Announcements of Upcoming PD

During the 2019-2020 school year, Dr. Eakins worked with NHCS on various topics. Primarily the focus was on Implicit Bias. To build upon the knowledge and understanding of our self-awareness of biases that we hold as educators, we will continue with this work, and developing advocacy skills will be the training focus for the 2020-21 school year.

Hidden Messages in Good Intentions: Microaggression sessions I and II will be offered to all staff during the 2020-2021 school year.

There are multiple dates and times that session I and session II will be offered. Click here to see the description, topics covered, intended outcomes, and registration for each of the sessions (I and II). Please register for the session that best fits your schedule.

Link to registration: https://www.leadingequitycenter.com/nhcsadvocacy

Posted 12/7/20

Wilmington 1898: An Investigative Experience

We have had a number of teachers reach out wanting to know more about what happened in Wilmington in 1898. In a short synopsis, in November of 1898, a group of Wilmington leaders and participants staged a successful violent overthrow of a legally elected biracial government. This act has left an embarrassing racial stain on the city and has further strained race relations for several generations.

To try and better understand this event and to help give useful primary source instructional resources, a Canvas course entitled Wilmington 1898: An Investigative Experience has been created.

The course opens in Canvas on December 2nd and will remain open through the end of April.

The course is worth 1.0 Content CEUs in either ELA or Social Studies.
The course is self-paced - asynchronous.
There are a total of 9 modules with discussion boards at the end of each module.

If you would like to enroll, you will need to sign up through TalentEd and through Canvas.

Here is the title and section number to use to sign up in Talent Ed: Wilmington 1898: An Investigative Experience / Section Number: 13175

Here is the link to sign up with in Canvas: https://nhcs.instructure.com/enroll/JEBEEW

Please email Travis Matthews if you have any questions about this course.

Posted 12/7/20

The Harlem Renaissance Zoom Seminar presented by Ashbrook

We are pleased to announce that Ashbrook will host a Zoom seminar on the topic entitled: The Harlem Renaissance on January 7th (one of the week-long remote days) from 9:00 am to 12:15 pm (see description below). The Workshop is on TalentEd and it only has 15 spots available - first come, first served. There will be around 35 pages (give or take) of primary source reading that participants are supposed to complete prior to the seminar. The workshop is worth .55 CEUs of content credit if all of the reading is completed.

We have always had great success with these workshops in the past and we are looking very forward to this one.

TalentEd Title and Section Number: The Harlem Renaissance Seminar (Social Studies) Section Number: 13182

This will be a discussion-based workshop.

Seminar Description: Harlem became the hub of African-American culture in the 1920’s and 30’s, and the extraordinary writing that developed during this time continues to influence American literature and culture. This seminar will explore the literature of the Harlem Renaissance in relation to its history as well as its social and cultural context.

Edgenuity Trainings for Secondary

Edgenuity Trainings for Elementary

iReady Trainings

Posted 9/9/20

WEBINAR: Relationship Building in Remote Learning Environments

September 8, 2020, 4:00 - 5:00 PM ET (advertised for 3:00 - 4:00 PM CDT) (past due but others listed below)

Students learn best when adults know them, make them feel safe, and take on the responsibility to support all students in learning. This free, virtual session will help educators develop their skills to combat implicit and cognitive biases as well as provide strategies to build authentic relationships with students. During this session, participants will engage in interactive activities and focused discussions to promote intentional relationships and high expectations for all students in a remote learning setting.

Presented by Ivy Mack and De McKenzie

This webinar is the first in a series provided for educators by RTI International. You might also be interested in their following webinars coming up:

Engaging Students in Rigorous & Relevant Virtual Learning Experiences - September 17, 2020
Effective Instructional Design in a Virtual Space - September 23, 2020
Feedback and Reflection to Drive Engagement in Remote Learning - September 29, 2020

Posted 9/9/20

ESL is hosting a Wida Webinar District-wide on October 5

2-hour morning session for Elementary teachers and 2- hour afternoon session for Secondary teachers.

Materials:

· Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse Students: Link to padlet

· For participants who are new to using padlet: please view this quick tutorial

As a reminder, attendees need to register so they receive the link to join and the password. The link and password will be sent once attendees complete the registration process.

Registration links:

· Differentiation: Elementary Focus - October 5, 2020 - 9:00am-11:00am EDT

· Differentiation: Middle/High Focus - October 5, 2020 - 12:30pm-2:30pm EDT

Posted 9/8/20

Calculator Webinars from Accountability Services -Begin September 16th

Please join Accountability Services for a series of webinars on the NCTest embedded calculators. The webinars will provide insights on how to use the embedded calculators in NCTest along with tips for using online calculators both synchronously and asynchronously in the classroom. Please click on the appropriate link below to register.

Calculator Grade(s) Date Time

Four Function Grades 3 – 5 Wednesday, September 16 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Link to Register for this Webinar

https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0b37223a3a8a3082f6a1e53fa8b5b1af

Scientific Grades 6 – 8 Wednesday, September 23 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Link to Register for this Webinar

https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/onstage/g.php?MTID=e17eb2977974fe7750ced05b909b680fd

Graphing Grade 8 and high school Wednesday, September 30 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Link to Register for this Webinar

https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/onstage/g.php?MTID=e562e7e9413673c1c9918fdc4a2d5d39a