2025 LAUSD Welcome to the World of Teaching: Full Schedule

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9:05am PDT

Kagan Cooperative Learning Activities

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:05am - 10:10am PDT

Kagan cooperative learning is built on a single tenet: engagement. When students are engaged and motivated, learning "sticks." When you use Kagan structures in the classroom, all students will be engaged, accountable, and learning.

Speakers

MIMY MAC

Teacher, LAUSD

National Board Certified Teacher Social Studies Teacher / 6th Grade Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies

Maegan Williams

LAUSD

High School English Teacher for 22 years National Board Certified Teacher

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:05am - 10:10am PDT
Room 137

10:35am PDT

Motivating Students to Read and Write in Any Subject

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:35am - 11:40am PDT

Room 137

During this session, participants will learn several reading and writing strategies inspired by Kelly Gallagher’s text, In the Best Interest of Students, that are immediately applicable to all content areas. With the aim of building community and confidence, participants will dive into cultivating a rich classroom environment based on informal discourse amongst students and how to translate that into more rigorous and complex tasks.

Speakers

Nina Goebert

PAR Consulting Teacher, LAUSD

DR. ARIELLE MILLER

Consulting Teacher, LAUSD

Dr. Arielle Miller specializes in urban teacher development and quality. As a 20-year Los Angeles Unified School District veteran and former secondary English teacher, her progressive approach to lesson design and implementation rendered tremendous success with student achievement... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:35am - 11:40am PDT
Room 137

PAR