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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.

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Monday, November 4
 

2:40pm EST

Forest View Learning Lab: ELA Vertical Planning
Monday November 4, 2024 2:40pm - 3:40pm EST
Staff will collaboratively learn over multiple session of a self-set goal.
Monday November 4, 2024 2:40pm - 3:40pm EST
Forest View Elementary School TBD
  ELA, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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Tuesday, November 5
 

8:30am EST

6th ELA District Priority PLC - UNC Writing Program (YR/Trad) - November
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
6th grade ELA teachers will participate in a monthly PLC centered around teaching students self regulated strategy development through the writing process.
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Githens Middle School C1
  ELA, 6th-8th
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8:30am EST

LETRS Professional Development for building-level administrators(Assistant Principals)
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Professional development for building-level administrators in support of the implementation of the Science of Reading.
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Staff Development Center M-9
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th

9:00am EST

Eno Valley Teachers-End of Quarter Data Deep Dive-TR
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:00am - 11:30am EST
Teachers will discuss the process of data analyze and identify best practices. They then will apply that knowledge to current data sources and subsequently create intervention groups and ideas to modify instruction for both core and small group.
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:00am - 11:30am EST
Eno Valley Elementary School
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th

9:30am EST

WG Pearson: Summarization & Reciprocal Teaching II
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EST
We will go deeper into understanding how and when to implement summarization and reciprocal teaching strategies.
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EST
W.G. Pearson Magnet Elementary School Media Center
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th

1:30pm EST

Githens Jumpstart Discovery Teacher Training
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST
This is a required session for all teachers participating in the Jumpstart program.ONLY DURING SESSION #3!
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST
Githens Middle School AA7
  ELA, 6th-8th
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Wednesday, November 6
 

3:00pm EST

UFLI Foundations for Teachers
Wednesday November 6, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Participants will learn how to facilitate the 8 steps of a UFLI lesson and how it the program is used for interventions. If you have access to a UFLI manual, please bring it with you.
Wednesday November 6, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Murray-Massenburg
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
 
Tuesday, November 12
 

8:30am EST

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday November 12, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EST
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday November 12, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EST
Online

9:00am EST

Holt- UFLI Training
Tuesday November 12, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EST
We will learn the componets of UFLI, determine best tools and resources needed to implement UFLI lessons
Tuesday November 12, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EST
Holt Elementary Magnet School
  ELA, Pre-K, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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Wednesday, November 13
 

8:30am EST

Principal PLC: WG Pearson - Summarization and Reciprocal Teaching
Wednesday November 13, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am EST
Leading Instruction Change: Strengthening Core Instruction through Reciprocal Teaching / Summarization Strategies
Wednesday November 13, 2024 8:30am - 11:30am EST
W.G. Pearson Magnet Elementary School Media Center
  ELA, Leadership
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Thursday, November 14
 

8:30am EST

Coach Content Leader Institute: Sessions
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
This session is for Teaching and Learning Coaches. It is designed to review content from LTERS to promote coaches with bridging the learning from the coursework to the classroom. Other topics include planning for comprehension, explicit vocabulary instruction, effective small group instruction, and differentiation in literacy.
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Oak Grove Elementary School Media Center
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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8:30am EST

Coaches Content Leaders (November) - Secondary Writing to Learn; Learning to Write
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Coaches will learn strategies aligned to the science of reading on the importance of writing about what is read, how to increase writing across content areas, etc. Focus on Writing Learning Progressions, LIS standards, and common writing instruction models.Coaches will use the previous resources to analyze student writing exemplars.
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Staff Development Center M6
  ELA, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
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2:45pm EST

Sandy Ridge Elementary/K-5/UFLI Refresher
Thursday November 14, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm EST
Teachers will learn how to use the UFLI program for reading intervention.
Thursday November 14, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm EST
Sandy Ridge Magnet Elementary School C222
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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Tuesday, November 19
 

8:00am EST

The Writing Revolution: K-2 Strategies
Tuesday November 19, 2024 8:00am - 8:30am EST
K-2 were given strategies for sentence construction, sentence expansion, and conjunctions.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 8:00am - 8:30am EST
Glenn Elementary School
  ELA, K-2nd
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Tuesday, November 26
 

12:45pm EST

Amira - The World’s First AI Reading Assistant (K-5; HMH Schools Only)
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Participants will be introduced to Amira-Your AI reading assistant. Amira allows students to choose from several "just right" stories to read. As students read out loud Amira listens, assesses, and when they struggle provides in-the-moment feedback and support.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
E.K. Powe Elementary School Rm. 226
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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12:45pm EST

Explicitly Teaching with a Metacognitive Mindset
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
This session will touch on the HITS and how to explicitly teach reading comprehension skills along with metacognitive strategies so that students learn how to actively read with meaning.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Oak Grove Elementary School
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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12:45pm EST

It's All Kinnected: Part 2 (Eastway)
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Teachers will learn strategies and ideas to engage their scholars that caters to multiple learning styles.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Eastway Elementary School Media Center
  ELA

12:45pm EST

K-2 The Writing Revolution: Primary strategies for sentence level writing
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
These strategies support students for any content based writing.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Online
  ELA, K-2nd

12:45pm EST

mCLASS: Beyond the Basics; K-5 Teachers-YR/TR
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
This course is designed to guide teachers in analyzing student outcomes in mCLASS. Participants will use their own mCLASS data to group students based on foundational skill deficits. Participants will also check to ensure progress monitoring is occurring at thegreatest area of need, all geared towards closing achievement gaps in reading.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Online
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th

