2026 Great Ideas in Education Conference

2026 Great Ideas in Education Conference

Cypress A

9:00am • Mental Health Coalition Day

Eagle Ballroom

Eagle Ballroom Foyer

Promenade and Eagle Foyer

Redbud A & B

9:00am • Literacy Summit

Redbud C

9:00am • Safe and Secure Schools

Birch 203

9:30am • From Standards to Student Writing: A practical approach to aligning instruction to the KSDE ELA Writing Standards
11:05am • From Standards to Student Writing: A practical approach to aligning instruction to the KSDE ELA Writing Standards
2:50pm • Making Thinking Visible: Teaching Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Through Explicit Writing Instruction
3:55pm • Structured Literacy Data Dives

Cedar 204

Cypress A

1:20pm • West Region Collaboration

Cypress A 209

Cypress B 209

Eagle Ballroom

Ealge Ballroom

8:00am • General Session

Expo Hall

Maple 205

Oak 206

Osage 207

Redbud A

1:20pm • Collaboration by Cohort regions - Urban, Suburban, Private and Special Purpose Schools

Redbud A 210

Redbud B 210

Redbud C

1:20pm • Central Region Collaboration

Redbud C 210

Walnut 208

Birch 203

8:00am • Stop Lowering the Text: Helping All Students Read Grade-Level Material

Cedar 204

8:00am • Selecting High Quality Instructional Materials for Early Childhood

Cypress A 209

Cypress B 209

8:00am • What Does “Proficient” Really Mean? Understanding Performance Levels

Eagle Ballroom

Eagle Ballroom Foyer

10:15am • Break

Maple 205

8:00am • Introducing the Computer Science Toolkit

Oak 206

8:00am • Standards Alignment and Structured Literacy: How HGSS Strengthens the Four Fundamentals

Osage 207

8:00am • Every Teacher Is a Language Teacher: Practical Strategies for Supporting Multilingual Learners in Any Classroom

Redbud A 210

Redbud B 210

Redbud C 210