january 18-20,2025 | Las Vegas, NV | Westgate Las Vegas
Dear GYTO Educator Community,
As we gather in the vibrant city of Vegas for the Get Your Teach On Vegas Conference 2025, we are filled with gratitude for each and every one of you who has chosen to spend your time here with us! Your commitment to education is a beacon of inspiration, and your presence fuels the collective passion for transformative teaching.
Thank you for being a vital part of this educational movement. In a world often overshadowed by negativity, we are breaking through barriers and dedicating time to be in a supportive community that shares the same fervor for impactful education.
Our content is not just a curriculum; it's a catalyst for change. The actionable strategies you'll gain are designed to be seamlessly integrated into your classrooms, sparking a positive revolution in instruction. Together, we are shaping processes that will redefine the way we teach and leave an indelible mark on the lives of our students.
Get ready to spend the next 3 days with educators who will lift you up, love on you, support you, and make you feel a part of something bigger than ever. Once you walk through these doors, you are officially part of the GYTO family forever.
Here's to a conference filled with shared wisdom, innovative ideas, and the unwavering belief that education has the power to transform lives. Let's embark on this journey together and make a lasting impact on the future.
With heartfelt appreciation,
Chris, LaNesha, and Amelia
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
BUILDING THE TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHER
Developing Consistent Best Instructional Practices and Processes from Start to Finish to Completely Transform Your School
PLANNING & PREPARATION
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY & ENGAGEMENT
DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING
DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING
STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY & ENGAGEMENT
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THE
BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
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.
Las Vegas Conference Guide 2025
3:00-7:00pm REGISTRATION
6:00pm DOORS OPEN FOR GYTO OPENING CELEBRATION & KEYNOTE
7:00-9:30pm GYTO OPENING CELEBRATION & KEYNOTE
MONDAY JANUARY 20 schedule is subject to change SUNDAY JANUARY 19 SATURDAY JANUARY 18
10:20-12:00pm SESSION 1
12:00-1:30pm LUNCH
1:30-2:55pm SESSION 2
3:05-4:30pm SESSION 3
1 3 2 8:00-9:50am OPENING KEYNOTE
5:30pm GYTO SNEAKER BALL
8:30-9:55am SESSION 1
10:05-11:30am (85) SESSION 2
11:30-1:00pm LUNCH
1:00-2:25om SESSION 3
2:25pm GYTO SEND OFF
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THREE DAYS OF CONTENT
Three days filled with research-based workshops that will guide you in creating rigorous and engaging lessons all year long
GYTO PRE-GAME CELEBRATION
Our Las Vegas Education Celebration kicks off the conference on Saturday night! This is a party you don’t want to miss!
INSPIRING KEYNOTES HANDS ON WORKSHOPS
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!
FREE SWAG CERTIFICATE FOR 15 PD HOURS
Swag that will make you want to bring an extra suitcase! Not to mention all the free goodies from our sponsors!
The Education Celebration of the Year kicks off the conference on Sunday night! This is a party you don’t want to miss!
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LOOK FOR THE BEST PRACTICES STICKERS FOR EACH SESSION!
In My Engagement Era: Get Your Groove On for Student Engagement!
Take any standard or curriculum and have your students STAYING ALIVE from the beginning to the end of the lesson! We will explore innovative strategies and best practices that not only capture students’ attention, but also challenge them to reach their full potential Joanne will empower you to create meaningful and challenging learning experiences for your students while fostering active participation, increasing motivation, and instilling student accountability from student buy-in to student led lessons. Revitalize your teaching methods and inspire a new level of enthusiasm in your students with practical tools to elevate both the engagement and rigor of your classroom while we’re dancing the night away! P
Mission POSSIBLE: Unraveling the Science of Reading
Mission Overview: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to become an expert agent of literacy! Join Amelia in this high-stakes, action-packed session as we delve into the Science of Reading. In Part 1 of our mission, we will unravel the intricate strands of the Reading Rope Discover the critical role of phonemic awareness and phonics in laying the foundation for reading success. This mission is not for the faint of heart – it's time to decode, decipher, and conquer the challenges of early literacy. But this isn’t any ordinary mission; there will be engagement at every turn. Walk away with an overflowing file of classroomtested approaches to enhance phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency instruction These strategies will empower you to make a lasting impact on your students' literacy skills. Explore the importance of tying together the lower strands of the Reading Rope with comprehension strategies. Discover how these elements work in tandem to create masterful readers.
