The courses listed below can benefit any educator. Read the description next to the course to help you decide which ones are right for you.
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General Courses
General Courses
All New-to-Comal Teachers for the 25-26 school year are highly encouraged to attend this self-paced learning opportunity introducing Comal ISD processes, systems, and supports in place.
Sessions include: Digital Learning Resources, Blast off: Essentials for Teaching in Comal, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and Professional Learning. These sessions will give you a better understanding of the supports, resources, and opportunities available to you and our students!
Credits: 1 hour
This course will guide you through Comal's Instructional Model and the tools and resources CISD has to offer teachers. You will find many resources for planning lessons that will engage your students and help them achieve their full potential.
Credits: 1 hour
In Comal ISD, we know that when learning is clear, students thrive. That’s why teacher clarity remains a key focus of the Big 3 instructional areas. In this course, participants will learn how purposeful learning intentions and measurable success criteria create clarity for both teachers and students. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to align learning intentions with standards and develop success criteria that enhance student understanding and achievement.
Credits: 1.5 hours
As part of the BIG 3 instructional areas of focus in Comal ISD, student engagement is a key priority for student success. In this course, we will discuss the importance of engagement, determine what engagement looks like, sounds like, and feels like, and discuss the 3 types of engagement. We will also focus on the 4 keys to engagement and provide you with the tools and strategies needed to foster meaningful participation in the classroom.
Credits: 1.5 hours
This training will focus on the overarching idea of classroom management as it relates to how we think about our students, how we teach our management procedures, and how we address behaviors when they need redirection. Classroom management is the foundation built so content can follow with less interruptions and more focus so we will gain a better understanding of our role in teaching classroom management, reflect on our current practices, and walk away with concrete ideas and resources to help make our management processes and procedures clear and manageable.
Credits: 1 hour
Comal ISD’s Essential Skills Rubrics are a powerful tool for assessing and providing feedback to students around Essential Skills. This training will allow participants to explore and interact with the Essential Skills Rubrics. Participants will connect Essential Skills to Comal ISD values and provide structures for participants to align Essential Skills Rubrics with content standards to promote deeper thinking, goal setting, practice and feedback for students.
Credits: 1.5 hours
This self-paced course is designed to equip educators with a deep understanding of the TELPAS Speaking item types and provide practical strategies for integrating these expectations across all content areas. Participants will explore each TELPAS Speaking item type, analyze language demands in various subjects, and learn how to support English learners in developing academic language through structured speaking opportunities.
Credits: 1.5 hours
MTSS
MTSS
This course is designed to provide an overview of the purpose and components of Tier 1 behavior systems in schools. Topics include making connections, building skills and setting expectations, providing feedback through acknowledgment and correction, team processes for system support, and data-based decision making. This course is useful for all campus staff and supports the launch of campus-wide Tier 1 systems and practices.
Credits: 1 hours
This course explores aligning behavior instruction as a component of Tier 1 behavior systems in schools. Participants learn about the purpose of skill building and its impact on school behavior. They also learn to use a behavior teaching plan and a Frayer Model with students to teach core values and behavior expectations.
Credits: 1 hours
This course explores the use of the Reach & Respond Routine as a component of Tier 1 behavior systems in schools. Participants learn about the purpose of school connectedness and its impact on human behavior. They also learn to develop and use the Reach & Respond Routine with students to build relationships and positively impact behavior.
Credits: 1 hour
This course explores the use of acknowledgment feedback as a component of Tier 1 behavior systems in schools. Participants learn about the purpose of acknowledgment and its impact on human behavior. They also learn to develop acknowledgment processes and how to use the Feedback Board practice to increase positive feedback to students about their behavior.
Credits: 1 hour
Skyward Basics
Skyward Basics
You’ll leave this session with a firm understanding of the basic features of Skyward to get started at the beginning of the year.
To walk away with a basic understanding of how to set up Skyward
To have a variety of resources to help with Skyward questions at your fingertips
To help create some key shortcuts to make your life easier once you have students
Credits: 1.5 hours
Digital Learning
Digital Learning
In this hands-on, self-paced, professional development session, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of Clear Touch Technology, from navigating the panel to integrating peripheral devices like document cameras and wireless keyboards. You will also explore powerful annotation tools, learning how to annotate and seamlessly integrate content for more interactive and engaging presentations.
Credits: 3 hours
By reading, watching videos, and doing activities, you’ll learn how to integrate Digital Citizenship and Safety activities into your classroom curriculum.
Credits: 2 .5 hours
The "Master the Screencast" course is designed to help educators effectively use Screencastify. Participants learn to operate Screencastify's main features, create instructional videos for students, facilitate student-generated content, connect with colleagues through video, and engage parents.
Credits: 1 hour
This course contains learning resources for teachers designed to help accelerate success with ParentSquare.
Credits: 1 hour
The "Skilled Submitter" course teaches educators how to use Screencastify Submit to create assignments, encourage student expression, collaborate with colleagues, and engage parents through video submissions.
Credits: .5 hour
From basic setup to time-saving workflows, we’ll cover all the tips and tricks educators need to succeed using Kami.
Credits: .5 hour
Additional Digital Learning Opportunities
Additional Digital Learning Opportunities
The Book Creator Certified Author program is designed to familiarize educators with the fundamentals of Book Creator, including creating, reading, and publishing digital books.
Credits: 2 hours
We'll explore topics including lesson planning, using Magic Studio, and fostering student creativity. We’ll also look at how we can deliver lessons and give feedback through Canva. You’ll watch short tutorials and complete activities about how to use these ideas in your own classroom.
Credits: 1 hour
This course will walk you through the Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum, exploring its core principles and experiencing the ready-to-use lesson plans firsthand.
Credits: 1.5 hours
Learn the basics for getting started with Student Keeper for your classroom.
Credits: 1 hour
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming education, leaving teachers wondering how it will impact their classrooms. AI for Educators author Matt Miller, known for his widely followed Ditch That Textbook blog and newsletter, has been speaking across the U.S. on this very topic.
Credits: 1 hour
You’ll learn about the many applications Adobe Express’ new generative AI features have for teaching and learning, and explore creative and simple activities aimed at supporting your students throughout any project.
Credits: .5 hour
Discover practical ways to use Quizizz (Now Wayground) AI to transform your existing materials, personalize assessments, and make learning more engaging for your students.
Credits: .5 hour
Curipod sets a new standard for student engagement made easy. In this course, you will learn all the basics of Curipod, from interactive activities to AI-made lessons. You will build the skills we all need for the future of education.
Credits: .5 hour
The Level One MagicSchool Certification Course introduces you to MagicSchool and helps you navigate the platform, utilize the tools, and learn best practices for using MagicSchool AI.
Credits: .5 hour
The Level Two MagicSchool Certification Course helps you learn basic prompt writing, how to modify your outputs, save custom prompts, and export outputs. Maximize your MagicSchool use now!
Credits: .5 hour
The Level Three MagicSchool Certification Course guides you through AI systems, how MagicSchool uses AI to produce the best outputs, and how to promote safe AI usage in schools.
Credits: .5 hour
The Level Four MagicSchool Certification Course guides you through how to create and share your own MagicSchool tools to better meet your needs, share them with colleagues to spread best practices and foster collaboration across your school or district.
Credits: .5 hour
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