion, we will explore the following questions: How might unrestricted time create opportunities for problem solving, self-exploration, and harnessing the power play? How does out of school time help shape our student's identity and hone their gifts? How might a program at your school move from co-location to partnership to collaboration with mutual goals?

A14. Animating your Learning! TLC Room 203 Presenter: David Loitz, Mr. David’s School of Film Stop Motion Animation is a powerful tool to bring your curriculum and student's learning to life. This hands-on session will give teachers strategies and practical skills for creating stop motion animation films with their students. Participants will get a chance to animate their own films and will be provided with a basic understanding of crafting a project from start to finish.

3 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 A15. The Technology Paradox: Defining Norms and Creating Identity in the Age of Snapchat, Google Classroom, and 1:1 iPad Programs FJG Room 102 Presenter: Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant, LLC For many students, an online identity is critically important (see: Snapchat Streaks). Yet though screens connect us, they also paradoxically isolate and exclude. How do screens affect the way we see ourselves and others? How can schools help students find balance with technology-- both personally and academically? How can adults model social and emotional skills critical to identity formation when we struggle to find balance ourselves?

A16. Code: Fostering Inclusivity in Human and Technological Systems M&S Room 2 Presenter: Ethan Delavan, The Bush School, Jabali Stewart, The Bush School What do diversity and technology departments have in common? Both recognize that the ability to think flexibly in a dynamic global society is a vital life-long skill for modern learners. This skill requires a systems-thinking approach, and knowledge of self. Understanding systems design in a technological arena can help students see their role within social systems and inspire work that generates a new paradigm of relatedness. How might we as educators invite students to begin coding a shift in thinking about self and others that can bring about healthier schools, cities, and societies? The basis for this new paradigm lies in multivalent systems planning and has enormous implications for self-understanding.

A17. White Women in Education: Helping or Hindering? TLC Room 201 Presenter: Fleur Larsen, Fleur Larsen Facilitation White women are the dominant identity group in education. What impacts does that have on our students? We will look at data for independent schools nationally and locally highlighting teacher racial and gender identities to name and notice power and privilege within our work. How does the socialization of sexism and racism limit our effectiveness in connecting with all students? Working through an intersectional framework, we will ask what does 'Power with not power over' look like? How can white women live into their personal power more effectively while being accountable for white privilege and gatekeeping status? This workshop is aimed at white women educators; as a white woman, I will be speaking from my own experience to other white women in the room. I am in accountable relationships with colleagues of color who informed the content of this training and have asked me to do this work.

A18. Growing Our Own: Designing a Peer-Based Growth-Oriented Evaluation System Presenter: Teri Barnett, The Bertschi School, Harriette Thurber Rasmussen, Harriette Thurber Rasmussen, Ed.D. Consulting M&S Room 4 The Bertschi School has embarked on a multi-year process of a teacher-designed growth-oriented evaluation system using peer observation and feedback. We'll share the trials and tribulations staff experienced as they tiptoed into this vulnerable and powerful practice and how the process has enabled psychological safety and a culture of enthusiastic growth as we learn from each other.

A19. Snail Power FJG Rom 203 Presenter: Jason Ermer, Open Window School Attendees will participate in a hands-on mathematics lesson with an unexpected component: live land snails. By (humanely) harnessing the pulling power of a real, live Helix aspersa, we will collect and analyze data to explore key ideas related to proportional reasoning. Plus, the opportunity to work

4 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 closely with a snail is both fascinating and fun! Lesson materials will be available (snails not included), as well as tips for keeping snails as a classroom pet.

A20. Teacher-Leaders: The journey from the classroom to administration WCA Room 201 Presenter: Kerrin Scott, Open Window School, Jeff Stroebel, Open Window School What does it really take to travel the path from teacher to administrator? What steps could you take now as a teacher-leader that could prepare you for a future journey? Spend some time reflecting on your own practice while participating in interactive experiences. Hear the personal story from a first-year Head of Lower School as well as the story and perspective from a veteran Head of School.

A21. Supporting Students with Advanced Academic Skills in a Heterogeneous Elementary School; Opportunities and Pitfalls TLC Room 202 Presenter: Jennifer Bloch-Garcia, The Bertschi School, Dustin Stoddart, The Bertschi School + Thomas Cunningham, The Bertschi School A third-grade teacher, Coordinator of Advanced Learning and Program Director will discuss the continuing evolution of Bertschi's model to support academically advanced elementary students while honoring the potential in every student and the richness of non-ability-based groupings.

A22. The Universal Language: Pairing Curriculum with Technology to Create the Global Orchestra WCA Room 302 Presenter: Jo Nardolillo, The Northwest School The Northwest School connects students from eight schools on five continents in a unique international experience exploring the power of music to transcend all barriers of language, culture, socio-economic status, race, religion, politics, and war. This year-long project infuses music curriculum with global citizenship and social justice, using technology to partner with schools around the world to create the Global Orchestra and culminating in a performance together in a virtual concert.

A23. Plays Well with Others: Building Interdisciplinary Projects to Support Diverse Learners and Essential Skills WCA Room 102 Presenter: Julia Kassissieh, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lisa Feiertag, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences As the diverse student population of Seattle Academy has grown in the last five years--culturally, neurologically, linguistically, and politically--so too has the demand to meet the needs of all learners. Meeting that demand through content-driven instruction, siloed teaching, and the occasional presentation project just wasn’t going to cut it for kids OR teachers. Refocusing on essential skills, student choice, and dynamic projects with ambitious goals has yielded excellent results. During this hour-long session, we will outline our roadmap for successful interdisciplinary collaborative projects. We’ll talk about how we fit them into two types of schedules, how we plan them, and share some examples, including the Salon Project, the Outliers Project, and the Civics Project.

