Early Career Teaching Institute

Lunch & Check-in 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Welcome & Intention Setting 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Glass Made Accessible: Projects for Every Classroom 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Color Woodcuts 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Breakfast & Intention Setting 8:00am - 8:30am

PBS Wisconsin 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Teacher Studio: A Community for STEAM & Hands-on Educators 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch & Resource Tables 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Reception 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Beyond Welcome: Creating Sustained Support for Immigrant and Refugee Students 8:45am - 10:15am

Intro to the 2025-2026 CT Classroom Action Research group 8:45am - 10:15am

Imagine a world where... A hands-on introduction to computer science. 8:45am - 10:15am

Building Capacity through an Anti-Racist Cycle of Inquiry and Action: Empowering Educational and... 8:45am - 10:15am

Authentic Intellectual Work: Ensuring Rigor and Relevance for Equity & Excellence 8:45am - 10:15am

Increasing Civic Engagement Through Media Literacy 8:45am - 10:15am

Now You Are the Teacher! 8:45am - 10:15am

Dually Served: teaching students at the intersection of multilingualism and neurodiversity 10:30am - 12:00pm

Evolving Legal Issues and Teachers' Rights 10:30am - 12:00pm

Strategies for Collaborative & Active Learning 10:30am - 12:00pm

Tinkering with Making: An introduction to maker education 10:30am - 12:00pm

A Joyful Teacher 10:30am - 12:00pm

Mentor Teacher Coaching Moves 10:30am - 12:00pm

Coalition for Leading Anti-Racist Schools 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Understanding and Getting the Most out of Teacher Evaluations 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Restorative Justice as a Pedagogical and Organizational Tool to Address Racial Discipline Dispar... 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Whoopensocker Creative Sparks for Student Ideas: Theater as a Tool to Teach Creative Writing 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Low-Stakes Writing to Support Thinking, Connection and Community 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Contemplative Practices for Educators: Theory and Practice 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Integrating Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Creative Movement in Diverse Classrooms 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Teachers As Policy Agents 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Thinking routines and hands-on learning 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Group Photo 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Keynote: 2025 National Teacher of the Year 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Breakfast 8:30am - 9:00am

School of Education Career Center 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch & Resource Tables 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Outdoor Education: Let's Get These Kids Outside! 8:45am - 10:15am

Wisconsin First Nations Educator Exemplars: Integrating Indigenous Culture Throughout the Year 8:45am - 10:15am

Co-teaching and Co-planning for multilingual learners in an inclusive classroom 8:45am - 10:15am

For the love of reading 8:45am - 10:15am

Unlocking Literacy: Teaching Beginning Reading with the Science of Reading 10:30am - 12:00pm

Teaching Landscapes: Mapping Our Paths, Places, and Perspectives 10:30am - 12:00pm

Trusting your AI 10:30am - 12:00pm

Preventing Bias-Based Bullying: Strategies to Build Stronger, Safer Classroom Communities 10:30am - 12:00pm

Making it Happen: Translanguaging Pedagogies in Practice 10:30am - 12:00pm

Cultivating Emotional Resilience for Teachers 10:30am - 12:00pm

“I Have a Question!” - Questions Protocols to Keep in Your Back Pocket 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Using a Simulation to Engage in Climate Change Science and Policy 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Building Culture and Climate in the Classroom 1:15pm - 2:45pm

so now you want to be a CT 1:15pm - 2:45pm

Warm Calling: A Strategy to Illuminate Student Brilliance 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Full Group 9:30am - 11:45am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Closing Reflection & Feedback 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Breakfast & Intention Setting 8:30am - 9:00am