5 GR RA AD DE E 5T TH H -- 6 6T TH H G CCONFERENCE ONFERENCE GUIDE GUIDE January 17-19, 2026 | las vegas, NV | westgate
GYTO VEGAS 2026
make bold make bold moves moves A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDERS Dear GYTO Vegas Attendees, As we gear up for the highly anticipated 2026 GYTO Vegas Conference, we are thrilled to welcome each of you to this transformative event. The GYTO community is a powerhouse of passionate educators, and we are honored to come together with those ready to make bold moves that create real, actionable change in education. This year, our theme is "Make Bold Moves." As educators, it’s time to go beyond dreaming and talking about change. It’s time to act. Bold moves require courage, vision, and a commitment to challenging the status quo to build better opportunities for our students and ourselves. This theme represents the actionable steps we take to innovate, advocate, and elevate our practices for the betterment of education as a whole. Bold moves are not just individual efforts; they are the result of a collective will to progress. Together, at the 2026 Vegas Conference, we’ll explore how to identify barriers, take purposeful action, and amplify the impact of our efforts. This is your chance to share your journey, learn from others, and forge the connections that will propel us all forward. The conference will feature dynamic speakers who will inspire you to take action, interactive workshops designed to equip you with tangible tools, and game-changing insights that will push you to think differently. You can also expect unforgettable surprises that will leave you energized and ready to lead boldly. Let’s commit to taking bold moves together and shaping the future of education—one step, one decision, and one classroom at a time. This is your time to move, lead, and create meaningful impact. We can’t wait to see you in Vegas, January 17-19, 2026, as we embrace this call to action and transform our passion into progress. Let’s take the steps that will define the future of education together. With excitement and anticipation,
Hope and Wade King
2026 gyto 2026 gyto vegas vegas *schedule is subject to change
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SATURDAY JANUARY 17 1:00pm
VIP Early Registration & Shopping for VIP Attendees
3:00pm
Registration & GYTO Collective Merchandise Store Open
6:00pm
Opening Kick Off Celebration Doors Open (optional)
7:00pm
Opening Kick Off Celebration featuring Hope & Wade King and Steve Spangler (optional)
SUNDAY JANUARY 18 8:30am
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Workshop 1
1:00pm Workshop 3
10:10am Workshop 2
2:45pm Workshop 4
11:30am Lunch Break
5:00pm GYTO Sneaker Ball (optional)
MONDAY JANUARY 19 8:30am
Workshop 5
10:10am Workshop 6
1:00pm Workshop 7 2:30pm GYTO SEND OFF
11:30am Lunch Break
OPtiONAL ACTIVITIES Optional activities are separately ticketed. Upgrade your experience by purchasing a VIP Experience Upgrade or Kick Off & Sneaker Ball Ticket!
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WHY GYTO? WHY GYTO?
Our Get Your Teach On Leadership and Content Development team has worked to create an engaging and transformational educator professional development experience that aligns directly to the needs of schools and teachers across the country by helping educators develop consistent best instructional practices and processes from start to finish to accelerate student learning. These evidence and research-based best practices, strategies, and techniques will directly impact overall educator effectiveness and student achievement, transforming instruction and student learning like never before.
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING
BUILDING THE TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHER
PLANNING & PREPARATION THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
STUDENT BEST ACCOUNTABILITY INSTRUCTIONAL & ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES
Developing Consistent Best Instructional Practices and Processes from Start to Finish to Completely Transform Your School PLANNING & PREPARATION
Intentional and meaningful planning, using specific grade level content standards and high-quality instructional materials that address the needs of all learners and support mastery of learning goals.
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Creates and maintains a collaborative, safe, efficient, and effective learning environment that supports each student’s diverse needs and promotes recognition of student’s diverse personal experiences to build relationships of trust within the classroom.
BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
Implementation of evidence and research-based best instructional strategies and techniques to accelerate student learning, growth, and achievement through rigorous and consistent instruction, including opportunities for problem solving, critical and creative thinking, meaningful and purposeful discourse, and high-impact instructional delivery.
STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY & ENGAGEMENT
Builds engaging, intentional, and rigorous learning experiences through setting high expectations and consistency within instructional practices that requires all students to take ownership of and be held accountable for their individual learning.
DATA & PROGRESS MONITORING
Continually monitors and analyzes student learning and progress towards mastery of learning goals for all students using a variety of progress monitoring and assessment techniques to make immediate instructional decisions that support student growth and acceleration.
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
Develops strong foundational teaching practices and commitments that support best practices and professional growth through consistent reflection of professional practices to support student learning, development, and achievement at a high level.
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Get Your Teach On sessions are intentionally selected for attendees to experience the full professional development experience. Each session is hands-on, interactive, collaborative, and allows time for teachers to take what they’ve learned and apply it to their specific grade level standards or content area. Sessions are structured to meet the needs of all learners in classrooms, modeling best practices for direct and immediate implementation in classrooms.
5th-6th grade 5th-6th grade sessions sessions CLASSROOM GAME CHANGERS
Session Presented by: Joanne Miller
YOUR SCHOOL’S MANAGEMENT PLAYBOOK
Session Presented by: wade king
YOUR SCHOOL’S INSTRUCTIONAL PLAYBOOK
Session Presented by: hope king
STEP UP TO THE PLATE: GRAND SLAM VOCABULARY STRATEGIES FOR EVERY CLASSROOM
Session Presented by: Amelia Capotosta
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5th-6th grade 5th-6th grade sessions sessions TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!?! -
AMPLIFYING YOUR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Session Presented by: april graves
THE WRITING WORLD CUP
Session Presented by: amelia capotosta
UNLOCKING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING
Session Presented by: Andre Deshotel, Certified Whole Brain Teaching© Trainer
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UNLOCKING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING
Session Presented by: Andre Deshotel, Certified Whole Brain Teaching© Trainer 3, 2, 1, Blast off! This fast track to Whole Brain Teaching is jam-packed with easy-to-implement, effective strategies that increase active, visual student engagement instantly! Got 99 classroom problems? Let’s solve some of the BIGGEST: 1.How do I get my students’ attention … all year long? 2.How do I cultivate a positive, supportive climate on day one, hour one? 3.How do I focus my students’ brains on their learning? 4.How do I involve my students in delivering brain-friendly lessons? 5.How do I get real-time assessment feedback from my students? During this highly interactive session, fueled by brain-based research, you will learn Whole Brain Teaching while doing Whole Brain Teaching. By the time you descend back to earth’s surface, you will be ready to run into any classroom with a powerful and purposeful toolbox for activating student engagement, maximizing instructional time, and creating a fun learning environment for all students!
SION RESEARCH S E S Biffle, C. (2023). Whole Brain Teaching: 2nd Edition. Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel (2014). Make it Stick. Jensen & McConchie (2020). Brain-based Learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn. McTighe & Willis (2019). Upgrade Your Teaching: Understanding by Design Meets Neuroscience.
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THE WRITING WORLD CUP
Session Presented by: Amelia Capotosta Step onto the pitch for the Writing World Cup, where writing takes center field across every subject. Educators will join teams, rotate through matches in Math United, Science Strikers, Social Studies Squad, and Literacy Legends, and score goals by practicing research-based routines that make writing a daily habit across content areas. Coach Amelia will guide participants through sentence-level plays, cross-curricular assists, and gamewinning moves that help students become confident writers across subject areas. Match Goals By the end of this match, you will: Execute sentence-level plays and appositives to strengthen student writing across subjects. Build cross-curricular assists that move students from notes sentences paragraphs. Coach students using goal-setting with simple, targeted feedback. Leave with a team playbook of micro-routines to integrate into math, science, social studies, and ELA.
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ON RESEARCH I S S SE Fredricks, J. A., Blumenfeld, P. C., & Paris, A. H. (2004). School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence. Goodwin, B. (2011). Engaged Students Are More Likely to Succeed. Hattie, J. (2012). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. Marzano, R. J., & Pickering, D. J. (2011). The Highly Engaged Classroom. Marzano, Robert (2017). The New Art and Science of Teaching. Rosenshine, B. (2012). Principles of Instruction. Wong, H. K., & Wong, R. T. (2009). The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher.
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