2014 Instructional Best Practices Conference 

The McKeel IBIS Project and South McKeel Academy Active Literacy BLUEPRINT are hosting the premier learning event for Florida Educators!          

Dynamic presenters engage the participants in exciting hands-on sessions with ready-to-use resources for technology integration, reading and writing across the curriculum. Learn new, innovative ideas from experienced teachers proven to increase student performance, and bring new excitement into the classroom, for both teacher and student!  

This is the perfect conference for all K-12 teachers plus special sessions for school leaders! 

Join us July 31st in Clearwater Beach!

Registration is FREE!                                                                          Thanks to the Florida DOE Public Charter School Grant Program: Instructional Best Practices Dissemination for K-5 and 6-12.

Special Resources available for low-performing charter schools who participate!

CHOOSE FROM 28 WORKSHOP SESSIONS! 

Targeted 75-minute sessions for Elementary Teachers, Secondary Teachers, ELA and non-ELA, plus ESE! 

Just for School Leaders, Networking Roundtables with topic experts on critical thinking strategies, professional teacher development, and improving graduation rates.

• Sessions for K-12 demonstrate strategies for increasing technology in the classroom and integration with reading and writing in all subject areas 
• Targeted sessions address strategies for elementary or secondary, or specific grade levels and ESE 
• Learn how to dive deeper with critical thinking tools and close reading no matter what you teach 
• Hands-on opportunities to use new ideas during all sessions, plus easy ways on exactly how to incorporate Florida standards in your lesson plans

• See how 21st century technology takes learning to the next level with innovative tech tools
• Learn how dozens of free apps are easy to use to excite teachers and engage students
• Learn proven strategies to increase student performance in reading and writing with sessions on Creating an Active Literacy Classroom, Reading Comparisons, Elaboration, Found Summaries, Quick Edits and much, much more! 

• Plus back by popular demand, 6-Word Memiors made famous by Ernest Hemingway, with a Remix for all subject areas from PE and Music, to Math and Science. 

BYOD - Get even more from these sessions by bringing your own device (iPad, Tablet, Laptop, Smart Phone).  Please sign-up for these two FREE apps in advance for quicker access in the sessions: Nearpod and Edmodo.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

Workshops include interactive sessions, networking with fellow teachers,

best practices in action, easy implementation techniques, and fabulous resources.

Register today to reserve your spot!

This Conference made possible by the generous support of the

Florida Department of Education Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice           Lumens Integration, Nearpod and The Schools of McKeel Academy