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ES 2024-25 Modules – Archived for Reference
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Literacy
Literacy
Belonging - How to be an Ally for Inclusive Practices
Belonging - How to be an Ally for Inclusive Practices
Description: Explore dimensions of belonging, rightful presence and other guiding concepts aligned to disability rights. Reflect on what contributes to belonging in a school. Identify tools and techniques to enhance a sense of belonging
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CKLA Trade Books: Building Language Comprehension
CKLA Trade Books: Building Language Comprehension
Description: Teachers will explore strategies to integrate CKLA Trade Books to enhance language comprehension, supporting student listening, speaking, reading and writing. The Amplify CKLA Trade Book List includes culturally authentic texts that reinforce domain-specific knowledge and background knowledge. Schools signing up for this professional development can request sample CKLA trade books for each grade level.
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Sentence Building: Enhancing Reading and Writing Skills
Sentence Building: Enhancing Reading and Writing Skills
Description: Teachers will learn how to use sentence building as an instructional strategy to help students with comprehension in both writing and reading. They will also learn to use effective instructional practices to plan and teach a sentence combining lesson.
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Sound Walls: Why We Need Them and How to Use Them
Sound Walls: Why We Need Them and How to Use Them
Description: Teachers will understand the concept of a sound wall and science behind why we use them to support student learning. They will also will prepare to use a sound wall to enhance phonemic awareness, support reading skills, and improve literacy outcomes in their classrooms.
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UFLI Foundations Overview: An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program
UFLI Foundations Overview: An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program
Description: UFLI Foundations is an explicit and systematic program provides students with the foundational skills necessary for proficient reading. The program is designed to be used for tiered instruction in the primary grades or for tiered intervention with struggling students in both primary and upper grades.
Participant Learning Outcomes
Teachers will be walked throught the manual to understand the layout and structure of the lesson to support targeted small group instruction.
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Understanding Disabilities and Accommodations
Understanding Disabilities and Accommodations
Description: Participants will be able to understand the student through the IEP, including where to find accommodations and modificatioins and the differences between accommodations and modifications. They will be able to recognize common disabilities and some accommodations that maybe helpful.
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Numeracy
Numeracy
Fractions in Grades 3-5: Conceptual Understanding and Effective Strategies
Fractions in Grades 3-5: Conceptual Understanding and Effective Strategies
Description: Teachers will emphasize the importance of conceptual understanding of fractions within the number system, ensuring that both they and their students grasp this critical concept. They will implement strategies to help students make sense of equivalent fractions and effectively compare fractions, fostering a deeper comprehension of these fundamental mathematical concepts.
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Introduction to Data Science in Grade K-2
Introduction to Data Science in Grade K-2
Description: Data literacy encompasses the skills needed to read, create, and communicate data effectively. In the context of kindergarten through second grade math instruction, incorporating charts and images is a powerful strategy for helping students link mathematical concepts to real-world experiences. This session will explore how data literacy can be used to interpret information, make mathematical ideas more meaningful for young learners. Participants will learn how to use instructional tools to enhance teaching and support students in conceptual understanding and applying data concepts in an engaging and fun way!
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Integrating Data Literacy and Math Reasoning in Grades 3rd-5th
Integrating Data Literacy and Math Reasoning in Grades 3rd-5th
Description: Teachers will integrate data literacy and mathematical reasoning into their math lessons to boost student engagement and ensure alignment with key Math Practice Standards. They will employ data-driven problem-solving strategies and foster inquiry-based learning, encouraging students to collect, analyze, and interpret data as a means to communicate their conclusions effectively.
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Teaching Fractions in K-2
Teaching Fractions in K-2
Description: In this professional development session, K-2 educators will explore the essential concept of fractions and their vital role in early mathematics education. The session will examine what fractions are and why it is crucial to introduce these concepts to Kindergarten through Second Grade students to build a solid mathematical foundation. Participants will gain insights into the developmental appropriateness of teaching fractions and will learn strategies for integrating real-life examples to make fraction concepts more relevant and engaging. This approach aims to enhance young students' understanding and deepen their overall mathematical comprehension.
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Assessments Informing Instruction
Assessments Informing Instruction
Beyond Testing: Identifying Groups of Students with ELA and Math Framework Urgencies From a Holistic Perspective
Beyond Testing: Identifying Groups of Students with ELA and Math Framework Urgencies From a Holistic Perspective
Description: WC2 allows users to sift data through not only the lens of Assessment and other moment-in-time data points, but also current perspectives that include Marks and Framework Mastery measures. By examining the collection of these measures, school leaders and teachers may make finely differentiated decisions on intervention, outreach, and instructional planning.
