Summit on School Climate and Culture - 4th Annual: Full Schedule

7:00am CDT

Check-In and Breakfast

Stop in early and enjoy the complimentary breakfast. Visit with the exhibitors and speakers prior to starting your day.

Monday August 12, 2019 7:00am - 8:15am CDT
Ballroom A

8:15am CDT

Student Performance

Yabsira, Jazzy, and Kiara are graduates of East High School and of Movement 515. All three young women are spoken word artists that write and preform original poems.

See more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEu3t3vRbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUy8T7uAOqA

Student Performances

East High Poets

Monday August 12, 2019 8:15am - 8:30am CDT
Ballroom A

General Session

8:45am CDT

Excellence Through Equity: Five Essential Ingredients for Creating Conditions that Promote Achievement for All Children.

Limited Capacity filling up

While the movement for standards and accountability has largely succeeded in bringing greater attention to disparities in student achievement, surprisingly little attention has been given to what it takes to create conditions in schools that will make achievement for all students more likely. Missing from much of the policy debate related to achievement is how to place equity at the center of education reform efforts, and how to support and cultivate effective teaching in schools. This presentation will describe five principles and practices that have proven effective in helping schools to meet the needs of a wide variety of learners. Strategies that make it possible to avoid zero-sum scenarios that lead some educators to believe that they must choose between the pursuit of excellence and equity will also be presented. Drawing upon research and several case studies the presentation will show why an equity framework is essential for promoting achievement among all children.

Speakers

Dr. Pedro Antonio Noguera

Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles

Pedro Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. His research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Ballroom A

Keynote

10:00am CDT

A Story for Every Student

Limited Capacity seats available

All students deserve to see their stories reflected in the books they read. While many teachers want to build inclusive and diverse classroom libraries, it can be overwhelming to keep up with the new and engaging titles that are published each year.

In this session, literacy expert Michelle Abeln will share newer titles for K-12 classrooms that feature a diverse cast of characters and explore various identities related to race, religion, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity, ability, and orientation. Michelle will also highlight the #OwnVoices movement and share titles that feature authors writing through the lens of their own identities

Speakers

Michelle Abeln

Collection Development Specialist, Booksource

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
314 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Addressing the Rise in Anger and Aggression in Students

Limited Capacity full

Across the nation an increasing number of students enter the school each day with significant issues (mental health disorders, family strife, poverty, etc.) that make academic and social success difficult to attain. These students often display disruptive, destructive , and aggressive behavior due to their inability to recognize and regulate their emotions. This workshop will briefly explore some of the factors contributing to this rise in student anger and aggression. More importantly, the workshop will provide information related to effective prevention and intervention efforts for educators.

Speakers

Kim Warma

President/CEO, Pro-ACT, Inc.

Kim Warma is the President/CEO of Pro-ACT, Inc. a training and professional development company that focuses on providing professionals with the skills they need to better address challanging behavior in the classroom, avoiding the potential for escalation, crisis, and assault.

Richard Van Acker

Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

Richard Van Acker is an Emeritus Professor of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research explores prevention and intervention of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. I have recently concentrated on addressing school-based approaches for... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
101 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

It is the journey of a life time to move toward our best self. Join us to identify the core value of your best self and practice communicating with others through circle. Explore creating community in your class room or other settings through check-in rounds and helping others nurthre their best selves.

Speakers

Scarlett Lunning

Relationship Coach, Lunning Coaching and Consulting

Jennifer Williams

Principal, DMPS

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Board Room 2 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

10:00am CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Dee Martin

"Let's Talk" Mediator/Circle Keeper, AMOS "Let's Talk"

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Board Room 3 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

10:00am CDT

DREAM. THINK. DO.

Limited Capacity seats available

Proven 3-Step Success FormulaDREAM THINK DO is the name of Mitch’s #1 ranked podcast, but DREAM THINK DO is also a three step strategy for setting goals, building a plan and taking massive action. In this fun and powerful keynote, Mitch shares stories and insights from interviewing some of the brightest minds on the planet. Plus he offers proven and science-based strategies individuals and organizations can use to get clear, work together and achieve more than they ever thought possible

Speakers

Mitch Matthews

Co-Founder, BIG Dream Gathering

Mitch Matthews is a successful entrepreneur, international speaker and best-selling author.He’s recognized as a leading authority on innovative thinking, human performance and goal achievement. Mitch has worked with leaders and teams from organizations like NASA, Disney, NIKE... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
303 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, New To Education

10:00am CDT

Leveraging the Arts in the Core Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Join us for a look at Arts Integration as a whole and how it works in the core content classroom. We will explore the application of Arts Integration in Des Moines Public Schools and engage in a short work session on how you can get involved.

Speakers

Sara Perez

Education Coordinator, Curriculum, Des Moines Performing Arts

Karoline Myers

Education Manager, Des Moines Performing Arts

Karoline Myers serves as Education Manager for Des Moines Performing Arts, a national leader in arts education. Education and engagement initiatives under her direction impact more than 75,000 Iowans each year, including 50,000 students and teachers who attend curriculum-based matinee... Read More →

Kelly Schnackenberg

Performing Arts Curriculum Coorindator, Des Moines Public Schools

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
302

Best Practices in School Climate, Instruction

10:00am CDT

The Trump Effect and Bullying

Limited Capacity filling up

The current political climate has created a space where bullying behaviors have become more acceptable in classrooms and social media. This workshop will give participants the tools they need to spot bullying and stop it. They will be given strategies on how to create an inclusive and welcoming school environment for all students, including those from underrepresented populations.

Speakers

Mark Busch

Director of Education, Iowa Safe Schools

(He, Him, His) is the Director of Education at Iowa Safe Schools. He is excited to empower educators and school leaders across the state to learn about marginalized communities and develop welcoming classrooms through Iowa Safe Schools’ professional development opportunities. A... Read More →

Nate Monson

Executive Director, Iowa Safe Schools

Nate Monson (he, him, his) serves as Executive Director of Iowa Safe Schools – a position he has held since graduating college in 2007, making him one of the longest serving and youngest Executive Directors of an LGBTQ organization in the country. Under Nate’s leadership, Iowa... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
307 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, New To Education

10:00am CDT

DMPS ONLY - New Teacher Orientation - Teachers New to the Profession

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Emily Behrens

Human Resources Manager, DMPS

I will be hosting the new teacher orientation session. If you are a newly hired teacher in Des Moines, I am here to serve as a resource to you.

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY

10:00am CDT

Our Pathway to Equity

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will allow participants to engage in tough discusses of explicit biases, breaking the racial barriers towards learning, and understanding the impact of an unequal, bias, and a non-diverse system. Participants will also learn how to strategize the implications of a bias and unjust system of education.

