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Durham Public Schools PL
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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Wednesday, January 8
 

3:00pm EST

Standards Aligned Structured Literacy for Elementary Principals
Wednesday January 8, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
In this session, principals will explore how to integrate the Science of Reading into the literacy block utilizing district resources. Attendees will gain an understanding of the structure and design of resources and how these tools align with effective reading instruction. This hands-on session will equip principals with practical strategies for maximizing the impact of resources within their teachers literacy block.
Wednesday January 8, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership
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Tuesday, January 14
 

8:30am EST

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EST
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

1:00pm EST

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday January 14, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday January 14, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Wednesday, January 15
 

8:30am EST

DPS School Counselors January Meeting
Wednesday January 15, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
The professional development will focus on best practices to foster academic excellence and create a safe, healthy school environment. Through a series of presentations and collaborative sessions, counselors will learn strategies to support the whole child, emphasizing both academic achievement and the social-emotional well-being of students. The professional development will equip school counselors with the tools needed to effectively address the diverse needs of students and enhance their overall school experience.
Wednesday January 15, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Student Wellness and Advocacy, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Thursday, January 23
 

2:00pm EST

LETRS for Coaches: Unit 7
Thursday January 23, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
DPS Coaches will engage in collaboratively unpacking Unit 7 of LETRS in order to build their capacity to facilitate purposeful professional learning for their PLCs centered around the content of Unit 7.
Thursday January 23, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Curriculum and Instruction, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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Tuesday, February 4
 

9:00am EST

DPS School Counselors February Meeting
Tuesday February 4, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
The professional development will focus on best practices to foster academic excellence and create a safe, healthy school environment. Through a series of presentations and collaborative sessions, counselors will learn strategies to support the whole child, emphasizing both academic achievement and the social-emotional well-being of students. The professional development will equip school counselors with the tools needed to effectively address the diverse needs of students and enhance their overall school experience.
Tuesday February 4, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Student Wellness and Advocacy, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Tuesday, February 11
 

8:30am EST

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EST
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

1:00pm EST

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Thursday, February 13
 

4:30pm EST

2024-2025 Spring BT Academy: Classroom Management Part 2
Thursday February 13, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Staff Development Center
For beginning teachers who have completed the Introduction to Classroom Management series, we invite you to Classroom Management 2.0. We will delve more deeply into problems of practice and successes in your classroom in this roundtable-style discussion session.
Thursday February 13, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Monday, February 17
 

8:30am EST

Trauma Informed Practices Foundational Training
Monday February 17, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
See https://t.ly/TIP4schoolLeaders for details.
Monday February 17, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
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9:00am EST

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training for Staff and / or Teachers at Hillside; Riverside; Northern; and Southern High Schools
Monday February 17, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. Participants will be expected to complete the coursework
Monday February 17, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm EST
Staff Development Center
  MTSS, 9th-12th, Leadership, Administrator, Assistant, Bus Driver Monitor
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Tuesday, March 11
 

8:30am EDT

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EDT
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EDT
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

1:00pm EDT

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Tuesday, March 18
 

8:30am EDT

DPS School Counselors March Meeting
Tuesday March 18, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
The professional development will focus on best practices to foster academic excellence and create a safe, healthy school environment. Through a series of presentations and collaborative sessions, counselors will learn strategies to support the whole child, emphasizing both academic achievement and the social-emotional well-being of students. The professional development will equip school counselors with the tools needed to effectively address the diverse needs of students and enhance their overall school experience.
Tuesday March 18, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
  Student Wellness and Advocacy, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Thursday, March 20
 

12:00pm EDT

LETRS for Coaches: Unit 8
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
DPS Coaches will engage in collaboratively unpacking Unit 8 of LETRS in order to build their capacity to facilitate purposeful professional learning for their PLCs centered around the content of Unit 8.
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
  Curriculum and Instruction, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
 
Tuesday, April 8
 

8:30am EDT

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday April 8, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EDT
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday April 8, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am EDT
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

1:00pm EDT

Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (APLA)
Tuesday April 8, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
Participants will understand the interconnectedness of strategic, cultural, instructional, and micropolitical leadership and its impact on continuous school improvement. Participants will also understand strategies for building their instructional leadership through the use a common instructional leadership language and coaching techniques that lead to successful school outcomes.
Tuesday April 8, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
  Leadership, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
Wednesday, April 23
 

