2026 MSCI has ended

Create Your Own Event

2026 MSCI

7:30am PDT

Registration and Continental Breakfast CC First Floor Atrium

8:30am PDT

Cultivating a Joyous and Just Education For All, Part 1 CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Juliana Urtubey

10:00am PDT

Coffee Break CC Second Floor Balcony

10:20am PDT

Cultivating a Joyous and Just Education for All, Part 2 CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Juliana Urtubey

11:50am PDT

Lunch CC Dining Commons

1:00pm PDT

Finding My Voice by Finding My Place: The Power of Teacher Voice and Belonging CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Avanti Yamamoto

2:20pm PDT

Refreshment Break CC Second Floor Balcony

2:40pm PDT

Lead Like a Pirate CC 232 (Kime)Jeanette Warwick More Than a Checklist: Rethinking How We Read and Use Standards Bast 300Jennifer McCloud • Lisa Cornelius The Power of Student Choice in Nurturing Lifelong Readers CC 230 (Garrett)Cynthia Bowen You Cant Teach Who You Do Not Know: Why Relationships and Conversations Drive Learning CC 210 (President's Dining Room)Jodi Bailey • Carey Stewart

3:40pm PDT

Buffet Reception and Keynote Speaker Meet and Greet CC 111 (Pickle) and CC 115 (Patterson)

7:30am PDT

Breakfast: Dine-in or Grab and Go CC Dining Commons or CC Second Floor Balcony

9:00am PDT

Living in Your Why CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Rodney Robinson

10:20am PDT

Coffee Break CC First Floor Atrium and CC Second Floor Balcony

10:40am PDT

BOOK CLUB: Pedagogies of Voice CC 115 (Patterson)Donna Fortune • Nancy Bradley BOOK CLUB: Reimagining Classroom Climate CC 111 (Pickle)Margaret Whitt • Todd Murrill BOOK CLUB: The Words That Shape Us CC 232 (Kime)Wendi Richert • Allison Gray • Jenny Brown Finding Your Voice with Structured Literacy CC 210 (President's Dining Room)Amie Burkholder

11:45am PDT

Lunch CC Dining Commons

1:00pm PDT

What's Right for Kids? Teachers' Ways of Knowing in a Complex World CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Sarah Beach

2:00pm PDT

Relax with a Chair Massage - SIGN UP HERE! CC 230 (Garrett)

2:40pm PDT

Creating Belonging in PK-8 Classrooms CC 232 (Kime)Katrina Hill From Classroom to Calling: Turning Your Passion into Impact CC 210 (President's Dining Room)Amie Burkholder Layered Narratives: Journaling and Collage as Methods for Intercultural Understanding and Reflection CC 115 (Patterson)Jodi Bailey • Carey Stewart Spotting the Signs Early: Using Structured Literacy to Identify Dyslexia Risk in Young Learners Bast 300MaryBeth Mills • Anna Kambach

3:30pm PDT

Ice Cream on the Quad! CC Front Quad (grassy area at entry) Relax, Connect and Strike a Pose! CC First Floor Atrium

3:50pm PDT

Shrewd Archery Activity - SIGN UP HERE! CC First Floor Atrium

4:00pm PDT

Farm-fresh Flower Arrangement Creation - SIGN UP HERE! CC 111 (Pickle)

7:30am PDT

Breakfast: Dine-in or Grab and Go CC Dining Commons or CC Second Floor Balcony

9:00am PDT

Calculated Risks: Using Your Voice to Advocate for Playful Math CC 210 (President's Dining Room)Danny McNamara Life Work Balance: Small Shifts, Big Impact Micro-Habits for Busy Educators CC 111 (Pickle)Jodi Bailey • Carey Stewart • Anna Kambach Magnify Teacher Voice: Design Feedback Routines to Highlight Listening, Agency and Engagement CC 232 (Kime)Donna Fortune • Shelly Papenfus Teachers as Policy Analysts: A Study on Reimagining the Virginia Literacy Act CC 115 (Patterson)Candace Bechtold

10:00am PDT

Coffee Break CC First Floor Atrium and CC Second Floor Balcony

10:20am PDT

All Means All! CC 115 (Patterson)Jordan Patterson • Jeanette Warwick Let Them Create: Building Academic Oral Language, Standards-Based Understanding and Student Agency through Scratch Jr. Coding K-4 CC 210 (President's Dining Room)Laurie Sullivan • Jacqueline Moody Raising Voices through Visual Literacy CC 232 (Kime)Donna Fortune • Anna Kambach The Kids Aren't the Only Ones Who Need It: Building Community for Adult Learners CC 111 (Pickle)Morgan Hill • Kevin Bowman • Amanda Spivey

12:00pm PDT

Award Luncheon and Keynote: A Lasting Effect CC 218 (Wortmann Ballroom)Jasmine Swann • Anthony Swann