ReV Up 2024: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 28th Annual Region 5 Expanded Learning ReV Up 2024 In-Person Conference!

8:55am PDT

Sense of Place Walks for Belonging and Wellbeing

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT

Join Monterey Bay Aquarium staff to learn safe, structured and engaging strategies to take students outdoors. Use mindfulness moments and our guided walking curriculum to activate meaningful experiences that instill wonder and critical thinking. Leave with new tools to develop a deeper sense of belonging for your learners and for yourself!

Workshop offered during Session 1 and Session 2

Presenter

Jerry Knaack

Sr. Education Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jerry is a native Californian and educator at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He taught various science classes at public high schools in the Bay Area before joining the Education Team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He now delivers professional learning to help teachers and promote the... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT
Room X10

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, High School
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning

8:55am PDT

STEAM Play for Young Learners

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT

Room X07

Come play with an integrated approach to science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) for TK-3rd graders! If you serve this age group, then this workshop is for you. We'll get hands-on with design challenges and learn strategies to design engaging learning experiences that promote collaboration, cooperation, and critical thinking. We will learn how to facilitate learning through taking an inquiry stance--modeling curiosity and wonder. Come get inspired so you can inspire and engage your young learners!

Presenter

Robyn Stone

Coordinator, Santa Clara County Office of Education

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT
Room X07

STEAM

Title/Position Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades TK-K, Grades 1-3
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

8:55am PDT

This Can Be You! Multimedia Show that Inspires All Ages to Connect Content to Careers

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT

Theater

Join DJ Anghelli for an immersive, high energy audio/visual experience that inspires young people to pursue innovative careers in STEAM. “This Can Be You” is a multimedia-adrenaline-shot-of-vision to help students see themselves in a broad range of STEAM careers. Our show makes relevant connections to reach youth where they're at and gets them excited about what’s possible. Let's help students early in life so they're ready to thrive in the future. You'll leave inspired!

Presenter

DJ Anghelli

Youth Engagement Specialist, STEAM the Streets

STEAM the Streets helps youth see themselves in STEAM careers through culturally relevant media and the arts. Since being founded in 2016, they have directly served over 6,000 students and have reached more than 3 million through online campaigns. STEAM the Streets has helped schools... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT
Theater

STEAM

Title/Position Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 6-8, High School
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building, Youth Voice & Leadership

8:55am PDT

Tinker to Learn: Science and Engineering for All

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT

Room H3

Let's get creative! Learn to facilitate science and engineering activities by creatively reusing materials in non-obvious ways. Make and take fun gadgets from lessons that demonstrate science phenomena, actively engage students, and emphasize important collaboration and communication skills. Leave with many ideas, strategies, and examples! Come tinker the RAFT way!

Workshop offered during Session 1, Session 3, and Session 4

Presenter

Eric Welker

Director of Learning Development, Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT)

I taught high school science and math for 12 years before joining the RAFT team in 2007. In my 16 years at RAFT, I’ve designed many hands-on STEAM activities and kits, developed and facilitated hundreds of teacher workshops, and engaged students in grades TK-12 in several engineering... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2024 8:55am - 10:15am PDT
Room H3

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 1-3, Grades 4-5
Skill Level Beginner
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

10:20am PDT

Sense of Place Walks for Belonging and Wellbeing

Saturday September 14, 2024 10:20am - 11:40am PDT

Room X10

Presenter

Jerry Knaack

Sr. Education Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Saturday September 14, 2024 10:20am - 11:40am PDT
Room X10

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, High School
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning

10:20am PDT

STEAM-tastic Adventures: Igniting Creativity and Curiosity in Young Minds!

Saturday September 14, 2024 10:20am - 11:40am PDT

Room D15

In this engaging STEAM-challenge workshop, you'll learn to create inquiry-based, hands-on lessons that blend science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics for young students. Develop strategies for fostering creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving while ensuring activities are inclusive and relevant. The workshop also covers assessing student progress and encouraging collaboration, helping build a supportive classroom culture.

Presenter

Maria Parker

STEAM Coordinator, Monterey County Office of Education

Maria Parker is an award-winning bilingual educator with experience teaching at the middle and elementary levels in Salinas and San Luis Obispo. She spearheads initiatives to enhance STEAM education in Monterey County's school districts, promoting creativity, critical thinking, and... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2024 10:20am - 11:40am PDT
Room D15

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades TK-K, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-5
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

12:55pm PDT

Building Tomorrow: Hands-On STEAM Challenges for Young Innovators

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT

Room D15

Let's innovate! Learn how to craft and facilitate compelling STEAM challenges that boost students' critical thinking and creativity. You'll learn effective questioning strategies that promote exploration and student collaboration. Leave with tools to effectively assess student understanding and progress in STEAM activities.

Presenter

Maria Parker

STEAM Coordinator, Monterey County Office of Education

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT
Room D15

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

12:55pm PDT

Storytelling on a String: Facilitating Engineering with Empathy

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT

Room D10

Interested in engaging your students in engineering while improving their SEL skills? Join The Tech Interactive for a hand-on workshop focused on building innovator mindsets. Explore strategies for incorporating empathy into engineering activities and walk away with a design challenge you can try with your students.

Workshop offered during Session 3 and Session 4

Presenter

Lauren Cage

Professional Development Specialist, The Tech Interactive

Lauren Cage has been with The Tech Interactive in San Jose, CA since 2012, where she has held several educator roles. She currently serves as Professional Development Specialist, developing educational content and leading professional development for educators on design challenge... Read More →

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT
Room D10

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8
Skill Level Beginner
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

12:55pm PDT

Tinker to Learn: Science and Engineering for All

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT

Room H3

Presenter

Eric Welker

Director of Learning Development, Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT)

Saturday September 14, 2024 12:55pm - 2:15pm PDT
Room H3

STEAM

Title/Position Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 1-3, Grades 4-5
Skill Level Beginner
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building

2:20pm PDT

Career Exploration through Culturally Relevant, Diverse and Inclusive Methods

Saturday September 14, 2024 2:20pm - 3:40pm PDT

Room C5

STEAM the Streets created engaging multimedia resources to help your students explore careers through a culturally relevant lens. In this workshop, we will highlight these resources including the STEAM the Streets App and slide-based lessons. They both feature engaging stories from underrepresented individuals in STEAM career fields. Take back amazing resources ready to implement on Monday!

Presenter

Ben Gilbarg

Director, STEAM the Streets

Saturday September 14, 2024 2:20pm - 3:40pm PDT
Room C5

STEAM

Title/Position Program Directors, Site Coordinators, Frontline Staff
Grade Level Served Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, High School
Skill Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advance
Quality Standards Active & Engaged Learning, Skill Building, Youth Voice & Leadership, Diversity Access & Equity

2:20pm PDT

Data Detective: Empowering Young Minds Through Design Thinking

Saturday September 14, 2024 2:20pm - 3:40pm PDT

Room BE-3

Equip your students with vital academic and life skills to explore, analyze, and interpret data - all important for careers of the future! Discover how to foster data literacy in your classroom through hands-on, creative problem-solving activities. We'll show you how to make learning both fun and impactful! Take what you've learned and implement it on Monday!

Presenter