ECSD Elementary Summer Summit: Full Schedule

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit: Flourishing in Hope – Growing Toward Optimal Learning
Join us on August 26 for a day of connection, inspiration, and deep learning. With over 40 sessions featuring classroom-ready resources, high-impact strategies, and engaging lessons across all subject areas—including the brand-new Social Studies curriculum—this year’s Summit will help you start the year with confidence and purpose. Explore the schedule below and plan your path toward flourishing in your practice and fostering optimal learning for every student.

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8:00am MDT

Registration and Check in (all participants please register for this session)

8:45am MDT

Welcome and Opening Keynote

9:45am MDT

Count on It: Addition and Subtraction Routines for Building Strong Math Foundations

9:45am MDT

Write from the Start

9:45am MDT

Counter Intelligence: The Hidden Potential of Two-Sided Counters (4-6)

9:45am MDT

Help! I Have to Teach FSL!

9:45am MDT

Ready, Set, September! K–3 Social Studies Kickoff

9:45am MDT

AI as Your Planning Partner: Forward Assessment Planning with Backward Design (K-6)

9:45am MDT

The Well-Being Blueprint: Creating Your Personal Plan for a Resilient Year

9:45am MDT

What the KUSP is a KUSP?

9:45am MDT

Wired for Wonder: Integrating Computer Science and Scientific Methods

9:45am MDT

Big Ideas, Little Learners: Exploring the New Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum

11:00am MDT

Ready, Set, Edwin – Kick Off Your Classroom with Confidence (4-6)

11:00am MDT

Mind the Gap: Empowering Classroom Teachers with Math Intervention Tools & Strategies (K-3)

11:00am MDT

Plan It, Pack It, Teach It! K–3 Social Studies in Action!

11:00am MDT

Blooming Science: Verbs, Skills & Smarter Assessments

11:00am MDT

Building Strong Bodies and Minds: Integrating SEL in PEW

11:00am MDT

Exploring Indigenous Knowledge Across Subject Areas (K-6)

11:00am MDT

Let's have a Courageous Conversation with Students

11:00am MDT

Rooted in Meaning: Unpacking Text Forms & Structures

11:00am MDT

So you're teaching in a Language Program, Now What?

12:00pm MDT

Let's Talk Lunch

12:45pm MDT

Counter Intelligence: The Hidden Potential of Two-Sided Counters (1-3)

12:45pm MDT

Count on It: Multiplication and Division Routines for Building Strong Math Foundations

12:45pm MDT

New and Novel Ideas to Start Your Year

12:45pm MDT

Natural Connections: Integrating Curriculum Through a Holistic Approach

12:45pm MDT

Culturally Responsive Teaching Where Do I Start?

12:45pm MDT

Reframing Autism: Superheros, Minecraft and Bluey! Leverage Your Student's Interests (and your own!)

12:45pm MDT

Say Something: Prioritizing Oral Language

12:45pm MDT

SpacesEDU Success: Crafting Impactful Student Portfolios

12:45pm MDT

Foundations that Grow: From Scribbles to Sentences in Kindergarten

2:00pm MDT

Unlocking Curriculum: Strategies to support EAL Learners

2:00pm MDT

Kicking Off Fluency Instruction: Unlocking Microsoft Reading Progress & Essential Fluency Routines!

2:00pm MDT

Visualize & Conquer: Enhancing Mathematics Fluency

2:00pm MDT

Pack It Up, Pack It In, Let Me Begin... with Digi-Blocks K-3

2:00pm MDT

Boost Your Bins

2:00pm MDT

Building Bridges: Fostering Peer Relationships with Restorative Circles (K-6)

2:00pm MDT

PEW Resource Round-Up

2:00pm MDT

Think It. Click It. Represent It! Digital Visual Journals with Book Creator

2:00pm MDT

The Power of the Number Path: Anchoring Early Counting Through Play

3:00pm MDT

Wrap Up and Prize Draw

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit