Durham Public Schools PL

Durham Public Schools PL

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.

4:30pm EST

AL Academy: December; Session 3

Wednesday December 11, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Teachers with an Alternative License (Permit to Teach, Emergency License, Residency License, or CTE) are required to receive additional hours of professional learning and licensure support. These sessions will help teachers navigate the licensure process and meet their requirements successfully.

Wednesday December 11, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/KbeOB

4:30pm EST

BT Academy: Supporting English Language Learners (Fall; Part 2)

Thursday December 12, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

English language learners (ELLs) are a growing percentage of our student population. This two-part academy series invites teachers to examine who their ELLs are, and explore research-based strategies to make content accessible to them. Designed for beginning teachers, this series will provide participants from all grade level bands and content areas with practical tools they can use in their classrooms the very next day.

Thursday December 12, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/F17Fp

4:30pm EST

BT Academy: Culturally Responsive Teaching- Building Relationships Part 1 (Spring 2025)

Tuesday January 14, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Part 1 will focus on the components of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with an emphasis on the importance of building positive relationships with students. Learn context, supports and strategies concerning the Culturally Responsive Classroom

Tuesday January 14, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/-R2nV
SESSION MATERIALS https://t.ly/annW7
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/rA9qk

4:30pm EST

Spring Part 1 BT Academy: Classroom Management 2025

Thursday January 16, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

For BTs - BT Academy Classroom Management Series, please join us for a deeper dive into problems of practice and successes in your classroom in this roundtable-style conversation.

Thursday January 16, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/EJ3D8
SESSION MATERIALS https://t.ly/M3vOY
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/T_9Nf

4:30pm EST

AL Academy: January; Session 4

Tuesday January 28, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Teachers with an Alternative License (Permit to Teach, Emergency License, Residency License, or CTE) are required to receive additional hours of professional learning and licensure support. These sessions will help teachers navigate the licensure process and meet their requirements successfully.

Tuesday January 28, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/romo9

4:30pm EST

BT Literature Study - Book Club (February Session)

Wednesday February 5, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Books can have a profound impact on our lives, whether it's through fiction or educational texts. Book clubs and studies are valuable tools for professional development, allowing us to deepen our understanding and learn from each other's insights. Every semester, we offer a chance for you to participate in a fantastic book study with us.

Wednesday February 5, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/iKiAt

4:30pm EST

BT Academy: Trauma Informed Session Part 1 (Spring)

Monday February 10, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Learn context, supports and strategies concerning Trauma Informed Practice.

Monday February 10, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/TYFgW

4:30pm EST

BT Academy: Culturally Responsive Teaching- Teaching Strategies Part 2 (Spring 2025)

Tuesday February 11, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Part 2 will focus on Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) to address cultural differences among students and ways to promote an inclusive learning environment to meet the needs of all learners. We will also suggest ways to implement and support CRT in the classroom. Learn context, supports and strategies concerning the Culturally Responsive Classroom.

Tuesday February 11, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/M3mLO
SESSION MATERIALS https://t.ly/xkyqF
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/Nayex

4:30pm EST

2024-2025 Spring BT Academy: Classroom Management 2.0

Thursday February 13, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Staff Development Center

For beginning teachers who have completed the Introduction to Classroom Management series, we invite you to Classroom Management 2.0. We will delve more deeply into problems of practice and successes in your classroom in this roundtable-style discussion session.

Thursday February 13, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Staff Development Center

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

SESSION MATERIALS https://t.ly/5S4T0
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/pZ5Yc

4:40pm EST

BT Academy: Classroom Management 2.0

Thursday February 13, 2025 4:40pm - 5:27pm EST

For beginning teachers who have completed the Introduction to Classroom Management series, we invite you to Classroom Management 2.0. We will delve more deeply into problems of practice and successes in your classroom in this roundtable-style discussion session.

Thursday February 13, 2025 4:40pm - 5:27pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/q3AEi
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/DZ_Mq

1:00pm EST

AL Academy: February; Session 5

Friday February 14, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST

Staff Development Center M-1

Teachers with an Alternative License (Permit to Teach, Emergency License, Residency License, or CTE) are required to receive additional hours of professional learning and licensure support. These sessions will help teachers navigate the licensure process and meet their requirements successfully.

Friday February 14, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST
Staff Development Center M-1

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_OGYxMTE0NDYtMGEzNC00ZjE4LWIwZDEtYTBlZjg5ZWM0NDNi@thread.v2/0?context={"Tid":"a62d3eca-d9fa-405d-83d5-f5681390bd5a","Oid":"7b40c3ec-5d84-4645-925e-787960cef2b4"}

4:30pm EST

BT Academy: Supporting English Language Learners (Spring; Part 1)

Thursday February 20, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

English language learners (ELLs) are a growing percentage of our student population. This two-part academy series invites teachers to examine who their ELLs are, and explore research-based strategies to make content accessible to them. Designed for beginning teachers, this series will provide participants from all grade level bands and content areas with practical tools they can use in their classrooms the very next day.

Thursday February 20, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/9NJhC

8:30am EST

PrEPP 2025:Uncovering Foundations; Elevating Needs; & Building Agency: IN-SERVICE DAY 1- This restricted session is for accepted ALTs and CTs only (notified by Dec. 15; 2024).

Friday February 21, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EST

Staff Development Center M-9

The DPS Beginning Teacher Mentor team is committed to equitably supporting and retaining all new educators.In response to our AL population’s needs, PrEPP: IN-SERVICE day 1 is a differentiated PL experience designed to elevate and address the specific challenges of AL1 teachers while honoring their assets. Participants will define what gives their work significance, identify a pedagogical need and work with their companion teacher, using models of best practices, to set goals for growth specific to the identified need. CTs will model how to accurately describe the culture of a class, connections they make between class culture, data and curriculum when designing instruction, and use a recording of themselves teaching as a model for how to make reflection and feedback actionable. ALTs and CTs will use a portion of the in-service day to plan for an onsite PL day in which the ALT will spend the day in the CTs classroom.This session is for both accepted ALTs and their chosen CT.

Friday February 21, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Staff Development Center M-9

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/5OLco
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4:30pm EST

BT Academy Roundtable (Spring 2025)

Tuesday March 4, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Staff Development Center M-8

Beginning teachers are provided a space to have conversation about specific problems of practice, identify productive solutions and share knowledge tips and techniques that will improve teaching and learning. A problem and solution protocol will be used to facilitate the discussion.

Tuesday March 4, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Staff Development Center M-8

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/XXl5n

4:30pm EST

BT Literature Study - Book Club (March Session)

Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST

Books can have a profound impact on our lives, whether it's through fiction or educational texts. Book clubs and studies are valuable tools for professional development, allowing us to deepen our understanding and learn from each other's insights. Every semester, we offer a chance for you to participate in a fantastic book study with us.

Wednesday March 5, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EST
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/Qjd_I

7:30am EDT

PrEPP 2025: Uncovering Foundations; Elevating Needs; & Building Agency: ONSITE DAY 2- This restricted session is for accepted ALTs and CTs ONLY who have completed DAY 1 on 2/21/25.

Friday March 28, 2025 7:30am - 4:30pm EDT

TBD Onsite-ALT/CT School Site

ALTs and CTs will engage in an onsite PL, applying plan goals and activities, created during the in-service day. Additionally, ALTs and CTs will allocate time for reflection and making feedback actionable in the classroom. Each pair (ALT & CT) will participate in DAY 2 of this two part PL series at their individual schools and submit all documents to Dr. Jen Petty.

Friday March 28, 2025 7:30am - 4:30pm EDT
TBD Onsite-ALT/CT School Site

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/C5IJi
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4:30pm EDT

BT Academy: Trauma Informed Session Part 2 (Spring)

Monday April 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

Learn context, supports and strategies concerning Trauma Informed Practice.

Monday April 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_NGM2NjY3OTktYzg1NC00YjhlLTkzMTktNWVhM2ZlNGQwNWI4@thread.v2/0?context={"Tid":"a62d3eca-d9fa-405d-83d5-f5681390bd5a","Oid":"8c65f849-3071-4d18-883e-d3c6f6e1c843"}

4:30pm EDT

BT Academy: Culturally Responsive Teaching 2.0 (Spring 2025)

Tuesday April 8, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

This session is an extension of CRP series 1 & 2 which are prerequisites for this course. In this session we will collaborate on various classroom situations and understand the difference between CRP and traditional teaching methods.

Tuesday April 8, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/o7RM4
ATTENDANCE AND EVAL FORM https://t.ly/pIOTh

4:30pm EDT

BT Literature Study - Book Club (April Session)

Wednesday April 9, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

Books can have a profound impact on our lives, whether it's through fiction or educational texts. Book clubs and studies are valuable tools for professional development, allowing us to deepen our understanding and learn from each other's insights. Every semester, we offer a chance for you to participate in a fantastic book study with us.

Wednesday April 9, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/SMZuj

4:30pm EDT

BT Academy: Supporting English Language Learners (Spring; Part 2)

Thursday April 17, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

English language learners (ELLs) are a growing percentage of our student population. This two-part academy series invites teachers to examine who their ELLs are, and explore research-based strategies to make content accessible to them. Designed for beginning teachers, this series will provide participants from all grade level bands and content areas with practical tools they can use in their classrooms the very next day.

Thursday April 17, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/rF-De

4:30pm EDT

AL Academy: April; Session 6

Tuesday April 29, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

Teachers with an Alternative License (Permit to Teach, Emergency License, Residency License, or CTE) are required to receive additional hours of professional learning and licensure support. These sessions will help teachers navigate the licensure process and meet their requirements successfully.

Tuesday April 29, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/98HKQ

4:30pm EDT

AL Academy: May; Session 7

Friday May 30, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

Teachers with an Alternative License (Permit to Teach, Emergency License, Residency License, or CTE) are required to receive additional hours of professional learning and licensure support. These sessions will help teachers navigate the licensure process and meet their requirements successfully.

Friday May 30, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
Online

Beginning Teachers, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

ONLINE MEETING URL https://t.ly/kIyB8

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117 Tom Wilkinson R. Durham, NC 27712
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