Speakers

Noemi Mendez

ELL Curriculum Coordinator, DMPS

Noemi Mendez’s educational background consist of a BA in Elementary Education with a concentration in K-6 General Education Classroom Teacher, Early Childhood, K-8 Reading, K-12 English Language Learner, an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership. Additionally Noemi has an MSE in PK-12... Read More →

Dr. Roslyn Billy

Director, Understanding Dreams Educational Consulting

Roslyn Billy's educational backgrounds consist of a BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Philosophy and Religion, a M.A.Ed. in Leadership in Teaching with a concentration in TESOL, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. Currently serving in Public School districts as an ELL/Dual... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
318 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Respect the Process: Examining Our Social Justice Perspectives

Limited Capacity seats available

Through interactive activities, this workshop will help participants examine their own perspectives of their social justice work and ideas about diversity, privilege, and intersectionality. Participants will gain a better understanding of how institutional power that reproduces injustice, social exclusion, and oppression, despite our best efforts, is embedded in our social justice work.

Speakers

Dr. Bettina L. Love

Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia

Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s most esteemed educational researchers in the areas of Hip Hop education and urban education. Her work is also concerned... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
104 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Leading Culture in Your Classroom and School

Limited Capacity full

Culture development is often seen as a building or district-wide initiative. The reality is, each individual in a school building, teachers and administrators in particular, are responsible for leading the culture of their classroom and building. In this session, participants will learn about their role as a culture leader in their school. Moreover, participants will utilize a CHAMP tool to create their own leadership plan so that they can return to their schools with clear actions to lead culture in their building and classroom.

Speakers

Jeff Kluever

Assistant Director, Programs, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center

Jeff Kluever is an Assistant Director, Programs for The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University. A native of Norwalk, Iowa, Jeff graduated from Grinnell College with a Bachelor’s Degree in History and his Initial Teaching License. After teaching and coaching at the... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
311 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Leadership

10:00am CDT

Digital Decisions: Best practices for teaching about technology, communication, and decision-making.

Limited Capacity seats available

Highlighting the importance of guiding young people through critical thinking strategies, this session will provide best practices to navigating a rapidly evolving digital age. We will discuss communication skills, sexting, cyber-bulling, social media, and an app or two in between. Participants will leave to resources and next steps for approaching the daunting realm of teens and technology.

Speakers

Kirsten Brown, LMSW

WISE Program Manager, EyesOpenIowa

Kirsten Brown (She/Her/Hers) is a School Social Worker and Certified Sexual Health Educator. As Manager of EyesOpenIowa's WISE Program, Kirsten has worked collaboratively with school districts across Iowa and Illinois to build and develop high quality sex education programs that are... Read More →

Emily Gillon (she/her/hers)

Director of Training, EyesOpenIowa

Emily Gillon (she/her/hers) is the Director of Training and leads the organization’s robust training department. She designs classes and trains educators, other professionals, parents and caregivers, and advocates of all ages on a wide variety of topics and curricula.She also travels... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
308 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

10:00am CDT

Human Trafficking-A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Limited Capacity seats available

Attendees will be given the opportunity to learn more about Human Trafficking and work that is occurring in Polk County, IA. Professionals from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District will discuss a collaborative approach to child sex trafficking from the lens of the Prosecution. Members of the Polk County Commercial Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) will discuss how the team approach to human trafficking creates a collaborative partnership of community professionals to not only combat the issue of trafficking tut also prevent children from initial exploitation.

Speakers

Stacie Nessa

Educational Liaison, Des Moines Public Schools

Christina Busse

Victim Witness Specialist, United States Attorney's Office

Christina Busse began working as a Victim Witness Specialist at the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Iowa in September of 2016. She has been the Victim Witness Program Coordinator for the past year and a half. From 2010 to 2016, Christina worked as a victim witness... Read More →

Nikki Romer

Forensic Interviewer, STAR Center

Erin R. Hansen

Crisis Counselor/Advocate, Crisis and Advocacy

Molly Jansen

Investigator, Polk County Attorney's Office

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
317 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, Leadership

10:00am CDT

Human Trafficking: An Iowa Perspective

Limited Capacity seats available

Teens Against Human Trafficking Program Specialist will introduce participants to human trafficking in Iowa, with a focus on the youth perspective. Participants will learn about the process of recruitment, grooming, and control, through Iowa and national examples. Participants will also learn what risk factors make students more vulnerable to trafficking. The presentation will include information regarding recruitment online and through social media, as well as the relationship between pornography and sex trafficking. Finally, the Program Specialist will describe efforts to prevent human trafficking and identify victims in our schools. Participants will leave with an understanding of warning signs to look for, how to respond if a student directly or indirectly identifies as a trafficking survivor, and what services are available.

Speakers

Yolanda Harden

Regional Director of Iowa, The Set Me Free Project

Yolanda Harden joined the fight against Human Trafficking in Iowa while working directly with youth services, foster youth and child abuse prevention. Her life experience and personal passion has consistently been to serve youth who are under privileged or involved with the Human... Read More →

Mary Kate Leister

Program Specialist, Teens Against Human Trafficking

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
309 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

A White Women's Guide to Teaching Black Boys

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Eddie Moore

Founder and Director, The Privilege Institute

Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege and leadership trainings and workshops.The first recipient of NCORE’s... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
312 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Second Language Acquisition Principals and TPRS Demo

Limited Capacity seats available

n this workshop teachers will be introduced to the Second Language Acquisition principles and research relevant to TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). Afterwards, a demo of a TPRS Ask-A-Story will be experienced.

Speakers

Craig Sheehy

Presenter, TPRS

Craig, a former high school student of Blaine Ray, the inventor of TPRS, found TPRS while teaching as an adjunct professor of Spanish at Boise State University where he taught from 2003-2017. After seeing the amazing results there, he decided to become a high school Spanish teacher... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
316 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Cornelius Minor

Educator, Kass and Corn Education Catalyst

Cornelius Minor is a Brooklyn-based educator. He works with teachers, school leaders, and leaders of community-based organizations to support equitable literacy reform in cities (and sometimes villages) across the globe. Whether working with educators and kids in Los Angeles, Seattle... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
107

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

The Role of Leadership in Promoting Equity and Countering Racial Inequality in Education

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Dr. Pedro Antonio Noguera

Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
Ballroom A

Leadership

10:00am CDT

Community Schools: Equity and Impact

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jose Munoz

Director, Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership

Informed by his faith, and confidence in community, José Muñoz is a social entrepreneur that has been harmonizing relationships and resources on behalf of children in communities across America since 1995. As Vice President of Equity and Community Impact, and Director of the Coalition... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
301

Stakeholder Engagement

10:00am CDT

Catching Kids Before They Fall: The Trauma-Informed School

Limited Capacity seats available

Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership and collaborating with community partners, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. In this presentation, participants will learn how a trauma responsive approach, is best practice for all students. Jim will walk the participants through a brief review of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, and how toxic stress impacts student learning and behavior. Participants will be taught the “Five Critical Steps to Implementing a Trauma-Informed School,” that will enable them to begin their journey as a trauma informed school.

