Aledo ISD Empower 2026: Full Schedule

Welcome to Aledo ISD’s Summer Learning Academy!

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8:30am CDT

Refining Your Core5 Implementation and Using Data to Personalize Learning

Friday May 29, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Objectives:
Review and Reflect on the Core5 Adaptive Blended Learning Model and Best Practices
Analyze student level reports to understand instructional priorities
Explore resources for meeting instructional priorities

Please bring a device for some hands-on activities.

Speakers

Vicki Boring

Professional Learning Facilitator, Lexia Learning

Katie Tonemah

Friday May 29, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
B201

Special Education

Audience K-5 Special Education Teachers
Credit 1.5hr., CPE, FLEX

10:15am CDT

Active Literacy: High Engagement Strategies for PreK–2 Readers

LIMITED

Friday May 29, 2026 10:15am - 11:45am CDT

B201

Limited Capacity seats available

How do we ensure every child is thinking, responding, and learning during foundational literacy lessons? In this session, teachers will explore engagement strategies based on the explicit instruction practices of Anita Archer. Through modeling and collaborative practice, participants will experience routines that increase opportunities for student responses, support active participation, and strengthen early reading instruction in PreK–2 classrooms.

Speakers

Audra Ellerbusch

Early Literacy Specialist, Aledo ISD

I am entering my 24rd year in education with a deep passion for teaching Reading and Language Arts and empowering young learners. As a proud mom of four amazing boys and a wife of 25 years, I cherish both my family and my career. My heart is in literacy education, and I am dedicated... Read More →

Friday May 29, 2026 10:15am - 11:45am CDT
B201

Reading/Language Arts

Audience PreK-2nd
Subject Early Literacy
Credit 1.5hr., CPE, FLEX, ESL

Aledo ISD Empower 2026

8:30am CDT

Vicki Boring

Katie Tonemah

10:15am CDT

Audra Ellerbusch

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