As the 25th year of the Impacting Student Learning (ISL) Conference approaches, the College of Education and Human Development is gearing up to provide local teachers with the necessary tools to be successful in the classroom.

Ashley Oleszewski, College of Education and Human Development field experience coordinator, has come up with the tagline “for teachers, by teachers,” to describe the purpose of the conference.

“We’ve got some of our faculty talking about hip-hop pedagogy, and using their research and how to integrate hip-hop into your teaching of social studies and in your lesson,” said Oleszewski. “So that’s an interesting topic.”

The ISL Conference focuses on local, pre-service and induction-level teachers, offering up practical, relevant topics to enhance their teaching.

The conference will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at University Hall on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University. The College of Education and Human Development is expecting about 400 attendees.

Registration is free for all Augusta University students and faculty, as well as local teachers. Registration for non-Augusta University students and faculty is $25.

This year’s keynote speaker is Michael Kobito, 2023 Georgia Teacher of the Year. Kobito serves as a music educator at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Georgia. His mission is to provide students with the ability to see their self-worth and develop skills to make the most out of their gifts.