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Click here to access every session at your convenience. This showcase includes 2.5 hours of professional development, specifically designed for librarians and teachers.

✅Learn powerful design strategies tailored for education
✅ Explore creative ways to engage students and promote literacy
✅ Gain new ideas for collaboration between librarians and teachers

Plus…You'll receive a Certificate of Participation.

The future is a moving target-how do we prepare students for an ever-changing world? Join us for Illuminate the Future, a dynamic two-day conference featuring experts on resilience, media literacy, AI, play-based learning, and more. Workshops will explore fostering curiosity, creativity, and ethical discussions in education. Highlights include Dr. Michele Borba (Thrivers), Dr. Kristen Mattson (AI and media literacy), Dr. Christopher Harris (AI education), and NYSED Early Learning specialists. Engage in discussions on cell phone use, The Anxious Generation book study, and AI 101.

Participants will be able to choose there sessions on Day 2 of the Conference. Be on the lookout an email from Staff Development in March to make your selections!

*** Please be aware that if you are registered July 22nd or after, your district will be billed for your spot, this is due to meals being served! *** COST: $349

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