Speakers

Jim Sporleder

Trauma-informed coach / Consultant, Sporleder Consulting

Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm CDT
305 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

11:30am CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Maria Lantz

Associate Principal, DMPS

Maria Lantz is an advocate for equity and justice in schools and in the community. Maria Lantz is the new Associate Principal at Stowe Elementary School in Des Moines. She has served as a School Improvement Leader at Harding Middle School in Des Moines for the last four years. Maria... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
Board Room 2 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

11:30am CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Dee Martin

"Let's Talk" Mediator/Circle Keeper, AMOS "Let's Talk"

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
Board Room 3 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

11:30am CDT

Deterring Challenging Behavior with Early Learners

Limited Capacity filling up

For most early learners, the solution to challenging behaviors begins long before the behavior. Creating a foundation of character development in the classroom is key. Establishing norms and expectations around universal character traits gives educators the building blocks for deterring challenging behaviors. This session focuses on how educators can encourage those positive behaviors, advocate for family engagement to support the social and emotional learning, and develop a leadership team to help create a successful character initiative. Intended audience Pre-K through 1st grade educators and administrators.

Speakers

Tabitha Choquette

Program Coordinator, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
309 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, Whole Child Health

11:30am CDT

Level-Up Your SEL: Driving Student Success with Social-Emotional Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how Des Moines Public Schools uses social-emotional learning data from research-backed screeners to inform staff development, before and after school programming, and student supports. In this session, we'll dig into recent and emerging research around how students with strong SEL skills demonstrate success in school and beyond. Together, we'll explore the ways that promoting strong SEL in adults and students closes gaps between student groups and promotes equity in schools.

Speakers

Mary Adair McGrath

Account Director, Panorama Education

Talk to me about collecting student voice data in your classrooms!

Bobbie Jo Sheridan

After School Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Bobbie Jo Sheridan is an After School Coordinator for Des Moines Public Schools. In her role she supports quality initiatives around hiring, training & program support for the OST programs. Ms. Sheridan is passionate about Social Emotional Learning and how to provide students with... Read More →

Emily Stone

Marketing Events Manager, Panorama Education

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
303 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

11:30am CDT

The Trump Effect and Bullying

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Nate Monson

Executive Director, Iowa Safe Schools

Mark Busch

Director of Education, Iowa Safe Schools

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
307 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, New To Education

11:30am CDT

DMPS ONLY - New Teacher Orientation - Teachers New to DMPS

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Emily Behrens

Human Resources Manager, DMPS

I will be hosting the new teacher orientation session. If you are a newly hired teacher in Des Moines, I am here to serve as a resource to you.

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY

11:30am CDT

Anti-Racism Teaching in the k-5 Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Go beyond a celebration of diversity and multicultural education to develop and implement a curriculum that is explicitly anti-racist. Learn about research that supports this approach, strategies for helping children learn about power and oppression, and specific resources to engage young learners. We will also discuss how to use the new Iowa Core social studies standards to help frame this work for parents, colleagues, and administrators who may express concerns.

Speakers

Katy Swalwell

Associate Professor and Elementary Education Program Lead, Iowa State Univeristy

My expertise is in social justice and equity in K-12 schools with a focus on race and class through the discipline of social studies. I conduct research, facilitate workshops, and create resources to help teachers develop their own and their students' critical consciousness.

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
317 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

11:30am CDT

Creating a Supportive Team Environment for All Students

Limited Capacity seats available

In the United States, one third of students who identify as LGBTQ avoid attending Physical Education due to the environment being unsafe and or uncomfortable. As an educator, creating an environment that actively encourages and promotes inclusion of all students, no matter identity, enables all students to participate, feel included, and achieve. In this session, participants will learn how to create an inclusive team environment which supports all students, particularly LGBTQ youth. Participants will be able to ask questions from an expert in the field and will be provided best practices for supporting all student athletes.

Speakers

Dana Van Renterghem

Parent and Family Coordinator, Iowa Safe Schools

Dana Van Renterghem (She/Her/Hers) joins the Iowa Safe Schools team as the Parent & Family Coordinator. Dana graduated from Central College with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, and a minor in communication studies.Since graduation, she has spent most of her career working with... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
308 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Leadership

11:30am CDT

Respect the Process: Examining Our Social Justice Perspectives

Limited Capacity seats available

Respect the Process: Examining Our Social Justice Perspectives

Through interactive activities, this workshop will help participants examine their own perspectives of their social justice work and ideas about diversity, privilege, and intersectionality. Participants will gain a better understanding of how institutional power that reproduces injustice, social exclusion, and oppression, despite our best efforts, is embedded in our social justice work.

Speakers

Dr. Bettina L. Love

Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
104 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

11:30am CDT

Exploring the Role of Staff in the Prevention of Student Escalation and Behavior

Limited Capacity seats available

Public schools are called upon to educate greater numbers of children who have confronted adverse conditions and childhood trauma. Increasingly educators work with students whose behavior may escalate to the point of disrupting their learning, the learning of others and everyone's safety. Teachers and others interacting directly with students must be prepared to effectively prevent and de-escalate potentially dangerous situations. This workshop will provide administrators and program supervisors with practical information useful in guiding the development of a supportive culture for the students they serve. Additionally, information will be provided to assist Administrators in helping to prepare their teachers and staff in the employment of effective self-control plans to minimize further escalation and to effectively manage crisis situations.

Speakers

Kim Warma

President/CEO, Pro-ACT, Inc.

Richard Van Acker

Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
314 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Leadership, Whole Child Health

11:30am CDT

Refugee Resettlement and Intergration

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will help participants understand more about the refugee journey, resettlement from a third world country and what challenges and opportunities refugee students face. Participants will learn about what it is like to integrate into a new environment and system, along with ways to help refugee families have a smoother transition into school.

Speakers

Vinh Nguyen

English Language Learner Program Accountability and Support, Des Moines Public Schools

Vinh Nguyen works for the Des Moines Public Schools for many different roles and is currently serves as English Language Learner Program Accountability and Support. He was born and raised in Vietnam. Since he moved to Iowa, Vinh has become a community leader, a gifted storyteller... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
302

Stakeholder Engagement, Whole Child Health

11:30am CDT

Emotional Explorations: Drama strategies for K-2 social-emotional growth

Limited Capacity seats available

Drama offers effective and safe opportunities for young children to recognize emotions, practice conflict resolution and learn collaborative skills. In this interactive session, explore K-2 arts integrated experiences inspired by children’s literature that employ drama strategies to strengthen social-emotional skills.

Speakers

Christina Farrell

Founding Director, Opera Ignite

I am a Master Teaching Artist with the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and have also worked with Lincoln Center Education, Kennedy Center Education and Turnaround Arts. I have facilitated arts integration professional development and classroom residencies across... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
311 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

11:30am CDT

Student Trauma, Poverty, Detached Parents, and Apathetic Students, PLEASE HELP ME!

Limited Capacity full

Poverty is all too common in America's schools. What's rare, is an opportunity for educators to sit an absorb first-hand from a former at-risk student who dropped out of high school, endured a mother abusing drugs, absent father and learning disability. In this engaging session participants will unlearn perceived fallacies about students from poverty. A school reflects society. Within a school's walls are especially vulnerable students, such as those with histories of neglect, trauma, or violence. Schools are well positioned to help these traumatized students. Although some might argue that teachers should focus solely on academics, the reality is that teachers can't teach effectively if their students are not able to focus on learning. Students cannot learn effectively when they are burdened by the effects of trauma and poverty. Craig's trademark slogan, GED to PHD is a concrete paradigm that educators should never give up on any student.

Speakers

Craig Boykin

Consultant, Craig Boykin LLC

REAL - AUTHENTIC - UNFILTEREDCraig is known as one of the top minds when it comes to systemic poverty and trauma in America. Craig is a seven-time author and former decorated Army veteran. Craig’s self-made success comes from his hustle, his grit and his relentless desire to never... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
101 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

12:45pm CDT

Student Performance

The Ice Breakers will show off their skills with freestyle break dancing.

Student Performances

Ice Breakers

Monday August 12, 2019 12:45pm - 1:00pm CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

General Session

12:45pm CDT

DMPS ONLY - DMEA Lunch

Limited Capacity filling up

This is a session for DMEA members and/or potential members.

https://dmea.org/

Speakers

Emily Behrens

Human Resources Manager, DMPS

I will be hosting the new teacher orientation session. If you are a newly hired teacher in Des Moines, I am here to serve as a resource to you.

Joshua Brown

President, Des Moines Education Assocaition

I am the President of the Des Moines Education Association. I will be collaborating with the district on DMPS new hire events and the education platform opportunities. Feel free to connect to join DMEA or engage in our work.

Monday August 12, 2019 12:45pm - 1:45pm CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY

12:45pm CDT

Lunch and Team Planning

Enjoy a complementary lunch and time with your team. Feel free to move around the venue and find a space that works for your team. Please visit the exhibitors and presenters to deepen your Summit experience.

Monday August 12, 2019 12:45pm - 1:45pm CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

General Session

1:45pm CDT

Amplifying Student Voice

Limited Capacity seats available

The goal of creating a positive school climate and culture is to create a safe place for students to learn, and the best experts in gauging this are the students. This session will cover the subject of student voice and why including it in the classroom is an important part of the education process. Participants will be guided through the process of amplifying student voice and be given ideas on how to help students find a voice to express their needs and interests, no matter the subject.

Speakers

Iowa Safe Schools

The mission of Iowa Safe Schools is to provide safe, supportive, and nurturing learning environments and communities for LGBTQ and allied youth through education, outreach, advocacy, and direct services. All students need a safe, supportive atmosphere in which they can learn, including... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
307 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, New To Education

1:45pm CDT

Circle for Administrators: Experiences and Needs in the Application of Restorative Practices

Limited Capacity full

Sit in Circle with other building and district administrators to listen, speak, share, compare and network around efforts toward implementation of restorative practices in your domain.

Speakers

Heidi Bagg

Restorative Practices Consultant and Circlekeeper

Rick Miller

Dean of Students, Des Moines Public Schools

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Board Room 2 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

1:45pm CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Cheryl Hayes

presenter, AMOS

Cheryl Hayes has been a leader in the "Let's Talk" School Mediation Program since December 2013. She spearheaded the Hiatt Middle School Mediation Program; has kept circles in classrooms and with teachers and administrators. At Harding Middle School in 2018, 8th grade girls who... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Board Room 3 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

1:45pm CDT

Cross-Age Peer Mentoring: Cultivating a System of Academic Excellence

Limited Capacity seats available

How can a district use cross-age peer mentoring to support students from historically underserved populations in gifted and talented? Participants in this session will hear how one Des Moines Public High School piloted a course for credit in collaboration with one of their feeder pattern elementary schools. Hear firsthand from a few of the high school students involved.
The purpose of the GT Leadership and Mentoring course is to provide leadership opportunities for the GT high school students. The idea is that by being mentors/role models the GT students help their mentees to foster a positive attitude and enthusiasm for high level academic pursuits as well as increasing their confidence and self-efficacy. The positive outcome for the mentors is to develop confidence and leadership skills, foster empathy and patience for others, cultivate cultural capital, and expand the connection to their community.
The course was created to connect to both NAGC programming standards and to the Iowa Core, using available staff and resources.

Speakers

Casey Dunley

GT Consultant, Des Moines Schools

Casey Dunley currently serves as a Gifted and Talented Consultant at Roosevelt High School in the Des Moines Public School District. She is passionate about equity, access and opportunity for students from historically underserved populations in GT, the Excellence Gap, extended learning... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
301

Best Practices in School Climate, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

The Power of an Invitation: The Impact Using Hip Hop to Help Students Share What They Know

Limited Capacity seats available

This presentation will be a combination of research findings, personal testimony, practical demonstration, performance and practical application. A review of the research on school belonging with a focus on students of color will open the presentation, followed by a personal account of an experience by a student teacher of the impact on her classroom by merely inviting her students to use Hip Hop to share their understanding. Hip Hop Literacy Students will demonstrate the Hip Hop Literacy composition process followed by a performance. The presentation will conclude with Hip Hop Literacy Co-Director Lamont Muhammad sharing his experiences as a 5th grade teacher using Hip Hop in the classroom.

Speakers

Amanda Valencia

Graduate Student, University of Northern Iowa

Laurie Lee

University of Northern Iowa

Lamont Muhammad

Co Director Hip Hop Literacy, Hip Hop Literacy

Lamont Muhammad is an Educator, Author, and Co-Director of Hip Hop Literacy.

Shuaib Meacham

Associate Professor, University of Northern Iowa

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Tools and Strategies for Schools to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Limited Capacity full

It is imperative that teachers make education count for ALL students. Across America, Craig conveys to educators that we must (1) educate ourselves about the school discipline gap. (2) Help students and colleagues unlearn misperceptions about students from poverty. (3) Continue reaching out to low-income families even when they appear unresponsive (and without assuming, if they are unresponsive, that we know why). (4) Respond when colleagues stereotype poor students or parents. (5) Fight to keep low-income students from being assigned unjustly to special education or low academic tracks. (6) Make curriculum relevant to poor students, drawing on and validating their experiences and intelligences. Most important, we must consider how our own class biases affect our interactions with and expectations of our students. Craig's trademark slogan, GED to PHD is a concrete paradigm that educators should never give up on any student.

