Durham Public Schools PL: Full Schedule

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.

1:15pm EDT

Creekside explicit teaching lesson planning | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Wednesday October 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal; Lindsay Boykin | [email protected] | AP; Delphia Daniels | [email protected] | coach
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Teachers will analyze an upcoming lesson for reading or math and identify the components of the explicit teaching framework within it.
Subject Area(s): Arts, Global Languages, Mathematics, ELA , Healthful Living
Topic(s): Increased Rigor
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Wednesday October 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

Arts, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | Global Languages, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | Mathematics, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | ELA , 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | Healthful Living, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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2:15pm EDT

Creekside DoK lesson analysis | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Wednesday October 8, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal; Lindsay Boykin | [email protected] | AP; Delphia Daniels | [email protected] | coach
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will analyze an upcoming reading or math lesson to determine DoK levels for instruction and learning activities.
Subject Area(s): Arts, Global Languages, Mathematics, ELA , Healthful Living
Topic(s): Increased Rigor, Curriculum and Instruction
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Wednesday October 8, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

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3:00pm EDT

Creekside ELA centers and learning activities | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Monday October 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal; Lindsay Boykin | [email protected] | AP
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will explore how to provide meaningful ELA learning activities for their students.
Subject Area(s): ELA
Topic(s): Increased Rigor, Reading‚ Writing‚ Thinking‚ Speaking‚ Listening
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Monday October 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

ELA, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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8:30am EDT

Creekside: Interventions for Attention Issues | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Monday October 27, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Julie Hall | [email protected] | EC resource teacher
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will explore options for tiered interventions for students struggling to attend.
Subject Area(s): Strategy-Based for any content
Topic(s): MTSS
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Assistants, Teachers

Monday October 27, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

Strategy-Based for any content, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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1:00pm EST

Creekside: Sensory vs. Behavioral Response | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Wednesday December 17, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Cremer | [email protected] | principal
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will define the differece, idntify supports, and implement strategies related to sensory and behavioral responses.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Social Emotional
Targeted Instructional Grades: Pre-K, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: All Roles (Non-Specific)

Wednesday December 17, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Creekside Elementary Media Center

*None (Non-Instructional), Social Emotional

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3:00pm EST

Creekside DoK w/the KASAB model - part 1 | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Monday January 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal; Lindsay Boykin | [email protected] | AP; Delphia Daniels | [email protected] | coach
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Analyze examples of questions at different DOK levels. 2. Create question strands of varying DOK levels to scaffold students to the full rigor of the standard.
Subject Area(s): Strategy-Based for any content
Topic(s): Increased Rigor
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Monday January 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Creekside Elementary Media Center

Strategy-Based for any content, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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8:00am EST

Creekside HMH PD | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Tuesday January 20, 2026 8:00am - 11:00am EST

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Christine Fisk | [email protected] | HMH consultant
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will delve deeper into the HMH writing resources and plan future instruction.
Subject Area(s): ELA
Topic(s): Curriculum and Instruction
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Tuesday January 20, 2026 8:00am - 11:00am EST
Creekside Elementary Media Center

ELA, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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1:00pm EST

Creekside: Sensory vs. Behavioral Response - part II | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Wednesday February 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Wednesday February 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Creekside Elementary Media Center

*None (Non-Instructional), Social Emotional

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3:00pm EDT

Creekside: DPS legal updates | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Monday March 23, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will review legal updates from Tharrington Smith regarding misdemeanor child abuse.
Subject Area(s): *None (Non-Instructional)
Topic(s): Safety
Targeted Instructional Grades: Pre-K, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: All Roles (Non-Specific)

Monday March 23, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

*None (Non-Instructional), Safety

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1:15pm EDT

Creekside EVAAS exploration | Facilitated by Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary | Creekside Elementary media center

LIMITED

Wednesday April 29, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Creekside Elementary Media Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Presenters: Victoria Creamer | [email protected] | principal
Location: Creekside Elementary media center
Description: Participants will explore the data provided by EVAAS.
Subject Area(s): Mathematics, ELA
Topic(s): Data Analysis
Targeted Instructional Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade
Targeted Roles: Teachers

Wednesday April 29, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
Creekside Elementary Media Center

Mathematics, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade | ELA, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

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