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Jon McAlister

Des Moines Public Schools
Teacher
I have taught for almost 20 years, working with at-risk youth and adults seeking high school completion in some form. This will be my first full-time position at DMPS where I will work in the new Options Academy.
Monday, August 12
 

7:00am CDT

Check-In and Breakfast Ballroom A

8:15am CDT

Student Performance Ballroom AEast High Poets

8:45am CDT

Excellence Through Equity: Five Essential Ingredients for Creating Conditions that Promote Achievement for All Children. Ballroom AFILLINGDr. Pedro Antonio Noguera

10:00am CDT

DMPS ONLY - New Teacher Orientation - Teachers New to the Profession 319LIMITEDEmily Behrens

11:30am CDT

DMPS ONLY - New Teacher Orientation - Teachers New to DMPS 319LIMITEDEmily Behrens Exploring the Role of Staff in the Prevention of Student Escalation and Behavior 314LIMITEDKim Warma • Richard Van Acker

12:45pm CDT

DMPS ONLY - DMEA Lunch 319FILLINGEmily Behrens • Joshua Brown

1:45pm CDT

It's Elementary! Building Foundations for Consent Education, Violence Prevention, and Inclusive and Affirming Learning Spaces 308LIMITEDEmily Gillon (she/her/hers) • Kirsten Brown, LMSW

3:00pm CDT

Student Performance Ballroom ADMI Breakerz

3:15pm CDT

Keynote: We Gon’ Be Alright, But That Ain’t Alright: Abolitionist Teaching Ballroom ALIMITEDDr. Bettina L. Love

4:30pm CDT

Big Dream Gathering Hall B/CMitch Matthews

7:00pm CDT

Screening of "Paper Tigers" and Q and A with Jim Sporleder Ballroom ALIMITEDJim Sporleder
 
Tuesday, August 13
 

7:00am CDT

Check-In and Breakfast Ballroom A

8:15am CDT

Student Performance Ballroom ANepali Cultal Dance Group

8:45am CDT

Keynote: Brittany Packnett Ballroom AFILLINGBrittany Packnett

10:00am CDT

DMPS ONLY - SEL Assessment with Panorama 301LIMITEDMary Adair McGrath

11:15am CDT

Lunch and Team Planning Hall B/C

12:30pm CDT

Transformative SEL : Reinvigorating social and emotional learning with cultural relevance and equity Ballroom ALIMITEDBarb Maimone

1:45pm CDT

It's Elementary! Building Foundations for Consent Education, Violence Prevention, and Inclusive and Affirming Learning Spaces 308LIMITEDEmily Gillon (she/her/hers) • Kirsten Brown, LMSW