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Dear Educators,
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Welcome to the GYTO 2025 Charlotte Regional Conference! We're thrilled to have you join us for a celebration of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Get ready for an exciting journey as we throw it back to some of the most beloved sessions from previous years, promising unmatched content that will invest in you as an educator and a human.
Come as you are, and get ready to be in a room surrounded by inspiring humans who understand your day in and day out, and are here to collaborate and support you every step of the way!
Your dedication to education is commendable, and we're here to support you every step of the way. Let's embrace this opportunity to learn, grow, and create lasting connections. Together, we'll make this conference a memorable and enriching experience. Thank you for all that you do for our students and the community.
We are ready for two days of light, laughter, love, and learning, and we hope you are, too! Get your notebooks, colorful pens, and get ready to get hands-on. Because it is go time for best instructional practices - GYTO style!
Amelia, Chris, & LaNesha
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8:00-9:40am SESSION 1
10:00-11:30am SESSION 2
11:30-1:00pm LUNCH
1:00-2:30pm SESSION 3
2:40-4:10pm SESSION 4
8:00-9:40am SESSION 1
10:00-11:30am SESSION 2 11:30-1:00pm LUNCH 1:00- 2:30pm SESSION 3
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SET THE STAGE TO ENGAGE
Hope and Wade King
tired of conventional teaching methods that seem to lack the ability to e your students' interest? Hope and Wade King, esteemed educators ors of the best-selling book "The Wild Card," are ready to guide you izing your teaching approach with excitement, creativity, and a magic. In this session, you will:
er innovative and unconventional methods to engage your students he confines of textbooks and worksheets.
o tap into your students' intrinsic motivation by cultivating an ment that inspires, values, and instills a genuine eagerness to learn. nize how engagement serves as the bridge to student mastery. e strategies to meet and exceed educational standards through a nonal path.
s the power of drama, storytelling, and suspense to create moments of and joy in your classroom Join Hope and Wade in this dynamic and session as they lead you on a transformative journey to turn your m into an engaging and immersive learning environment "Set the Stage ge" is a masterclass in high-impact engagement strategies designed to standards in a non-traditional way, all while enhancing student on, mastery, and retention.
LIFE SIZE: THE GAME OF RIGOR
With Hope King
Do you have what it takes to WIN the Game of Rigor? Roll th dice, take a chance, and get on the rigor board with Hope as takes you on a transformational journey from start to finish! Create your own path to success in your classroom with the perfect spin of rigor and engagement to bring your standards LIFE in all content areas. With unexpected surprises around e corner be prepared to expect the unexpected as you take you turn and collect your “winnings.”
BRINGITON:DOMINATING
with LaNesha Tabb
Two, four, six, eight, what do we appreciate? Effective small group instruction time! If you're ready to elevate your instruction to new heights by planning a solid instructional block where each student can independently practice targeted skills at their own level… then let's make some noise! Join LaNesha in this engaging session tailored for kindergarten teachers aiming to optimize small group instruction for maximum gains. You'll be well positioned to pull fluid, data-based small groups, and execute real-time instructional decisions. We’ll get FIRED UP with strategies to create learning centers aligned with a specific learning target, fostering an environment ripe for intentional data collection, differentiation, and immediate next steps for student enrichment or remediation. Well…we’ve got data, yes, we do… and we’ve got it small groups, how ‘bout you? Go Teachers!
REV UP YOUR WRITING
with LaNesha Tabb
Get ready to transform your writing block into an engaging, high-energy experience! In this session, you'll discover a fun, step-by-step approach that turns your students into confident, independent writers. You’ll learn how to guide students through the writing process with tools that make organizing ideas, tracking progress, and taking ownership of their writing a breeze. We will focus on Syntactic Awareness: A game-changing way to teach grammar that ditches boring worksheets and taps into students' natural language instincts and so much more! Walk away with exciting, practical strategies that will supercharge your writing lessons and get your students pumped to write! These strategies will not only make writing fun but also improve reading scores by focusing on writing skills!
THE MAD SCIENCE OF READING
With Amelia Capotosta
Teaching reading is an established science. While this science may not be new is something that needs to be implemented widely. But does all this science ma you a little frazzled? And is the Science of Reading only the structure of words This is only one ingredient in the mad science of it all! Join Amelia as she converges it all to show that science-based reading can be exciting while also being the most effective way to teach reading!
Capotosta MISSION: PLAY! CULTIVATE OUT OF THIS WORLD LEARNING
With
Amelia
Children are naturally curious and motivated to play! Research supports that learning through play is the most effective way for children to learn and make of the world around them. Imagine traveling towards language, social emotio literacy, problem- solving, and math skills on the educator voyage of your dre Launching intentional play-based instruction in 3...2...1... blast off!
GET YOUR GAME ON 2.0
With Wade King
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.
1. 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.
2 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.
3. 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!
Two days filled with our favorite research-based workshops that will guide you in creating rigorous and engaging lessons all year long!
Swag that will make you want to bring an extra suitcase! Not to mention all the free goodies from our sponsors!
r e g i s t e r n o w L E T ' S G E T
Training specifically designed 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!
Each attendee receives a professional development certificate for hours of quality professional development over the conference’s two days. two days of content hands-on workshops free swag certificate for 12 pd hours gyto 2-day all access pass: $450
REGISTER NOW WITH JUST A DEPOSIT! Final payment won’t be due until January 2025 Invoice and check options are also available for schools and districts.
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hope king
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.
lanesha tabb
LaNesha Tabb is a proud kindergarten teacher from Indianapolis. When she's not in the classroom, you can catch her working with school districts, speaking at various conferences all over the country, and oh yeah, being a wife and mom!
LaNesha firmly believes that little kids can do BIG things! She is passionate about authentic, global, and culturally relevant teaching strategies from the youngest grades.
Amelia has been making learning magical in Ohio classrooms for over 12 years. She has a passion for literacy and using authentic texts to create engaging and rigorous lessons. Her classroom is a place where students feel loved and empowered, and she strives to ignite a love of reading in all of her students. Amelia enjoys spreading the effectiveness of authentic texts in the classroom and she does this on her social media platforms @ameliacapotosta.
Amelia believes in the power of taking research-based strategies, and tackling the toughest standards with engaging lessons. Her goal is to enable educators to design and implement differentiated lessons that reach all learners in their classrooms.
She is also a mama to 3 wonderful boys and loves spending time reading, playing, and exploring with them!arious conferences all over the country, and oh yeah, being a wife and mom! LaNesha firmly believes that little kids can do BIG things! She is passionate about authentic, global, and culturally relevant teaching strategies from the youngest grades.
wade king amelia capotosta
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 “ no excuse ” policy that he models himself.
The relationships he fosters with his students, their families, an community is the driving force behind his teaching. Mr. King’ 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 globa learning.
