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.

Tuesday, July 14
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

AFT and SNTE Present Online Professional Development    
Track: The Teaching Profession

The Austin Story: Community Organizing Toward Student and Family Success    
Track: Community Schools/Community Partners

The Badass Teachers Association: Creating Teacher Leaders    
Track: The Union at Work

Collaborative Problem-Solving: A Solutions-Based Approach    
Track: Collaboration & Teamwork

Discrimination: Issues in the 21st-Century Classroom
Track: Safe & Welcoming Schools

Learning from Unexpected Schools
Track: Advocating for Public Education

Librarians: Lifelines for Student Achievement—A Case for Flexible Scheduling    
Track: Professional Practices

Lost in Translation: Unlocking the Value of Multilingualism
Track: Special Populations

Peer Assessment and Review: A 21st-Century Growth Model for Teachers
Track: Professional Practices

Recruitment and Retention of New Teachers in High-Poverty Urban Schools    
Track: The Teaching Profession

Start a (K-8) Technology Club
Track: Classroom Tools

Teachers’ Experiences with Children Having Chronic Health Conditions
Track: Safe & Welcoming Schools

Title IX and the Debate over Single-Sex Education    
Track: Equity: Racial, Economic, Academic

The Transformation of Voc Ed: Student-Based and Language-Centered Credentialing    
Track: The Teaching Profession

Transitioning to Kindergarten
Track: Special Populations

Watson for Education
Track: Classroom Tools

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