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Engaging Educators 2026

2 February 2026 – 2 February 2026Nebraska City, NEEngaging Educators

Professional development conference for Nebraska educators with sessions on student engagement, classroom practice, and instructional strategies.

Sessions (40)

1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT

KEYNOTE: Personal Climate and Culture...It's Up to You

Mon, 2 Feb · 3:15 pm
Leadership
Keynote

Accelerating Language and Literacy Development of ALL Learners

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Literacy
Session

AI in Schools: Separating the Noise from What Actually Matters

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
EdTech
Session

Empower Students: Integrating Mock Trial for Interactive Learning Across Content Areas

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Every Learner: Unlocking Language Layers through the POSSUM Approach

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Future Ready for All: Embedding Transition Skills and Activities in General Ed

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Health and PE Updates and Collaboration: Nebraska Department of Education

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

LETRS / AIM PPR Workspace

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Literacy
Session

Nebraska Literacy Project/IPG for teachers

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Literacy
Session

Spark & Sustain: Practical Engagement for Positive Classrooms

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
STEM
Session

Sponsor Session: One Solution, Every Student: Advancing Language and Literacy for All

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Science of ReadingLiteracyEAL/D
Session

Step Into the Circle: An Experiential Journey into Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Learning

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
EquitySTEM
Session

Superintendents' Discussion

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

The Opportunity Makers: How Some Schools Successfully Catch Students Up

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
LiteracyEquity
Session

The Road to Positive Personal Climate and Culture

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Unpacking Teacher Candidates' Beliefs About AI: Considerations For Current Educators

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
EdTechEarly Childhood
Session

What is AT and how to use it in literacy

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
LiteracyEdTech
Session

When Stress Interrupts Learning: Trauma in K-12 Students

Mon, 2 Feb · 6:30 pm1 - 12:30 BREAKOUT
Session

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

CANCELLED: Reading Across the Content Areas; There's An Art To It!

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
MathematicsEAL/DEarly Childhood
Session

Character Education vs. Social Emotional Learning: Building Inclusive Classrooms that Serve All Students, Pre-K–12

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Wellbeing
Session

Empowering Paraeducators to Foster Student Ownership

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Explicit InstructionEAL/D
Session

From Theory to Practice: Trauma-capable interventions to improve student learning

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
STEM
Session

Helping Every Educator Support Students with Significant Disabilities: Aligning Instruction with State Standards

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Assessment
Session

Hosting Future Teachers: Creating Successful Field Experiences in PK–12 Classrooms

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Early Childhood
Session

How Can I Help? - Google Tools

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Integrating AI to Support Scientific Thinking

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
EdTechSTEM
Session

Leverage Student Success via Biliteracy Development

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
LiteracyCurriculum
Session

Making Math Memorable

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
MathematicsArts
Session

Navigating Nebraska’s Literacy Landscape

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Literacy
Session

New Teacher Network-Check in

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

NPERS Pre-Retirement Seminar

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Pawnee City Meeting

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm
Session

Principals Roundtable

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Leadership
Session

Sponsor Session: Take Flight with Dragonfly!

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
PhonicsScience of ReadingLiteracy
Session

Swinging the Pendulum Back

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

Taboo Topics: Resources to Help Navigate Puberty, Relationships, and Sex Education for Individuals with ASD and Other Disabilities

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Session

The Science of Reading with Multilingual Learners

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
Science of ReadingLiteracyEAL/D
Session

Using State Classifications to Develop a Continuous Improvement Roadmap

Mon, 2 Feb · 7:30 pm2 - 1:30 BREAKOUT
STEM
Session

CHECK-OUT

Mon, 2 Feb · 8:15 pm
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