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.
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness.
During this session, you will learn about the schools new behavior management expectations and how to connect Move This World to our school-wide matrix.
This session will provide a broad understanding of the signs of depression, explore mental health vs. mental illness, and provide an overview of the DPS Student Safety Assessment protocol with a focus on the administrator's role and best practices.
Thursday September 7, 2023 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Online
This session will provide a broad understanding of the signs of depression, explore mental health vs. mental illness, and provide an overview of the DPS Student Safety Assessment protocol with a focus on the administrator's role and best practices.
Thursday September 7, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Online
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness.
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness.
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness.
This session will provide a broad understanding of the signs of depression, explore mental health vs. mental illness, and provide an overview of the DPS Student Safety Assessment protocol with a focus on the administrator's role and best practices.
Wednesday September 27, 2023 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Online
This session will provide a broad understanding of the signs of depression, explore mental health vs. mental illness, and provide an overview of the DPS Student Safety Assessment protocol with a focus on the administrator's role and best practices.
Wednesday September 27, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Online
Capturing Kids' Hearts is a relationship-building approach to discipline that creates self-managing groups. Participants will be equipped to implement the transformational processes focused on social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven campus culture, and student connectedness.
This session is for CKH schools ONLY. Participants will have the opportunity to revisit, explore, and further grow the foundational skills learned from Capturing Kids’ Hearts PD. This is a full-staff training (new and returning). Elementary (1:00-3:30p) MS (2:00-4:30p)
Classroom management strategies that incorporate restorative practices into our routines. Restorative Practices focus on fostering a sense of community within classrooms to prevent conflict, and on reacting to misconduct by encouraging students to accept responsibility and rebuild relationships.
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.
Thursday October 26, 2023 8:30am - 4:30pm EDT
Bacon Street 54
This session will provide an introduction on how to utilize best practices in recognizing and identifying the Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence of the escalation cycle.
This training will equip school level student support services staff to administer the Student Safety Assessment Protocol.This protocol assess a students level of risk of self harm.This session is typically for School Counselors, School Social Workers, School Psychologists, Mental Health Counselors and School Nurses who were hired after August.
Elementary School Social Workers will participate in this session to learn about strategies that will help ensure a smooth transition for our students being served in the McKinney Vento Program as the school district.A review of pertinent McKinney Vento Law and School Board Policy will also be included.The session may also be appropriate for elementary school counselors and other attendance/enrollment team members.
Friday February 16, 2024 12:45pm - 1:45pm EST
Online
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**Participants must attend BOTH sessions.** Day 1: This 12-hour workshop (two 6-hour sessions) will focus on educating students ages 5-18 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who spend the majority of their day in the general education classroom following the standard course of study. Participants will learn about the characteristics and learning styles of ASD and strategies to address educational and social emotional issues that affect success in the general education classroom. The format of this workshop will include presentations, videos, interactive discussions based on case studies and small group activities.
**Participants must attend BOTH sessions.** Day 2: This 12-hour workshop (two 6-hour sessions) will focus on educating students ages 5-18 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who spend the majority of their day in the general education classroom following the standard course of study. Participants will learn about the characteristics and learning styles of ASD and strategies to address educational and social emotional issues that affect success in the general education classroom. The format of this workshop will include presentations, videos, interactive discussions based on case studies and small group activities.
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.
At our staff meeting on Wednesday, March 20 we will be having a professional development session that our trauma informed leadership team helped plan from Kelly Sullivan for all staff.
At our staff meeting on Wednesday, March 20 we will be having a professional development session that our trauma informed leadership team helped plan from Kelly Sullivan for all staff.
Please join Peaceful Schools faculty for a free, full day session covering the essential Restorative Practices for Educators. In this intensive day-long training you will learn the essential components of Restorative Practices and Restorative Justice. Led by trained IIRP facilitators, the training will provide :a fundamental understanding of Restorative Practices in schools and youth centersthe mindset of a relationship-based approach to discipline and conflict resolutionthe process and practice of leading proactive community-building circles and activitieswhen and how to lead restorative conversations and healing circlesresources, reflection, and planning for effective school-wide implementationWe will be meeting onsite and outdoors (with cover in an open air pavilion) at DPS Hub Farm from 8:30am to 4:00pm on Wednesday, April 10th. Lunch will be on our own, so please bring a sack lunch, or be prepared to drive for a few minutes to grab something. We will send out confirmations with any additional information the week prior to the 10th. It's an amazing space with amazing people, so come join us!!
Wednesday April 10, 2024 8:30am - 4:00pm EDT
The Hub Farm
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.
Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory for restorative practices, and explore practices for building and strengthening relationships and community.