Mission Debrief and Q&A: Conclude the mission with a debriefing where you can reflect on your discoveries, ask questions, and strategize your next steps. Your mission doesn't end here – it's the beginning of a transformative journey toward literacy excellence. Gear up for a thrilling educational adventure where the Science of Reading becomes an achievable mission, and decoding the Reading Rope is within your grasp. This mission is critical, and your students are counting on you. Will you accept? Mission POSSIBLE awaits!
Rolling with the Homies: How to Re-engage, Reteach, & Review, but Keep the Math Block Rolling
Get ready to bounce, rock, skate, and roll with April Graves during this comprehensive session designed to transform your math classroom into a vibrant hub of learning where innovative and highly effective instructional approaches are seamlessly integrated into your daily math block to re-engage students who are struggling with unmastered content standards even as you roll along with your scope and sequence. This session will focus on empowering educators with practical examples of warm-ups, small group activities, and homework designed to foster a deeper understanding of challenging concepts. You are guaranteed to roll away with a renewed enthusiasm for teaching math, actionable strategies, and techniques to implement immediately in your classroom. Now who’s ready to roll!?!
Super Graphic Organizers: An Opinion Journey
In the world of writing, the battles can be as complex as a villain's master plan, especially when you're dealing with students from different backgrounds and varying skill levels. But fear not, in this opinion writing session, we're about to become writing heroes! We’ll even the playing field by engaging students with something they all possess – their own voice! Join Juan E. Gonzalez Jr. as he leads you on a heroic journey in opinion writing. This journey aims to foster not only academic growth but also equip students with lifelong writing skills. During this session, Juan will demonstrate how to effectively engage writers in the writing process and use graphic organizers to provide students with the necessary structures to become skilled writers.
The Instructional Leader: Prioritizing for Instructional Shifts
Teachers! Grab your goggles, your lab coat, and your instructional pain points, because it’s time to step into the lab….the GYTO Instructional Lab. Join Hope King for "The Instructional LeaderPrioritizing for Instructional Shifts" workshop, where we're injecting a dose of mad science into the art and science of teaching! This session will catapult you into the heart of instructional impact by rediscovering the magic in best instructional practices. In a world obsessed with the science of education, we've inadvertently left classrooms longing for the artistic touch that makes teaching and learning truly transformative. Fear not, as Hope unveils the secrets to seamlessly blending research, curriculums, standards, and cognitive demands with the artistry of teaching. Get ready to turn any curriculum or program into a concoction of success that leaves your learners electrified, engaged, and demonstrating academic gains.. It's time to unleash the mad scientist within and revolutionize your approach to instruction!
The POWER
of
Rigor: Games to Increase Mastery and Motivation
Greetings, valiant educators! Brace yourselves for a morphing good time as you journey into the realm of educational magic! Join Wade as he takes you through the morphing grid in an interactive training full of fun and excitement to help equip you to wield the transformative power of gamebased and interactive learning to captivate students’ imaginations and elevate classroom engagement! In this session, you will:
Morph into Engagement (Power Up Your Classroom): Buckle up and get ready to set the stage for the magical quest to discover how we can morph ordinary lessons into extraordinary adventures.
It’s Morphin Time: Unleash the Power! Identify and utilize Hope and Wade King’s Rules of Rigor to ensure every student plays a pivotal role in the quest for knowledge, power up lessons and activities with application rather than memorization, and use Zordon’s guidance to set and establish crystal-clear expectations for a harmonious learning environment.
