These courses hone in on content areas to help you strengthen your knowledge and expertise.
Explore the content areas below and choose those that best suit your role in Comal ISD.
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PreK Teachers
PreK Teachers
Late Hires should email Jennifer Johnson or Danielle Grinnan to gain access to CLI Engage PreK specific online courses.
Late Hires should email Jennifer Johnson or Danielle Grinnan to gain access to CLI Engage PreK specific online courses.
Required Audience: All New PreK teachers
Elementary RLA/SS
Elementary RLA/SS
Required Audience: All New RLA/SS K-5 teachers
Participants will learn guiding principles behind ELA/SS instruction in Comal, and how to use Comal ISD
curriculum documents to lesson plan backwards using TEKS, unit maps, and unit assessments to enhance
student centered learning and progress monitoring. Come learn the Comal way!
Credits: 1.5 hours
Required Audience: All New K-2 teachers
This course is required for ALL New K-2 teachers. This is an asynchronous 3-hour training session to develop an understanding of the different assessed literacy components within mClass, our district's literacy and dyslexia screener. Teachers will complete the self-paced online modules through the Amplify website. Completion of this course is required prior to the start of the assessment testing window.
(New Elementary CICs and ERI teachers will need to take this course in order to provide added support for K-2 teachers.)
Credits: 3 hours
Required Audience: ALL New Dual Language K-2 teachers
This course is required for ALL New Dual Language K-2 teachers. This is an asynchronous 3-hour training session to develop an understanding of the different assessed literacy components within mClass LECTURA, our district's literacy and dyslexia screener. Dual Language teachers will complete the self-paced online modules through the Amplify website. Completion of the Spanish AND English modules is required prior to the start of the assessment testing window. Attendance will be confirmed when the Certificate of Completion has been uploaded to the Campus Folder in Drive.
(New Elementary CICs and ERI teachers will need to take this course in order to provide added support for K-2 teachers.)
Credits: 3 hours
Elementary Math
Elementary Math
Required Audience: K-5 Math Teachers
In this course participants will learn how to effectively use Comal ISDs Unit Maps and Curriculum documents. Educators will explore how to access and navigate the Kiddom curriculum through a sample lesson and make meaningful connections to CISDs curriculum documents.
Credits: 6 hours
Elementary Science
Elementary Science
Recommended Audience: K-5 Science Teachers
Learn how to navigate your science resource. McGraw-Hill TX Science K-5 Overview provides details about your resource so you can learn how to best use it for students. When you have finished the course, please follow the instructions to complete the Google Form to submit it for your credit hours.
Credits: 1.5 hours
Recommended Audience: K-5 Science Teachers
Teachers will complete the asynchronous online course by TEA. This self-paced course is a foundational training module for science safety at the elementary school level. The course provides elementary school teachers an opportunity to review safety policies, procedures, and responsibilities that pertain to instructional settings. In order to receive PD hours for this training for the 26-27 school year, it must be completed after May 25, 2026. Certificates submitted with a date prior to May 25, 2026 will not be eligible to receive PD hours for the 26-27 school year. Participants will submit their course certificate through Google Forms to receive course credit. Be sure to download your certificate from the TEA Learn asynchronous course to your computer, then upload it to the Google Form. Screenshots of the confirmation page from TEA cannot be accepted. We need the actual certificate uploaded to the Google Form. If you have any questions about this process, please reach out to Roxanne Torres, Elementary Science Curriculum Coordinator at roxanne.torres@comalisd.org .
Credits: 3
Multilingual
Multilingual
Recommended Audience: Dual Language Elementary Teachers
This course is a required framework training for all new Dual Language teachers in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th at Comal. It will provide guidance on the implementation and best practices of our One-Way Dual Language Program Framework, including the 50/50 model. Participants are required to complete the framework training and submit their responses to the Google Form found at the end of the presentation to confirm their attendance.
Required for New-to-Comal Teachers.
Credits: 1.5 hours
Elementary Special Education Teachers
Elementary Special Education Teachers
Recommended Audience: ECSE- 12 Special Education Teachers
Participants new to Comal ISD will learn the mission and vision of the special education department. Participants will gain an understanding of the curricula and supplemental resources the district has to offer for each program. Participants will also become familiar with support personnel who assist with IEP development and implementation. Participants will learn the district expectations for case management.
Credits: 1 Hours
Recommended Audience: ECSE- 12 Special Education Teachers
Self-management, self-control and self-direction are some of the terms used to describe aspects of self-regulation. This course offers the tools you need to help your elementary students with disabilities have more self direction in the classroom. Difficulties with self-regulation can happen with all kinds of students but are more prominent in students with mild to moderate disabilities. But you can still teach and support them in learning to exercise these skills in daily classroom life. In addition to self-regulation among students with disabilities, we will explore the classroom environment, rules and routines and instructional practices and assessment. If your students can direct themselves, they will spend more time learning and taking responsibility for managing their own classroom behaviors with less supervision from you.
Credits: 1 Hours
Recommended Audience: ECSE- 12 Special Education Teachers
A key provision of federal law is that all students with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education. Learn about FAPE in this course. As you begin, it’s important to remember that prior to the inclusion of FAPE in IDEA and Section 504 law, millions of children with disabilities were excluded from school because of their disabilities. Still, while few would ever want to deny the rights of students with disabilities, there has been much debate as to the true meaning of the law. Much of the discussion has been around what is truly appropriate. You’ll learn about the landmark Rowley case, which went to the Supreme Court. The standards of “reasonably calculated” and “educational benefit” are also discussed in great detail.
Credits: 1 Hours
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