Durham Public Schools PL

Presenters: various | [email protected] | Specialists and Directors
Location: Other... Year Round Schools
Description: Instructional Staff will gather in content specific groups to receive curriculum updates, consider priority standards and plan for the first unit of instruction
Subject Area(s): Arts, Global Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, CTE, Healthful Living, Occupational Course of Study
Topic(s): Assessment for Learning
Targeted Instructional Grades: Pre-K, 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, Leadership
Targeted Roles: Instructional Assistants, Teachers

Presenters: Amy Jenkins | [email protected] | Teaching and Learning Coach
Location: The School for Creative Studies Room 116
Description: Teachers will learn a practical framework for planning and implementing effective small-group instruction in secondary classrooms. Participants will unpack standards, identify learning targets, use assessment data to determine flexible groups, and explore structures that make small-group instruction manageable in middle and high school settings. Teachers will leave with a ready-to-use planning template and strategies they can implement immediately.
Subject Area(s): Arts, Global Languages, Mathematics, Science, CTE, Healthful Living, Occupational Course of Study
Topic(s): Building Learning System Capacity
Targeted Instructional Grades: 7th Grade, 9th Grade, 11th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade, 10th Grade, 12th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Presenters: Tonya Enoch | [email protected] | Teaching & Learning Coach; Maekrisha Jones | [email protected] | Math Coach
Location: Oak Grove Elementary School Media Center
Description: This interactive professional learning session equips educators with practical, research-based strategies for explicitly teaching students how to think about their thinking before, during, and after reading. Participants will explore how metacognitive instruction improves comprehension by helping students monitor their understanding, recognize when meaning breaks down, and apply appropriate fix-up strategies. Participants will also examine how explicit metacognitive instruction supports all learners, Participants will also examine how explicit metacognitive instruction supports all learners.
Subject Area(s): Global Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, CTE, Healthful Living
Topic(s): Explicit Teaching
Targeted Instructional Grades: 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers