March 6, 2024

MVYPS Professional Development Day

MVYPS's System-wide Commitments

A System-Wide Commitment to Our Children 

A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools 

A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach 

This half day of professional development is entirely structured around both district/school-directed and teacher-directed professional learning and development. It is MVYPS' hope that schools will take this time to structure PD and teaming efforts that promote their school and staff informed initiatives/school improvement actions. Also, it is MVYPS' hope teachers will take advantage of the latter half of the day to engage in professional development that is collaborative, authentic and relevant to their practice, related to individual professional development plans, and enriches the learning experience of the students in their classrooms (see note below). ESPs have a normal contractual work day on this PD day.

PLEASE NOTE: System-wide and school-sponsored PD will be offered on these days during teacher-directed time, but teachers/staff are not contractually obligated to participate in these offerings.  

School/District Directed PD

The following opportunities have been organized by MVYPS leaders and school leaders to provide rich, high quality PD options on this day.  

As mentioned above, this time will be dedicated to PD and teaming efforts that promote their school and staff informed initiatives/school improvement actions. 

Chilmark School Agenda

Who: Chilmark School teachers and admin


Purpose: Chilmark School educators will be participating in a full, half-day PD on project-based learning.


Edgartown School Agenda

Who: Edgartown teachers and ESPs 

Click on the arrow for the dropdown.

Preparing for MCAS Grades 3-8


Who: Edgartown teachers


Purpose: Have you taught test prep before? Have you used close reading, chunking challenging texts, multiple choice strategies, and steps for understanding a difficult (and convoluted) prompt with your students to help them better prepare for these experiences? 


Melanie Brown and Erin Simmons will go over skills and strategies that can be taught during mini lessons, shared experiences, guided practice, and independent work time. We will look at a possible structure of time, suggested materials, and other tips for building students up during the weeks before they take the MCAS. While this session will focus on the content of ELA, many of the strategies and structures can be used in other content areas.


Times & Sessions:

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MCAS Short-answer Math 


Who: Edgartown 5-8 math teachers 


Purpose: Edgartown middle school math teachers will break out during the second hour of the school-directed PD to look at short answer (only on math MCAS) and math-constructed response-type questions.  


Mary Ellen Guyther will lead this discussion. 


Time: 1:30-2:30 pm


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Training for ESPs - Recess and Playground Duty


Who: Edgartown School ESPs


Purpose: MaryAnn Bartlett and Edgartown School Counselor(s) will lead this session.

This workshop will focus on what adults can do to improve behavior during recess.


Time: 12:30-1:30 


Location: TBD

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Tier I Classroom Survey 


Who: Required of all classroom teachers [Please complete on 3/6 by 5 pm]:

All Edgartown classroom teachers have been asked to complete one of the grade band surveys using the links below. 


Time: This independent activity may be done from 2:30-3:00 pm during the admin-directed PD time or teachers may elect to use the teacher-directed time from 3-5 pm.


Purpose: One of the many goals of our MTSS Leadership group is to identify what curriculum or interventions each teacher is currently using in their classroom for all students at the Tier I level (Tier I will be defined in the survey). We will also look at what we currently have as Tier II interventions (that will be a later survey). This will give us an idea of what support we have available for our students to aid in problem-solving, as well as to research additional ideas and strategies that we can implement. Please follow the link to complete the survey based on your grade level. It should take no longer than 15-20 minutes. We need 100% participation. 

DESE MTSS

https://www.doe.mass.edu/sfss/mtss/default.html


Surveys:

K-4

https://forms.gle/V7DB26JBHTbax2us7


5-8

https://forms.gle/8fsqw54QB5tvo37m9

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Optional for teacher-directed time


3:00-5:00 pm: Grade level or Content Specific Planning. This could be a time for math folks to meet and talk about what transfers and what does not, for teachers to make a calendar of teaching points, choose practice materials, etc.


Contact Shelley Eindinder with questions.

MVRHS Agenda

Who: MVRHS teachers 

Time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm


See Agenda here.


Contact Justine DeOliveira with questions.

West Tisbury Agenda

Who: West Tisbury Teachers 

Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm


Purpose: Math PD


Contact Donna Lowell-Bettencourt with questions.

The New IEP for Special Education Teachers

Who: Required for ALL MVYPS Special Education teachers K-12

Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Purpose: Get ready for September 2024 by getting this overview of the shift from the old to the new IEP, and learning how to apply what you have learned. Everyone will be required to use this form/process starting in September. Laurel Peltier will lead you through this session.


Pre-session requirement: All participants must watch the video training prior to attending this session. Video link here 

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Agenda and resources linked here.


Location: TBD


Contact Hope MacLeod with any questions you might have.

Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: System-wide Commitment to Our Children 

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools 

Prompting and Data Collection with Kelley St. Clair, Clarity ABA

Who: Project Headway ESPs

Time: 12:30-2:40


Location: Zoom link https://mvyps.zoom.us/j/83416482500?pwd=RUVuV2YrWHpOM1pjNEJGdGFDM09GUT09


Meeting ID: 834 1648 2500

Passcode: 897139


Contact Jen Royal with any questions you might have.

Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: System-wide Commitment to Our Children 

Teacher-Choice Professional Development Opportunities

The following opportunities have been organized by MVYPS leaders and educators to provide rich, high quality PD options on this day. 

Except where noted, these options are all voluntary. These opportunities have been planned during  teacher-directed time.

Communities of Practice (CoPs) at MVYPS

For 2023-2024, MVYPS will support the ongoing work of Communities of Practice as a high quality form of professional development. Through entitlement grant funds, the Superintendent is able to provided CoPs that have experienced ongoing success and support in the past with the opportunity to continue their work. In addition, a new AI CoP has be specifically developed to help support a professional position on AI in education at MVYPS that is informed by its educators specifically. CoPs are required to meet for no less than 6 hours across the school year, with times being organized by the facilitator and the CoP members. Some CoP facilitators may choose to offer meeting times during teacher-directed PD time, while others may also meet after school and during other non-contractual times.

Click the arrow to the right to expand the list of available 2023-2024 CoPs for MVYPS educators. 

If a time and location is not listed, please contact the PLC leader to inquire about a meeting on this day.

Focus Areas(s):

Many of the CoPs focus on different buckets related to MVYPS' Commitments 2023-2024. The most common buckets are as follows.

Bucket 1: A System-wide Commitment to Our Children

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within our Schools

8th Grade Core CoP 

This CoP will focus on core topics of curriculum and the bridging of learning across the 8th to 9th grade transition. At times, this group may be meeting with 9th grade core teachers to collaborate.

4th Grade CoP  

This CoP supports the networking and discussion of 4th grade teams across MVYPS.

9th Grade English Language Arts (ELA) CoP 

This CoP will support the MVRHS' 9th grade ELA team in coming together to discuss changes to ELA programming at this grade level.

AI in the Classroom at MVYPS 

This CoP will focus on the evolving presence, demand, and need for AI in the classroom and in other learning spaces across MVYPS. It is the hopes that this CoP will help to inform that position of MVYPS on AI.

Desmos Math CoP [3:30 - 5:00 pm in Oak Bluffs.]

This CoP will discuss and problem solve the implementation of Desmos Math into your curriculum with other educators at MVYPS.

K-8 Art CoP  

This CoP will discuss topics together related to the instructional practices of art education in the elementary/middle schools at MVYPS.

K-8 Health/Family & Consumer Science CoP 

This CoP will engage in ongoing topics related to instructional practices of health education at the elementary and middle school level. Special focus topics may be on the Michigan Model Curriculum and other related curricula for health education at MVYPS, as well as the new MA Comprehensive Health and PE Frameworks (2023).

K-8 Library Science CoP 

This CoP will engage in ongoing topics related to supporting library sciences at the elementary and middle school level. 

K-8 School Counselor CoP

This CoP will engage in ongoing topics related to school counseling at the elementary and middle school level. In addition to professional cooperative learning practices, this CoP will also engage in case and practice consult with Jim Levine and Associates.

K-8 Spanish CoP 

This CoP will engage in ongoing topics related to the instructional practices of Spanish language education at the elementary and middle school level. 

K-12 Performing Arts CoP

This CoP will engage in ongoing topics related to supporting the performing arts education at MVYPS, including all levels k-12. 

MVRHS Science CoP

This CoP will support the MVRHS science team in coming together to discuss instructional practice, curriculum, and student learning as relevant to high school science.

School Psychologists CoP 

This CoP will support the coming together of school psychologists at MVYPS to discuss related topics of practice in the field of school psychology pk-12.

Speech & Language Pathologist CoP

Discipline, Bullying, and Harassment/Civil Rights: Follow up Discussion and Q & A

Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 

Who: Open to all educators, support staff, and administrators at all grade levels (K-12)

Purpose: After her presentation to all MVYPS educators in October 2023, Paige Tobin, Esq. is now returning to provide a follow-up discussion and Q & A session where MVYPS staff and administrators can discuss current issues or discipline challenges that they are facing. Paige always provides extensive expertise on legal and practical issues with student discipline and social emotional wellbeing in schools. Use this Google Form link to ask Paige a question ahead of time. She will then ensure that a time is dedicated to answering your question.

Facilitator: Paige Tobin, Esq., Murphy, Lamere, & Murphy, P.C.

Location: MVRHS -Culinary Arts Dining Room

If you have any questions about this session, please contact Hope MacLeod.

MVYPS focus area(s): 

Everyday Speech (SEL Curriculum) 

Who: Open to all MVYPS educators (k-12) and specialists

Time: Self-paced, virtual learning [2 hours total]

Purpose:  New in 2023-2024 MVYPS has purchased a full site license for MVYPS educators to access the Everyday Speech SEL Curriculum. In October 2023, on-boarding support from Everyday Speech was provided to MVYPS staff interested in previewing/using the curriculum in their classes. This opportunity is again available to interested educators who would like a license to the program, to view the pre-recorded onboarding session, and to explore the grade-level curriculum.