8:30am EDT

DPS School Counselors April Meeting
Wednesday April 23, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
The professional development will focus on best practices to foster academic excellence and create a safe, healthy school environment. Through a series of presentations and collaborative sessions, counselors will learn strategies to support the whole child, emphasizing both academic achievement and the social-emotional well-being of students. The professional development will equip school counselors with the tools needed to effectively address the diverse needs of students and enhance their overall school experience.
Wednesday April 23, 2025 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
Staff Development Center
  Student Wellness and Advocacy, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
 
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600 Santee Road
Bacon Street Room 163
Bacon Street 162
Bacon Street 165
Bacon Street 54
Bacon Street Purple Room
Bacon Street TBA
Bethesda Elementary School TBD
Brogden Middle School Media Center
Burton Magnet Elementary School
C.C. Spaulding Elementary
Carrington Middle School
Carrington Middle School A-2
Carrington Middle School C-20
City of Medicine Academy Cybrary
Club Boulevard Magnet Elementary
Creekside Elementary TBD
Durham School of the Arts
Durham School of the Arts D129
E.K. Powe Elementary School TBA
Eastway Elementary School 405 OR Media Center
Eastway Elementary School TBD
Eno Valley Elementary School Cafeteria
Eno Valley Elementary School PLC Room
Fews Ford Access of Eno River State Park, 6101 Cole Mill Road.
Forest View Elementary School Cafeteria
Forest View Elementary School Media Center
Forest View Elementary School TBD
George Watts Montessori Magnet School Media Center
Githens Middle School Art Room
Glenn Elementary School
Hamlin Road 110
Hamlin Road 110 (Conference Room)
Hamlin Road Conference Room 110
Hamlin Road Rm 110
Hill Center
Hillandale Elementary School PLC Room
Hillside High School 126
Holt Elementary Magnet School Media Center
Hope Valley Elementary School TBD
Invitation for teams meeting will be sent via email.
Jordan High School Chorus
Lakeview School
Lakeview School Cafetorium
Lakewood Elementary School A
Lakewood Elementary School TBD
Little River K-8 School
Lowe's Grove Magnet Middle School PLC Room
Lucas Middle School Media Center
Lyons Farm Elementary Media Center
Merrick-Moore Elementary School 132
Merrick-Moore Elementary School Media Center
Morehead Montessori Magnet School Media Center
Murray-Massenburg Elementary School
NCCU College of Education
NCCU- College of Education
NCCU-College of Education
Neal Magnet Middle School Media Center
North Carolina Central University- College of Education
Northern High School *NOTE: OLD NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL
Northern High School Media Center
Northern High School V1
Old Northern
OLD Northern (117 Tom Wilkinson Rd, Durham, NC 27712), Room V-1
Old Northern - Room V-1
OLD Northern High School
Old Northern High School Auditorium
Old Northern High School room V1
Old Northern High School, 117 Tom Wilkinson Rd, Durham, NC 27712
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Old Northern-117 Tom Wilkinson Rd
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Parkwood Elementary School
Parkwood Elementary School E2
Pearsontown Magnet Elementary School
Pearsontown Magnet Elementary School cafeteria
Riverside High School
Riverside High School 138
Rogers-Herr Year-Round Magnet Middle School
Rogers-Herr Year-Round Magnet Middle School conference room
Rogers-Herr Year-Round Magnet Middle School Media Center
Rogers-Herr Year-Round Magnet Middle School various by period
Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Blvd, Durham NC 27703
South Regional Library 4505 S Alston Ave, Durham, NC 27713
Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Media Center
Southwest Elementary School
Spring Valley Elementary 107
Staff Development Center
Staff Development Center M-1
Staff Development Center M-8
Staff Development Center M-9
Staff Development Center M1
Staff Development Center M6
Staff Development Center M7
Staff Development Center M8
Staff Development Center M8 and M9
Staff Development Center M9
Staff Development Center Room M1
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TBD Onsite-ALT/CT School Site
TBD TBD
The Durham Performance Learning Center 3113
The Pauli Murray Center 906 Carroll St, Durham
The School for Creative Studies 120
This session is marked as in-person, but it will be virtual, and an invitation w
This takes place in each teacher's school.
Whitted School
Whitted School Media Center
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