Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Terry Kimbley
Kimbley, Terry
Teacher
Sierra Vista Unified School District #68
Terry has been a high school teacher for 11 years. He started in Arizona and now teaches Culinary Arts I, II, Advanced Studies, and IB Personal & Professional Skills years in Las Vegas. Within his career he's been a department chair, high-stakes testing coordinator, and instructional coach. His teaching styles focuses on building connection and a project-based learning pedagogy.
Sessions:
[5739] Get A Grip!
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Health Science Technologies
- Interdisciplinary
This session will guide you through an activity that you can take back to use in your classroom. The activity is meant to serve as a warmup for their minds, getting them thinking and challenging their brains. It will help get them focused and prepare them to take in whatever your lesson content is for that day. This strategy can work for any subject in any classroom. We will practice it in our session and have you ready to implement immediately.
[5742] Pieces of Me and Pieces of You
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Loews Ventana Canyon
- Interdisciplinary
- School Counseling
Pieces of Me: The essential starting point of making connections with others is a solid sense of self. In this session you will walk through the seven pieces of who you are by looking at where you've been, the place you find yourself in now, and what you see ahead of you. We'll walk through the entire strategy together so you can immediately apply it to both your personal and professional endeavors. Pieces of You: As we make connections, giving and receiving feedback naturally becomes part of that working relationship. In this session you'll walk through a strategy that will help you and your students to give and receive supportive feedback. You'll be able to immediately apply this strategy in your classroom as well as apply it to personal and professional relationships.
