PISD Summer Inspire 2026: Full Schedule

Get ready to refresh, refine, and remix your learning at Summer Inspire on May 27-28 from 8:30–4:00! This year, we’re building on what works, exploring new strategies, and amplifying the impact we have on students. Please bring a charged device to all sessions.

Please note: Our main location will be Shepton High School, but some sessions may be at the Plano ISD Sockwell Center.

Shepton High School: 5505 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093
Sockwell Center: 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

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Filter sessions by type using the menu bar on the right side of Sched (All Levels, Elementary, Secondary, Session Times).
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There are 80-minute (earn 1.5 hours of credit), three-hour, and full day (earning 6 hours of credit) session options for each day. Participants are invited to attend as many as they wish each day.

All sessions qualify for 26-27 Trade Hours.

Have additional questions? Contact Kyle Fritsche at [email protected].

8:30am CDT

Building Stronger Achievement through CogAT Profiles (GT session)

LIMITED

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT

Shepton HS Rm E201

Limited Capacity filling up

Teachers have many tools in their toolbox. One of the best tools is CogAT. Teachers will analyze CogAT to dig into how each student learns best. This powerful tool can be used to adjust instruction to make instruction more effective for each student.

Speakers

Jennifer Ruth

Student Achievement Specialist, Plano ISD

Jennifer Ruth began her career in Plano ISD at Christie Elementary as a teacher and instructional specialist. From this experience she learned that she loved tote trays but hated textbook counts. She now works as an Assessment Specialist supporting teachers in how to use the data... Read More →

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT
Shepton HS Rm E201

All Levels, ELA, Math, Social Studies, LOTE, ESL, SPED, GT

8:30am CDT

SWIRL: Where Language Development Meets Content Instruction

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

SWIRL breaks the ELPS into visible, repeatable instructional routines from the Plano ISD Instructional Model. Experience this language cycle in action with your Plano ISD community as we SWIRL our way into summer!

Speakers

Aimee Daddi

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL

8:30am CDT

Access4All: Ensuring Access to Instruction for ALL Learners [3-hour session] (GT session) [@Sockwell Center]

LIMITED

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT

Sockwell Center @ 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity filling up

Educators have multiple resources they are expected to internalize and implement with integrity. And classrooms are increasingly diverse places, full of students with a variety of strengths and needs. What if we could find better ways to incorporate that diversity into the lesson internalization process and remove barriers to achievement for ALL learners? Participants will: examine principles of universally designed instruction and how they connect with the instructional cycle, enhance the lesson internalization process to ensure that rigorous learning experiences meet the needs of ALL learners, explore options for engagement, representation, and expression that reduce barriers for diverse learners across content areas, and practice teaching strategies that support effective classroom behavior management. [Please note: This session is at the Sockwell Center.]

Speakers

Lead4Ward

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT
Sockwell Center 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, All Content Areas, SPED, ESL, GT

8:30am CDT

Teaching Math to Emergent Bilinguals [3-hour session] (GT session) [@Sockwell Center]

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT

Sockwell Center @ 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

The training teaches your to use strategies aligned to each component of a math lesson demonstrate how educators can incorporate academic reading, writing, and conversations with a math-specific focus through student-led activities. Other topics include developing language-rich warm-ups, building background, and promoting differentiation with linguistic support. [Please note: This session is at the Sockwell Center.]

Speakers

Seidlitz

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT
Sockwell Center 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, Math, ESL

8:30am CDT

The Illusion of Learning: Why Students Seem to Learn--but Don't (and What to Do About It) [3-hour session]

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Examine why students often appear to learn during instruction but struggle to retain and apply skills over time. Identify how common classroom practices can create an illusion of learning, particularly for students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other learning disabilities. Apply research-based strategies from cognitive science—including retrieval practice, spacing, and productive struggle—to strengthen retention and independence. Redesign instructional routines across structured literacy, writing, and content areas to move from performance in the moment to learning that lasts. Leave with practical tools and a clear framework to become a more responsive teacher, not just a deliverer of curriculum.

