HIVE 2025

Join an international expert on co-teaching and a national expert on literacy as they share concrete, practical, and engaging strategies for helping all learners succeed using the Bookworms curriculum! Using a new curriculum can be difficult enough – adding a partner can make it easier or add to the complexities. By modeling various co-teaching approaches, the presenters will explicitly address roles and responsibilities, co-planning, co-instruction, and co-assessment. Both experts have special education backgrounds and are able to provide techniques to support a range of student needs – to include specific literacy skills as well as behavioral or social needs.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Define co-teaching and pinpoint its critical components
• Name and describe the various co-instructional approaches
• Identify ways that co-teachers can use regrouping approaches to differentiate for varying literacy needs using the Bookworms curriculum

Join this session to review the process of navigating the successful implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials. Hear from a District team’s experience with strategic planning, valuable lessons learned, and inspiring highlights.

Promoting productive and equitable conversation, mastery of skills, and student engagement is a top priority in the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. Prepare to take a deep dive into scaffolds embedded throughout the curriculum. Participants will apply learned scaffolds and differentiation strategies to provide in-the-moment and pre-planned support and scaffolds for multilingual learners.

This session explores expanding our understanding of student learning, moving beyond the traditional classroom to embrace the rich learning environments within our schools and communities. We begin by recognizing that children thrive when connected to their communities, fostering connectivity, positive development, and essential life skills. Every adult in a school, from nutrition staff to bus drivers, plays a vital role in a student's life, often serving as mentors and coaches. Deep partnerships with students, families, community leaders, and other stakeholders are crucial for achieving our shared educational goals. This requires a broader vision of the school community, one that embraces the various adults within and surrounding our schools.

Participants will explore strategies for expanding the concept of student educators in helping to create optimal learning environments. These strategies are critical for creating strong instructional communities that fully wraparound students and build upon their assets and connections. We will also explore how to provide non-instructional staff with relevant professional development and support. Learning opportunities on topics like student development and strategies for connecting to students can equip these individuals to support students effectively, bridging the gap between classroom learning and the broader school experience. This approach reinforces that everyone contributes to student growth.

This session, presented virtually, will bring the most experienced Bookworms leadership team in the whole country to you! Bookworms author Sharon Walpole will host the meeting, but the Seaford Leadership Team will take the stage. They will share their strategies for initial teacher training, building principal understanding, and providing ongoing coaching for teachers and leaders. And the proof is in the pudding – they will show their student achievement data over time. After they share their story, they will take your questions.

This session is ideal for classroom teachers, instructional leaders, curriculum designers, and school administrators interested in learning more about EL Education’s innovative products that support a diverse range of learners and enhance the overall teaching experience.
By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to leverage EL Education’s new products to create more inclusive, effective, and enriching learning experiences for their students, while also benefiting from enhanced teaching tools and support.

Join us for an enlightening session that explores how to leverage students’ culture as a joyful vehicle for learning (Ladson-Billings, 1995) to enhance English Language Arts curricula featuring diverse authors. Pursue joy as we share our experiences designing culturally responsive curriculum content. This session will highlight an exclusive Open Up Resources 3rd Grade Module

We will discuss the important work school and district leaders need to do before, during and just after materials adoption for high school mathematics. We will have district leaders from districts that have recently adopted share insight and provide important counsel from their experience and the lessons they have learned.

Discover how Language Dives can unlock deeper understanding and elevate student voice across all content areas. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how to plan and facilitate purposeful Language Dives that build academic language, support multilingual learners, and empower all students to engage with complex texts and ideas. Walk away with practical strategies and tools to bring Language Dives to life.

This professional learning session is designed for district and school leaders, instructional coaches, and implementation teams seeking to lead the successful adoption of the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum. Participants will analyze key conditions for success and change management strategies essential for high-quality implementation. Through collaborative discussions, leaders will share insights and experiences in supporting student outcomes across the Three Dimensions of Student Achievement: Mastery of Knowledge and Skills, Character, and High-Quality Student Work. The session will also explore aspirations, partnership benefits, challenges, and the evolution of curriculum implementation over time, equipping leaders and coaches with the tools to foster sustainable and impactful change in their schools and districts.

You’ve made it through the first year or two, what next? What does it take to change classroom culture and teacher practice? How do we use the curriculum to ensure equitable outcomes for all students? We will focus on the action steps that school and district leaders can take to support real and meaningful change in high school mathematics.

In this session, participants will hear stories of teachers that had initial reservations about switching to a problem-based curriculum and how they overcame these reservations. You’re not alone in the journey - join us to make connections, gain new perspectives, and problem-solve!

Join this session tailored to instructional leaders. We'll explore strategies for creating supportive structures in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and enhancing teacher planning processes. Discover practical ways to nurture teachers, foster collaboration, and provide the essential support they need to thrive in their professional growth journey and positively impact student success.

In this session, participants will learn about the importance of scaffolding and how it can be used in their classrooms. They will explore different scaffolding techniques and strategies and practice using them in various learning contexts, such as providing access points to qualitatively complex texts. Participants will leave this session with a deeper understanding of scaffolding and a toolkit of strategies that they can use to support their students' learning.

Data is a powerful tool for informing instruction and meeting the diverse needs of students. In this session, participants will explore strategies for analyzing and leveraging data within the EL Curriculum to drive decision-making and enhance student learning. Through discussion and hands-on practice, educators will learn how to use formative and summative assessments to identify trends, adjust instruction, and provide targeted support. Walk away with actionable insights to create a data-informed classroom that fosters student growth and success.

This engaging professional learning session explores how EL Education designs transformative experiences aimed at building the capacity of educators, instructional leaders, and school communities. By partnering with EL Education, schools experience a shift toward deeper student engagement, stronger instructional practices, and meaningful academic growth. Educators leave our sessions feeling inspired, equipped, and ready to cultivate rigorous and joyful learning environments.

Ready to transform teaching and learning in your school community? Let’s partner for impact!

If you work with multilingual learners or in dual-language schools, esta sesión es para tí! Together, we will define translanguaging and learn how it differs from traditional language practices and beliefs. We’ll share and experience specific strategies for translanguaging that can be used across K–8 ELA and mathematics content, and with any curriculum, to support multilinguals and honor their native languages.