Registration for AVID Online PD is currently closed.

*AVID Resources Explored: (Up to 12 Clock Hours) Added 05/13/2020

Intended Audience: Certificated Teachers K-12 

This AVID Online PD opportunity is available to any certificated staff who is currently at an AVID site/school.
Participants will:
* explore AVID resources to gain a better understanding of what is available in their online membership
*have the knowledge of AVID resources in order to use as potential integration into daily lessons.
*gain an understanding of WICOR and how it can be embedded into instruction as a potential resource.

Any courses combined to create 3 or 6 clock hours together can be used to satisfy the designated 5th day or optional professional development day.

Registration for PE Online PD is currently closed.

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SPARKecademy (up to 30 clock hours) Added 04/02/2020 

Intended Audience: Certificated PE Teachers K-12th Grade 

SPARKecademy is a professional development resource for K-12 Physical Educators.  There are a vast number of modules within the SPARKecademy platform for educators to customize their professional learning. Through these modules. participants will consider how the learning targets connect with CCSS for physical education and incorporate these into lesson plans. Participants will learn to incorporate new strategies to engage students in physical activity as well as how to communicate with parents to continue physical education learning at home. 

Virtual Professional Learning Institute- Click Here

*Gang Identification and Intervention (3 clock hours) Added 04/03/2020 

Intended Audience: Classified, Certificated, Administrative K-12th Grade  

Local community member, Mr. Jesse Campos, discusses current trends involving at-risk youth and gang activity. Mr. Campos also shares effective strategies for interacting with at-risk youth and gang members within our communities. This training also includes information from a panel of former gang members that discuss what is needed in our community to help our youth struggling with gang-related challenges. Participants in the course will learn to identify current trends involving at-risk youth and gang activity as well as identify effective strategies for interacting with at-risk youth and gang members within our community. 

Character Strong Virtual Summit: Available April 13, 2020 – April 24, 2020 Registration Closed

(12.5 Clock Hours) Added 03/31/2020 

Intended Audience: All Staff- Administrators, Certificated, Classified K-12th Grade 

Character Strong is hosting a Whole Child Virtual Summit on April 13-24. During this event, participants will have an opportunity to hear from a variety of speakers regarding the importance of educating the Whole Child and building positive school culture. Participants will gain an understanding of the importance in educating the Whole Child and the importance of building positive school culture, as well as identify strategies to achieve both. 

FBA to BIP for Behavior Specialists and Counselors (up to 8.5 clock hours) Added 03/26/2020 

Intended Audience: Certificated K-12th Grade Behavior Specialists and Counselors

This seven-module series helps participants increase their understanding around identifying functions of behavior and behavior intervention planning. Module topics include the following: understanding behavior, FBA Interviews, FBA observations, function-based interventions, behavior intervention strategies, implementation planning, and evaluation planning. Upon completing this course, participants will understand the different functions of behavior and how to complete the Functional Assessment Checklist for Teachers and Staff. Participants will be able to identify function-based interventions and behavior intervention strategies and lead function-based intervention planning. 

*Basic FBA to BIP School-wide Training (3 clock hours) Added 03/26/2020

Intended Audience: Certificated and Administration K-12th Grade 

This two-module series helps participants increase their understanding around identifying functions of behavior and behavior intervention planning. Upon completion of this course, participants will understand the different functions of behavior and be able to identify function-based interventions as well as behavior intervention strategies. This will result in the ability to lead function-based intervention planning. 

Week of March 30, 2020

 

PD Courses Sponsored by OSPI

 

Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia (2 clock hours)

 

Glean Education has graciously extended their offering of the Understanding Dyslexia course to April 15, 2020 for free!

 $35.00 beginning April 16, 2020

 

Administered by OSPI

 

Description

In this online, self-guided course you will learn what dyslexia is, what it isn't, and how to support it in your classroom.

Topics Covered: 

• Introduction to Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia
• Dyslexia Simulation
• What Dyslexia Is
• What Dyslexia Isn't
• Dyslexia in the Gen Ed Classroom
• End of Course Survey
• Additional Resources

Click here to enroll: https://courses.gleaneducation.com/courses/dyslexia?coupon=WATeachMarch2020

 

OSPI is offering 2 free clock hours to educators who complete the course.  To receive the clock hours, you must do one extra step and register on pdEnroller as well as Glean Education. The OSPI and Glean systems are not connected. The ELA Office will manually validate each course completion the week of April 6-10, 2020. 

If you are currently registered on pdEnroller, please use the same email address when registering on the Glean Education platform. 

Link to pdEnroller:

https://www.pdenroller.org/ospi/catalog/event/102814

*Please note the course dates on pdEnroller can not be changed, the pdEnroller registration will be available until April 15, 2020.

Cost: Free

 

LTSC: An Introduction to Close Reading (4 clock hours)

Presenter: Kim Kellogg

Description: OSPI worked closely with the nine ESDs to develop content-specific online learning for educators during Long-Term School Closure (LTSC).  This online course is a result of that collaboration. This workshop will focus on effective implementation of close reading skills and strategies. Participants will learn about the phases of close reading and how these link to the ELA CCSS, ways to annotate texts, and how to create text-dependent questions for literary and informational texts. 

This course will be offered via Canvas. Participants may complete the course at their own pace. There will be a Zoom check-in between participants and the instructor.

Target audience: 3rd-high school educators and TOSAs.

Dates: Mon, April 6 2020 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Click here to enroll: https://www.pdenroller.org/nwesd/Catalog/Event/102966

 

Teaching English Language Arts Virtually: Collaborating for Effective Practice (3 clock hours)

Dates:  April 7, 21, 28  2:00-3:00 pm (a total of three one-hour sessions)                                       There will be other offerings, click on link below to fill out survey.

Presenter: Molly Berger

Description: Designed as a community of practice (CoP), participants will share ideas, successes and challenges in teaching ELA virtually. Sessions will be live through Zoom and limited to 10 participants. Additional groups will be created according to meeting time preferences.

3 one-hour live, online sessions via Zoom. Participants must have a laptop or tablet with a stable internet connection. They will need to connect with a camera and microphone as well or a cell phone. . Three one hour sessions are planned but may be extended if the group would like.

Click here to enroll:  https://www.pdenroller.org/catalog/event/102882

 

Kids at Hope: Free Online Hope Forums- Strategies for Life’s Challenges (clock hours not available)

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

ERIN GRUWELL

Special Guest: Erin Gruwell is an American teacher known for her unique teaching method, which led to the publication of New York Times bestselling book, The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. Erin’s experience inspired the major motion picture, Freedom Writers starring Academy Award winner Hilary Swank portraying Erin.

 

Join Rick with

Erin Gruwell

LIVE

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

11:00am | Pacific and AZ

12:00 pm | Mountain 

1:00pm | Central

2:00pm | Eastern

 

Click here to Register for April 1^st:  https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TC7pPL2kRNGBlY8cNVpbTQ

 

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

DANNY & DAVID DIAZ

 

Special Guests: David and Danny Diaz will be our HOPE Forum guests as we examine how an entire community rallied around its youth when no one gave them a chance. The Diaz family, their coach Jim White and the McFarland, CA community inspired the Disney film McFarland USA starring Kevin Costner.

 

 

Join Rick with

Danny & David Diaz

LIVE

 

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

11:00am | Pacific and AZ

12:00 pm | Mountain 

1:00pm | Central

2:00pm | Eastern

 

Click here to Register for April 8^th:  https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0pD31gP_TrKSNTqvX8QMDA