SkyCon 2024: Full Schedule

We are excited to welcome you to our 34th annual IL Skyward® User Group Conference at the Tinley Park Convention Center! Using our app will keep you up-to-date with sessions and news as they happen. #ExpandingHorizons at #ILSkyCon2024!

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8:00am CST

SMS 2.0 - Standards-Based Gradebooks at Secondary Level

Thursday November 14, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CST

Conf Room 1

This session will demonstrate how a standards-based gradebook is being used for Bush Alternative Center in East St. Louis. Courses have shifted to a focus on competency-based education and teachers now record events based on the standards of courses. The gradebook setups and calculations will be demonstrated during this session.

Presenters

Rebecca Bowen

Director of Student Information Systems, East St. Louis District 189

STANDARDS BASED GRADEBOOKS and CBE 11.2024 compressed pdf

Thursday November 14, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am CST
Conf Room 1

SMS-Student, User-Led

9:15am CST

Branching Minds - Responding to Red Flags: Attendance, Behavior, and Course Failures. A seamless integration with Skyward Q

Thursday November 14, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CST

Conf Room 1

Siloed data systems, strained resources, and inconsistent expectations make it a challenge to recognize the warning signs of school failure and intervene early. Don’t “wait to fail”—a TRUE Early Warning System within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) can help at all levels, K-12!

Presenters

Beneen Prendiville

Branching Minds

Trisha Senne

Academic Assessment Director, Community Consolidated School District 59

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Branching Minds

Branching Minds is an MTSS software platform built from the ground up to help educators plan and implement effective academic and behavioral interventions. We centralize the data, research-based intervention resources, progress monitoring, collaboration, and communication tools you... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CST
Conf Room 1

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