Speakers

Craig Boykin

Consultant, Craig Boykin LLC

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
305 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate

1:45pm CDT

Every Kid, Every Day: Using Technology to Create a More Culturally Responsive Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session participants will dig into an overview of what culturally responsive teaching means for our classrooms, exploring technology tools and resources to help create inclusive classrooms for all kids.
Primarily built around the research and writing of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain, this session will provide participants with an overview of what defines a culturally responsive classroom, strategies for making real change, and technology tools to support that work.

Speakers

Leslie Pralle Osborn

Instructional Technology Consultant, Prairie Lakes AEA

An ASCD Emerging Leader and one of the National School Board Association’s “20 to Watch,” Leslie Pralle Osborn has amassed a unique set of experiences and skills in her decade in education. Prior to joining Prairie Lakes AEA as an Instructional Technology consultant in the Leadership... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
309 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Planning a TPRS Lesson with Circling/Triangling Part 1

Limited Capacity seats available

In this breakout session, circling and triangling will be explained and participants will begin the experience of lesson planning with TPRS.

Speakers

Craig Sheehy

Presenter, TPRS

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
316 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

The N!gga(er) word: Is there a message in the madness?

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Eddie Moore

Founder and Director, The Privilege Institute

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
312 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity

1:45pm CDT

We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Cornelius Minor

Educator, Kass and Corn Education Catalyst

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
101 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Dr. Bettina L. Love

Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Ballroom A

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Authentic Community Coolaboration

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jose Munoz

Director, Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
317 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Stakeholder Engagement

1:45pm CDT

Connecting the Digital Worlds of Students & Teachers: The Future of Climate & Culture in a Digital

Limited Capacity seats available

Tyler Youngers and Peter Komendowski share an inside look at the tools, logic model, and goals of new
curricula and professional training in Digital Literacy and Wellness.

Speakers

Peter Komendowski

President, The Partnership for a Healthy Iowa

Peter serves as co-director of the Iowa Digital Literacy Project, president of The Partnership @DrugFreeIowa.org and Face It Together (PDFI/FIT). He is a former Chair of the Partnership, and succeeded Senator Grassley as Chair of the Face It Together Coalition’s healthy communities... Read More →

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
318 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Stakeholder Engagement, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Five Critial Steps to Becoming a Trauma Responsive School

Limited Capacity filling up

This session will teach the participants the “how to”, in becoming a Trauma Responsive School. Participants will learn the basic concepts to implementing a trauma-responsive school culture, that will provide the significant changes we want for every student… improved behavior, improved attendance, improved student attendance, and higher academic achievement (For High Schools… higher graduation rates)

Participants will look at what the current research is telling us about the current impact of our traditional disciplinary practices is having on our students.
The session will cover the current research that defines the difference between “doing trauma informed practices,” versus “embracing trauma responsive practices as who we are as a person, as a school, and how we interact with those we come into contact.”
Participants will learn in this session that a trauma-responsive approach, is the umbrella that becomes your school culture and strengthens everything under it.
This session will introduce the Student of Concerns Model that is a powerful system for tracking our most struggling students with intentional positive adult interventions and action plans.
The participants will walk away from this session with the knowledge to become trauma responsive, and to begin experiencing the significant outcomes that naturally come with this new mindset.

Speakers

Jim Sporleder

Trauma-informed coach / Consultant, Sporleder Consulting

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
314 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

1:45pm CDT

Greif and Loss for youth in foster care

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Melinda Alexander

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
302

Whole Child Health

1:45pm CDT

Human Trafficking-A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Christina Busse

Victim Witness Specialist, United States Attorney's Office

Erin R. Hansen

Crisis Counselor/Advocate, Crisis and Advocacy

Molly Jansen

Investigator, Polk County Attorney's Office

Stacie Nessa

Educational Liaison, Des Moines Public Schools

Nikki Romer

Forensic Interviewer, STAR Center

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
303 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, Leadership

1:45pm CDT

Increasing meaningful work and reducing teacher burnout by practicing mindful action, psychological flexibility, and implementing a trauma sensitive classroom model

Limited Capacity full

Participants will analyze the positive outcomes of using a trauma sensitive school model which increases the mental health of all classroom participants. Flex Academy, a high school credit recovery program, will begin its fourth year of trauma sensitive program implementation. Information about Flex Academy data trends, the teacher professional development plan, and strategic environmental designs will be shared. We will also discuss the significance of applying mindful action, psychological flexibility, and the cognitive triangle as essential tools to achieve and sustain meaningful work as an educator.

Speakers

Mimi Willoughby

Academic Pathways Instructional Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Flex Academy

Stephanie McFarland

Behavioral Health Services Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
107

Whole Child Health

1:45pm CDT

It's Elementary! Building Foundations for Consent Education, Violence Prevention, and Inclusive and Affirming Learning Spaces

Limited Capacity seats available

The continued momentum of the #MeToo movement highlights the need for increased efforts for consent and sexual violence prevention education. Additionally, emerging research on child development shows that children have a solid understanding of their gender identity by the time they reach kindergarten, though students who identify as trans, genderqueer, or gender non-conforming continue to experience elevated rates of discrimination and victimization while at school. Therefore, it's imperative for schools to provide students with the supports and skills they need to develop healthy relationships, and to create learning environments that are gender-inclusive and affirming for all youth - and this important work needs to (and can!) happen at the start of students' academic careers!
This interactive workshop focuses on the importance of K-5 health programming and provides participants with strategies, lesson activities, and resources to ensure all students thrive.

Speakers

Emily Gillon (she/her/hers)

Director of Training, EyesOpenIowa

Kirsten Brown, LMSW

WISE Program Manager, EyesOpenIowa

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
308 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

1:45pm CDT

The Drama is in the Details: Dramatizing key details in texts to strengthen reading skills for grades 3-5

Limited Capacity seats available

Details come to life through drama! Theatre artists use multiple modalities to express ideas – words, sounds, body language, visuals and more! In this interactive session, discover arts integrated strategies that boost reading comprehension for children in grades 3-5 through identifying, visualizing, and creatively demonstrating descriptive language in texts.

Speakers

Christina Farrell

Founding Director, Opera Ignite

Monday August 12, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
311 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, Instruction

3:00pm CDT

Student Performance

We will be having the Merrill Breakers, DMSC Breakerz, Panda Breakerz, BU Breakers, Harding Breakerz, Hiatt Breakers, and Ice Breakerz join forces to become DMI Breakerz and show our breakdancing skills and teamwork.

Student Performances

DMI Breakerz

Monday August 12, 2019 3:00pm - 3:05pm CDT
Ballroom A

General Session

3:15pm CDT

Keynote: We Gon’ Be Alright, But That Ain’t Alright: Abolitionist Teaching

Limited Capacity seats available

Dr. Love’s talk will discuss the struggles and the possibilities of committing ourselves to an abolitionist goal of educational freedom, as opposed to reform, and moving beyond what she calls the educational survival complex. Abolitionist Teaching is built on the creativity, imagination, boldness, ingenuity, and rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists to demand and fight for an educational system where all students are thriving, not simply surviving.

