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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.

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Thursday, August 22
 

8:30am EDT

English I-IV Curriculum Overview | In-Person at Southern | ELA | 9th-12th | Required Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
PRESENTERS: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net

English teachers will explore revised DPS curriculum documents, StudySync updates, StudySync-Canvas integration, science of reading for adolescents, writing to learn protocols, and 2024-2025 professional development opportunities.
English 1- Room 201
English II- Room 202
English III- Room 203
English IV- Room 204
AP- Room 205
Presenters
avatar for Heidi Perez

Heidi Perez

Literacy Specialist, Durham Public Schools
Heidi Perez, Literacy Integration Specialist for Durham Public Schools, has served students and teachers as a public educator, advocate, instructional coach and leader for over 28 years. Heidi's passion centers on literacy learning because literacy is the key to agency and active... Read More →
Thursday August 22, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Southern 201

8:30am EDT

K-5 Core Curriculum Overview | In-Person at Northern | ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies | K-2nd | Required Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
PRESENTERS: steven_harrison@dpsnc.net, julie_scott@dpsnc.net, stephanie_brock@dpsnc.net

All K-5 teachers are required to attend this core curriculum overview to receive important infomration and updates for the 2024-2025 acedmic year.
Presenters
JS

Julie Scott

Elementary Literacy Specialist, Hillandale Elementary
Thursday August 22, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Northern Auditorium

10:10am EDT

Attacking Big Words: A K-5 Approach to Multisyllabic Words through Morphology | In-Person at Northern | ELA | 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: rachael_horne@dpsnc.net

Participants will be engaging in ways to utilize a variety of vocabulary strategies for integrated learning.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Northern 2218
  ELA, 3rd-5th

10:10am EDT

Bridging ARC and NCSCOS (Standards Are Not Curriculum) | Online | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: jasmine_holloway@dpsnc.net

After this session teachers will be able to be able to access any ARC lessons with confidence. They will have a clearer understanding of the NCSCS standards and how ARC has implemented the standards.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

10:10am EDT

Bringing LETRS and UFLI to LIFE | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: amanda_fuentes@dpsnc.net

Participants will be able to dig into LETRS materials and UFLI materials to brainstorm and discuss centered activities for use in the classroom.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Northern 2118

10:10am EDT

Building A Writing Community | Online | ELA | 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: corin_muller@dpsnc.net

This session will share practices for empowering and engaging every writer in your classroom to create a culture of pride and collaboration in your writing community.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

10:10am EDT

Daily Vocabulary Implementation Through Gamification and Movement | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: irma_suffern@dpsnc.net colleen_miller@dpsnc.net

Explore various vocabulary activites to increase student acquisition of vocabulary through student engagment by using gamification and movement.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Northern 2209

10:10am EDT

Equity and Criticality with the Reading Routine | Online | ELA | 6th-8th, 9th-12th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: danielle.brown@studysync.com

Literacy teachers will explore how to use the reading routine to build essential habits for academic reading while engaging students in developing their own critical voice as they examine narrative, argument, and informational texts. Time for digging into teacher planning and preapration for equitable reading, writing, and literacy instrucion will help teachers level up to differentiated, grade level, student centered instruction. Facilitated by Danielle Brown, studySync Implementation Specialist

DPS Contact: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

10:10am EDT

Making the Most of UFLI for differentiated small group instruction | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: julie_scott@dpsnc.net

IN PERSON: Teachers will receive UFLI Foundations training to build their capacity with effectively implementing UFLI into their literacy block. This session could also serve as a refresher.

DPS Contact: julie_scott@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Northern 2117

10:10am EDT

Starting with the End in Mind-Backwards Planning | Online | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: delphia_daniels@dpsn.net latory_johnson@dpsnc.net

Participants will learn the three steps of Backwards Planning to plan more meaningful and focused instruction.
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

10:10am EDT

Teaching Painful History: The Holocaust & Genocide in Secondary Classroom Discourse | Online | ELA | 6th-8th, 9th-12th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: historyhawk308@gmail.com

Teachers who join this session will learn from North Carolina Holocaust Council experts, experience hands-on lessons, and explore resources for teaching the Holocaust. The Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act mandates Holocaust education in middle and high school in public education in North Carolina. Contact Lee Holder from the Gizella Gross Abramson Resource Center for Holocaust and Civil Rights Education and North Carolina Council on the Holocaust at historyhawk308@gmail.com

DPS Contact: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

10:10am EDT

What do I do when my students can't read on grade level? | Online | ELA | 6th-8th, 9th-12th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
PRESENTERS: savannah_bowman@dpsnc.net, kimberly_battle@dpsnc.net

Join Savannah Bowman and Kimberly Battle, Hillside English teachers, to explore classroom reading practices that are proven to engage secondary students in their own reading growth. You will leave this session with low prep, low risk, high impact classroom routines to increase fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

DPS Contact: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am EDT
Online

12:40pm EDT

6-8 ELA Content Curriculum Overview | In-Person at Southern | ELA | 6th-8th | Required Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 12:40pm - 2:10pm EDT
PRESENTERS: bethnicole_spataro@dpsnc.net, stacie_warner@dpsnc.net, justine_daniels@dpsnc.net

