Region 10 Charter School Academy for Teachers 2026: Full Schedule

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10:15am CDT

STEM-Focused Writing: Using AI for SCR Prompts

Thursday July 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:10am CDT

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will guide teachers through the Short Constructed Response (SCR) writing process, providing practical strategies for developing TEKS-aligned, grade-level prompts. Participants will explore effective techniques for designing prompts that assess and reveal students’ depth of thinking within the classroom setting.

Speakers

Samantha Bradbury

Consultant, Region 10 ESC

Samantha is a highly experienced education professional with a background in biological sciences as well as being certified in STEM teaching . Her twenty-plus-year career includes ten years of teaching high school and over a decade as a Science and STEM Lead and showcases her passion... Read More →

Thursday July 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:10am CDT
Room 305

Instructional Strategies

11:20am CDT

This Just Keeps Happening: Unlocking Student Thinking in Science using the RTCs

LIMITED

Thursday July 23, 2026 11:20am - 12:15pm CDT

Room 305

Limited Capacity seats available

Research shows that recurring themes and concepts are essential for driving effective science instruction and fostering deep student understanding. This session will demonstrate best practices for applying these themes in the classroom to create lasting scientific knowledge.

Speakers

Samantha Bradbury

Consultant, Region 10 ESC

Thursday July 23, 2026 11:20am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 305

Science, Science

2:30pm CDT

Sketchy Science Notes (3-12)

LIMITED

Thursday July 23, 2026 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT

Room 305

Limited Capacity seats available

Typography, Shapes, and Science..Oh My! Have you been looking for a way to add tools to your students’ tool belt to allow them to gain deeper learning in science? Sketchnotes maybe the very thing they can use as part of their interactive notebook tasks. This session will provide you with the basics to get you started in sketchnoting and providing transferable skills to your students. We will use sketchnotes through the lens of science to enhance thinking and the processing of information.

Speakers

Samantha Bradbury

Consultant, Region 10 ESC

Thursday July 23, 2026 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Room 305

Science

Region 10 Charter School Academy for Teachers 2026

10:15am CDT

Samantha Bradbury

11:20am CDT

Samantha Bradbury

2:30pm CDT

Samantha Bradbury

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