Speakers

Vanessa Conatser

Coordinator, Dyslexia

Vanessa is currently the Coordinator for Dyslexia Services for Plano ISD. As a previous ESL Instructional Specialist for Plano ISD, she now has the pleasure of merging these two worlds to help identify bilingual students with dyslexia with the same tenacity as monolingual students... Read More →

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 11:20am CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, All Content Areas, ESL, SPED

8:30am CDT

ELPS Flipbook [full day session]

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 3:50pm CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

This training introduces the updated English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) set to take effect in 2026. Participants will explore key changes and learn strategies to effectively support emergent bilingual (EB) students in developing language proficiency. Through engaging discussions and practical applications, participants will discover how to integrate language support into content-area instruction.

Speakers

Seidlitz

Wednesday May 27, 2026 8:30am - 3:50pm CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL, SPED

10:00am CDT

Building Stronger Achievement through CogAT Profiles (GT session)

LIMITED

Wednesday May 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:20am CDT

Shepton HS Rm E201 @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Jennifer Ruth

Student Achievement Specialist, Plano ISD

Wednesday May 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:20am CDT
Shepton HS Rm E201

All Levels, ELA, Math, Social Studies, LOTE, ESL, SPED, GT

10:00am CDT

SWIRL: Where Language Development Meets Content Instruction

Wednesday May 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:20am CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Aimee Daddi

Wednesday May 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:20am CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL

1:00pm CDT

Building Stronger Achievement through CogAT Profiles (GT session)

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT

Shepton HS Rm E201 @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jennifer Ruth

Student Achievement Specialist, Plano ISD

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT
Shepton HS Rm E201

All Levels, ELA, Math, Social Studies, LOTE, ESL, SPED, GT

1:00pm CDT

SWIRL: Where Language Development Meets Content Instruction

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Aimee Daddi

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 2:20pm CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL

1:00pm CDT

Access4All: Ensuring Access to Instruction for ALL Learners [3-hour session] (GT session) [@Sockwell Center]

LIMITED

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT

Sockwell Center @ 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Lead4Ward

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Sockwell Center 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, All Content Areas, SPED, ESL, GT

1:00pm CDT

Teaching Math to Emergent Bilinguals [3-hour session] (GT session) [@Sockwell Center]

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT

Sockwell Center @ 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Seidlitz

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Sockwell Center 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, Math, ESL

1:00pm CDT

The Illusion of Learning: Why Students Seem to Learn--but Don't (and What to Do About It) [3-hour session]

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Vanessa Conatser

Coordinator, Dyslexia

Wednesday May 27, 2026 1:00pm - 3:50pm CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, All Content Areas, ESL, SPED

2:30pm CDT

Building Stronger Achievement through CogAT Profiles (GT session)

LIMITED

Wednesday May 27, 2026 2:30pm - 3:50pm CDT

Shepton HS Rm E201 @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Jennifer Ruth

Student Achievement Specialist, Plano ISD

Wednesday May 27, 2026 2:30pm - 3:50pm CDT
Shepton HS Rm E201

All Levels, ELA, Math, Social Studies, LOTE, ESL, SPED, GT

8:30am CDT

Are We There Yet? Tracking Student Progress Towards TEKS Mastery

FULL

Thursday May 28, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Whether you are talking about Aggressive Progress Monitoring or TEKS Tracking, the point is the same. We want to insure all students can demonstrate mastery of the essential TEKS. Learn how to easily pull the needed data from Edugence to track student performance of the TEKS across the entire year.

Speakers

Jennifer Ruth

Student Achievement Specialist, Plano ISD

Thursday May 28, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL, SPED

8:30am CDT

SWIRL: Where Language Development Meets Content Instruction

Thursday May 28, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Aimee Daddi

Thursday May 28, 2026 8:30am - 9:50am CDT
Shepton High School 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

All Levels, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, ESL

8:30am CDT

The ELPS Made Easy [full day session]

Thursday May 28, 2026 8:30am - 3:50pm CDT

Shepton High School @ 5580 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Limited Capacity seats available

This training introduces the updated English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs), which take effect in the fall of 2026. Participants will explore how integrating small moves helps students to talk more, think more, and achieve more in all content area classrooms. Additionally, the Visual Non-Glossary will be featured as a powerful tool that integrates conversation, reading, and writing around academic vocabulary.

Speakers