The One Thing Conference
Professional Learning to Transform Education for Good
浪花直播 the Conference
The One Thing Conference is not your typical academic conference鈥攊t's a dynamic, hands-on professional learning experience designed especially for PK-12 education practitioners.
Hosted by the University of 浪花直播's EdTerps Learning Academy, this one-day, in-person event brings educators, school leaders, and education professionals together to explore One Thing鈥攁 single, powerful idea, strategy, or practice鈥攖hat can be implemented immediately to transform education for good.
Join us on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at the University of 浪花直播, for a new kind of professional learning experience鈥攐ne where educators create, connect, and leave inspired to transform education for good.
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
In these sessions, you'll join colleagues to explore topics that cut across grade levels, content areas, and professions - but don't expect to be lectured at! Get ready to 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.
Centered on What Matters
Each session aligns with one or more of the , including:
- Content or pedagogy that is related to an area on your license
- English as a Second Language, Sheltered English, or Bilingual Education
- Strategies for teaching students with disabilities or differentiated instruction
- Culturally Responsive Teaching or Diverse Student Identities in education
Why Attend?
Because your time is valuable. Because you want learning that鈥檚 relevant, energizing, and immediately useful. Because you believe that just one thing鈥攕hared, tried, and applied鈥攃an make a difference.
Registration opens soon!
