ENGAGE 2026 Professional Learning Conference: Full Schedule

Lunch Options or Bring Lunch for Game Show theme Party happening in the Student Union!

2:45pm CDT

Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT

In today’s technology-driven classrooms, fostering strong literacy skills requires intentional engagement. This session equips teachers with practical strategies and tools to build reading, writing, and critical thinking across honors, GT, and on-level secondary classrooms.

Presenters

Olivia Myers

Secondary ELA - Middle School, Medlin Middle School

Madeline Melton

Secondary ELA - Middle School

Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
Rm. 1001 - Northwest High School Northwest High School, 2301 Texan Drive, Justin, TX 76247

Learning Environment, ELA

Audience Secondary
TOPIC GT Update

8:30am CDT

Sack the Boredom: Elementary Writing Engagement ELA

Thursday July 23, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT

Rm. 1203 - Northwest High School

This session will be all about beefing up engagement during writer’s workshop in upper Elementary (2-5) classes. It will go through strategies to engage students in discourse, encourage stronger feedback, and work to build scholars out of reluctant writers. This will include engagement strategies, ways to work grammar and foundations into your usual workshop blocks more often, and ways to encourage students to LOVE writing instead of just tolerating it.

Note: don’t forget a charged laptop!

Presenters

Ness Eaves

3rd Grade ELA, Berkshire Elementary

3rd grade teacher with a passion for being passionate, connecting with students, and building reading lives beyond the classroom. Lover of all things literacy, and not afraid to get a little silly to make learning fun!

Thursday July 23, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Rm. 1203 - Northwest High School Northwest High School, 2301 Texan Drive, Justin, TX 76247