Deeper Learning New York

Thank you for registering for the DLNY26 Pre-Conference! We're excited to welcome you on Monday, July 13 for an afternoon of learning, reflection, and planning.
📍 Location:
iPark Kingston
300 Enterprise Drive
Kingston, NY
📅 Schedule

• 11:00 AM – Registration
• 11:15 AM–12:15 PM – Lunch (provided)
• 12:30 PM–3:30 PM – Pre-Conference Session

Facilitated by New Tech Network, this interactive workshop will provide dedicated time to reflect on your team's NY Inspires journey, celebrate progress, and plan next steps for advancing the New York State Portrait of a Graduate. You'll also have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from across New York as you prepare for the year ahead.
💻 Please bring a device to use during the session.

Education is changing—not gradually, but fundamentally. The role of the educator must not only evolve amidst this shift but take agency in shaping it by grounding innovation in human connection, purpose, and the lived experience of learning.
This professional learning activity develops the participants' capacity for reflective practice as a lever for more effective instruction and stronger classroom management. Participants examine how self-awareness — awareness of one's own stress response, attentional patterns, and instructional habits — directly shape classroom climate, teacher-student interactions, and students' readiness to learn.
The session introduces research-based frameworks connecting the teacher's nervous system regulation to classroom decision-making, then moves participants through structured reflection and applied activities that translate these frameworks into concrete instructional moves.
 
Participants leave with a customized implementation plan rooted in personal insight and classroom-ready strategies to enhance their practice and transform their school communities.

Description:
Great leadership isn’t just about strategy…it’s about your Story, your WHY, and your Purpose. Into the Fire: 5 Rules for Igniting a Leadership Legacy is a transformational workshop designed to inspire and equip leaders to embrace their own stories, empower their teams, and find clarity in their purpose.
Through dynamic storytelling and interactive discussions, Dr. Beck will guide participants through the 5 Rules that define powerful leadership. Each rule is built on personal experience, hard-won lessons, and real-life leadership stories of those who have overcome adversity to lead with impact.
Attendees will connect their own leadership journeys, leaving them empowered to ignite their legacy and lead with purpose.
Key Takeaways:
-Your story fuels your leadership…your journey and experiences shape the foundation of how you lead and inspire others.
-Legacy is built through action…apply the five rules to elevate your impact and lead with lasting purpose.
-Purpose ignites performance…clarity in your “why” drives motivation and strengthens team culture.

What does it look like when students stop performing for a grade and start performing for an audience? Over the past two years, Saugerties Central School District has been doing exactly that work: building a culture where assessment means something real.
In this Den Talk, leaders and teachers share the on-the-ground story of launching Presentations of Learning and our journey as a PLAN Pilot school. We'll share about the resistance we encountered, and the mindset shifts that made the difference. Whether you're just beginning to question your school's relationship with traditional assessment or you're deep in the work of reimagining it, this session is designed for you. Come ready to share your own experience, this is as much a conversation as it is a presentation.
Participants will leave with:

• A real-world model for piloting performance assessment at the 6-12 level
• Practical advice for leading staff, students, and community through a culture shift
• Honest lessons from the field, including the messy middle
• A collegial conversation about what assessment can and should look like for the students in front of us today

Artificial intelligence is changing the game for students and teachers alike but how do we lead through it?

Join this interactive Den Talk to dive into the real, everyday decisions educators are navigating right now. From students using AI on assignments, to teachers leveraging it for lesson planning, we’ll walk through authentic scenarios, confront the ethical implications, and discuss how to maintain a critical lens to ensure AI creates equitable access for all learners.

We are here to talk about how we balance innovation with responsibility. True leadership means preparing students for an AI-driven world, not just by teaching them how to use these tools, but by empowering them to question, challenge, and direct them with purpose.