Note: Principals, Teachers, and Regional Directors / Regional Coordinators are automatically provisioned with Whole Child 2 access. Other users, mainly because their HR role does not fully indicate which type of access to provision, will need to request access via oneaccess.lausd.net; access will need 24 hours after approval to refresh on the platform. Please see our Whole Child 2 Job Aid for more details.
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Whole Child 2.0 - What’s New for Beginning Users
Whole Child 2.0 - What’s New for Beginning Users
Description: This is the basic Whole Child 2 User Interface training, which may be viewed as a suggested prerequisite for all other Whole Child 2 professional development modules.
Note: Principals, Teachers, and Regional Directors / Regional Coordinators are automatically provisioned with Whole Child 2 access. Other users, mainly because their HR role does not fully indicate which type of access to provision, will need to request access via oneaccess.lausd.net; access will need 24 hours after approval to refresh on the platform. Please see our Whole Child 2 Job Aid for more details.
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Whole Child 2.0 - What’s New for Advanced Users
Whole Child 2.0 - What’s New for Advanced Users
Description: This is the intermediate Whole Child 2 User Interface training, covering intermediate use functions such as data table customization and data exports.
Note: Principals, Teachers, and Regional Directors / Regional Coordinators are automatically provisioned with Whole Child 2 access. Other users, mainly because their HR role does not fully indicate which type of access to provision, will need to request access via oneaccess.lausd.net; access will need 24 hours after approval to refresh on the platform. Please see our Whole Child 2 Job Aid for more details.
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Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs)
Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs)
Teachers Leading School Improvement with Whole Child 2
Teachers Leading School Improvement with Whole Child 2
Description: Teachers who are fully informed of their students’ instructional masteries are better able to design strategic instructional planning, and participate in collaborative school improvement planning. Whole Child 2 provides teachers with the data needed to advocate for students’ learning needs, both within the classroom and across the school.
Note: Principals, Teachers, and Regional Directors / Regional Coordinators are automatically provisioned with Whole Child 2 access. Other users, mainly because their HR role does not fully indicate which type of access to provision, will need to request access via oneaccess.lausd.net; access will need 24 hours after approval to refresh on the platform. Please see our Whole Child 2 Job Aid for more details.
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Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles
Building Digital Citizenship: Deliver Elementary Mandatory Lesson to Guide Students in Being Safe, Smart, and Responsible Online
Building Digital Citizenship: Deliver Elementary Mandatory Lesson to Guide Students in Being Safe, Smart, and Responsible Online
Description: Participants will learn to teach the mandatory digital citizenship lesson for grades UTK-5, emphasizing that good digital citizenship extends beyond web safety. It requires being balanced, informed, inclusive, engaged, and alert. They will explore the importance of teaching these concepts and engage in activities that foster critical thinking about online behavior, equipping students to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions.
Participant Learning Outcomes
Learn about Digital Citizenship and its importance to college and career success
Explore curriculum and resources for delivering the mandatory Digital Citizenship lesson
Review LAUSD Digital Citizenship policies and discuss the next steps for implementation
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Maintaining 96%+: School-wide Attendance Strategies Leveraging Whole Child Data Perspectives
Maintaining 96%+: School-wide Attendance Strategies Leveraging Whole Child Data Perspectives
Description: Students need to be present in order to effectively learn. By understanding students’ historical attendance patterns, and considering how those patterns continue to influence current Period and Daily attendance behavior, teachers and school leaders may be better equipped to engage students and their families as partners in maintaining Excellent attendance.
Note: Principals, Teachers, and Regional Directors / Regional Coordinators are automatically provisioned with Whole Child 2 access. Other users, mainly because their HR role does not fully indicate which type of access to provision, will need to request access via oneaccess.lausd.net; access will need 24 hours after approval to refresh on the platform. Please see our Whole Child 2 Job Aid for more details.
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Science
Science
STEAM Maker Mindset & Planning
STEAM Maker Mindset & Planning
Description: By the end of this session, engaged participants will…
identify key components of STEAM and Makerspace Mindset
understand how to connect strategies to existing core curriculum lessons to enhance and extend problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity
apply learning to plan and develop STEAM lab experiences that connect to core curriculum topics and standards
make commitments for next steps
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