Megazord Mastery: Explore collaborative challenges that transform your classroom into a powerhouse of learning. Witness firsthand how combining forces can lead to the ultimate triumph of rigorous learning. Gear up, brave educators! Let’s embark on a journey where the Power of Rigor and the Magic of games and activities collide, creating an educational experience that transcends the ordinary! May the Rigor Protect You!
MEETYO
Amelia enthus
optimist, and is passionate about many things including her family, students, books, pairing education and engagement. With classroom experience from elementary to middle school, Amelia has first-hand knowledge of the effectiveness of research-based strategies in the classroom, and how to design and implement them. She has spent dedicated time creating research-based resources that bring books to life in classrooms all over. Amelia knows that true comprehension takes place across all subject areas, and is able to help educators and administrators take actionable steps towards cross-curricular teaching that is engaging, meaningful, rigorous, and effective. She is certified in Orton Gillingham methodology and has worked to support thousands of educators, adminstrators, coaches, and specialists on the research and science backed methods to teach reading. As a national speaker, presenter, educator, and consultant, Amelia has had the opportunity to inspire and support thousands of educators, administrators, coaches, and specialists. She focuses her sessions on research, engagement, innovative, and ready-to-implement ideas; she is here for you!
A M E L I A C A P O T
O S T A
Joanne has been changing lives teaching for 26 years. She is a fourthgrade classroom teacher who continues to passionately and relentlessly pursue limitless futures for her students. Joanne creates a class family and culture of learning where each class member holds themselves responsible for their learning and for leaving no other student in the class behind. Joanne prides her classroom on making differentiated, standards-aligned content not only engaging and challenging, but student-centered and fun! She shares her creative and motivational expertise on her social media, (Head Over Heels For Teaching).
J O A N N E M I L L E R
Wade King attended Anderson University, where he received both his undergraduate degree and his Master’s Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision. Wade has been recognized as a District Choice Teacher and Teacher of The Year. His students’ outstanding achievement scores and growth on standardized tests were some of the highest scores in the state of South Carolina. Mr. King attributes his students’ success to a “ no excuse ” policy that he models himself. The relationships he fosters with his students, their families, and community is the driving force behind his teaching. Mr. King’s classroom is filled with music, engagement, rigor, and discipline. He strives to prepare his students for their futures and not their pasts, while also placing an emphasis on global learning.
W A D E K I N G
Hope King is a decorated educator with over eleven years of experience teaching first through sixth grades. Hope holds a Master’s Degree in Reading. Since working and traveling with Get Your Teach On, Hope has trained thousands of educators Hope enjoys meeting teachers from all over the country as she shares her passion for student engagement and rigorous content-driven instruction. Hope is the popular blogger behind the website Elementary Shenanigans and is a teacher author for the website Teachers Pay Teachers. Hope is the co-author of the book “The Wild Card” written with her husband Wade King. Hope is a cofounder of the Get Your Teach On Conference.
H O P E
Juan E Texas
J U A N E G O N Z A L E Z J R .
With 20+ years of teaching experience, April Graves, a Spelman College alumna, is a proud 4th grade teacher in the city of Atlanta. She has served her school district as a teacher leader, mentor, professional development presenter, and she’s been celebrated as a Teacher of The Year. April has a fun, firm formula that ensures academic growth and continually cultivates a love for math in every student that she encounters. Follow @Aprilalldae on social media to check out her polished style and the passion that she brings into her classroom each day.
