Fortify 2016: Strengthening Teachers and Leaders
Theme:
Ensuring Rigorous Instruction for All
Date:
April 12, 2016
Times:
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location:
Lipscomb University, Ezell building; Nashville, TN (USA)
The Fortify 2016 conference is a unique learning experience that brings together K-12 and Higher Education professionals to discuss the need to fortify educator practices around this year’s theme: Ensuring Rigorous Instruction for All. Learn from experienced practitioners and prominent educational leaders who are experts on rigorous instruction, data analysis and use, effective collaboration, and leadership practices, such as coaching, and leading learning. This full-day learning session will be hosted at Lipscomb University's Ezell Center in Nashville, TN.
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Tuesday, April 12th
8:00 am
Registration and light breakfast
Ezell 301
8:30 am
Ezell 301
9:15 am
Break
9:30 am
A Collaborative Effort: Integrating Literacy Across All Subjects Every Day
Sheahen, Hasty, Simone, Howell, Butler
Sheahen, Hasty, Simone, Howell, Butler
Instructional Focus
Ezell 301
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Instructional Focus
Ezell 301
12:15 pm
Lunch
Ezell 301
12:55 pm
Online Resource: eduTOOLBOX academic resource-sharing portal
Mr. Forrest Doddington
Mr. Forrest Doddington
Ezell 301
1:10 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Break
3:40 pm
Conference evaluations & door prizes
Ezell 301
4:00 pm
Closing thoughts & conference dismissal
Ezell 301
Focus Area name
Description
These sessions will examine rigorous instruction from a teaching perspective.
There are 3 sessions in this focus area.
These sessions will examine rigorous instruction from a leadership perspective.
There are 3 sessions in this focus area.
Session presenter
Name / title / organization
1 session
Mr. Forrest Doddington
Content Technology Specialist
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
Content Technology Specialist
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
1 session
Dr. Michelle Hasty
Assistant Professor/Lead Faculty of Instructional Coaching
Lipscomb University
Assistant Professor/Lead Faculty of Instructional Coaching
Lipscomb University
1 session
Karen Marklein
Program Director
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
Program Director
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
1 session
Dr. Rachael Milligan
Managing Director; Assistant Dean
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
Managing Director; Assistant Dean
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation; Lipscomb University College of Education
1 session
Dr. Julia Osteen
Assistant Director
Lipscomb University Center for Teaching and Learning
Assistant Director
Lipscomb University Center for Teaching and Learning
eduToolbox® is a resource-sharing portal developed by the Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation with collaborative support and funding from the Tennessee Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education's Math & Science Partnership program.
