Honoring all our competitors

Congratulations to all the students, teacher leaders, and others who attended our conference this year. We hope your experience at this year’s conference in Orlando was one of connection, inspiration, learning, and laughter! If you missed the awards ceremony, check...

Around the conference on Sunday

The final day of the conference featured lots of breakout sessions, tired student and teacher leaders packing up, and networking lunches for students and teachers. The traditional human bingo game gave students one last chance to meet and interact with others as they...

Breakout session: Writing for publication

Current and future educators have important perspectives to share about our schools, and the Educators Rising conference showed them how to bring their thoughts to a wider audience. At the Writing for Publication breakout session on Sunday, Teresa Preston, PDK...

Breakout session: Managing small group work

Some of us love to share our ideas in small groups and, without prompting, naturally assume a leadership role. Others participate through listening, notetaking, or researching and collecting materials. Miriam Morgenstern’s Saturday breakout session was on teaching a...

Breakout session: Kappan discussion guides

Rising educators and teacher leaders joined PDK Director of Programs, Anne Morris, at a Sunday breakout session to learn about discussion strategies for the Kappan Monthly Discussion guides. These guides are available as a resource for Educators Rising members. Each...

Breakout session: Grow your own summits

One of the first Sunday morning breakout sessions was titled “Grow Your Own Models: Preliminary Results from the Spring Grow Your Own Summit.” PDK Director of Programs Anne Morris discussed with participants how Educators Rising is working to bring together different...