How do we keep students actively engaged in learning day after day? How can we support students in thinking, talking, reading, and writing in meaningful ways across content areas? Join KY PIMSER for professional learning experiences focused on high-impact strategies that support student engagement, literacy, and sensemaking in K–12 classrooms.
Each session is designed to stand alone and provide immediately applicable strategies, while also building educators’ capacity to support deeper learning across grade levels and content areas. Join us as we strengthen our instructional toolkits and elevate student learning experiences.
Maintaining Student Engagement
Date: March 17th
Lead: Stephanie Harmon, PIMSER Regional Teacher Partner
Master teachers draw from a wide range of instructional tools and strategies to keep learning fresh, purposeful, and engaging. This variety helps maintain student motivation and prevents disengagement caused by overuse of any single strategy.
Join us as we explore practical, high-impact strategies for maintaining student engagement across all grade levels and content areas. Participants will examine tools and routines that support:
Effective lesson openers and closures
Meaningful engagement with learning targets
Student reflection and metacognition
Productive talk and discussion
Vocabulary development
Learning culture and feedback
Educators will leave with strategies they can immediately implement to foster active participation, increase motivation, and sustain engagement throughout the learning process.
Vocabulary & Literacy Strategies
Date: March 16th
Lead: Patti Works, PIMSER Regional Teacher Partner
Are you looking for ways to help students write authentically and develop academic and content-specific vocabulary in meaningful ways?
KY PIMSER (Partnership Institute for Mathematics and Science Education Reform) invites educators to a professional learning session focused on strengthening students’ literacy skills through intentional vocabulary development and authentic writing opportunities.
Authentic writing experiences do more than build vocabulary—they promote critical thinking and deepen conceptual understanding. By moving beyond simple summaries or short responses, students learn to construct explanations, justify their thinking with evidence, and communicate their ideas with clarity and purpose.
Through hands-on experiences and collaborative discussion, educators will leave with practical strategies and classroom-ready resources to support students in reading, writing, speaking, and thinking more effectively across disciplines.
