ENGAGE 2025 Professional Learning Conference: Full Schedule

Teaching is a social profession – and not just with the students! Social drivers and threats are a real thing in the workplace and having some strategies can improve the quality of adult: adult interactions in schools. Come to assess your own social drivers and threats as well as plan how to meet other’s needs. This session is open to all, and particularly welcome for colleagues who work together at the same campus.

Presenters

Thomas Van Soelen

Educational Consultant, Univ/Agency/Other

Educational consultant for the School Reform Initiative as well as former Assistant Superintendent of Instruction and Accountability for City Schools of Decatur, GA.Education: PhD; Elementary EducationED.S; K-12 Educational LeadershipM.Ed; Elementary Education

Wednesday July 23, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
BNHS AC-112 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Professional Practices and Responsibilities, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Leadership

1:00pm CDT

Medical Emergencies on Campus

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

BNHS AC-118

Review of responsibilities and roles in medical emergencies on campus.

Presenters

Rebekkah Dellaccio-Bazley

Health Services Coordinator, NORTHWEST ISD

I coordinate training and compliance for campus nurses and support staff in our 33 clinics across the district. Talk to me about CPR, Stop the Bleed, emergency response teams, or other health care needs for the school environment. I look forward to meeting you.

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-118 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Planning

CONTENT AREA Administrative
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Leadership

1:00pm CDT

Birding 101

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

BNHS AC-117

Get to know birding history and birding basics in the comfort of the indoors! Bring a your phone to download free apps to start your bird adventure!

Presenters

Jennifer Casey

GT Specialist, Northwest ISD

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-117 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Professional Practices and Responsibilities, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Content
Audience All Levels
TOPIC GT Update, Leadership

1:00pm CDT

Talking WITH our families

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

BNHS AC-115

Tips and steps to hel pyou you think through and plan out conversations with families to ensure you have the students' best interest at the forefront AND get a good outcome from the conversation?

Presenters

Amy Lawson

Principal

Wednesday July 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
BNHS AC-115 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Professional Practices and Responsibilities

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience All Levels
TOPIC Leadership

2:45pm CDT

DAEP: All The Things!

Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT

BNHS AC-114

A session for any secondary staff who want to know more about what we do at DAEP. We are a support campus and our mission is to teach in all aspects. We will discuss our routines and procedures of course. But more importantly, we will discuss how we try to have our classrooms mirror those of the home campus, through restorative practices, our behavior framework, and through alignment with the district scope and sequence.

Presenters

Diana Foster

Principal, Northwest ISD

Rhett King

Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
BNHS AC-114 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA

Learning Environment, SEL

CONTENT AREA All Contents
Audience Secondary
TOPIC Leadership