Sessions and Speakers
Our team is excited to share our conference keynote speakers for this year!
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Dr. John Spencer
Dr. John Spencer is a former middle school teacher who worked as a teacher and then as a coach within the ELD-focused Twenty-First Century Classroom Initiative in Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently a full-time professor who is passionate about seeing students reach their creative potential. He is the author of the bestselling books Launch, Empower, and Vintage Innovation, and The A.I. Roadmap. In the past, he spoke at the White House, sharing a vision for how to empower students to be future-ready through creativity and design thinking. John is the author of a popular blog, podcast, and YouTube channel.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Dr. Steven M. Constantino
At its core, The Five Simple Principles to Engage Every Family Process supports schools and districts in demonstrating progress toward the stated student learning goals through effective and targeted family engagement practice.
Family engagement increases student achievement but how do schools connect with families who don’t participate yet? Educators can easily become frustrated trying to reach the disconnected and often fall back to engaging the already engaged. Can every family be engaged in the learning lives of their children? Dr. Steve Constantino, known for his experience and sound teaching on family engagement, knows they can and promises far more than easy answers and theory to make it so. His book and professional development will show how to bring about real shifts in culture through process, reflections, and diligent effort. Simple logic models and best practice case studies will reveal how and where family engagement breaks down, and how to create a truly inviting culture for successful community and family partnerships.
We will be using Guidebook for the conference again this year!
To ensure the most interactive experience, we are working to publish all of the sessions and available resources in the 2024-2025 OELAS Guide in the Guidebook App; we encourage you to download it ahead of the event. As we receive resources and handouts, we will continue to update the session details in the Guide.
The 2024 OELAS Conference will be MOBILE!
In preparation for the event days and for the most interactive experience, we strongly encourage you to download the free Guidebook app on your phone or device.
The 2024 OELAS Conference guide will include:
- A complete schedule of all sessions,
- An Opportunity to build a personal schedule of sessions*,
*Session registration is not enabled. Session attendance will be on a first-come, first-served basis. - Access to session materials and presentations,
- The option to take notes and interact during the session,
- A space to share quotes and photos,
- Opportunities for attendee collaboration and networking, and
- So much more!
HOW TO ACCESS GUIDEBOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME:
- From your device’s app store, locate and download the free Guidebook app.
- Once downloaded, open the app.
- Create a free account** (click on the circle in the upper right-hand corner of your device).
**If creating a new account, you may consider using the email address you used for your conference registration.
HOW TO ACCESS OUR GUIDE:
- Open the Guidebook app on your device.
- Sign in to your Guidebook account.
- SEARCH for "2024-2025 OELAS Conference" (you may have to scroll down a short list)
If using Guidebook web (the web-based version), click this link (https://builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/oelas24-25) to access Guidebook web for the conference guide online***. Once there, create or log in to your account to personalize your schedule and interact with conference attendees.
***Please note that not all options or capabilities are available in the web-based version.
For questions regarding the 2024 OELAS Conference, please reach out via email at [email protected].
