2nd Grade - GYTO Fest 2025

2ND GRADE SESSION LINEUP June 29- July 2, 2025 | Dallas, TX | Gaylord Texan Resort

GYTO DALLAS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025

MAKE BOLD MOVES A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDERS Dear GYTO National Attendees, As we gear up for the highly anticipated 2025 GYTO National Conference, we are thrilled to welcome each of you to this transformative event. The GYTO community is a powerhouse of passionate educators, and we are honored to come together with those ready to make bold moves that create real, actionable change in education.

This year, our theme is "Make Bold Moves." As educators, it’s time to go beyond dreaming and talking about change—it’s time to act. Bold moves require courage, vision, and a commitment to challenging the status quo to build better opportunities for our students and ourselves. This theme represents the actionable steps we take to innovate, advocate, and elevate our practices for the betterment of education as a whole.

Bold moves are not just individual efforts—they are the result of a collective will to progress.

Together, at the 2025 National Conference, we’ll explore how to identify barriers, take purposeful action, and amplify the impact of our efforts. This is your chance to share your journey, learn from others, and forge the connections that will propel us all forward.

The conference will feature dynamic speakers who will inspire you to take action, interactive workshops designed to equip you with tangible tools, and game-changing insights that will push you to think differently. You can also expect unforgettable surprises that will leave you energized and ready to lead boldly.

Let’s commit to taking bold moves together and shaping the future of education—one step, one decision, and one classroom at a time. This is your time to move, lead, and create meaningful impact.

We can’t wait to see you in Dallas, June 29 - July 2, 2025, as we embrace this call to action and transform our passion into progress. Let’s take the steps that will define the future of education— together.

With excitement and anticipation,

Hope and Wade King

WHY GYTO?

Our Get Your Teach On Leadership and Content Development team has worked to create an engaging and transformational educator professional development experience that aligns directly to the needs of schools and teachers across the country by helping educators develop consistent best instructional practices and processes from start to finish to accelerate student learning.

These evidence and research-based best practices, strategies, and techniques will directly impact overall educator effectiveness and student achievement, transforming instruction and student learning like never before.

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS

DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING

BUILDING THE TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHER

THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

STUDENT BEST ACCOUNTABILITY INSTRUCTIONAL & ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES

Developing Consistent Best Instructional Practices and Processes from Start to Finish to Completely Transform Your School PLANNING & PREPARATION

Intentional and meaningful planning, using specific grade level content standards and high-quality instructional materials that address the needs of all learners and support mastery of learning goals.

THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Creates and maintains a collaborative, safe, efficient, and effective learning environment that supports each student’s diverse needs and promotes recognition of student’s diverse personal experiences to build relationships of trust within the classroom.

BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES

Implementation of evidence and research-based best instructional strategies and techniques to accelerate student learning, growth, and achievement through rigorous and consistent instruction, including opportunities for problem solving, critical and creative thinking, meaningful and purposeful discourse, and high-impact instructional delivery.

STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY & ENGAGEMENT

Builds engaging, intentional, and rigorous learning experiences through setting high expectations and consistency within instructional practices that requires all students to take ownership of and be held accountable for their individual learning.

DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING

Continually monitors and analyzes student learning and progress towards mastery of learning goals for all students using a variety of progress monitoring and assessment techniques to make immediate instructional decisions that support student growth and acceleration.

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS

Develops strong foundational teaching practices and commitments that support best practices and professional growth through consistent reflection of professional practices to support student learning, development, and achievement at a high level.

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PLANNING & PREPARATION

Get Your Teach On sessions are intentionally selected for attendees to experience the full professional development experience.

Each session is hands-on, interactive, collaborative, and allows time for teachers to take what they’ve learned and apply it to their specific grade level standards or content area.

Sessions are structured to meet the needs of all learners in classrooms, modeling best practices for direct and immediate implementation in classrooms.

TE Look for Best Practices Stickers for each session!

2025 GYTO National Conference schedule is subject to change

1 SUNDAY JUNE 29

2 MONDAY JUNE 30 8:00-9:45 AM

12:00-5:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00-9:00 PM

REGISTRATION DOORS OPEN FOR GYTO OPENING CELEBRATION & KEYNOTE GYTO OPENING CELEBRATION & KEYNOTE

10:15-11:45 AM

8:00-9:45 AM 10:15-11:45 AM

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION 1

SESSION 1

11:45-1:15 PM

LUNCH

1:15-2:45 PM

SESSION 2

3:00-4:30 PM

SESSION 3

5:15 PM

3 TUESDAY JULY 1

OPENING KEYNOTE

CLOSING KEYNOTE

4 WEDNESDAY JULY 2 8:00-9:45 AM 10:15-11:45 AM

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION 1

11:45-1:15 PM

LUNCH

11:45-1:15 PM

LUNCH

1:15-2:45 PM

SESSION 2

1:15-2:45 PM

SESSION 2

3:00-4:30 PM

SESSION 3

3:30-4:30 PM

GYTO CLOSING SESSION YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!

5:15 PM

CLOSING KEYNOTE

@GETYOURTEACHON

2ND GRADE SESSIONS THE GREAT WRITING RESCUE Session Presented by: LaNesha Tabb

THE GREAT READING RESCUE 2.0 Session Presented by: Naomi O’Brien

SMALL GROUPS THAT STAND OUT

Session Presented by: Amelia Capotosta

PIZZA PERFECT MANAGEMENT MASTERY Session Presented by: Ashley Schroeder

FULL CONFERENCE GUIDES LAUNCH JANUARY 4 @GETYOURTEACHON

2ND GRADE SESSIONS DIFFERENTIATION UNLOCKED Session Presented by: Stephanie Higgs

MATH IN MOTION: HANDS ON LEARNING FOR 2ND GRADE SUCCESS Session Presented by: Amy Lemons

FACT MANIA: YOUR SET LIST OF STRATEGIES FOR FLUENCY SUCCESS Session Presented by: Ashley Schroeder

UNLOCKING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING Session Presented by:

Andre Deshotel, Whole Brain Teaching Trainer

FULL CONFERENCE GUIDES LAUNCH JANUARY 4 @GETYOURTEACHON

GYTO DALLAS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025

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GYTO DALLAS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025

LET'S GET STARTED! INSPIRING KEYNOTES

FOUR DAYS OF CONTENT

HANDS ON WORKSHOPS

Four days filled with research-based workshops that will guide you in creating rigorous and engaging lessons all year long.

Keynote presentations from influential educators and motivational speakers that will leave you more inspired than ever to head back into your classrooms and create educational magic!

Training specific for your position from some of today’s top educators and administrators who are experts at their craft with strategies that can be implemented the very next day!

GYTO PRE-GAME CELEBRATION

FREE SWAG

CERTIFICATE FOR 24 PD HOURS

The Education Celebration of the Year kicks off the conference on Sunday night!

This is a party you don’t want to miss!

Swag that will make you want to bring an extra suitcase!

Not to mention all the free goodies from our sponsors!

Each attendee receives a professional development certificate for 24 hours of quality professional development over the conference’s four days!

GYTO 4-DAY ALL ACCESS PASS: $629 Register now with just a deposit! Final payment won’t be due until March 2025!

Invoice and check options are also available for schools and districts.

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