Name: From Sit and Get to Think and Talk
Start: 2025-07-31T09:00:00-0500
End: 2025-07-31T09:50:00-0500

🚀 Prosper Connects 25: Your Ultimate Professional Learning Adventure! 🌟
Get Ready for the Most Incredible Day of Learning in Prosper ISD!July 31st at Rock Hill High School | Over 300 Sessions Await!
Calling all educators! Prepare for a day packed with inspiration, innovation, and incredible learning opportunities. From the electrifying drumline welcome to the delicious food trucks, this isn’t just another professional development day – it’s a celebration of education!
✨ Highlights:

🥁 Epic Drumline Kick-Off
☕ Speedy Bean Morning Coffee
🌮 Gourmet Food Truck Lunch
🧠 GT Credit Sessions Available
📚 Up to 6 Professional Learning Hours

Thursday July 31, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am CDT

1117

Let’s be real: attention spans are short and student engagement matters more than ever. In this fast-paced, hands-on session, we’ll explore how to transform direct instruction into meaningful, memory-making chunks using brain-based research and high-yield strategies from our district’s instructional playbook. You’ll strengthen what already works while adding tools that deepen thinking and boost retention.
💡 Apply current brain research to enhance direct instruction
🤔 Design check-for-understanding moments that promote higher-order thinking
🎯 Revamp a lesson by embedding 2–3 powerful engagement strategies

You’ll leave with ready-to-use ideas that make your teaching even more effective.

Speakers

Mandy Neece

Social Studies High School Instructional Coach, Prosper ISD

Hi there! I’m entering my 19th year in education and my fourth year as a Social Studies Instructional Coach in Prosper ISD. I’ve always had a deep interest in Social Studies—it’s where we make sense of the past and better understand the world we live in today.I enjoy working... Read More →

Thursday July 31, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am CDT
1117

Instructional, 6-12

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Prosper Connects '25

Mandy Neece

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