ELA
Please complete and submit an Out of District PD Approval and Completion Form (found in My Learning Plan) prior to attending/beginning sessions.
fpc_professional_learning_menuSpring2019.pdfFountas & Pinnell Professional Learning Opportunities
Lots of FREE Literacy learning opportunities (starting on page 3) listed in the first column.
K-5 Teachers
1 Hour PD Credit*
The course itself is approx. 30 minutes in length.
For credit, participants must create a lesson and share the link when submitting for final approval (Copy/paste the Google Slide link in one of the reflection question fields.
FREE Mini-Course - registration required to enroll
1 Hour - Reflection Questions Required
Free Webinar - Registration Required
Levels Are a Teacher's Tool, NOT a Child's Label Webinar
All children deserve access to an authentic, rich, and diverse text base – including a robust classroom library where levels have no place. The books in a classroom library are not there for the purpose of “practicing reading,” but rather to create lifelong readers who have the power of choice, the ability to make decisions about books, the freedom to have opinions, the opportunity to think critically, and the pleasure of reading for a sustained time each day. Levels have a critical place in the hands of teachers who understand their complexity and use them to make good decisions in instruction. Advocating for the appropriate use of levels in our school and within our classrooms is both a challenge and an opportunity.
Literacy leaders Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell untangle common misconceptions around text levels and explore practical tips for nurturing student agency and communicating progress.
Heinemann On-Demand Courses
Courses available for Reading, Writing, Literacy and Math. Registration is required and most courses do have registration fees. They do add complementary sessions from time to time.
Hours vary depending on course. Certificates of completion available for all paid courses.
K-12 Literacy Webinars
We wanted to share with you the CESA6 "Back-To-Better" expert virtual Summer Webinar Series scheduled in the month of July. This special webinar opportunity is open to all School Districts across Wisconsin at $75 per session/login (pick and choose any) and most run from 9AM-10:30AM. CESA6 is the host organization and all registrations/logins run through CESA6; info provided below. Here is the July lineup:
July 6: Kate Roberts: Teaching the Close Reading of Nonfiction (Gr. 5-12)
July 7: Matt Glover: Increasing Student Writing Engagement (Gr. PK-2)
July 8: Towanda Harris: Student-Centered Virtual or School -Based Classroom (Gr. K-5)
July 15: Kathy Collins: Help Young Readers Grow Big Ideas (Gr. K-4)
July 23: Carl Anderson: Meaningful Relationships with Writers by Conferring (Gr. 3-8)
July 24: Kristi Mraz: Playful Explorations and Small Group Work (Gr. PK-2)