ENGAGE 2025 Professional Learning Conference: Full Schedule

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8:30am CDT

MTSS 101: Elementary

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT

New to NISD or MTSS: Academics? This session was created for you! The purpose of MTSS: Academicis to identify students who are struggling in school and ensure each child who is identified receives the right instruction or intervention to be successful. In this session, you will learn how to create a proactive process to identify students who need help, place them in the proper intervention, monitor their progress, revise interventions as needed, and determine when students no longer need additional support. (Elementary only)

Presenters

Kristina Clark

Intervention Specialist, Northwest ISD

Kasy Morgan

Sharon Gartrell

Intervention Specialist- Clara Love Elementary

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
BNHS AC-139 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning Instruction Professional Practices & Responsibilities

CONTENT AREA MTSS
Audience Elementary
TOPIC Support Services

8:30am CDT

MTSS 101: Middle and High schools

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT

BNHS AC-137

Presenters

Sandra Dougherty

Northwest ISD

Lisa Metzler

Ivana Baxleyova

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
BNHS AC-137 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning Instruction Professional Practices & Responsibilities

CONTENT AREA MTSS
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Support Services

8:30am CDT

“Lean on me!” Learn how you can strengthen your PLC so every student can be successful. (Elementary)

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT

BNHS AC-143

Question 4 of a PLC addresses, "What do we do when students don't learn what we taught?" In this session, you and your team will learn tools to address this question and how to create a plan so students do not get further behind.

Presenters

Britney Nichols

MTSS Interventionist

Jessica Young

MTSS Interventionist, Northwest ISD

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
BNHS AC-143 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning Instruction Professional Practices & Responsibilities

CONTENT AREA All Contents, MTSS
Audience Elementary
TOPIC PLCs

10:15am CDT

Effective teacher strategies vs. Interventions vs. Accommodations vs. Modifications

Tuesday July 22, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT

BNHS AC-139

Too often we use these words interchangeably, but in reality these four words are very different. In this session, educators will learn how these supports are different and who can have access to each.

Presenters

Jennifer Bailey

MTSS Coordinator, Northwest ISD

Jennifer Bailey, M.Ed is Northwest ISD’s MTSS Coordinator. Jennifer began her career 25 years ago as a special education teacher. Since then, she has taught general education, English as a Second Language, targeted intervention for reading and math, and supported title one schools... Read More →

Lilia Vasquez

504/At-Risk Coordinator

Tuesday July 22, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-139 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning Instruction Learning Environment Professional Practices & Responsibilities

CONTENT AREA All Contents, Special Education, MTSS
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Support Services

1:00pm CDT

Running record and anecdotal note taking (reading: Elementary)

Tuesday July 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

BNHS AC-225

Taking anecdotal notes and administering running records should be an essential part of the data collection process for struggling students. In this session, participants will learn how to give a running record and collect anecdotal notes (in real time) that can be used immediately to inform small group instruction.

Presenters