2025 Pretzel Winter Institute

2025 Pretzel Winter Institute

Welcome to the 2025 Pretzel Winter Institute! Please select sessions appropriate to your role! Most sessions will be held at Freeport Middle School and Freeport High School while a few will be at Empire Elementary School and Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School. Remember to check session descriptions the night before the Institute to confirm times and locations. If you have any questions, please contact Alex T. Valencic, our Professional Learning Coordinator, at alex.valencic@fsd145.org. Thank you!

Add sessions to your personal schedule to register your attendance (Check-In).

7:00am CST

TEST FMS Room 200 / Curriculum OfficeAlex T. Valencic (Test)

8:30am CST

Bridges Getting Started Facilitator Training, Day 2 BY INVITATION ONLY (FULL DAY WORKSHOP) Lincoln-Douglas Meeting RoomPaula Muehler

9:30am CST

6-12 Social Studies Curriculum Review & Planning, Part 1 of 2 for SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEMBERS FMS Room 210 / CrawfordJulia Cloat Developing a Standards-Based Driver's Education Curriculum, Part 1 of 4 for DRIVER'S EDUCATION TEACHERS FHS Room 101 / Driver's EdElizabeth Whitham • Seth Heitter

10:45am CST

Developing a Standards-Based Driver's Education Curriculum, Part 2 of 4 for DRIVER'S EDUCATION TEACHERS FHS Room 101 / Driver's EdElizabeth Whitham • Seth Heitter Focused Note-Taking in the Middle and Secondary Classroom for 7-12 NEW TEACHERS FMS Room 210 / CrawfordCheri Crawford Using Toddle the IB Way for JONES-FARRAR TEACHERS FMS Room 228 / EvansGeorgia Mathis • Liberty Madigan Empowering Affinity Groups To Bring about Change for AFFINITY GROUP MEMBERS FMS Conference CenterDanielle Jackson

11:45am CST

Grow Our Own Program Luncheon for GROW OUR OWN PARTICIPANTS FHS Senior CafeteriaSusan Fumo

1:00pm CST

Developing a Standards-Based Driver's Education Curriculum, Part 3 of 4 for DRIVER'S EDUCATION TEACHERS FHS Room 101 / Driver's EdElizabeth Whitham • Seth Heitter Interactive Notebooks in the Middle and Secondary Classroom for 7-12 TEACHERS FMS Room 150 / K. SmithKatrina Smith Responding to Student Success Data with Panorama, Part 1 of 2 for MTSS LEADERSHIP TEAMS FMS Conference CenterCandace Cacciatore • Jannette Moya Teaching World Languages with the Five Senses for WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS FHS Room 106 / Tolu-HonaryAmy Tolu-Honary

2:15pm CST

6-12 Social Studies Curriculum Review & Planning, Part 2 of 2 for SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEMBERS FMS Room 210 / CrawfordJulia Cloat Developing a Standards-Based Driver's Education Curriculum, Part 4 of 4 for DRIVER'S EDUCATION TEACHERS FHS Room 101 / Driver's EdElizabeth Whitham • Seth Heitter Responding to Student Success Data with Panorama, Part 2 of 2 for MTSS LEADERSHIP TEAMS FMS Conference CenterCandace Cacciatore • Jannette Moya