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Overview of Content Courses & T-TESS CONNECTION
Overview of Content Courses & T-TESS CONNECTION
To better align professional development with instructional growth, we’ve added T-TESS domains to all PD course information.
This update helps teachers easily identify sessions that support their professional goals and evaluation areas. Whether you're looking to strengthen lesson planning, student engagement, or classroom environment, the T-TESS alignment ensures you can make the most of your learning experience.
Instructional Software Courses Summer 2026 Getting Started With Schoology
Getting Started With Schoology
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 3
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will be introduced to our Learning Management System: Schoology and its key features.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Learning Objectives, Mastery & Rubrics
Schoology: Learning Objectives, Mastery & Rubrics
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course participants will be provided with an in-depth look at using Schoology to align materials to standards/learning objectives and track student progress towards those objectives. In addition to using the state Standards, participants will learn how to create and organize custom learning objectives which can be imported at both the individual and system admin levels.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Assessments
Schoology: Assessments
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will learn to create, administer, and grade assessments in Schoology.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Managing & Using Rubrics
Schoology: Managing & Using Rubrics
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will learn how to create and use rubrics in a Schoology course. This course provides detailed information and examples for creating, editing, sharing, and copying rubrics within Schoology. Participants will also learn how to incorporate learning objectives with rubrics.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Grading in Schoology
Schoology: Grading in Schoology
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course participants will be provided with an in-depth look at the grading workflow in Schoology. Participants will learn how grades are populated into the Gradebook. We will explore the different options for sorting, entering, overriding, and tracking grades. In addition, we will view posted grades from the student perspective.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Integrating 3rd Party Resources
Schoology: Integrating 3rd Party Resources
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will explore the various 3rd party resources available to us through LTI Integration in Schoology. This includes our textbook resources, as well as other software like Edpuzzle, Google Drive, Orbit Note, etc.)
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Schoology: Using Portfolios
Schoology: Using Portfolios
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will learn how to create, edit, and share a Schoology Portfolio. Participants will explore sample portfolios that highlight both student and educator applications. Sample rubrics for portfolio evaluation will also be shared. Through the course, participants will develop an understanding of how Schoology Portfolios provide students and educators with the ability to quickly and easily collect, organize, summarize, and share their work and accomplishments with others.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Accessibility Resources Within Schoology
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will review the accessibility resources available to us through Google Read and Write and Immersive Reader.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Get Your Students Creating
Get Your Students Creating
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will learn a little about a variety of creation tools (Google Sites, Adobe Express and Canva). Participants will select a tool and design activities for their students in an upcoming unit.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
How to Navigate Amplify Boost
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 2
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: K-5
Topic: In this course, K-5 teachers will learn how to navigate Amplify boost.
Facilitator: Debbie Brown
Location: Online
Vocab, Voacb, Vocab
Vocab, Voacb, Vocab
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will explore features of a few digital tools (i.e. Flashcard Factory, Read&Write, Orbit Note, Quizlet, Blooket, Gimkit), create activities based on vocabulary needs for the classroom.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Generative AI for Educators
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 2
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will learn about generative AI, which is a type of AI that creates new content, such as text, images, or other media. You’ll explore how to use generative AI tools to assist your teaching practice by saving time on everyday tasks, personalizing instruction to meet student needs, and enhancing lessons and activities in creative ways.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
STEMScopes
STEMScopes
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: K-5
Topic: In this course, K-5 teachers will learn to access and use STEMscopes, a STEM curriculum that integrates digital resources, hands-on kits, and print materials to support science, math, and engineering learning.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Using TEXQuest Resources in the Classroom
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: All Staff
Topic: In this course, participants will go over how to access and navigate two main resources in our TexQuest Databases, aka instructional materials. Academic OneFile has peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines and Learn 360 has videos and other multimedia resources for classrooms.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
Overview to ST Math
Overview to ST Math
Date: May 27 - August 5
Format: Online Course
Credit Hours: 1
T-TESS Domain: Planning & Instruction
Audience: K-2
Topic: In this course, grade K-2 teachers will explore the ST Math platform. Students solve puzzles reinforcing math concepts.
Facilitator: Emily Herrin
Location: Online
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