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At Year Up, we believe that everyone in an organization plays a role in the academic and personal success of our youth.
Our high-support, high-expectation model incorporates adult learning theory and adolescent/youth development for post
Academic Excellence Through Heeyoon Chang Slater and Grades 5-
1 8:10-9:30 Counseling high school learners. This workshop will review interactive approaches to extra-classroom learning environments and how
the Advising Model Lisette Nieves, Year Up! Alumni
advising supports the work of our teachers in the classroom. Recommended for those who provide academic counseling
for youth and those who coordinate and supervise those academic counseling structures.

Teachers will leave this session being (better) able to do the following:
1. Define the “word gap.”
2. Describe the different categories of vocabulary and levels of “knowing” a word.
3. Differentiate direct / explicit from indirect / implicit vocabulary instruction.
4. Choose appropriate words for effective, direct vocabulary instruction.
General Effective Direct Vocabulary 5. Describe and analyze effective, direct vocabulary instruction.
1 8:10-9:30 Mayme Hotstetter, Teacher U All Grades
Education Instruction 6. Draft student-friendly definitions and knowledge-building activities for words.
7. Evaluate vocabulary instruction.
In order to make this session as fruitful as possible, please bring a copy of a text (e.g. textbook chapter, novel, short story,
etc) that you’ll be using with your class next week.
NOTE: Teachers who are enrolled in Teacher U should not attend this session because you have already received this
instruction.

New Teacher How do we continue to push 100%, but do so in a way that maintains positivity and joy? This session will dive into
1 8:10-9:30 Positive Framing Joe Negron, KIPP Infinity Middle All Grades
Development Positive Framing, one of the techniques discussed in Doug Lemov’s book, “Teach Like a Champion.”

Participants will learn how the Intentional Read Aloud supports literacy instruction by connecting to targeted skills and
CLI: Intentional Read Aloud strategies. They learn how to activate prior knowledge, ask open-ended questions, and use graphic organizers to develop
1 8:10-9:30 Reading Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) K-1
(Double Block) the critical thinking skills necessary for comprehension and vocabulary development in the Kindergarten and 1st Grade
classrooms.

Have you ever ended the day wondering what exactly did I do today and why did I not accomplish what I intended to do?
For many of us, managing time is a challenge as we struggle to balance priorities, put out fires, and answer to
stakeholders all while still trying to find time to eat, sleep and attend to our personal needs. Throughout this session we
1 8:10-9:30 Operations Time Management Carrie, Nimmi, and Kevin Ops and SST
will engage in a variety of activities focused on strategies and useful tools to help you refine or craft a time management
plan focused on accomplishing your goals. This session will be specifically for non-instructional staff (SST, SOMs/DoOs,
Office Managers, KTC).

Addressing Vocabulary In this session teachers will become familiar with current research on vocanbulary deficits with ELLs and students with
Special Cate Crowley, Teachers College,
1 8:10-9:30 Deficits through the Word Grades 5-10 language disabilities. Teachers will learn the benefits of the Word Generation system and how to incorporate into their
Education Columbia University
Generation System classroom curriculum. Teachers can implement this approach to benefit middle school and high school students.

How do I say what I mean
without being offensive:
Culture and
1 8:10-9:30 Crucial Conversations with
Character
members of other racial and
ethnic groups
How do we know what to say during crucial conversations with members of other racial and ethnic groups? What is the
politically correct terminology to use during conversations with colleagues, students, funders, and even our own family
Tara Ranzy, KIPP Philadelphia members when discussing issues of race and class in the context of teaching, life and KIPP? Individuals who participate in
All Grades
and School of Life How do I say what I mean without being offensive: Crucial Conversations with members of other racial and ethnic
groups will be empowered to practice day to day strategies for effective communication about the impact of race and
class within our classrooms and beyond.

