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Aledo ISD Empower 2025
Welcome to Aledo ISD’s Professional Learning Academy Empower 2025!
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Thursday, May 29
 

10:15am CDT

All Things Studies Weekly
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
Come and join a representative from Studies Weekly to learn more about how best to utilize Studies Weekly in our integrated RLA/Social Studies classes along with time for Q&A.
Speakers
DH

Danny Hulshult

Regional Curriculum Coordinator, Studies Weekly
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
B110

10:15am CDT

Motivate to Elevate: Crafting Choice Boards with Purpose LIMITED
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
Unlock the power of student motivation with intentionally designed choice boards! This session will show you how to build engaging, structured learning paths that promote educational freedom, self-monitoring, and higher-order thinking—all while keeping expectations clear and learning meaningful. 
Speakers
avatar for Linda Capps

Linda Capps

3rd Grade RLA Walsh, Aledo ISD
avatar for Barb Williams

Barb Williams

Instructional Specialist, Aledo ISD
Thursday May 29, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
B106

2:45pm CDT

All Things Studies Weekly LIMITED
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Come and join a representative from Studies Weekly to learn more about how best to utilize Studies Weekly in our integrated RLA/Social Studies classes along with time for Q&A.
Speakers
DH

Danny Hulshult

Regional Curriculum Coordinator, Studies Weekly
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
B110

2:45pm CDT

Building Literacy in Social Studies LIMITED
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
This training session helps teachers integrate literacy into social studies lessons. Educators will learn simple, effective strategies to build vocabulary, support text analysis, and promote evidence-based writing using historical content. The session includes hands-on activities that are low prep and time for collaborative planning. Teachers will leave with practical tools to strengthen both literacy and content learning.
Speakers
avatar for Cathy Williams

Cathy Williams

Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator, Aledo ISD
Thursday May 29, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
A111
 
Friday, May 30
 

8:30am CDT

Building Literacy in Social Studies LIMITED
Friday May 30, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
This training session helps teachers integrate literacy into social studies lessons. Educators will learn simple, effective strategies to build vocabulary, support text analysis, and promote evidence-based writing using historical content. The session includes hands-on activities that are low prep and time for collaborative planning. Teachers will leave with practical tools to strengthen both literacy and content learning.
Speakers
avatar for Cathy Williams

Cathy Williams

Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator, Aledo ISD
Friday May 30, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
B112

10:15am CDT

Building Powerful Units: Leveraging Team Strengths for Comprehensive Content Design LIMITED
Friday May 30, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
In this professional development session, participants will explore how to create cohesive, high-impact units by strategically utilizing the diverse strengths of their teaching teams. Through the lens of backward design, we will dive into how to effectively plan and align learning goals, assessments, and instructional activities. You’ll learn how to craft engaging lessons that meet the needs of all students, while seamlessly incorporating interventions for struggling learners and extensions for those ready for more. By the end of the session, you will be equipped with tools and strategies to construct units that are not only rigorous and engaging but also adaptable to the unique needs of your students and the strengths of your teaching team.

Speakers
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Allison Dearman

3rd Grade Teacher, Aledo ISD
Friday May 30, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
A103

10:15am CDT

Teaching in Time: The Power of Timelines to Deepen Thinking Across Texts LIMITED
Friday May 30, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
Back by popular demand—but with a fresh focus—this session builds on our previous exploration of timelines as powerful classroom tools. In this next-level session, we’ll move beyond timeline basics and dive into how timeline activities can promote rigorous reading, purposeful writing, and dynamic discussion across disciplines. Participants will rotate through three interactive stations that model how timelines can support analysis, historical thinking, and argument development. You'll walk away with ready-to-use strategies and a tailored plan for integrating timelines into your instruction. Whether you joined us last time or are new to timeline thinking, this session will expand your toolkit and inspire new possibilities for helping students make meaning across time, text, and content area. Open to all, but designed for RLA and Social Studies teachers.
Speakers
avatar for Staci Hammer

Staci Hammer

RLA Curriculum Coordinator, Aledo ISD
Staci Hammer coordinates reading language arts curriculum for Aledo ISD. Her passions include developing teacher expertise and empowering students to identify as readers, writers, listeners, speakers, and thinkers.
Friday May 30, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
B114

2:45pm CDT

Teaching in Time: The Power of Timelines to Deepen Thinking Across Texts LIMITED
Friday May 30, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Back by popular demand—but with a fresh focus—this session builds on our previous exploration of timelines as powerful classroom tools. In this next-level session, we’ll move beyond timeline basics and dive into how timeline activities can promote rigorous reading, purposeful writing, and dynamic discussion across disciplines. Participants will rotate through three interactive stations that model how timelines can support analysis, historical thinking, and argument development. You'll walk away with ready-to-use strategies and a tailored plan for integrating timelines into your instruction. Whether you joined us last time or are new to timeline thinking, this session will expand your toolkit and inspire new possibilities for helping students make meaning across time, text, and content area. Open to all, but designed for RLA and Social Studies teachers.
Speakers
avatar for Staci Hammer

Staci Hammer

RLA Curriculum Coordinator, Aledo ISD
Staci Hammer coordinates reading language arts curriculum for Aledo ISD. Her passions include developing teacher expertise and empowering students to identify as readers, writers, listeners, speakers, and thinkers.
Friday May 30, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
B114
 
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