5 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 A24. Neuroengineering and Ethics in Middle and High School: Lesson Plans for Teachers Presenter: Laura Moore, Eton School, Kevin Glatt, Eton School WCA Room 203 Learn about an interdisciplinary STEAM unit that explores what it means to be human and how technology is challenging answers to that question. Students investigate the history of prosthetics and ethical issues in neuroscience, and then engage with the technological and engineering challenges of building an Arduino-based artificial neural network. In this session, we will provide lesson plans for this unit and others, demonstrate the technology used, and share examples of student work. Lessons are designed for middle and high school classes. The presenters are participants of the Research Experience for Teachers program at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington.

A25. Lifebooks - More than Just a Diary TLC Room 102 Presenter: Kellie Chabot, The Meadows School Lifebooks offer students a chance to write about and reflect on their live as a whole. In addition, the Lifebook becomes a repository for future creative and literary writing ideas that will help develop and hone a student's writing and understanding of their world.

A26. Developing and Nurturing Professional Learning Communities in Your School TLC Room 101 Presenter: Robert Kogane, Book Bag Learning, Marianne Picha, Book Bag Learning What improves teaching and learning? How am I doing? What can I do to work with others to improve my practice? How can PLC’s help me? What are some forms of PLC’s? What are some critical aspects of PLC’s? How can a small group of teachers get started? These and other questions about PLC’s will be discussed and answers generated during this interactive session. Information will include articles and surveys as well as links to other supplemental material and videos. Participants will have time to think about first steps to get started.

A27. Tips, Tools & Strategies for Managing Students With ADHD & Other Learning Differences Fulton - Choir Room Presenter: Megan Reimann, Hallowell Todaro ADHD Center This session will focus on 5 KEY strategies for proactively managing students with ADHD, Executive Function Delays and other Learning Differences: 1) Effective use of non-verbals, cueing, and visuals, and positive reinforcement 2) Effectively gaining and maintaining attention, persistence and work production 3) Teaching and infusing executive function education into daily teaching (teach about attention, focus, initiation, shifting, inhibition, etc.) 4) Effectively modifying and differentiating curriculum 5) Utilizing an Intervention Model

A28. Using Collaborative Inquiry Centers to Explore Shared Stories M&S Room 3 Presenter: Rachel Scheer, Jewish Day School, Randi Gordner, Jewish Day School Inquiry centers are provocations for small, collaborative learning groups to explore. This year, we built inquiry centers with primary and secondary sources related to Japanese Internment to engage a multi- age cohort of 4th/5th graders in a Washington state history unit. Students collaboratively built knowledge, engaged with different peer perspectives and self-directed learning about history. Workshop attendees will experience the centers interactively, engage in a guided reflection and begin to plan their own inquiry centers.

6 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15 A29. B.A.S.I.C.: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities WCA Room 301 Presenter: Ray Wilson, Bush School My heart is in the right place, so I think! Every student should be happy, so I hope! Every faculty and staff member should feel empowered, right? All administrators have the answers, maybe! This workshop is a blueprint for developing approaches that will promote and sustain an inclusive school community. Through an interactive process, participants will create an action plan to take back to their campuses for immediate implementation. This workshop is sure to provide another perspective for ensuring that everyone on campus feels Seen, Valued, and Heard!

A30. Managing the Risks of Outdoor Programs WCA Room 303 Presenter: Steve Smith, Experiential Consulting, LLC In this interactive workshop, an experienced risk management consultant will explore principles and practices of risk management for outdoor /experiential learning programs, using case studies and inviting participants to apply these concepts to their own schools. Topics will include recognizing and managing common risks, understanding risk tolerance, the impact of organizational culture, and learning from incidents and near-misses. Participants will be welcome to share their own successes and challenges as well.

A31. Conversations that Save Lives: Suicide Prevention TLC Room 206 Presenter: Susan Essex, The Overlake School, Phoebe Terhaar, Forefront Suicide Prevention Educators are a powerful force in a student’s life who are often called upon to respond to difficult challenges beyond the classroom. This session looks at the great challenge of student suicidality and will equip attendees with practical steps to begin to respond. Session led by Phoebe Terhaar from Forefront Suicide Prevention, a nationally recognized suicide prevention program at the UW, and Susan Essex, Director of Student Support at the Overlake School.

A32. Reaching Agreement in Challenging Parent Conversations – Building Partnership TLC Room 103 Presenter: Trish King, The Island School When we "get crosswise" with families, they suffer, we suffer and, above all, their children suffer. Learn from my 40 years of successes and failures in tough parent conversations, supported by sound advice and good strategies drawn from a host of experts at conflict resolution. And please come prepared to share your own, so that we can all benefit from the collective wisdom Focus on knowing oneself, the child, the parents; how to build relationship, establish strong partnership and communicate effectively with families

A33. Finding My Voice: Student Identities and N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain M&S Room 5 Presenter: Adina Meyer, The Northwest School, Daren Salter, The Northwest School In this workshop, we will share how we use N Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain to help students learn about indigenous perspectives AND find their own voices as writers. We explore the three "voices" in Momaday's piece: the ancestral voice, the voice of the historian and the individual voice using social identifier questions taken from Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain and asking students explore these questions using Momaday's three voices. Participants in this session will have a chance to try this themselves.

7 Breakout Session A 10:15-11:15