MATH Data, Baby! Shifting
the Heavy Lifting From Data
1 8:10-9:30 Data
Entry to Data Analysis
(Double Block)
Tired of sleepless nights spent grading, entering and finally examining assessment data to determine students’ grades,
which standards your class struggled on, which students struggled on what standards, which students to target for
intervention, etc…Fret no more and meet KIPP NYC’s new Data Portal.
5-8 Math
Roseann Sheehan, KIPP NYC During this session, you will shift the heavy lifting from data entry to data analysis and begin to put a plan into place for
Teachers
Teaching and Learning Team using the data to inform your instruction. First, we will provide a tutorial on the features of the new Data Portal. You will
(Required)
also have time to analyze your Interim Assessment data and answer some key questions using the results. The
deliverables you produce during this session will be used during the afternoon’s Content Team time where you will
collaborate with your extended KIPP NYC content team.

In July, we discussed the importance preparing students to read difficult texts with before-, during-, and after-reading
strategies. In September’s session, participants used a model that concentrated on setting a purpose for reading through
Planning Deeper Jimi Cannon, Comprehensive ELA Teachers, comprehension writing tasks, reading, discussing (using the accountable talk model), and taking notes that prepare
1 8:10-9:30 Reading
Comprehension Literacy Support grades 5 and up students to show their understanding through writing. In November, participants are asked to bring work from their own
practice that includes before-, during-, after-strategies, discourse models, and comprehension writing tasks for peer
reviewing. There will also be time for peer planning based on previous learning.

Need some time to chat with other operations staff about best practices? As a result of feedback from the operations
School OpsCollaborative Carrie Mauer and Kevin Flynn, staff survey, we’ve designed this session as time to work collaboratively with other operations team members. SST Ops
2 9:35-10:55 Operations Ops SST
Work Time KIPP NYC Shared Services Team will be there to help with anything you need and answer questions. Please bring your laptop or anything else you need to
get work done!

This session will introduce teachers to the “Right is Right” techniques—pushing students to answer questions clearly,
accurately, and with strong vocabulary—detailed in Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion. Teachers will leave this session
being (better) able to do the following:
General 1. Describe “Right is Right” and three sub-categories of this technique.
2 9:35-10:55 Right is Right Mayme Hotstetter, Teacher U All Grades
Education 2. Identify and analyze multiple forms of “Right is Right” in video clips of classroom instruction.
3. Respond to a classroom scenario using the “Right is Right” techniques.
NOTE: Teachers who are enrolled in Teacher U should not attend this session because you have already received (or will
soon receive) this instruction.

Participants will learn how the Intentional Read Aloud supports literacy instruction by connecting to targeted skills and
CLI: Intentional Read Aloud strategies. They learn how to activate prior knowledge, ask open-ended questions, and use graphic organizers to develop
2 9:35-10:55 Reading Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) K-1
(Double Block) the critical thinking skills necessary for comprehension and vocabulary development in the Kindergarten and 1st Grade
classrooms.

How do you know that you are constructing a good exam? What does a good assessment look like? Regardless of the
New Teacher Constructing Quality Barbara De Pesa, KIPP NYC topic or content, all good assessments have a core set of elements that will allow you to assess learning. This workshop
2 9:35-10:55 Grades 5-10
Development Assessments College Prep will discuss the basics for good test construction and will have you constructing a better exam before the workshop is
over.

Addressing Vocabulary In this session teachers will become familiar with current research on vocanbulary deficits with ELLs and students with
Special Cate Crowley, Teachers College,
2 9:35-10:55 Deficits through the Word Grades 5-10 language disabilities. Teachers will learn the benefits of the Word Generation system and how to incorporate into their
Education Columbia University
Generation System classroom curriculum. Teachers can implement this approach to benefit middle school and high school students.

How do I say what I mean
without being offensive:
Culture and
2 9:35-10:55 Crucial Conversations with
Character
members of other racial and
ethnic groups
How do we know what to say during crucial conversations with members of other racial and ethnic groups? What is the
politically correct terminology to use during conversations with colleagues, students, funders, and even our own family
Tara Ranzy, KIPP Philadelphia members when discussing issues of race and class in the context of teaching, life and KIPP? Individuals who participate in
All Grades
and School of Life How do I say what I mean without being offensive: Crucial Conversations with members of other racial and ethnic
groups will be empowered to practice day to day strategies for effective communication about the impact of race and
class within our classrooms and beyond.