Speakers

Dr. Bettina L. Love

Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia

Monday August 12, 2019 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Ballroom A

Keynote

4:30pm CDT

Big Dream Gathering

Come and be a part of "The Big Dream Gathering" (Snacks will be provided) Mitch Mattews has worked with leaders and teams from organizations like NASA, Disney, NIKE, Pioneer and Booking.com.

In 2006, Mitch started something called the “BIG Dream Gathering.” It began as a “happy accident” but it has since turned into a movement. Now, Mitch and his “Dream Team” host Gatherings around the country.
Mitch has a passion for equipping leaders, teachers and parents with tools to help draw out people’s dreams and goals as well as strategies to make them a reality!

Speakers

Mitch Matthews

Co-Founder, BIG Dream Gathering

Monday August 12, 2019 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Special Event

7:00pm CDT

Screening of "Paper Tigers" and Q and A with Jim Sporleder

Limited Capacity seats available

Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.

Join Summit attendees for a private screening of the film and a Question and Answer session with Principal Jim Sporleder. Refreshments will be provided during this event.

Speakers

Jim Sporleder

Trauma-informed coach / Consultant, Sporleder Consulting

Monday August 12, 2019 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Ballroom A

Special Event, Whole Child Health

7:00am CDT

Check-In and Breakfast

Stop in early and enjoy the complimentary breakfast. Visit with the exhibitors and speakers prior to starting your day.

Tuesday August 13, 2019 7:00am - 8:15am CDT
Ballroom A

General Session

8:00am CDT

DMPS BLUE Teacher Breakfast

Limited Capacity seats available

For DMPS BLUE contact staff only.

Speakers

Jeremy Schwennen

Mentoring and Induction Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Fifteen delightful years in Des Moines teaching and leading has left me with an opinion on everything. My current passions are mentoring, induction, and teacher retention... but innovations in reading and writing instruction will never be far from my heart!

Emily Behrens

Human Resources Manager, DMPS

I will be hosting the new teacher orientation session. If you are a newly hired teacher in Des Moines, I am here to serve as a resource to you.

Tuesday August 13, 2019 8:00am - 8:30am CDT
305 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY

8:15am CDT

Student Performance

Nepali speaking girls from Lincoln High School will be presenting typical Nepali cultural dance in Nepali folk song by wearing Nepali costumes.

Student Performances

Nepali Cultal Dance Group

Tuesday August 13, 2019 8:15am - 8:30am CDT
Ballroom A

General Session

8:45am CDT

Keynote: Brittany Packnett

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Brittany Packnett

Activist. Educator. Writer.

Brittany N. Packnett is an unapologetic educator, activist, writer, and national leader in social justice. Known as @MsPackyetti on social media, Brittany is Vice President of National Community Alliances for Teach For America, where she leads a team engaging in partnerships with... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Ballroom A

Keynote

10:00am CDT

Addressing the Rise in Anger and Aggression in Students

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Kim Warma

President/CEO, Pro-ACT, Inc.

Richard Van Acker

Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
107

Best Practices in School Climate, Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

Circles: Taking a Deeper Dive

Limited Capacity filling up

If you attended the Intro or have used circles previously, join us to explore deeper topics: resolving conflict, peace keeping, staff meetings, planning, or processing curriculum content through circles in the classroom and community settings

Speakers

Scarlett Lunning

Relationship Coach, Lunning Coaching and Consulting

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Board Room 3 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

10:00am CDT

Community Building Circles

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Heidi Bagg

Restorative Practices Consultant and Circlekeeper

Joyce Bruce

Presenter, AMOS

Joyce Bruce an Eastside native graduated from East High School and continued her education at DMACC where she received an A. A. degree. Attended Drake University attaining a Bachelor of Sciencein Social Science and Special Education. Obtained a Masters of Science at Drake University... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Board Room 2 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

10:00am CDT

MissionMonday- Take the Random Out of Random Acts of Kindness

Limited Capacity seats available

MissionMonday is a plan to impact your classroom, your school, and community a better place one week at a time. Learn how to use intentional interventions to affect the climate school both inside and beyond the classroom. We help you take the Random out of Random Acts of Kindness and make it #KindnessOnTheReg. You will leave with a plan to engage stakeholders and empower them with consistent interventions to foster the assets our students need to be academically successful, socially responsible, and emotionally sound.

Speakers

Mark Johnson

Elementary Principal/Author, Mission Monday

I taught 5th grade for 12 years and have been an elementary principal for 10 years. My passion is working with the underdogs, and the students who have been dealt a "bad hand" in life. Along with my friend, Sam Stecher, we created Mission Monday. This is an endeavor that will help... Read More →

Sam Stecher

Superintendent/Author, Mission Monday

Sam Stecher (@samMMstecher) has served as a teacher, coach, and leader. He provides the motivation and the methods for every stakeholder in your organization to commit to making a consistent positive impact. Through MissionMonday.com Mark (the other half of MM) and Sam have been able... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
314 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

10:00am CDT

DMPS ONLY - Community Schools - Impact with Equity

Limited Capacity seats available

Join Jose, Allyson and Jill to discuss how to take your community partnerships to the next level.

Speakers

Allyson Vukovich

Director of Community in School, Des Moines Public Schools

Jill Padgett

District Community School Coordinator, DMPS

Jose Munoz

Director, Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
317 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY, Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

DMPS ONLY - SEL Assessment with Panorama

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is for DMPS staff only and will be an introduction to SEL assessment and some of the tools Panorama has to offer.

Speakers

Mary Adair McGrath

Account Director, Panorama Education

Talk to me about collecting student voice data in your classrooms!

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
301

DMPS ONLY, SEL

10:00am CDT

A Climate Which Supports LGBTQ College Students

Limited Capacity seats available

By the end of high school, every student should be prepared for their futures, whether that includes a two- or four-year college education, job training program, or successful career plan. This session will address the unique needs of LGBTQ students as they transition into postsecondary education. An expert in the field will answer questions and share effective resources to help create a climate and culture that supports LGBTQ students.

Speakers

Ric Tennenbaum

Queer College Coordinator, Iowa Safe Schools

Ric Tennenbaum (she/they) is the Queer Campus Coalition Coordinator at Iowa Safe Schools. She graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor’s in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies after spending a lot of time thinking about the creative and unrecognized ways we use emotions... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
307 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity

10:00am CDT

Anti-Racism Teaching in a k-5 Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Katy Swalwell

Associate Professor and Elementary Education Program Lead, Iowa State Univeristy

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
104 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Leading with Love and Power

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Brittany Packnett

Activist. Educator. Writer.

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
Ballroom A

Equity

10:00am CDT

Planning a TPRS Lesson with Circling/Triangling Part 2

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is a continuation of Breakout 3.

