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  • Spark Classroom Engagement for Students in the Middle Grades - 10/28/2025 - 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PT) - CATLL/CASCD in partnership with ILASCD

Spark Classroom Engagement for Students in the Middle Grades - 10/28/2025 - 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PT) - CATLL/CASCD in partnership with ILASCD

  • 10/28/2025
  • 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Virtual Webinar

Registration

  • *Includes 1 year CATLL/CASCD Membership
  • 2 attendees for the same school district/organization
  • 3 attendees for the same school district/organization (each). For information on a larger team (5+ people) discounts - contact cascd@cascd.org
  • CATLL/California/IL ASCD Member Only-Membership in ASCD only does not qualify
  • Until August 29th
  • Does not include a membership
Register

                                                          

California ATLL/ASCD in partnership with ILASCD

                                                 

with presenter Jen Ciok

10/28/2025 at 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time)

Live On Zoom and

On-Demand (Recorded)

 

Early teens face distinctive challenges. These include:

  • entering adolescence
  • beginning to ask big questions
  • figuring out what they're learning at school
  • seeking deeper meaning in all aspects of their lives
  • facing new and more intense social and academic pressures

Unfortunately, for many students at this unique developmental stage, classroom engagement also begins to wane.

Join Jennifer Ciok to gain insights and reflections from other educators, researchers, and students, to clarify opportunities and challenges teachers face at this level.

This session will include:

  • An examination of the developing adolescent brain and how teachers can collect qualitative data to better understand students’ experience.
  • Simple and practical ways to infuse relevance and meaning into the curriculum by:
    • exploring authentic applications, passion projects, and service learning opportunities to connect classroom learning to the real world
    • integrating art into the classroom to help foster self- expression and curiosity
    • creating experiences that elevate students' own stories and backgrounds so that they feel seen, heard, and valued

You will take-away:

  • strategies across content areas
  • reflective questions to support implementation efforts
  • real-life examples of successful outcomes

As education leaders you’ll learn to keep engagement high, bolster academic outcomes, and give students the support they need at a critical life stage.

Target audience includes Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Pre-Service Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Principals, District Administrators Grades 5-9

 

 

Jennifer Ciok is Manager of Coaching and Improvement for the UChicago Middle Grades Network; Author: The Meaningful Middle School Classroom: How to SPARK Engagement That Fosters Deep Learning (2025); School Board Vice President; Chair of the Advocacy and Policy Constituent Committee for the Association of Middle Level Educators (AMLE); Member of the Equity Constituent Committee for AMLE; Former Social Emotional Learning Manager; Former Middle School Social Studies and English Language Arts Teacher.

 

Conference Fees: 

Early Bird (Until August 29th): $179

Member Rate:  $199

Non-Member:  $248 (includes 1 year of membership) 

2 people:  $238 (does not include a membership) 

3 people:  $228 (does not include a membership) 

Student/ Retiree:  $99 (does not include a membership) 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email.  Shortly before the Event you will receive an email containing information about joining the meeting.


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