Kane County Institute Day 2025

2026 Rebecca Caudill Award Book Talk 9:30am - 10:45am

Powerful Partnerships: Teachers Collaborating with Librarians 11:00am - 12:15pm

Game On! (SEL FUNdamentals) 12:30pm - 1:45pm

SEL for Adults 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Communities of Care 9:30am - 10:45am

Facing History’s Approach to Teaching English Language Arts 11:00am - 12:15pm

Introduction to Facing History’s Approach to Social Studies 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Navigating Crucial Conversations to Foster Effective Civic Participation 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Cultivating Your Allies: Creating Collaborative Relationships With Families 9:30am - 10:45am

The Inclusive Classroom: Allowing All Students To Be Their Whole Selves 11:00am - 12:15pm

Beyond the ABCs: Building Student Agency Across Grades and Subjects (K-5) 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Beyond the ABCs: Building Student Agency Across Grades and Subjects (6-12) 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Understanding the Illinois Comprehensive Literacy Plan and What it Means for Adv... 9:30am - 10:45am

Using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to Foster Student Critical Thinki... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Utilizing Paired Text and Text Sets to Present Challenge and Literary Analysis,... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Picture Books as Complex Text, Grades PreK-3 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Empowering All Learners: Supporting Both Girls and Boys in the Classroom 9:30am - 10:45am

Using Loose Parts to Increase Engagement 11:00am - 12:15pm

I notice, I wonder 12:30pm - 1:45pm

I notice, I wonder 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Word Nerds Unite: Strategies for Vocabulary Success 9:30am - 10:45am

Building Bridges: Effective Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners 11:00am - 12:15pm

Unlocking the Brain's Potential - Rewiring the Way We Teach 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Unlocking Potential: Tools and Strategies to Build Executive Function Skills 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Building Strong Foundations: Advancing Addition and Subtraction Skills for K-3 L... 9:30am - 10:45am

Mastering Multiplication and Division: Strategies for Supporting all 3-5 Learner... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Productive Struggle with Word Problems (Grades K-5) 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Engaging Middle School Students in Productive Struggle through Math Discourse 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Math Vocabulary & Language - Best Practices 9:30am - 10:45am

Structuring Guided Math & Small Group Instruction 11:00am - 12:15pm

MTSS - Building a Solid Structure 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Implementing the first Building Thinking Classrooms Toolkit 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Autism Supports in Schools 9:30am - 10:45am

Creating Connections: Navigating Home to School Connection 11:00am - 12:15pm

Building Bridges to Success: Assessment and Goal Writing for Educators 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Blueprint for Behavior: Introduction to Functional Behavior Assessments 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Exploring the Science of Reading: Elementary 9:30am - 10:45am

Integrating Effective Writing Practices into Non-ELA Classes 11:00am - 12:15pm

Creating the Write Path: Strategies for Supporting Emergent Writers 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Effective Writing Instructional Strategies for Secondary Students: Recommendatio... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Using an Inquiry-Design Model in the Social Sciences- Planning and Assessment 9:30am - 10:45am

Using an Inquiry-Design Model in the Social Sciences- Addressing Difficult Conve... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Using an Inquiry-Design Model in the Social Sciences- Planning and Assessment 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Using an Inquiry-Design Model in the Social Sciences- Addressing Difficult Conve... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence: K-12 Education 9:30am - 10:45am

NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence: Community Engagement 11:00am - 12:15pm

Project Learning Tree: Explore Your Environment 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Earth Force & the RISE Challenge 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Biomimicry in Design 9:30am - 10:45am

Pentominoes - Simple Shapes and Big Ideas 11:00am - 12:15pm

Stronger Connections, Stronger Classrooms: SEL Strategies That Work 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Bringing Computer Science to All Classrooms - Mock Workshop 2:00pm - 3:15pm

SchooLinks 101 9:30am - 10:45am

Developing Team Based Challenges 11:00am - 12:15pm

Why the push for Dual Credit? And how to get there... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Guiding Students Through Career Pathways 2:00pm - 3:15pm

*FULL DAY SESSION* Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (8:00AM-3:15PM) 8:00am - 3:15pm

**KEYNOTE SPEAKER** The Educator's ATLAS: Your Roadmap to Engagement 8:00am - 9:15am

**KEYNOTE SPEAKER** The Educator's ATLAS: Part II 9:30am - 10:45am

**KEYNOTE SPEAKER** The Educator's ATLAS: Part II 11:00am - 12:15pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Stories Matter: Creating an Anti-Racist School Culture 12:30pm - 1:45pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Just One, "I Believe in You" Can Change a Kid's Life 2:00pm - 3:15pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Yes Man Paradox 9:30am - 10:45am

*FEATURED SPEAKER* The Power of Purpose: A Guide to Finding Your Path and Making... 11:00am - 12:15pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Empowering Our Teachers to Shift the Narrative and Set a Cour... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Engagement: Everything I Learned about EDU, I Learned from Ji... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER* The AI Toolbox: Best AI Tools for Schools 9:30am - 10:45am

*FEATURED SPEAKER* Cyber Assist: Using AI as Your Teaching Assistant 11:00am - 12:15pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER * Super Tutor: AI to Support all Learners 12:30pm - 1:45pm

*FEATURED SPEAKER * Artificial Intelligence / Natural Misuse - Managing AI in Sc... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Lunch: You need to add a lunch break to your schedule during Session 3 (11:00AM-... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Lunch: You need to add a lunch break to your schedule during Session 3 (11:00AM-... 12:30pm - 1:45pm