Discover how Bayside High School launched an innovative AVID/ESL mentorship program that pairs AVID student leaders with multilingual learners to build organization, confidence, language development, and school connectedness. Participants will explore how cross-peer mentoring creates belonging while strengthening leadership and academic readiness for both groups. This interactive session will include program structures, student success stories, implementation tools, and hands-on planning strategies to replicate or adapt the model in any school setting. Attendees will leave with practical resources to build partnerships that lift students, strengthen culture, and prepare learners to be future-ready.
This session puts our AI learning into practice. As we determine our next steps with using AI to guide high school students, instructional decisions require consideration. With the widespread availability of AI in mind, how will this affect instructional design? Will educators stay the course with no changes, will they seek to make certain learning opportunities more AI resistant, or will they intentionally guide students in using AI responsibly and effectively? This session empowers school leaders to recognize and actively support the evolving changes in instructional design.
This session will demonstrate how to develop, implement, and refine a high school course that connects students to internship opportunities with community and business partners by sharing Tallwood High School's experience with Career Strategies Seminar.
While we have championed the selective and intentional use of AI in our high schools, we are now encountering a critical missing piece: the plan for hesitance. How do we support those who harbor deep-seated concerns? This session moves beyond the mechanics of implementation to explore the nuance of selective participation. School leaders will examine the diverse reasons why some students and teachers resist AI, from environmental ethics and data privacy to the preservation of creative integrity. Join us to discover how educators can facilitate respectful discourse that validates these concerns while providing high-quality, non-AI alternatives
Attendees will gain an actionable roadmap to launch or expand the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) program at their high school. We will walk through our implementation from technology setup to using Modern States modules for equitable preparation. Participants will engage in planning activities, explore tools, and leave with ready-to-use strategies to increase access, support academic growth, and create a pathway to college credit. We will show how our intentional systems remove barriers and promote academic achievement.
Explore how our school is designing cross-curricular learning experiences by intentionally pairing both core-level and AP level courses and aligning standards to deepen student understanding. This session focuses on the process: how teams identified meaningful course connections, collaborated to merge curricula, and built a shared vision for implementation. Participants will walk away with practical strategies, planning tools, and lessons learned to support their own cross-curricular work, whether just beginning or refining existing efforts. Join us to see how thoughtful design can create more cohesive, relevant learning experiences for students.
