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2025 All Systems Go: A Teaching and Learning Conference
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Tuesday, June 24
 

11:00am CDT

Brain-Based Teaching – Attention and Focus
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
Attention is the gateway to learning, but capturing and sustaining student focus in today’s classrooms can be a challenge. This session explores neuroscience-backed strategies to enhance student attention, minimize distractions, and create engaging learning experiences. Educators will learn how novelty, movement, sensory regulation, and structured routines help direct student focus and optimize learning.
Speakers
avatar for Kerry Fergason

Kerry Fergason

Instructional Content Specialist - Digital Learning, Educational Service Center Region 11
Kerry Fergason is excited to be a part of the ESC Region 11 family as an instructional content specialist for the digital learning team. She brings 20+ years of educational experience as a digital learning coach and former secondary science teacher. This Texas native has dedicated... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
Innovate A

1:15pm CDT

Brain-Based Teaching – Processing and Understanding
Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:15pm - 2:05pm CDT
How students process information determines their depth of understanding. This session focuses on cognitive strategies that support active learning and comprehension, including chunking, dual coding, elaboration, and metacognition. Educators will explore how these techniques align with natural brain processes to help students make sense of complex concepts and transfer learning to new situations.
Speakers
avatar for Kerry Fergason

Kerry Fergason

Instructional Content Specialist - Digital Learning, Educational Service Center Region 11
Kerry Fergason is excited to be a part of the ESC Region 11 family as an instructional content specialist for the digital learning team. She brings 20+ years of educational experience as a digital learning coach and former secondary science teacher. This Texas native has dedicated... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:15pm - 2:05pm CDT
Innovate A
  Brain Science
  • global Y

2:15pm CDT

"Decodable Texts: Key Tools for Reading Success"
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:05pm CDT
This professional development session delves into the critical role of decodable text in teaching early reading skills, based on the principles of the Science of Reading. Educators will learn why decodable text is essential for beginning readers and gain practical strategies for effectively incorporating decodable text into their reading instruction.
Speakers
avatar for Jessica Bravo Malagón

Jessica Bravo Malagón

Presenter, ESC11
Jessica Bravo Malagón is a Reading Academies Cohort Leader at ESC Region 11, dedicated to supporting educators in implementing effective, research-based literacy instruction. With nine years of experience as a bilingual teacher, bilingual specialist, and literacy coordinator, she... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:05pm CDT
Innovate A
  Literacy
  • global Y
 
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