Durham Public Schools PL

Presenters: Amy Miller | [email protected] | Director; Laverne Mattocks-Perry | [email protected] | Senior Executive Director; Christina Richardson | [email protected] | Specialist; Felicia Sledge | [email protected] | Specialist
Location: Fayetteville Street Elementary School TBD
Description: This session is open to any educator wishing to learn more or refresh their knowledge about the Restorative Practices Framework. Topics covered will be Circles, affective statements, restorative questions and fair process.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Social Emotional
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional)
Targeted Roles: All Roles (Non-Specific)

Presenters: Tomeka Ward-Satterfield | [email protected] | Director; Laverne Mattocks-Perry | [email protected] | Sr. Exec. Director
Location: Bacon Street Mr. Royster's Office
Description: Individual team meetings with school-level student support services teams to review the yearly Student Wellness and Advocacy annual Big Rocks to check implementation progress with in the priority areas.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Safety, School Counselors, School Social Work, Social Emotional, Student Wellness and Advocacy, Team Building, Equity, Infinite Campus, Standards Aligned Instruction
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, 7th Grade, 9th Grade, 11th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade, 10th Grade, 12th Grade
Targeted Roles: Social Workers, School Counselors

Presenters: Dr. Kristin Bell | [email protected] | Presenter; Kenneth Hill | [email protected] | Presenter; Wendy Vavrousek | [email protected] | Presenter; Krista Saunders | [email protected] | Presenter; April Washington | [email protected] | Presenter; Hannah Hribar | [email protected] | Support
Location: Staff Development Center M-1
Description: Topics for this day long training include: 1. The Long and Winding Road: State of EC in DPS/Review of Pitfalls and Common Mistakes 2. How to Be an Effective LEA Representative 3. Seclusion & Restraint Policy Updates & Training 4. Child Find: The Intersection of MTSS, 504 and EC 5. Documentation Essentials: Progress Monitoring (A Review of the Courts’ View: What’s Helpful, What Isn’t—and How to Help Teachers Monitor the IEP
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Exceptional Children
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional), Leadership
Targeted Roles: Assistant Superintendents, Directors, Superintendents, Assistant Principals, Facilitators, Principals

Presenters: Emory Wyckoff | [email protected] | Principal
Location: Bethesda Elementary School Media Center
Description: In this session, participants will learn about updated immigration guidance and the legal and board policy requirements of reporting child abuse.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Health and Safety, Student Wellness and Advocacy
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional)
Targeted Roles: All Roles (Non-Specific)

Presenters: Courtney Dauphinais | [email protected] | EC Team Lead
Location: Rogers-Herr Middle School 220
Description: The Rogers-Herr EC Department will hold their bi-weekly department meeting.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Exceptional Children
Targeted Instructional Grades: 7th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade
Targeted Roles: Assistant Principals, Principals, Teachers

Presenters: Wendy Vavrousek | [email protected] | Elementary EC Director; April Cheek | [email protected] | Prek EC Director; Hannah Hribar | [email protected] | Elementary Lead ECF; Elaina Bradley | [email protected] | Elementary Lead ECF; Melissa Anders | [email protected] | Prek EC Facilitator; Renee Harris | [email protected] | Prek EC Facilitator
Location: Other... Old Northern High School at 117 Tom Wilkinson Rd
Description: Participants will learn about best practices to prepare an IEP for a prek student who is transitioning to kindergarten. This will include opportunities to discuss similarities and differences of services across the the two levels and have an opportunity to engage and beginning drafting changes of one of their students' IEP's with their EC facilitator.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Exceptional Children
Targeted Instructional Grades: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Targeted Roles: Facilitators, Teachers

Presenters: Amy Miller | [email protected] | Director; Laverne Mattocks-Perry | [email protected] | Senior Executive Director
Location: Other... Old Northern V7
Description: This session is designed for RP coordinators at the school level. We will cover essentials of restorative spaces and how to promote a more restorative schoolwide environment.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): MTSS
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional)
Targeted Roles: Coordinators

Presenters: Kendra Suggs-Shealey | [email protected] | Presenter; Kourtney Royster | [email protected] | Co-Presenter
Location: Bacon Street 162
Description: This PLC will serve a work session for the District BSAs as we plan and discuss our mission and scope of work as it relates to DPS Strategic Plan Goal 2B.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Leadership, Social Emotional, Team Building, Professional Learning System and Processes
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional)
Targeted Roles: Interventionists

Presenters: Rita Rathbone | [email protected] | presenter; Kengie Bass | [email protected] | presenter; Maria Bajgain | [email protected] | presenter; Pablo Friedmann | [email protected] | presenter; Kelly Bush | [email protected] | presenter; Vitaly Radsky | [email protected] | presenter
Location: https://t.ly/ZyE5L
Description: In this session, participants will:  --Understand the enrollment data sets available through School Planning (zoned) and Magnet Programs (lottery). --Develop skills to interpret and apply enrollment data effectively. --Strengthen their understanding of culturally responsive marketing, engagement, and communication practices that support enrollment and student success. 
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Culturally Responsive Practices, Customer Service, School Counselors, Communication Skills, Equity
Targeted Instructional Grades: *None (Non-Instructional), Leadership
Targeted Roles: Assistant Directors, Assistant Superintendents, Directors, Assistant Principals, Data Managers, Liaisons, Principals, School Counselors, Secretaries