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AEA 2025 Fall Conference
Professional Development Conference
Session ID: 15441
The Basics of IEPS and 504s
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 208-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Participants will discover the foundational components of IDEA, referrals, IEPS and 504s.
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Session ID: 15447
Understanding the Importance of Situational Awareness
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 207 HCC
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This situational awareness workshop enhances response coordination, mitigates risks, minimizes damage, and saves lives. It allows individuals and organizations to better understand the dynamics of various contexts, enabling them to respond and adapt effectively.
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Session ID: 15452
Communicate to Connect
Seats Filled: 1 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 209-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Have you experienced misunderstandings or indecision in meetings? Are you ready to take your communication skills to the next level and see real results with your employees, teams and business partners? In today's evolving environment, ineffective communication impacts your bottom line. This interactive, hands-on session will equip you to build better connection and collaboration.
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Session ID: 15474
Managing Complex Change through Positive Organizational Energy
Seats Filled: 0 / 60
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 206-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Leadership can be tough. This session will investigate how to get all your organization's arrows pointing in the same direction to perfect energy and purpose. We will also take an in-depth look at how to manage complex changes to take your team to the next level.
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Session ID: 15491
Say It with Purpose: Building Respectful Communication Skills That Empower
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Effective communication is one of the most critical skills students need
to thrive in school, relationships, and future careers. This
interactive workshop focuses on helping educators teach students how to
communicate with respect, confidence, and empathy, both with
themselves and others. Drawing from my experience as a Family and
Consumer Sciences teacher, FCCLA advisor, and mental health advocate,
participants will explore practical strategies to foster positive
self-talk, affirmations, and healthy peer dialogue as tools to reduce
bullying and build self-worth. The session will also cover techniques
for guiding students in constructive conflict resolution, expressing
themselves despite trauma or fear, and navigating communication across
diverse backgrounds.
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Session ID: 15498
Pitfalls and Pythons of Generative AI in the Classroom
Seats Filled: 1 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 105 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
Step into the intriguing world of generative AI in education—where promises challenge pitfalls,
and yes, even “pythons” lurk. What are researchers uncovering? More
crucially, what insights have YOU uncovered? Join us for a riveting
session intentionally crafted to equip you to thrive in today’s rapidly
evolving digital landscape.
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Session ID: 15435
Behavior as Literacy: Transforming Your Approach to Classroom Management
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 105 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
Through the use of practical SEL and neuroscience-based tools and
routines, participants will learn by doing, experiencing a new approach
to classroom management. This workshop immerses participants in the very
routines they will be able to take back for implementation in their own
classrooms. They will learn about the "Why's" behind this approach and also are active participants in the 'How' of reframing the concept of behavior to that of a literacy. Rather than relying on reactive management of classroom behaviors, participants learn to teach students how to achieve calm bodies, focused minds, and balanced emotions as
the foundation for learning and to hold students t
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Session ID: 15439
Arkansas 250
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
- Join us for an engaging session filled with activities, resources, and opportunities designed for students and teachers of all grade levels in celebration of AR250 — the 250th anniversary of American independence. Discover how Heritage Sites can serve as dynamic partners in education, helping to bring history to life through place-based learning. Participants will explore ways to collaborate with these sites to enrich classroom instruction and commemorate this historic milestone in meaningful, memorable ways.
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Session ID: 15448
Understanding the Importance of Situational Awareness
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 206-CC
Important Breakout Information:
This situational awareness workshop enhances response coordination, mitigates risks, minimizes damage and saves lives. It allows individuals and organizations to better understand the dynamics of various contexts, enabling them to respond and adapt effectively.
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Session ID: 15451
Hands-on, Minds-on: Cultivating Creativity Through Student Makerspaces
Seats Filled: 1 / 42
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 207-208-CC
Important Breakout Information:
- During this interactive session, participants will explore how to design and implement meaningful makerspace experiences that foster creativity, critical thinking, and student engagement. Rooted in hands-on, minds-on learning, this workshop will showcase practical strategies for creating student-centered environments where imagination and innovation thrive. Attendees will learn how to incorporate open-ended materials, media tools, and project-based learning into their classroom or school setting—regardless of budget or space. Whether you're new to the concept or looking to expand your current makerspace, this session will provide inspiration, resources, and actionable ideas to help students bring their creative ideas to life.
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Session ID: 15466
Tips and Tricks for the TI-84 calculator
Seats Filled: 2 / 20
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 209-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Do you feel like the students know more about the calculator than you do? Join me while I share with you what the TI-84 plus calculator can do for you and your students. I guarantee that you will learn something new and it will be useful in your classroom.
Bring a computer so that you can download my programs. Calculators will be provided for workshop use.
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Session ID: 15480
Managing Complex Change through Positive Organizational Energy
Seats Filled: 0 / 60
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 104 Hot Springs Convention Center
Important Breakout Information:
Leadership can be tough. This session will investigate how to get all your organization's arrows pointing in the same direction to perfect energy and purpose. We will also take an in-depth look at how to manage complex changes to take your team to the next level.
