Teacher Resources

How to Read Graphs - variety of different graphs and charts with questions - good starting place to consider what you might need to cover with students

Teaching Resources (technology/apps)

*Available via Clever/District purchases

Live Captioning or subtitle translations

*PowerPoint 365 - via Office 365, access PowerPoint 365 - it MUST be the online version for live translation and captioning. You can easily upload slides from Google Slides and Canva into PowerPoint

Design-School

*Canva - learn how to use Canva specific features and/or good principles of design for more attractive posters, bulletin boards, doors, flyers, graphics, etc.

Professional Development

In Person

Alabama History Institutes - Summer PD lasting a weekend, comes with a small stipend, variety of different programs to help you utilize resources from the Alabama Department of Archives and History - focuses on History

Space Academy for Educators - Summer PD lasting 5 days. Highly recommend by Amy Campbell. Go to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL and train like an astronaut...and an educator. Resources are provided to incorporate into your classroom around STEM/STEAM and team building. Room and Board and a bunch of goodies (like a super cool flight suit) are included. The program is free. Applications open in November.

Online

Modern Classroom - Learn how to assist your students with self paced lessons, adapt the classroom to meet the needs of students at various levels of study

Social and Emotional Learning

Grief/Loss

What not to say to a student who is grieving - includes a short 7 minute video

National Center for School Safety - a wide variety of resources when staff or students have died. Highlights below.

Guidelines for Responding to the Death of a Student or School Staff

Tips for Teens Who are Grieving - see page 4

Coalitions to Support Grieving Students - Especially see Teacher Training Materials

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