English teachers will explore revised DPS curriculum documents, StudySync updates, StudySync-Canvas integration, science of reading for adolescents, writing to learn protocols, and 2024-2025 professional development opportunities.Grade 6- room 201. Grade 7- room 202.  Grade 8- room 203. 
Presenters
avatar for Beth Spataro

Beth Spataro

Seconday Literacy Specialist
Thursday August 22, 2024 12:40pm - 2:10pm EDT
Southern 201

12:40pm EDT

K-5 Core Curriculum Overview | In-Person at Northern | ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies | K-2nd | Required Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 12:40pm - 2:10pm EDT
PRESENTERS: steven_harrison@dpsnc.net, julie_scott@dpsnc.net, stephanie_brock@dpsnc.net

All K-5 teachers are required to attend this core curriculum overview to receive important infomration and updates for the 2024-2025 acedmic year.
Presenters
JS

Julie Scott

Elementary Literacy Specialist, Hillandale Elementary
Thursday August 22, 2024 12:40pm - 2:10pm EDT
Northern Auditorium

2:25pm EDT

6th ELA UNC Writing Project | In-Person at Southern | ELA | 6th-8th | Required Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: bethnicole_spataro@dpsnc.net, lara-jean_costa@med.unc.edu, alexandra_barker@med.unc.edu, shanea_carr@dpsnc.net

6th Grade ELA teachers and TandL Coaches who support literacy in their buildings will participate in a district PLC centered around writing instruction. This informational session will introduce participants to our UNC partners, and provide an overview and timeline of the project to increase writing instruction in the ELA classroom.

DPS Contact: bethnicole_spataro@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Presenters
avatar for Beth Spataro

Beth Spataro

Seconday Literacy Specialist
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Southern 201
  ELA, 6th-8th

2:25pm EDT

Attacking Big Words: A K-5 Approach to Multisyllabic Words through Morphology | In-Person at Northern | ELA | 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: rachael_horne@dpsnc.net

Participants will be engaging in ways to utilize a variety of vocabulary strategies for integrated learning.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Northern 2218
  ELA, 3rd-5th

2:25pm EDT

Bridging ARC and NCSCOS (Standards Are Not Curriculum) | Online | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: jasmine_holloway@dpsnc.net

After this session teachers will be able to be able to access any ARC lessons with confidence. They will have a clearer understanding of the NCSCS standards and how ARC has implemented the standards.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Online

2:25pm EDT

Bringing LETRS and UFLI to LIFE | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: amanda_fuentes@dpsnc.net

Participants will be able to dig into LETRS materials and UFLI materials to brainstorm and discuss centered activities for use in the classroom.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Northern 2118

2:25pm EDT

Building A Writing Community | Online | ELA | 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: corin_muller@dpsnc.net

This session will share practices for empowering and engaging every writer in your classroom to create a culture of pride and collaboration in your writing community.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Online

2:25pm EDT

Daily Vocabulary Implementation Through Gamification and Movement | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: irma_suffern@dpsnc.net colleen_miller@dpsnc.net

Explore various vocabulary activites to increase student acquisition of vocabulary through student engagment by using gamification and movement.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Northern 2209

2:25pm EDT

Equity and Criticality with the Reading Routine | Online | ELA | 6th-8th, 9th-12th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: danielle.brown@studysync.com

Literacy teachers will explore how to use the reading routine to build essential habits for academic reading while engaging students in developing their own critical voice as they examine narrative, argument, and informational texts. Time for digging into teacher planning and preapration for equitable reading, writing, and literacy instrucion will help teachers level up to differentiated, grade level, student centered instruction. Facilitated by Danielle Brown, studySync Implementation Specialist

DPS Contact: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Online

2:25pm EDT

Making the Most of UFLI for differentiated small group instruction | In-Person at Northern | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: julie_scott@dpsnc.net

IN PERSON: Teachers will receive UFLI Foundations training to build their capacity with effectively implementing UFLI into their literacy block. This session could also serve as a refresher.

DPS Contact: julie_scott@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Northern 2117

2:25pm EDT

Starting with the End in Mind-Backwards Planning | Online | ELA | K-2nd, 3rd-5th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: delphia_daniels@dpsn.net latory_johnson@dpsnc.net

Participants will learn the three steps of Backwards Planning to plan more meaningful and focused instruction.
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Online

2:25pm EDT

What do I do when my students can't read on grade level? | Online | ELA | 6th-8th, 9th-12th | Choice Session | Traditional Kickoff
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
PRESENTERS: savannah_bowman@dpsnc.net, kimberly_battle@dpsnc.net

Join Savannah Bowman and Kimberly Battle, Hillside English teachers, to explore classroom reading practices that are proven to engage secondary students in their own reading growth. You will leave this session with low prep, low risk, high impact classroom routines to increase fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

DPS Contact: heidi_perez@dpsnc.net (not presenting)
Thursday August 22, 2024 2:25pm - 3:25pm EDT
Online
 


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