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Early Career Teaching Institute

Welcome to ECTI 2026! You will be able to register for individual workshop sessions on Monday during our intention setting session.

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8:00am CDT

Breakfast & Intention Setting Discovery Building: H.F. DeLuca Forum

8:45am CDT

"They're Waiting for Us To"...: Finding Joy in Madness Discovery Building: Room 2329Sarada Hanumadass Weber Empowering learners through the art of student-centered pedagogy Discovery Building: Steenbock's On OrchardKara Lawson Ho-Chunk Indigenous Arts & Sciences curriculum: Deepening Our Cultural Knowledge Discovery Building: H.F. DeLuca ForumMichelle Cloud • Mattea Twinn Imagining Authentic Writing in All Classrooms Computer Sciences and Statistics: Room 1263Lisa Velarde • Danny Miller Living the Questions: The Essential Role of Inquiry in Strengthening Educational Practice Discovery Building: Orchard View - Room 3280erica Kruger Preventing Bias-Based Bullying: Small Actions, Big Impact Discovery Building: Room 1145John Peschl Scaffolding up language for Multilingual Learners in High School Content Classrooms Discovery Building: Room 1170Daria Borokhim • Rachel Gilbertson Using Reading and Writing Instruction to Foster Theory of Mind Development Discovery Building: Room 1260Beverly Trezek • Lauren Zepp

10:30am CDT

“This Is Painful”: Staying Committed to Justice-Oriented Teaching When It Feels Difficult Discovery Building: Orchard View - Room 3280Mariah Pol ABCs of Building Authentic & Caring Learning Communities Discovery Building: Room 2329Cindy Kuhrasch Building Data Science in Wisconsin Discovery Building: Room 1170Lisa Hennessey Cultivating a Curious Classroom Discovery Building: Room 1260Hilary Nguyen • Duy Nguyen Current & Cultural: Infusing Contemporary Issues and Indigenous Voices in Your Learning Space Discovery Building: Steenbock's On OrchardMia Forslund • Jami Hoekstra Collins • Ron Jetty From Policy to Practice: Leading Gender-Inclusive Classrooms and School Communities Discovery Building: Room 1145Benjamin Lebovitz Prioritizing Growth: Your students' and your own Computer Sciences and Statistics: Room 1263Kathleen Doherty Supporting youth and families in an era of increased immigration enforcement: What community organizers want educators to know Discovery Building: H.F. DeLuca ForumAdeline De Angelis • Lisa Velarde • Leticia Hockenberry • Cindy Diaz • Karen Romo

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Discovery Building: Atrium Year-3 Focus Group #1 Discovery Building: Room 1170 Year-3 Focus Group #2 Discovery Building: Room 1260 Early Career Teacher Interviews Discovery Building: Orchard View - Room 3280

1:15pm CDT

"Wholeness is no trifling matter": On racism, restructuring, and resistance Discovery Building: Orchard View - Room 3280Kevin Lawrence Henry Adventures in Outdoor Ed Discovery Building: Steenbock's On OrchardJosie Guiney Igielski Empowering Youth Voice through Media Production Computer Sciences and Statistics: Room 1263Nick Ostrem Healing, Connecting, and Dreaming through Poetry Discovery Building: H.F. DeLuca ForumChundou Her • Nicole Louie • Leema Berland Navigating Educator Effectiveness: Professional Development through Teacher Evaluations Discovery Building: Room 1170Evan Metcalf Reading for Belonging: Disability Representations in Young Adult Literature Computer Sciences and Statistics: Room 1221Lauren Zepp • Courtney Wilt Strategies for Active & Collaborative Learning Discovery Building: Room 1145Alice Udvari-Solner • Amy Krauthamer-Maloney The Do’s and Don'ts of family communication: A District Interpreter's guide to communicating with linguistically diverse families Discovery Building: Room 2329Jose Velarde Aguilar The Power of our Names Discovery Building: Room 1260Emily Machado

3:00pm CDT

Full Group Reflection Discovery Building: H.F. DeLuca Forum