MATH Data, Baby! Shifting
the Heavy Lifting From Data
2 9:35-10:55 Data
Entry to Data Analysis
(Double Block)
Tired of sleepless nights spent grading, entering and finally examining assessment data to determine students’ grades,
which standards your class struggled on, which students struggled on what standards, which students to target for
intervention, etc…Fret no more and meet KIPP NYC’s new Data Portal.
5-8 Math
Roseann Sheehan, KIPP NYC During this session, you will shift the heavy lifting from data entry to data analysis and begin to put a plan into place for
Teachers
Teaching and Learning Team using the data to inform your instruction. First, we will provide a tutorial on the features of the new Data Portal. You will
(Required)
also have time to analyze your Interim Assessment data and answer some key questions using the results. The
deliverables you produce during this session will be used during the afternoon’s Content Team time where you will
collaborate with your extended KIPP NYC content team.

READING Data, Baby! Shifting
the Heavy Lifting From Data
2 9:35-10:55 Data
Entry to Data Analysis
(Double Block)
Tired of sleepless nights spent grading, entering and finally examining assessment data to determine students’ grades,
which standards your class struggled on, which students struggled on what standards, which students to target for
intervention, etc…Fret no more and meet KIPP NYC’s new Data Portal.
5-8 Reading
Roseann Sheehan, KIPP NYC During this session, you will shift the heavy lifting from data entry to data analysis and begin to put a plan into place for
Teachers
Teaching and Learning Team using the data to inform your instruction. First, we will provide a tutorial on the features of the new Data Portal. You will
(Required)
also have time to analyze your Interim Assessment data and answer some key questions using the results. The
deliverables you produce during this session will be used during the afternoon’s Content Team time where you will
collaborate with your extended KIPP NYC content team.

Stacy Johnson, KIPP STAR

This workshop is for middle school writing teachers who are new to the leveled writing process. Teachers will leave with
KIPP Writing Project: Leveling Middle, Frances Olajide, KIPP 5-8 Writing
2 9:35-10:55 WRITING student samples at each level and have time analyzing what features distinguish each level. Teachers will do consistency
101 Infinity Middle Teachers
sets to increase comfort in the leveling process.
Melissa Parry, KIPP AMP Middle

Reciprocal Teaching to Help Science and

In this session, content area teachers will experience FOUR before, during, and after learning strategies that have been
Science and Students Read and Access Jimi Cannon, Comprehensive History
2 9:35-10:55 shown to help students take ownership over their learning and helps them to access content area text. Teachers are asked
History Information from Content Literacy Support Teachers,
to bring a text they currently use in their practice so they can apply the presented strategies to upcoming lessons.
Area Text: Grades 5+
Morning Message, Story
General Boxes, Author Studies and This session will present a number of strategies to incorporate math and literacy skills across the day. Teachers will walk
3 11:00-12:20 Quinton Vance, KIPP NYC K-1
Education other best practices from away with 3-5 new strategies to aid math and literacy teaching to K and 1st grade students.
1999

This workshop will focus primarily on middle school age students, with extensions to both younger and older KIPPsters.
The session is appropriate for both guidance staff and teachers who wish to incorporate resiliency skills as dual-purpose to
Culture and Resiliency and Optimism with Tom Brunzell, KIPP Infinity
3 11:00-12:20 All Grades their instruction and relationship building. We will focus on theory and research; how resiliency skills should be
Character our KIPPsters Middle
implemented in our own lives as big KIPPsters in the spirit of James Baldwin; and direct application to therapy and the
classroom. Additionally, resiliency curriculum will be shared in order to apply to your own settings.

Teaching is a lot like acting- and we have to get our students to buy a ticket. What makes an Oscar Winner an Oscar
Winner? Why do some movies compel audiences to laugh, to cry or to go out and take action? Great actors know that one
key to motivating someone or something is tone- and tone is driven by knowing what we want and how we are going to
New Teacher Teaching and Theater: The Autumn Zangrilli, KIPP AMP
3 11:00-12:20 All Grades get it. This workshop will use theater to investigate tone in the classroom. We will start our exploration using acting and
Development Two are Tightly Twisted Middle
theater techniques and proceed by applying the same strategies to real classroom scenarios. Participants will gain an
overview into the three registers most commonly used by teachers and will practice using and adjusting their tone,
ultimately reflecting on which tone is most “them.”

