The One Thing Conference
Professional Learning to Transform Education for Good
The One Thing Conference: Annual Conference
The One Thing Conference provides high-quality, practice-based, MSDE PDP-aligned professional learning experiences for Maryland PK-12 educators, school leaders, and education professionals facilitated by the world-class faculty, researchers, and staff at the 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频 College of Education.
The One Thing Conference鈥檚 inaugural annual conference was held in August 2025. This event brought together 200+ local educators and College of Education faculty for a day-long event featuring 10 sessions, each focused on a single powerful idea to transform education for good.
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Designed for Practitioners
At The One Thing Conference, sessions aren鈥檛 just presented鈥攖hey鈥檙e facilitated, interactive, and engaging. This isn鈥檛 a space for lectures or passive listening. It鈥檚 a space for collaboration, experimentation, conversation, and practice. Every session is designed to immerse you in meaningful, active learning experiences focused around one strategy, model, or concept. You'll walk away with immediate, actionable takeaways that you can bring to your schools and classrooms for your very next lesson.
Whether you鈥檙e teaching kindergarten or high school, leading a district, supporting multilingual learners, or mentoring new teachers鈥攖his conference is built for you.
Session Types That Speak Your Language
Inspired by structures familiar to PK-12 educators, The One Thing Conference introduces unique session formats that reimagine what professional learning can look like:
Full Group Sessions
Explore topics that cut across grades, content, and professions - but don't expect to be lectured at! Collaborate, think deeply, and walk away inspired.
Advisory Sessions
Modeled after school-based advisory periods, these are intimate, reflective spaces for discussion, goal-setting, and shared problem-solving.
Makerspace Sessions
Exploration isn't just for your students! In these hands-on, creative workshops you'll tinker, build, and innovate in a collaborative, playful setting.
Laboratory Sessions
In these practice-based environments, you'll experiment with teaching strategies, analyze classroom artifacts, and plan for real-world implementation.