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Session ID: 15484
Special Education: What Every Teacher Needs to Know
Seats Filled: 0 / 25
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 208-CC
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Special Education pointers for the regular classroom.
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Session ID: 15486
From points to purpose, grades that speak!
Seats Filled: 1 / 206
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 206-CC
Important Breakout Information:
This interactive workshop invites educators to rethink the true purpose of grades. Instead of rewarding or penalizing students, standards-based grading reframes assessment as a tool for clear communication. Together, we’ll explore how shifting from “right vs. wrong” to “skills and growth” transforms the way teachers support student learning. Participants will leave with strategies to identify specific skill gaps, design meaningful interventions, and create a culture where grades empower students rather than discourage them.
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Session ID: 15492
From Hurt to Healing: Breaking the Silence and Building a Culture that Stops the Bullying
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Bullying is a complex social and emotional challenge that goes far
beyond discipline. It demands comprehensive, trauma-informed, and
restorative approaches to
truly make a difference. This workshop equips educators with practical,
school-wide strategies grounded in child development, mental health
principles, and real-world leadership experience to prevent bullying before it starts and to address it effectively when it occurs. Participants will learn how to
identify the root causes of bullying behaviors and implement
trauma-sensitive communication techniques that support both victims and
aggressors. Emphasis will be placed on creating safe, inclusive school
environments through restorative practices and peer-led prevention
initiatives.
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Session ID: 15432
Harmonizing Minds: Using Music to Spark Higher Level Thinking
Seats Filled: 0 / 42
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 208-CC
Important Breakout Information:
This dynamic session explores how music an inherently interdisciplinary and emotionally engaging medium can be harnessed to inspire higher-order thinking in students across core academic subjects. Attendees will discover strategies for integrating music into math, science, and English lessons in ways that promote analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and creativity. This approach not only deepens content understanding but also supports culturally responsive teaching and student engagement.
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Session ID: 15436
Behavior as Literacy: Transforming Your Approach to Classroom Management
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 201-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Through the use of practical SEL and neuroscience-based tools and
routines, participants will learn by doing, experiencing a new approach
to classroom management. This workshop immerses participants in the very
routines they will be able to take back for implementation in their own
classrooms. They will learn about the 'Why's" behind this approach and also are active participants in the 'how' of reframing the concept of behavior to that of a literacy. Rather than relying on reactive management of classroom behaviors, participants learn to teach students how to achieve calm bodies, focused minds, and balanced emotions as
the foundation for learning and to hold students to high and fair
expectations.
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Session ID: 15446
Meeting the Needs of the Whole Student
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 206-CC
Important Breakout Information:
As educators, we know the importance of educating the whole student and the critical role that all educators have in the holistic well-being of students. This workshop will examine the five tenets of the whole student philosophy (health, safety, supported, engaged and challenged). Join us to learn how working together for "whole" student success is needed for positive outcomes.
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Session ID: 15467
Media Strategy
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 203-CC
Important Breakout Information:
In lots of ways, we've had digital media at our full disposal for a good 3 decades, but we've gotten smarter. Apps are easier and even cheaper! Join Ben Pollock as he takes a look at websites, social media, mass emails, and engaging local news media through recent examples.
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Session ID: 15482
Beyond the Ban
Seats Filled: 0 / 35
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
In an era where intellectual freedom is increasingly under threat, librarians are often on the front lines defending the right to read. This interactive workshop explores the role of librarians/educators in advocating for access to banned and challenged books.
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Session ID: 15483
Mental Health First Aid
Seats Filled: 0 / 35
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 204-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Participants will be able to gain strategies to navigate mental health and classroom management.
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Session ID: 15470
What's Your Educator SuperPower? Putting It into Motion
Seats Filled: 1 / 100
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 207 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
This interactive workshop invites educators to uncover and celebrate their unique superpowers in teaching—those strengths that spark connection, confidence, and achievement. But knowing your superpower is only the beginning. The real impact comes when you put it into motion through intentional actions that create psychological safety and motivate students to thrive. Through storytelling, reflection, and collaborative activities, participants will: find the superpowers they bring to their classrooms and campuses; define the moves that put their superpowers into motion—consistent intentional actions that shape culture and belonging. Explore how those moves inspire students to trust, take risk, and achieve. Educators will leave the session energized with their Superpowers in Motion plan: clear, actionable moves they can intentionally use to create safe, affirming spaces where every student can flourish.
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Session ID: 15444
Managing Classroom Behavior-Identifying the Triggers (Antecendents)
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
As times changes and challenges are presented, our students behavior changes as well. We as educators must have the skills, knowledge and training to manage our classrooms and student behavior. We must stay alert for our students to have a positive work environment. This session will discuss the triggers that can lead to challenging behavior and strategies to cope successfully.
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Session ID: 15462
Synergizing RTI Systems: Relationships to Instruction
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 202-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Strong schools thrive on strong systems academic and relational. In this session, educators will explore how to synergize RTI behavior and instructional systems to build clarity, consistency, and capacity ensuring high-quality teaching, engaged learning, and a school culture that reflects shared values.
