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2 Day Event:
Schedule:
6:00 am – 12:30 pm
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April 22-23, 20266 am PDT
Registration Fee:
First Day Only:
$325
Second Day Only:
$325
Both Days:
$595


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2026 Conference for 2nd Grade Teachers: Powerful Strategies to Maximize Learning!

Presented by Second Grade

Bureau of Education & Research - Professional Staff Development Conference

Strategies Ideal for the 2nd Grade Classroom!

Choose from 21 Strategy-Packed Conference Sessions

  • Outstanding Trainers
  • Second-Grade Teacher Resources
  • Hundreds of Practical Strategies
  • … and Much More!
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Uniquely Qualified Instructors

Ann Elise Record is an experienced second grade classroom teacher, author and national consultant. She has worked extensively with students, teachers, and interventionists, providing the most practical strategies for success. All the assessments, strategies, and resources she presents are those she has used extensively and successfully in classrooms. Ann Elise's sessions are extremely practical and filled with research-based activities and assessments you can immediately implement to enhance your second-grade program.

Annemarie Johnson is an outstanding, experienced second grade teacher, renowned for her enthusiasm and engaging presentation style. She shares proven strategies that truly resonate with second grade students, ensuring her sessions are packed with innovative and practical ideas. You are sure to find Annemarie's sessions full of innovative, practical, teacher-friendly ideas you will be excited to use in your own second grade program.

Amy Stark is an enthusiastic second grade teacher known for her highly motivating ideas and the practicality of her sessions. She brings years of experience teaching second grade along with no-nonsense, research-based strategies and activities that you can apply and adapt to fit the needs of your second graders. Her sessions are fast-paced, inspiring and above all, practical! You will leave her sessions with dozens of ideas, strategies, tips, and tools you can use immediately!

Conference Agenda

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Day 1

Opening General Session
Morning Sessions: Choose ONE Full Morning Session or TWO 70-Minute Sessions *One mid-morning break
Lunch Break
Afternoon Sessions: Choose ONE Full Afternoon Session or TWO 70-Minute Sessions *One mid-afternoon break

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Day 2

Morning Sessions: Choose ONE Full Morning Session or TWO 75-Minute Sessions *One mid-morning break
Lunch Break
Afternoon Sessions: Choose TWO 75-Minute Sessions *One mid-afternoon break

Who Should Attend

Educators Serving Second Grade: Classroom Teachers, Special Education Staff, Title I Staff, Instructional Assistants, Specialists who Work With Students in Second Grade, Curriculum Specialists, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Comprehensive Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook, specifically designed for this conference. Included in the handbook are resource materials for ALL conference sessions, even those you don't attend. These materials include:

  • Teaching strategies and activities for teaching second-grade reading and math skills and more!
  • Assessment techniques, samples and tools perfect for second-grade students
  • Dozens of tools and strategies for math, reading, sight words, and more!

Semester Credit Option
UMASS Logo Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

   
 
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