life If you were to rummage through old family photos, you’d quickly find pictures of Juan holding a book or attempting to teach his younger brothers something new Juan pursued this dream and obtained a B A in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Houston With over ten years of classroom experience in first, second, and third grade, he has learned that in order to create a nurturing classroom experience, educators must put students before everything else they do in the classroom Juan believes that educators are most successful when we listen to what students need and who they are In the last few years, Juan has used social media to share ideas and his love for literacy with other educators This platform has given Juan opportunities to travel around the world to visit schools, blog for publishing media giant Scholastic Inc., and speak at various education conferences. His mission through this work is to spotlight the great work all educators are doing in classrooms and to inspire everyone to read more books. A P R I L G R A V E S
Grade Level Research Based Practices:
Our goal is to continually provide teachers with high-impact, research-based, best instructional practices, shown in action with a high level of student engagement to see true results with students. Each GYTO session is developed on the foundation of proven research based strategies within education The following research is embedded into all sessions following the GYTO Instructional Model for Best Instructional Practices and Student Engagement
Hattie, John (2012) Effect Sizes Related to Student Achievement Learning Sciences International Applied Research Center
Marzano, Robert (2007, 2017)
Wong, H K , & Wong, R T (2009)
Fuchs, D , & Fuchs, L S (2006)
Dyer, K. (2015)
Csikszentmihalyi, M (2008)
Sousa, D A (2016) Engaging the rewired brain
Toth, M D & Sousa, D A (2019) Achieving social, emotional, and cognitive learning in every classroom through academic teaming
In addition to the cited research above regarding overall best instructional practices, our GYTO presenters continue to integrate and include rigorous, content-specific research into their individual sessions, addressing grade level standards PreK-12. This ensures that each session is specific and meets the needs of those grade-level teachers. The research below is integrated and embedded into your specific grade level sessions.
ADDITIONAL 3-5 GENERAL TRACK EMBEDDED RESEARCH:
Carpenter, Thomas P.; Fennema, Elizabeth; Franke, Megan Loef; Levi, Linda; Empson, Susan B. (2000). Cognitively Guided Instruction: A Research-Based Teacher Professional Development Program for Elementary School Mathematics.
Fisher, Douglas Frey, Nancy Hattie, John (2016). Visible Learning for Literacy
Harris, Karen Ed.D. & Graham, Steve Ed.D. (2007). Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students
Hattie, J. (2012). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning.
Lesh, R. & Doerr, H. M. (2003). Foundations of a models and modeling perspective on mathematics teaching, learning and problem solving.
Martel, Chelsea and Cavanaugh, Brian (2016). Preventing and Responding to Student Escalation: Combining De-Escalation Strategies and Function-Based Support
Marzano, Robert (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works
Sandberg, Harriet Frances. (2009). Get Moving! The Effects of Music and Movement on Student Attention and Engagement
Stanley, Todd (2020). Promoting Rigor Through Higher Level Questioning
Tominey, Shauna L. Ph.D. & O'Bryon, Elisabeth C. Ph.D. (2017). Strategies That Support Young Dual Language Learners
Zwiers, J. & Crawford, M. (2011). Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understanding
Grade Level Room Standards:
Each Get Your Teach On session is intentionally designed on a foundation of providing educators and leaders with researchbased, best instructional practices to accelerate student learning and truly transform instruction. Grade level tracks are specifically created to provide educators with a meaningful journey of instruction and learning with integration of specific PreK-8 grade level standards throughout the conference experience This ensures that each session not only meets the needs of grade-level teachers, but is immediately applicable to their daily practice GYTO sessions will feature a variety of essential content standards in all subject areas as well as best practices and research-based strategies and techniques that can be directly applied to any grade level standard, skill, or concept The standards listed below are some key highlights of the grade level standards integrated into your Vegas 2025 track To learn more about the GYTO Instructional Model and specific research for sessions, please visit getyourteachon com
Mathematics Standards:
3rd Grade:
3 OA 8: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.1Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. 4th Grade:
4 OA 3: Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT- Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
English Language Arts Standards:
Writing Standards:
3rd Grade:
CCSS ELA-LITERACY W 3 4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. 4th Grade:
CCSS ELA-LITERACY W 4 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
CCSS ELA-LITERACY W 4 5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Reading Standards:
3rd Grade:
CCSS ELA-LITERACY RF 3 3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
CCSS ELA-LITERACY RF 3 3 A Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes
CCSS ELA-LITERACY RF 3 3 B Decode words with common Latin suffixes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
4th Grade:
CCSS ELA-LITERACY RF 4 3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
CCSS ELA-LITERACY RF 4 3 A Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
