Jammin' with JISD 2026: Full Schedule

10:30am CDT

Friday August 7, 2026 10:30am - 11:10am CDT

Speakers

Scott Lanham

JISD Director of Bands

Scott Lanham is currently the Director of Bands for Jarrell I.S.D. He teaches the High School Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Instrumental Ensemble class, and assists at the middle school levels. This is Mr. Lanham’s 12th year teaching with the Jarrell Independent... Read More →

Friday August 7, 2026 10:30am - 11:10am CDT
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Teaching & Learning

Company 6-12 Band

11:15am CDT

Total Physical Response for Bilingual/ESL Students

Friday August 7, 2026 11:15am - 11:55am CDT

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TPR stands for Total Physical Response. It is an instructional strategy that teaches language or vocabulary through physical movement. TPR is highly effective for English Language Learners (ELLs) and bilingual students but is also an effective strategy for the monolingual classroom.

How This Strategy Supports Language Development? When using TPR, teachers model an action for each new vocabulary or phrase or ask students to create an appropriate gesture for key terms and phrases. Then, students respond to commands using that word or phrase by doing the action or gesture.

Speakers

Mayra Velez

DL teacher third grade, igo Elementary

This is year 22 as a Bilingual Educator for me. I have a M.Ed. in educational technology and love all things techy. I'm a Google certified trainer and I believe in working smarter not harder. I use data to drive my instruction and have seen my students have academic success with this... Read More →