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.
High school English teachers will receive curriculum and resource updates for the 2023-2024 school year and meet with their departments to plan for the BOY Reading Universal Screener and StudySync companion distribution/online account access for all students. English I & II 201, English III 202, English IV 203, AP 204 This session is required for all 9-12 English teachers.
Coaches and MTSS Facilitators will attend a Train the Trainer session on Individual Reading Plans (IRPs). IRPs are required by DPI to target student needs based on benchmark mCLASS data. Participants will receive information and materials to facilitate training with their school teams and support implementation of the developed IRPs.
Teachers and/or Reading Plus administrators will learn about the different components of Reading Plus to help guide student reading growth in both intervention and core classes
Monday September 25, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Online
The Elementary Literacy Team will offer virtual office hours and supported work time to MTSS Facilitators and Coaches as they help school based teams develop their Individual Reading Plans based on the BOY mCLASS benchmark data.
Tuesday October 3, 2023 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Online
This session is for year round kindergarten teachers. This will be a refresher of the ELI 60-Day Checkpoint, including how to input the checkpoint into the ELI system.
Tuesday October 24, 2023 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Online
This session is for traditional kindergarten teachers. This will be a refresher of the ELI 60-Day Checkpoint, including how to input the checkpoint into the ELI system.
Tuesday November 14, 2023 2:45pm - 4:00pm EST
Online