12:45pm EST

Next steps with data for Little River Montessori; using data to plan small group instruction.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Use mCLASS BOY data, progress monitoring data, iReady data, and CDA data to plan strategy groups using Montessori and traditional resources.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Little River K-8 School Media Center
  ELA

12:45pm EST

Standards-Aligned Literacy Centers to Support Comprehension and Foundational Skills
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Teachers will analyze data to determine specific student needs within literacy instruction based on recent data. Teachers will get the chance to collaborate to create and share literacy based small group tasks and resources needed to meet these individual needs in their classrooms. Participants will leave with tangible resources to use with students.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Hope Valley Elementary School
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
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1:00pm EST

Unit 2 P1 LETRS Training for Coaches | Half Day (1 PM to 4 PM) | Online Meeting | Links in Description
Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Facilitators: Kathleen Janes

Find details at the links below.

Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Online

1:00pm EST

Unit 2 P1 LETRS Training for EC, ELL, Teachers | Half Day (1 PM to 4 PM) | Online Meeting | Links in Description
Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Facilitators: Kathleen Janes

Find details at the links below.

Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Online

1:00pm EST

Unit 2 P1 LETRS Training for TR Teachers | Half Day (1 PM to 4 PM) | Online Meeting | Links in Description
Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Facilitators: Kathleen Janes

Find details at the links below.

Tuesday November 26, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Online

2:00pm EST

6-8 ELA WritePrecise for Teachers
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Excellent writing requires quality feedback. StudySync created WritePrecise to help enhance the skills of your young writers. Fully integrated with the StudySync platform and curriculum, students can now improve writing skills while gaining valuable teacher feedback using the simple, streamlined and effective writing tool. StudySync takes an integrated approach to writing. Opportunities for writing appear throughout StudySync’s program and for a variety of different purposes.During close and independent reading, students write about the texts they read in order to remember, connect, analyze, and evaluate ideas, people, and events in text. In each unit’s Extended Writing Project, students learn the writing skills and processes that go into creating a text. And StudySync’s grammar skills, when assigned from a unit or the library, help students assess the value of sentence parts, so they can understand mentor sentences and create their own with increasing nuance.WritePrecise, which is available for both Close Read, Independent Read, and Extended Writing Projects, help to support a culture of purposeful revision as well as an ongoing dialogue about writing in the classroom.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Online
  ELA

2:30pm EST

9-12 English- WritePrecise for Teachers
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Excellent writing requires quality feedback. StudySync created WritePrecise to help enhance the skills of your young writers. Fully integrated with the StudySync platform and curriculum, students can now improve writing skills while gaining valuable teacher feedback using the simple, streamlined and effective writing tool. StudySync takes an integrated approach to writing. Opportunities for writing appear throughout StudySync’s program and for a variety of different purposes.During close and independent reading, students write about the texts they read in order to remember, connect, analyze, and evaluate ideas, people, and events in text. In each unit’s Extended Writing Project, students learn the writing skills and processes that go into creating a text. And StudySync’s grammar skills, when assigned from a unit or the library, help students assess the value of sentence parts, so they can understand mentor sentences and create their own with increasing nuance.WritePrecise, which is available for both Close Read, Independent Read, and Extended Writing Projects, help to support a culture of purposeful revision as well as an ongoing dialogue about writing in the classroom.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
Online
  ELA
 
Tuesday, December 10
 

8:30am EST

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday December 10, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EST
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday December 10, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EST
Online
 
Monday, December 16
 

8:30am EST

Unit 2 LETRS Training for YR Teachers | Full Day (8:30 AM to 3:30) | Online Meeting | Links in Description
Monday December 16, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Facilitators: Kathleen Janes

Find details at the links below.

Monday December 16, 2024 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Online
 
Tuesday, January 14
 

8:30am EST

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
Online
 
Tuesday, February 11
 

8:30am EST

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
Online
 
Thursday, February 13
 

9:00am EST

RHMS Q4 Planning Day for ELA 6/7/8
Thursday February 13, 2025 9:00am - 3:15pm EST
Planning Day for teachers, co-teachers, PLC leads, and grade level administrators for EOG/ EOC tested courses at Rogers Herr Middle School
Thursday February 13, 2025 9:00am - 3:15pm EST
Rogers-Herr Year-Round Magnet Middle School conference room
 
Tuesday, March 4
 

8:30am EST

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday March 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday March 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EST
Online

8:30am EST

LETRS Professional Development for building-level administrators(Assistant Principals)
Tuesday March 4, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Professional development for building-level administrators in support of the implementation of the Science of Reading.
Tuesday March 4, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EST
Staff Development Center M-9
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
 
Monday, March 10
 

8:30am EDT

LETRS Professional Development for Administrators(Principal Session)
Monday March 10, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EDT
Professional development for building-level administrators in support of the implementation of the Science of Reading.
Monday March 10, 2025 8:30am - 3:30pm EDT
Staff Development Center M-9
  ELA, K-2nd, 3rd-5th
 
Tuesday, April 8
 

8:30am EDT

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday April 8, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday April 8, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Online
 
Tuesday, May 13
 

8:30am EDT

Science of Reading for Secondary Learning- Series
Tuesday May 13, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
TEACHER TAPAS TUESDAY! Explore the science of reading and learning, focusing on evidence-based strategies to enhance comprehension, engagement, and retention for adolescent learners. These short virtual sessions will occur the second Tuesday of each month from September-May. There are several sessions repeated throughout each day, so you can hop on one during your planning period or before/after school: 8:30am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm
Tuesday May 13, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Online
 


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