Here are this week’s professional development offerings. To view all offerings or to sign up for courses, please log in to the PLMS website.
This week’s highlighted courses:
Social Studies Collaborative Networks
How can we plan collaboratively to help our students become critical thinkers who understand and can communicate about the past, the world around them and their role in shaping the future?
Participants in this course will work as a collaborative team to plan lessons and assessments that engage students in authentic learning and help them develop critical skills. During each session, teachers will unpack the revised Standards of Learning for history and social science and develop instructional activities, common assessments and suggestions for technology integration to support teaching and learning. #14710
Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
To what extent can instructional strategies help to eliminate gaps in achievement among students experiencing poverty and those who are not? In what ways might your professional behavior support or undermine the success of students experiencing poverty?
Join us to develop awareness and strategies that improve classroom and school climate. Participants will gain strategies that can increase student engagement and student learning. #14761
Science Instruction: Unpacking standards, Designing Instruction, Developing Assessments
How can teachers improve student learning of challenging science SOL standards?
During this session, teachers will:
- unpack science standards
- identify and create assessments
- review available resources
- experience hands-on investigations that emphasize the use of literacy and differentiation
This course will focus on improving science instruction through an expanded emphasis on understanding science SOL standards, planning for instruction, and identifying and creating science assessments. The strategies that are presented will allow teachers to engage a diverse group of students in learning grade-level content with appropriate scaffolding according to students’ proficiency levels. #14899
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