Making Excel your BFF:
3 11:00-12:20 Operations Advanced Excel for School
Operations and Office Staff
Suppose you need to know exactly how many boys over the age of 13 living in the 10027 zip code who qualify for free
lunch scored higher than 3 on their 7th grade ELA test, where should you start? Or maybe you just want to know how
Nimmi Chilamkurti and Kevin many students at each grade level and in each homeroom returned their lunch form- how long would it take you to figure
School Ops and
Flynn, KIPP NYC Shared Services this out? After this session you will be able to use Advanced Filtering, Pivot Tables and Conditional Formatting to
SST
Team answer questions like these quickly and efficiently. Other useful Excel tips and tricks to make your life easier will also be
shared. Please bring your laptop to this session. This session will be specifically for non-instructional staff (SST,
SOMs/DoOs, Office Managers, KTC) with a firm grasp of Excel basics.

Students with social skills deficits or pragmatic language delays will experience difficulty in school. Students with these
Improving student’s social Julia Lee, KIPP NYC Speech-
deficits may appear that they’re bullying others, distracting their classmates or not following simple directions. During this
Special skills and pragmatic language Language Pathologist and Craig
3 11:00-12:20 All Grades session, general education teachers, special education teachers, and counselors will develop expertise in recognizing and
Education in the general education Varsa, KIPP NYC Teaching and
intervening with students who lack skills or the ability to implement learned skills when interacting with teachers and
classroom Learning Team
peers.

Come to this third in a series of four sessions on increasing the academic rigor in our classrooms (prior attendance not
Brent Maddin and Sarah Tuttle, required). In this session we will focus on how to send messages to students about the importance of effort instead of
3 11:00-12:20 Rigor Cultivating a Culture of Rigor All Grades
Teacher U innate intelligence, normalize error, and create scaffolded opportunities for early academic successes. You will walk out
of this session with a set of concrete strategies that will help you cultivate a rigorous classroom culture.

This is the third of a four part series in which we will develop and practice adult leadership and management skills such as
Leadership Management 101: Leading
3 11:00-12:20 Dave Levin, KIPP NYC All Grades effective communication strategies, building trust, goal setting, conducting one-on-ones (O3s), giving and receiving
Development and Managing Adults
feedback, and coaching.

A great session for team teachers or anybody considering implementing a team-teaching program. This is a session
Jeff Imwold, KIPP NYC College
General It takes two, baby!- The designed for all grade levels and will cover the process of co-planning, co-teaching, and co-evaluation of data for the
3 11:00-12:20 Prep and Melynda Velez, Harford All Grades
Education circular model for co-teaching teaching cycle. You will have time to work co-plan an upcoming lesson, so if you are team-teaching right now, both
County Public Schools
teachers are encouraged to attend together and please bring any upcoming objectives that you’ll be team teaching!

READING Data, Baby! Shifting
the Heavy Lifting From Data
3 11:00-12:20 Data
Entry to Data Analysis
(Double Block)
Tired of sleepless nights spent grading, entering and finally examining assessment data to determine students’ grades,
which standards your class struggled on, which students struggled on what standards, which students to target for
intervention, etc…Fret no more and meet KIPP NYC’s new Data Portal.
5-8 Reading
Roseann Sheehan, KIPP NYC During this session, you will shift the heavy lifting from data entry to data analysis and begin to put a plan into place for
Teachers
Teaching and Learning Team using the data to inform your instruction. First, we will provide a tutorial on the features of the new Data Portal. You will
(Required)
also have time to analyze your Interim Assessment data and answer some key questions using the results. The
deliverables you produce during this session will be used during the afternoon’s Content Team time where you will
collaborate with your extended KIPP NYC content team.

In this session, kindergarten and first grade teachers will continue to experience and reflect upon several strategies for
3 11:00-12:20 Math Math in the City Janan Hamm, MitC K-1 supporting the mathematical development of their early elementary students. We will draw upon mental math activities,
games and the use of the Rekenrek. Throughout the session we will focus on the use of models to support development.