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

Integration of Literacy and History

Description: An overview of history-social science content, model working with primary sources, takes you through a model lesson that emphasizes historical thinking skills, leads to written student products, and provides access to relevant instructional resources.

Participant Learning Outcomes

• Using primary sources and discussion techniques to support students’ writing.

• Building instructional capacity in History-Social Science by experiencing aspects of a Reading Like a Historian lesson including pertinent historical thinking skills.

• Build capacity in content alignment with History-Social Science best practices and pedagogy, and promoting inquiry.

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.

Equitable Grading and Instruction: Understanding the Updated Secondary Grading Bulletin (BUL-1353.2)

Participant Learning Outcomes

• Develop an understanding of the updated secondary grading bulletin (BUL-1353.2).

• Reflect upon and commit to implementation of EGI-aligned grading practices.

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. 

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. 

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. 

Digital Citizenship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Deliver Secondary Mandatory Digital Citizenship Lesson 

Description: Participants will learn to facilitate "Digital Citizenship in the Age of AI, " a mandatory lesson for all grades 6-12 that teaches students how to safeguard their digital footprint, cultivate positive digital practices, and use technology responsibly. Participants will also explore additional curriculum and resources for deepening student understanding of artificial intelligence's impact on digital citizenship.

Participant Learning Outcomes

• Understand the importance of teaching Digital Citizenship to students

• Identify effective strategies for delivering the mandatory  “Digital Citizenship in the Age of AI” lesson and documenting student learning

• Explore curriculum & resources for deepening student understanding of AI’s impact on digital citizenship

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. 

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