Aledo ISD Empower 2026: Full Schedule

Welcome to Aledo ISD’s Summer Learning Academy!

1:00pm CDT

Making Thinking Visible: Increasing Rigor Through Interactive Science Notebooking

Thursday May 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Teachers will learn fresh ideas about science notebooking, including differentiation strategies, vocabulary supports, and ways to increase rigor and relevance.

Speakers

Liz has been in education for 15 years and holds a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership with a specialization in GT. She is passionate about STEM, differentiation, and creating meaningful, hands-on experiences for students.

Thursday May 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
B112

Science

Audience 3rd-5th, PreK-2nd
Subject Science
Credit 1.5hr., CPE, ESL, FLEX, GT

2:45pm CDT

Learning Through Inquiry

LIMITED

Friday May 29, 2026 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT

B112

Limited Capacity seats available

We will be presenting on how we set up our student driven inquiry projects. Students guide themselves through independent learning tasks and then apply their knowledge to engineering some type of a project. We will share how we set up the learning tasks and facilitate without giving the answers. How we guide students through their own creative process in the design phase, and finally how we add in elements of critical writing.

Speakers

Luke Campbell

8th Grade Science, Aledo ISD

Kate Thomas

8th Grade Science, Aledo ISD

Friday May 29, 2026 2:45pm - 4:15pm CDT
B112

Science

Audience 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th, PreK-2nd
Subject STEM
Credit 1.5hr., CPE, FLEX

Aledo ISD Empower 2026

1:00pm CDT

Haley Loftin

Elizabeth Garcia

2:45pm CDT

Luke Campbell

Kate Thomas

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