LT Conference 2025: Full Schedule

Celebrating ten years of passionate educators shaping minds, touching hearts, and inspiring the future!

Welcome to the Lake Travis ISD Learning Together Conference 2025!

WHO: All Instructional Staff

WHEN: Thursday & Friday February 13th and 14th

LOCATION: LTHS Annex Building

START TIME: 8:00am both days!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and this year is extra special as we mark our 10th anniversary! We are thrilled to bring everyone together for 2 days of learning, collaboration, and celebration. For a full decade, we’ve poured our hearts and souls into fostering educational excellence, and now it’s time to honor that journey together.

Check out additional details below!

Please bring your device to use in sessions!
Attendance will be collected in each session.
Learner Profile
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G eneral map of our venue
Mother’s room - Annex Main Office
Lost and Found - Annex Main Office
Dress: Thursday - Campus Spirit Wear ; Friday - Festive Valentine’s Attire

Daily Schedule

Thursday, February 13, 2025

8:00 - 8:45 KICK-OFF in PAC
8:45 - 9:15 Transition & Breakfast
9:15 - 10:15 SESSION 1
10:15 - 10:30 Transition
10:30 - 11:30 SESSION 2
11:30 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:15 - 2:15 SESSION 3
2:15 - 2:30 Transition
2:30 - 3:30 SESSION 4

Friday, February 14, 2025

8:00 - 8:45 Morning Meet-ups & Breakfast
8:45 - 9:45 SESSION 5
9:45 - 10:00 Transition
10:00 - 11:00 SESSION 6
11:00 - 12:30 LUNCH
12:45 - 2:30 Team Time (1 hour, 45 minutes)
2:30 - 2:45 Transition
2:45 - 3:30 CLOSING in PAC

Scroll down to register for the Breakout Sessions!

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9:15am CST

Implementing Your HMH Structured Literacy Lesson LIMITED

Thursday February 13, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am CST

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K-2 Teachers: Come see and experience a structured literacy lesson as a student. Afterward, we will discuss and work on a lesson guide template to share with your grade level colleagues.

Speakers

Diane Tilley

Lead Dyslexia Specialist, 908 - Special Services

Colea Podoloff

ES Instructional Support/Literacy Teacher, 106 - West Cypress Hills Elem School

Erin Modde

ES Instructional Support/Literacy Teacher, 104 - Lake Pointe Elementary School

I'm the dyslexia intervention teacher at Lake Pointe. This will be my 6th year in that position, my 18th year in Lake Travis and my 26th year as a teacher! I love helping kids break the barriers of reading and spelling and I love helping my fellow teachers be the best teachers... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am CST
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K-2

10:30am CST

Implementing Your HMH Structured Literacy Lesson LIMITED

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CST

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K-2 Teachers: Come see and experience a structured literacy lesson as a student. Afterward, we will discuss and work on a lesson guide template to share with your grade level colleagues.

Speakers

Diane Tilley

Lead Dyslexia Specialist, 908 - Special Services

Colea Podoloff

ES Instructional Support/Literacy Teacher, 106 - West Cypress Hills Elem School

Erin Modde

ES Instructional Support/Literacy Teacher, 104 - Lake Pointe Elementary School

Thursday February 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CST
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K-2

1:15pm CST

Transform and Differentiate TDEC Writing with Integrated AI Tools and KAMI FILLING

Thursday February 13, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST

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Transform Your Classroom with Integrated AI Tools
Teachers, are you ready to simplify your planning while meeting your students' diverse learning needs? Join our hands-on workshop to explore how to integrate the KAMI platform and Magic School AI into engaging, differentiated reading and writing experiences to meet every cross-curricular need.
Here's what you'll learn:

Seamlessly blend AI tools like KAMI's highlighting and immersive reading features into your assignments.
How to use Magic School AI to quickly generate grade-level prompts and guiding questions for your writers in under a minute.
Access a TDEC Google Classroom full of examples, templates, and integrated AI writing samples to enhance your teaching toolkit.

Empower your students with tools that make learning accessible, interactive, and effective for all grade levels and learning differences.

Speakers

Sherri Alderman

ES 5th Grade Teacher, 102 - Lakeway Elementary School

Developing a compassionate relationship through social-emotional learning is the cornerstone of every successful classroom, student, and teacher. Students don't care how much you know until they know you care. Student success is based on your goals, how you motivate and inspire, and... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
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K-12

2:30pm CST

Feed Two Birds With One Scone: How to engage your students in TDEC writing for all content areas AND send a class, grade-level, or school-wide newsletter FILLING

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CST

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By shifting the role from teacher to student in creating a classroom, grade-level, or school-wide newsletter, the teacher can accomplish several intentional goals with one activity: increase student engagement by offering choice and agency, improve classroom management with assigned roles and added routines, highlight cross-curricular connections, build a bridge to the community, and promote TDEC writing in all content areas.

Speakers

Lauren Feist

Instructional Coach, 727 - Curriculum & Instruction

Lauren Feist is the MS Humanities Instructional Coach for Lake Travis ISD. Previously, she worked as the ELA Department Chair at Bee Cave Middle School since the school's opening. She was honored to be named Teacher of the Year for 2024-25 in her last year of teaching. Before that... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CST
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K-12