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Session ID: 15468
A Positive Approach to Classroom Management
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 105 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
Uncovering alternate methods to improve classroom behavior while building a respectful relationship that ultimately establishes self-worth in the student. These improvements help the student also learn how to cope better in social and personal environments through choices and better decision making that will last a lifetime.
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Session ID: 15485
RTI in Action: Moving from Data to Decisions
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 207-208-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Collecting data is only the beginning—what matters is how we use it. This workshop equips educators with practical strategies to respond once the numbers are in. We’ll review the tiers of instruction in RTI and focus on how to turn assessment results into targeted interventions that meet students right where they are. Participants will leave with a clear plan for identifying needs, matching supports, and ensuring every student moves forward.
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Session ID: 15500
Data Driven Leadership
Seats Filled: 1 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 203-CC
Important Breakout Information:
This workshop will explore practical strategies for using student data to inform lesson planning. Participants will learn how to analyze and apply data to create lessons that are not only engaging but also tailored to meet the diverse needs of learners. By the end, educators will leave with tools to transform data into meaningful instruction that supports student growth and success.
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Session ID: 15497
What's Your Educator SuperPower? Putting It into Motion - Part 2
Seats Filled: 0 / 100
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 207 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
This interactive workshop invites educators to uncover and celebrate their unique superpowers in teaching—those strengths that spark connection, confidence, and achievement. But knowing your superpower is only the beginning. The real impact comes when you put it into motion through intentional actions that create psychological safety and motivate students to thrive. Through storytelling, reflection, and collaborative activities, participants will: find the superpowers they bring to their classrooms and campuses; define the moves that put their superpowers into motion—consistent intentional actions that shape culture and belonging. Explore how those moves inspire students to trust, take risk, and achieve. Educators will leave the session energized with their Superpowers in Motion plan: clear, actionable moves they can intentionally use to create safe, affirming spaces where every student can flourish.
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Session ID: 15454
Fueling Stronger Minds for Safer Schools
Seats Filled: 0 / 40
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 102-CC
Important Breakout Information:
- When we strengthen student well-being, we strengthen school safety! In this lively, interactive session, you’ll explore an evidence-based framework for recognizing, responding to, and supporting students whose mental health challenges may affect their success and safety. Through engaging activities and real-world strategies, we’ll discover how to: spot early warning signs of distress with confidence, respond in ways that reduce stigma, increase trust, and connect students to resources that ignite resilience and hope. By uniting our efforts, we can ignite stronger minds and build safer schools—together. Come ready to learn, laugh, and leave empowered with practical tools you can use right away!
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Session ID: 15465
Documentation 101 and Removal of a Student
Seats Filled: 0 / 30
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 202-CC
Important Breakout Information:
Educators will get a brief overview of the changes to the law about the Teacher and Student Protection Act, as well as best practices for documenting behaviors.
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Session ID: 15471
Community Schools
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 104 Hot Springs Convention Center
Important Breakout Information:
This session introduces participants to the fundamentals of the community school strategy. Attendees will learn what community schools are, why they matter, and how the four pillars-integrated student supports expanded learning, family engagement and collaborative leadership-create a foundation for student achievement and stronger communities. Through real examples and practical takeaways, participants will leave with language and strategies to begin conversations about community schools in their own context.
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Session ID: 15481
Behavioral Intervention Planning: Data Collection to Effective Implementation
Seats Filled: 0 / 30
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 208-CC
Important Breakout Information:
This workshop will guide participants through the process of developing and implementing effective Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Emphasis will be placed on functional behavior assessments, data collection, and aligning interventions with student needs. Educators will leave with strategies and resources to create plans that are practical, individualized, and sustainable.
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Session ID: 15487
Financial Readiness In and Outside the Classroom
Seats Filled: 0 / 206
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 204-CC
Important Breakout Information:
A case study of Telcoe Business and Service Pathway at Maumelle High School. We have a mini branch set up inside the high school that is open during the week where students can work. As students transition into their junior and senior year, they have the opportunity to intern in our branch. We want to share our process and how this could be replicated. Students get an early look at banking operations and personal finances. This can spark a future career as a loan officer, teller, IT professional, marketing professional or other banking career. It has been a joy to show students which careers need a college degree, and which careers can be started right out of high school.
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Session ID: 15499
Scams and Identity Theft
Seats Filled: 0 / 50
Location:Hot Springs Convention Center 2024 - NEW, 105 HCC
Important Breakout Information:
Consumers conduct business transactions every day. We buy cars, shop at clothing stores, use our cellphones and pay medical bills. These transactions, more often than not, take place with legitimate businesses and without problems. Scam artists connive and swindle consumers to make a quick profit. They sell fake products and services or promise millions of dollars for only a small investment of time or money. This workshop is designed to help our retired members to be vigilant and cautious when presented with an offer that sounds too good to be true.
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1500 West 4th Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
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