Welcome to the Durham Public Schools Professional Learning Schedule of Professional Learning! Here you will find a comprehensive list of PL sessions occurring throughout our district.
LETRS Volume 1 training for staff members at Traditional Calendar elementary schools who have not previously participated in LETRS training for Durham Public Schools.
Monday September 25, 2023 8:30am - 3:30pm EDT
Online
As Magnet School Teams review the Implementation Toolkit, this help session is designed to assist in clarifying implementation concerns, communication with stakeholders, and provides assistance with planning events to best highlight your schools programs.
Monday September 25, 2023 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Online
Teachers NEW to ARC or HMH will deepen their understanding of the programs and how to plan meaningful literacy instruction with our core literacy curriculums.
Monday September 25, 2023 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Online
Teachers and/or Reading Plus administrators will learn about the different components of Reading Plus to help guide student reading growth in both intervention and core classes
Monday September 25, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Online
Expanding the Gizmos Experience helps teachers develop a deeper understanding of how to integrate Gizmos into their curriculum, and effective uses of whole group and small group instruction. The course shows teachers how to get the most from the Gizmo Lesson Materials by making these intentional instructional decisions. In the workshop, the instructor models best practices for using Gizmos in a whole class setting as well as a small group setting. Teachers work individually or in small groups to integrate best teaching practices with Gizmos into their curriculum.
Monday September 25, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Online
Expanding the Gizmos Experience helps teachers develop a deeper understanding of how to integrate Gizmos into their curriculum, and effective uses of whole group and small group instruction. The course shows teachers how to get the most from the Gizmo Lesson Materials by making these intentional instructional decisions. In the workshop, the instructor models best practices for using Gizmos in a whole class setting as well as a small group setting. Teachers work individually or in small groups to integrate best teaching practices with Gizmos into their curriculum.
Monday September 25, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Online
New neuroscience has shown us exactly how student learn. Join us for an hour long overview of the Phases of Learning and high impact practices to move content from working memory into long term memory.
Monday September 25, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Online
Partners from Alliance Health and Durham Network of Care will share changes happening with Medicaid as well as explain services provided by Durham Network of Care and how it can be used to support DPS families.
Monday September 25, 2023 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Online
In this session, participants will understand what ALEKS is and does, learn how to access ALEKS and navigate the teacher dashboard, understand key reports, set goals, and customize students' experience.
Monday September 25, 2023 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Online
New neuroscience has shown us exactly how student learn. Join us for an hour long overview of the Phases of Learning and high impact practices to move content from working memory into long term memory.
Monday September 25, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Online
Due to different schedules, we met at different dates/times to best accomodate K-5 and 6-12.Now that we have had a few weeks back in the classroom, we discussed things that had been working so far and things that need to be changed.We focused on procedures or lessons that we have implemented differently for this school year, as well as procedures that have worked through the years at our individual schools.
Monday September 25, 2023 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Online