Durham Public Schools PL: Full Schedule

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.

If you are looking for on-demand PL, click here to view the DPS Asynchronous PL Course Catalog.

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Explicit Teaching: Build the Field in Secondary ELA | Facilitated by Githens Middle School | Open District-Wide | Githens Middle School

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Githens Middle School

Presenters: Justine Daniel | [email protected] | TLC; Diana Franklin | [email protected] | TLC
Location: Githens Middle School
Description: Effective teachers use explicit teaching to provide instruction, demonstrate concepts and build student knowledge and skills. In explicit teaching practice, teachers show students what to do, how to do it, and create opportunities in lessons for students to demonstrate understanding and apply the learning. ~John Hattie; Visible Learning This session will explore the first component of explicit teaching: building the field
Subject Area(s): ELA
Topic(s): Student-Centered Learning
Targeted Instructional Grades: 7th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Githens Middle School

ELA, 7th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade

SESSION MATERIALS http://bit.ly/3Ve58Tg
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1:00pm EST

Explict Teaching Model and Deconstruct in Elementary ELA | Facilitated by Y.E. Smith Elementary School | Open District-Wide | Y.E. Smith Elementary School Media Center

LIMITED

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Y.E. Smith Elementary School Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Carlissia Dudley | [email protected] | Presenter; Olga Todman | [email protected] | Co-Presenter
Location: Y.E. Smith Elementary School Media Center
Description: Equip teachers to explicitly model a skill/strategy and then deconstruct (unpack) the exemplar with students so the invisible moves of reading/writing/math thinking become visible and repeatable.
Subject Area(s): ELA
Topic(s): Standards Aligned Instruction, Student-Centered Learning
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Y.E. Smith Elementary School Media Center

ELA, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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1:00pm EST

VIRTUAL Explicit Teaching: Model and Deconstruct (all contents) | Facilitated by Lakewood Elementary School | Open District-Wide | https://t.ly/2Zs73

FILLING

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Online

Limited Capacity filling up

Presenters: Amanda Fuentes | [email protected] | Coach; Escarleth Rivera | [email protected] | Coach
Location: https://t.ly/2Zs73
Description: VIRTUAL Explicit Teaching: Model and Deconstruct (all contents)
Subject Area(s): Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, ELA
Topic(s): Standards Aligned Instruction, Student-Centered Learning
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Tuesday November 4, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Online

Mathematics, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | Science, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | Social Studies, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | ELA, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/2Zs73
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