Creative Movement as a Tool for Discovery, Research, and Equity is a seminar focused on the usage of creative movement activities as a vehicle for student engagement and understanding. Creative movement tools are not about gamifying lessons. Instead, they’re about taking concepts, distilling them into their essential parts/questions, and providing opportunities for students to translate those parts through the visceral body thereby solidifying their learning. In this seminar, participants will learn the educational benefits of creative movement activities and some examples they can use in their classrooms in a variety of ways. Participants will want to come prepared to move.
A.J. Hopes-Pflumm received his BFA in Dance Performance/Choreography from WSU and his MA in Secondary Education from USM. He has been an Olathe Public Schools employee since 2017 primarily in post-secondary SPED and ESY elementary SPED focusing on adaptive movement activities and... Read More →
Wednesday May 27, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT Room 816
Creative Movement as a Tool for Discovery, Research, and Equity is a seminar focused on the usage of creative movement activities as a vehicle for student engagement and understanding. Creative movement tools are not about gamifying lessons. Instead, they’re about taking concepts, distilling them into their essential parts/questions, and providing opportunities for students to translate those parts through the visceral body thereby solidifying their learning. In this seminar, participants will learn the educational benefits of creative movement activities and some examples they can use in their classrooms in a variety of ways. Participants will want to come prepared to move.
A.J. Hopes-Pflumm received his BFA in Dance Performance/Choreography from WSU and his MA in Secondary Education from USM. He has been an Olathe Public Schools employee since 2017 primarily in post-secondary SPED and ESY elementary SPED focusing on adaptive movement activities and... Read More →
Thursday May 28, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am CDT Room 816
In this session, teachers will explore how to transform reading from a passive task into an active learning experience across all disciplines. Participants will learn practical ways to scaffold text so students can access complex content, build academic vocabulary, and understand how text structure supports meaning in subjects such as science, social studies, and electives.
By the end of the session, teachers will leave with ready-to-use reading scaffolds that promote comprehension, increase student engagement, and support students in applying what they read to demonstrate deeper learning in their content area.
In this session, teachers will explore how to transform reading from a passive task into an active learning experience across all disciplines. Participants will learn practical ways to scaffold text so students can access complex content, build academic vocabulary, and understand how text structure supports meaning in subjects such as science, social studies, and electives.
By the end of the session, teachers will leave with ready-to-use reading scaffolds that promote comprehension, increase student engagement, and support students in applying what they read to demonstrate deeper learning in their content area.
