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Exploring the Culture of Poverty
Presented By: Katie DiStefano, Steve Nugent
Target Audience: All Staff

Over 70% of our families live at or below the poverty line, making poverty the largest cultural subgroup
at Agora. This session is a face-to-face reboot of our popular 2015 / 2016 virtual training series.
“Newish” teachers and diversity die-hards will enjoy this thought provoking and interactive opportunity
to examine and identify our own cultural bias, and utilize that understanding as the foundation for
creating successful relationships with Agora Cyber Charter School families from poverty.

category: instructional strategies / planning time: 9:00 room: Presidents Hall 2/3

Flipping Out: How to Flip Your Classroom
Presented By: Mark Laser, John Thomas, Meghan Kiebler, Beryl Cohen
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Is it time for you to flip everything you know about teaching? Do you want to learn about a strategy that
has shown an improvement in 80% of students' attitudes? How about a strategy that 88% of teachers
who have tried it, said that it improved their job satisfaction? These are just some of the findings from
the Flipped Learning Network about a flipped classroom. In this session, we will discuss how to create
great flipped classrooms at Agora.

category: technology, instructional strategies / planning time: 8:00 / 9:00 room: 107

Formative Assessment: Use It, Don’t Lose it!
Presented By: Julie McCrea, Rachel Sams, Lisa Samar
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Quick checks, polls, journal entries, break out room work and more! Wondering what to do with that
data? We will be looking at ways that you can utilize all of that formative data to deliver targeted
instruction, and address the individual needs of your students, creating a fluid dynamic of learning in
your classrooms.

category: instructional strategies / planning time: 10:00 / 11:00 room: 107

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