Speakers

Craig Sheehy

Presenter, TPRS

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
316 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

White Privilege 101: Getting in on the Coversations

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Eddie Moore

Founder and Director, The Privilege Institute

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
312 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity

10:00am CDT

Who Do I Want You To Be?: Racial/Cultural Trauma in Schools

Limited Capacity seats available

School systems were created to benefit those in white dominant culture. Today, 82 percent of teachers are white and poorly prepared to work with students of color. This session explores how oppressive educational systems create trauma for students of color. Participants will learn about the brain science behind trauma and how that impacts students through bias, white privilege, micro-aggressions, white fragility and, more importantly, how to prevent it.

Speakers

Jennifer Ulie-Wells

Executive Director, Please Pass the Love

Dr. Jennifer Ulie-Wells, finished her Ph.D. from Iowa State University in Education with certifications in mental health and social justice. She has been in education for over 20 years as a special educator. In 2013, she founded Please Pass the Love Youth Mental Health Initiative... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
303 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Virtual Campus: Launching a Purpose-Driven Online School

Limited Capacity seats available

How can an online school create more equity of access for students and potentially put a diploma in the hands of those in unique situations where a different modality is most conducive? This session will cover the development of DMPS Virtual Campus Online High School along with its purpose-driven vision and mission. We will go over the overall management process of an online high school, including; online content development, staffing, building initiatives, communication, evaluation, clientele & outreach, and new systems management.

Speakers

Jon Mendoza

Director of Virtual Campus, Des Moines Public Schools

At DMPS, I have had the opportunity to build equity of access through my passion of technology and online learning. Building and creating a fully online school has been a dream come true, and I can honestly say my job chose me. My wife and I are both educators at DMPS, and this place... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
308 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Leadership, Instruction

10:00am CDT

Out-of-School Time as a Connector for Youth, Families, School, and Community

Limited Capacity seats available

In this workshop, participants will define and discuss OST programs as they know it from their perspective. Through activities and discussion, participants will be challenged to understand their roles as stakeholders to realize culture and climate is more than just school based. Participants will be encouraged to make the connection between youth, family, school, and community.

Speakers

Mallory Riesberg

OST Enrichment Coach, SPPG

Mallory is one of three OST Enrichment Coaches through the OST Initiative. The goal of the Out‐of‐School Time (OST) Initiative is to build and sustain the organizational and staff capacity of Central Iowa OST programs to provide high quality learning activities before school... Read More →

Theresa Slaughter

OST Enrichment Coach, SPPG

Theresa Slaughter is one of three OST Enrichment Coaches through the OST Initiative Program. The program serves after school and summer programs in the Des Moines area. She is passionate about working and supporting youth to be their best. Theresa has a Master's in Business Leadership/Management... Read More →

Britney Samuelson

Program Manager, United Way of Central iowa OST Initiative

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
302

Stakeholder Engagement

10:00am CDT

Emotional Explorations: Drama strategies for K-2 social-emotional growth

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Christina Farrell

Founding Director, Opera Ignite

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
311 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

10:00am CDT

Five Critial Steps to Becoming a Trauma Responsive School

Limited Capacity seats available

Participants will look at what the current research is telling us about the current impact of our traditional disciplinary practices is having on our students.
The session will cover the current research that defines the difference between “doing trauma informed practices,” versus “embracing trauma responsive practices as who we are as a person, as a school, and how we interact with those we come into contact.”
Participants will learn in this session that a trauma-responsive approach, is the umbrella that becomes your school culture and strengthens everything under it.
This session will introduce the Student of Concerns Model that is a powerful system for tracking our most struggling students with intentional positive adult interventions and action plans.
The participants will walk away from this session with the knowledge to become trauma responsive, and to begin experiencing the significant outcomes that naturally come with this new mindset.

Speakers

Jim Sporleder

Trauma-informed coach / Consultant, Sporleder Consulting

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

Not An Add On: Social Emotional Learning Competencies and Strategies

Limited Capacity filling up

Learn the current research on the benefits of integrating SEL strategies into your classroom. This session will also engage participants in discussing and sharing ways to implement effective SEL practices in the classroom. A combination of video clips and small group discussion circles will be utilized.

Speakers

Jill Johnson

Professor of Education, Drake Univeristy

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
305 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

10:00am CDT

Student Trauma, Poverty, Detached Parents, and Apathetic Students, PLEASE HELP ME!

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Craig Boykin

Consultant, Craig Boykin LLC

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
309 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Video Gaming: Explore the world of video gaming on this enlightening journey into the future.

Limited Capacity seats available

Join Dr. Gentile and Peter Komendowski on this spectacular journey into the minds of students and how
digital behavior influences their lives.

Speakers

Peter Komendowski

President, The Partnership for a Healthy Iowa

Dr. Douglas Gentile

Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University

Dr. Douglas Gentile is an award-winning research scientist, educator, author, and is professor of psychology at Iowa State University. His research primarily focuses on how children's media use influences health and wellness. He is the editor of the book Media Violence and Chil... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
318 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

10:00am CDT

The intersection of SEL, culturally relevant pedagogy, and youth voice

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Barb Maimone

SEL Development Specialist, 7 Mindsets

As a mother of two teenagers, I am passionate about bringing conversation, connection and relationships back to the center of education. It’s the relationships (whether peer to peer, teacher to student, parent to teacher or child) that create opportunities to move past the challenges... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
101 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

11:15am CDT

Student Performance

Students (K-12) dance to Folklore dances from Latin America, representing countries such as El Salvador, Mexico, Columbia and the Caribbean. Traditional dresses from these countries and dances are worn by students. Each dance goes between 3 to 4 minutes long. Dance genres include Cumbia, Merengue, and Zapateo.

Student Performances

North Side Latin Dance Group

Tuesday August 13, 2019 11:15am - 11:30am CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

General Session

11:15am CDT

Lunch and Team Planning

Tuesday August 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

General Session

11:30am CDT

Student Performance

Both are poets and Ruby is a rapper. LaNeeta is on the Brave New Voices team that will be traveling to Las Vegas this summer to compete. Ruby has performed her song on stage several times including during the teen summit, the Hoover talent show and a summer bash.

Student Performances

Hoover Poets

Tuesday August 13, 2019 11:30am - 11:45am CDT
Hall B/C 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

General Session

12:10pm CDT

Student Performance

The Bridges 2 Harmony Gospel Choir will perform inspirational selections that focus on the themes of togetherness, unity, and resilience.

Student Performances

Bridges 2 Harmony

Tuesday August 13, 2019 12:10pm - 12:25pm CDT
Ballroom A

General Session

12:30pm CDT

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

Limited Capacity seats available

What if the key to helping students thrive was embedded within youth culture? What if educators could find a way to engage youth so powerfully that it increased academic achievement, cultivated social and emotional competence, and transformed communities in the process? In this talk, Roberto unveils a pedagogical approach called Transformative SEL, an approach that centers on activating and sustaining authentic youth voice in classrooms and communities. Combining cutting edge research with practical case studies, audience members will leave with ideas that will be sure to inspire and lead to transformative student engagement.

