TCS administrators and teachers presented sessions and participated in learning at the 26th Annual Learning Forward Fall Conference at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham November 17-18. The conference is designed for professional development coordinators, administrators, teachers, and those having an interest in, or responsibility for the professional growth of educators.
Lisa Berry, Krista DeMent, and Leigh Stovall presented "Using Clubs and Mini-Courses to Build Relationships." These HTMS leaders explained how they incorporate clubs into the school day and mini-courses into the school year in order to create connections with and among their students.
Lisa Lothspeich and Jana Walls presented "Developing Multiplication Fact Fluency in the 21st Century." They discussed best practices for developing and assessing multiplication fact fluency and shared strategies for introducing the facts, expanding conceptual knowledge, facilitating connections, and methods for building fact fluency.
Jennifer Cardwell, Tim Stull, and Joy Young presented "Dynamic High School Scheduling Promoting Academic Improvement." The HTHS leaders, along with Tim Salem, explained how HTHS transformed their lunch time into a lunch-and-learn format through creative scheduling.
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