Davidson County Schools Summer Symposium 2026

The AI landscape is evolving rapidly. Join us for a briefing on the most significant recent updates. This session moves beyond the basics to focus on new, high-impact tools and features designed to streamline instructional design and reduce administrative tasks.

Not every task needs a device—and that’s okay. This session helps teachers make intentional decisions about when and how to use technology to support learning. Through practical classroom examples and guided practice with Adobe Express, participants will explore strategies that increase engagement, amplify student voice, and make learning visible.

Step into your students’ shoes and experience voice and choice firsthand. In this fast-paced, interactive session, you’ll explore creative ways—both digital and low-tech—to give students meaningful options in how they learn and show what they know.

Data walls should do more than display scores, they should drive decisions. In this session, participants will learn how to design and build effective data walls that make student learning visible and actionable. We’ll explore how to organize data, track growth over time, and use visual systems to identify trends, group students, and support goal setting. Examples will include digital data walls using tools like Google Sheets, along with practical strategies for turning data into clear instructional next steps. Participants will leave with ideas and  build templates they can use in their classrooms or schools.

Stop drowning in data and start driving instruction. In this session, we’ll move beyond "generic AI" and show you how to build a personalized AI assistant using your actual lesson plans, state standards, and student data. Learn how to transform dense spreadsheets into actionable teaching steps, turn your curriculum into viral-style podcasts for struggling readers, and create instant "Help Desks" for students who need extra support. Whether you’re looking to shave hours off your planning time or find new ways to reach every learner, this is the toolkit you've been waiting for.

In this engaging, practical session, you’ll move past the common roadblocks of co-teaching and learn how to truly partner for student success. Whether co-teaching feels like a smooth ride or a daily detour, this session will give you clear, actionable strategies to define roles, strengthen collaboration, and maximize support for EC students.

In this engaging, practical session, you’ll move past the common roadblocks of co-teaching and learn how to truly partner for student success. Whether co-teaching feels like a smooth ride or a daily detour, this session will give you clear, actionable strategies to define roles, strengthen collaboration, and maximize support for EC students.