In order to access a site license, please contact Kim Garrison requesting an account. You can access the MVYPS Everyday Speech PD Guide here. This will help you to engage in self-directed professional development for using Everyday Speech's SEL Curriculum.

NOTE: For those individuals who completed the on-boarding PD in past PD days, or who have been collaborating as a team in using Everyday Speech, you may want to meet and discuss its use, implementation, and or collaborate on scope and sequence. Or, attend the live PD session that Kim Garrison is facilitating titled "SEL Assessment for Learning and Responding with SEL Instruction" (see below).

Location: Virtual (and in-person as self-directed)


Contact Kim Garrison with questions.

Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: A System-wide Commitment to Our Children  

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools 

Introduction to Collaborative Problem Solving

Who: All MVYPS educators and staff interested in learning the foundations and theory behind Collaborative Problem Solving*. 


Time: Self-directed, self-paced virtual learning series [2 hours total]

(You do not have to complete all of this module today, however, in order to get credit towards PDPs, you do need to complete it within 8 weeks. Those folks who started the course on 1/10/24 will have until 3/6/24 to complete it. 

Those folks who start the course on 2/14/24 will have until 4/24/24 to complete it.

Those folks who start the course on 3/6/24 will have until 5/8/24 to complete it.


Purpose: MVYPS has worked with Think:Kids to provide MVYPS educators and staff free access to this learning module. 

     This 2-hour, self-paced course introduces the basic principles of Collaborative Problem Solving, an innovative, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approach to understanding and helping kids and adults with behavioral challenges.  The principles of Collaborative Problem Solving® will be discussed, while outlining how the approach is uniquely suited to the needs of today's educators and students. The CPS approach aligns with CASEL's 5 core competencies, integrates with MTSS frameworks, PBIS, and restorative practices, is evidence-based, neurobiologically and trauma-informed, and child and family-centered.    

     Participants learn a more empathic and accurate understanding of what causes unmet expectations and challenging behavior and are exposed to an overview of the three key components of the approach. These courses lay the foundation for attending Essential Foundation in Collaborative Problem Solving (Level 1).

Objectives:


Location: A link to the learning platform will be provided upon registration. Please register here.


Contact Hope MacLeod or Kim Garrison with questions.

Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: A System-wide Commitment to Our Children 

Bucket 2- A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools 

*Note: This course is not for those educators who have been trained in Level 1 or Level 2 CPS Practices. This course is for those educators/staff who are curious about CPS and want to develop a foundational understanding for the practice.

SEL Assessment for Learning and Responding with SEL Instruction

Who: Any MVYPS teacher, school counselor, SEL coach, or administrator of grades 4, 5, 8, or 9-12

Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm


Purpose: Kim Garrison, All-Island Behavioral Health Coordinator, will guide teachers and administrators through the interpretation of SEL assessment data using the Fall 2023 SELIS data for students in grades 4, 5, 8, and 9-12. We will look at this data through an "Assessment for Learning" lens in order to respond using SEL instructional practices. One common curriculum that is available to all MVYPS staff, and that is easily integrated into instruction, is the Everyday Speech SEL Curriculum. We will review the Scope and Sequence for your grade, and consider what might be some valuable lessons for your classes/grade levels/schools to implement for the remainder of the year.


Materials: Participants are asked to bring a laptop. If you have either the SEL from the Start: Building Skills in K-5 or SEL Every Day: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms, please bring these texts with you. If you do not have these texts, you will get them during this PD session.


Location: TBD based on number of participants. Sign up here by Tuesday, 3/5/24 at 4:00 pm. 


Contact Kim Garrison with any questions. 


Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: A System-Wide Commitment to Our Children 

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools 

Bucket 3: A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach  

Supporting LGBTQ+ Students in Your Classroom: Inclusive Language, Instruction, and Student Services

Who: All teachers of grades preK-12. (Content will be appropriate for all ages, but group work may be approached using grade level bands.)

Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm


Purpose: Please join Joy Lochelt (she/they/any), LICSW and her team from the Home for Little Wanderers' Out at Home program as they provide an in-person, cooperative learning and professional development experience that aims to support your classroom instruction with students who identify as LGBTQ+.


Clinicians from the Out at Home program have been visiting our Island youth this past school year and providing clinical services to youth and their families through support from the Island Wide Youth Collaborative. We are lucky to have this program partnering with our community and our schools.


Location: Island Wide Youth Collaborative Conference Room 

111 Edgartown VH Road > Village Road > Last MVCS building on your left. 508-693-7900 x40


Contact Joy Lochelt with questions regarding the content of this PD session.

MVYPS Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: A System-wide Commitment to Our Children 

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture within Our Schools 

Bucket 3A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach 

The New IEP "Case Study & Coaching"

Who: All MVYPS Special Education teachers K-12

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm


Purpose: Get ready for September 2024 by applying what you have learned in earlier sessions on the New IEP.


Location: TBD


Contact Hope MacLeod with any questions you might have.

Focus Area(s):

Bucket 1: System-wide Commitment to Our Children 

Bucket 2: A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools