Mini-Plenary Sessions

View all session descriptions and presenters and create your own personalized schedule using the TEACH 2015 conference app. Go to any app store and search for “AFT TEACH” to download the app on your phone or tablet. Prefer to use a computer? View the companion website at: http://eventmobi.com/teach15.

Monday, July 13
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

All I Needed to Know About Teaching I Learned in My Union Hall: Improving Professional Practice Through Union-Sponsored PD    
Track: The Union at Work

Building Power for Our Locals
Track: The Union at Work

Career and Technical Education and Apprenticeship: Toledo Technology Academy’s Multiple Pathways Approach
Track: The Teaching Profession

Collaboration to Innovation: Moving a District Forward    
Track: Collaboration & Teamwork

Empowering Educators Through Personal Finance Micro-credentials
Track: Classroom Tools

Family and Community Outreach for English Language Learners
Track: Community Schools/Community Partners

Implementing the Common Core State Standards Using the SAP Instructional Practice Guides
Track: Professional Practices

Join First Book and AFT: Make a Difference in Children’s Literature
Track: Community Schools/Community Partners

Making Parents Partners in Your Schools
Track: Community Schools/Community Partners

Mining the Moments: Promoting Academic Vocabulary Knowledge and Discussion During Word Study
Track: Classroom Tools

Peer Evaluation—Lessons Learned in Hillsborough County, Fla.
Track: The Teaching Profession    

Public Education—For Sale
Track: Advocating for Public Education    

Social Mobility Research and Supports for Low-Income Students
Track: Equity: Racial, Economic, Academic

Sustainable Community Schools and Educational Justice: The Campaign of the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS)
Track: Community Schools/Community Partners

Teach to Lead
Track: Advocating for Public Education

What Makes Students Successful: The Right Focus of School Improvement
Track: Advocating for Public Education

Why TEACH?
Track: The Teaching Profession

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