Speakers

Barb Maimone

SEL Development Specialist, 7 Mindsets

Tuesday August 13, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Ballroom A

Keynote

1:45pm CDT

Activism and Education: Inspiring the next generation

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Brittany Packnett

Activist. Educator. Writer.

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
101 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate

1:45pm CDT

Aggression: Unlocking the Mystery of Violence in a Digital World

Limited Capacity seats available

Dr. Gentile & Peter Komendowski describe evidence-based research on media violence, aggression, and bullying into the realm of climate, culture and a mindful approach to teaching.

Speakers

Peter Komendowski

President, The Partnership for a Healthy Iowa

Dr. Douglas Gentile

Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
318 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Circles: Taking a Deeper Dive

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Dee Martin

"Let's Talk" Mediator/Circle Keeper, AMOS "Let's Talk"

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Board Room 2 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

1:45pm CDT

Circles: Taking a Deeper Dive

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Cheryl Hayes

presenter, AMOS

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Board Room 3 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

1:45pm CDT

MissionMonday- Take the Random Out of Random Acts of Kindness

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Mark Johnson

Elementary Principal/Author, Mission Monday

Sam Stecher

Superintendent/Author, Mission Monday

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
314 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate, SEL

1:45pm CDT

Teacher Self Care: What does it look like and why is it necessary

Limited Capacity filling up

During this session, the participants will experience and understand ways to practice self care. The educators will walk away with eight examples and one free program to help promote self care within their own lives.

Speakers

Molly M. Schreiber

Founder and CEO, Challenge to Change, Inc.

Molly M. Schreiber is the Founder and CEO of Challenge to Change Inc, a kid’s yoga studio offering lifelong wellness skills for people all of ages through the practices of fitness, yoga, meditation, and daily mindfulness practices. As a former elementary teacher, working with students... Read More →

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
104 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Best Practices in School Climate

1:45pm CDT

Tools and Strategies for Schools to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Craig Boykin

Consultant, Craig Boykin LLC

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
107

Best Practices in School Climate

1:45pm CDT

BLUE Transition to Drake

Limited Capacity seats available

This session is for BLUE teachers entering their third year on the BLUE contract only.
Take the first steps in beginning your Drake coursework through BLUE at this session. We will discuss the logistics of scheduling and starting classes and begin the necessary processes and paperwork as well as answering all of your questions. You have completed the first two years of the BLUE contract, and now it’s time to start the journey to earning your Master’s Degree in Culturally Responsive Leadership and Instruction!

Speakers

Jeremy Schwennen

Mentoring and Induction Coordinator, Des Moines Public Schools

Jill Johnson

Professor of Education, Drake Univeristy

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
305 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

DMPS ONLY

1:45pm CDT

Every Kid, Every Day: Using Technology to Create a More Culturally Responsive Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Leslie Pralle Osborn

Instructional Technology Consultant, Prairie Lakes AEA

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
309 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Inclusive Curriculum: Making STEM Accessible for ALL Students

Limited Capacity seats available

Historically, women and people from marginalized community groups have accounted for a small portion of those pursuing STEM careers. In this session, participants will reflect on their current curriculum and consider new practices for making STEM coursework accessible to at-risk students and other students from underrepresented populations. This will be a conversation-based session where participants will share about their experiences and reflect on their classroom curriculum.

Speakers

Mark Busch

Director of Education, Iowa Safe Schools

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
307 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

Skills Practice plus Reading Strategies

Limited Capacity seats available

In this breakout session, participants will practice delivering their lesson. Afterwards, reading strategies that go along with the Ask-A-Story will be shared and modeled if time permits.

Speakers

Craig Sheehy

Presenter, TPRS

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
316 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

White Privilege 101: Getting in on the Coversations

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Eddie Moore

Founder and Director, The Privilege Institute

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
312 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Equity

1:45pm CDT

Authentic Community Coolaboration

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jose Munoz

Director, Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
317 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Stakeholder Engagement

1:45pm CDT

Integrating Student Voice System-Wide for Improved Student Outcomes

Limited Capacity seats available

Participants in this session will learn about how Roosevelt High School authentically partnered with students to integrate student voice into professional learning. We will walk participants through our systemic plan and timeline, support our work with research, and to hear from students about the effect of the professional learning on their experiences in the classroom. Time will be provided to collaborate with others and to consider next steps for participants with integration of student voice.

Speakers

Mindy Euken

Associate Principal for Instruction K-12, Des Moines Public Schools-Roosevelt High School

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
301

Stakeholder Engagement, SEL

1:45pm CDT

• Understanding Refugee Students: How to Help Them Make a Smoother Transition and Integration In Your Classrooms.

Limited Capacity seats available

Participants in this session will learn more about refugee students and their unique background. Participants will learn strategies to improve each refugee students experience of transition and acculturation to ensure these experiences are smoother and more successful.

Speakers

Vinh Nguyen

English Language Learner Program Accountability and Support, Des Moines Public Schools

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
302

Stakeholder Engagement, Whole Child Health

1:45pm CDT

It's Elementary! Building Foundations for Consent Education, Violence Prevention, and Inclusive and Affirming Learning Spaces

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Emily Gillon (she/her/hers)

Director of Training, EyesOpenIowa

Kirsten Brown, LMSW

WISE Program Manager, EyesOpenIowa

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
308 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, SEL

1:45pm CDT

School Mental Health Literacy

Limited Capacity seats available

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in Iowa and at least 20% of young people have a mental illness with fewer than 20% receiving treatment. In 2016, the Iowa Youth Survey indicated that 13.4% of survey participants shared that they had seriously contemplated suicide in the last year. This jam packed session will explore basic mental health characteristics, suicide prevention warning signs, and some classroom/school strategies. Sometimes knowing is half the battle.

Speakers

Jennifer Ulie-Wells

Executive Director, Please Pass the Love

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
303 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health

1:45pm CDT

The Drama is in the Details: Dramatizing key details in texts to strengthen reading skills for grades 3-5

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Christina Farrell

Founding Director, Opera Ignite

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
311 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health, Instruction

1:45pm CDT

The intersection of SEL, culturally relevant pedagogy, and youth voice

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Barb Maimone

SEL Development Specialist, 7 Mindsets

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Ballroom A

Whole Child Health, SEL

1:45pm CDT

The Lincoln High School Story… A community’s collective response to trauma

Limited Capacity seats available

Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership and collaborating with community partners, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. In this presentation, participants will learn that a community’s collective trauma responsive approach, benefits all students, and develops positive adult relationships that can change the life path of students who have lost hope. The participants will learn how we can accomplish a lot as a team and will do much less if we stay in our silos.

Speakers

Jim Sporleder

Trauma-informed coach / Consultant, Sporleder Consulting

Tuesday August 13, 2019 1:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
319 730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA

Whole Child Health