2/8 or 3/14 | 3:00-5:00 Secondary | VIRTUAL                                                        

4/18 or 5/9 | 4:00-6:00 Elementary | VIRTUAL

Fight burnout and join thousands of teachers saving hours of time using MagicSchool to help lesson plan, differentiate, write assessments, communicate clearly, and more. 

Facilitator:  Sara Yazujian-Wehr

3/6 | 3:00-4:00 Secondary & 4:00-5:00 Elementary | TROXELL LIBRARY 

This session will highlight new features and functionality that have been added to Google Meet. It turns out many of the features in Google Meet can be powerful tools to increase accessibility for ESL, DHH, & learning support students in particular, and support collaboration & communication for all. Just because you don't teach virtually anymore doesn't mean you should sleep on Google Meet!

Facilitator:  JR Renna

1/10 or 1/29 | 3:00-4:00 SECONDARY & 4:00-5:00 ELEMENTARY | ADMIN CENTER BOARD ROOM 

Learn how to use the District's new social media tool to promote your classroom, club or sports or arts activities, academic competitions, school events, etc. on district social media.  Invite students to become social media officers to make the posts that you can approve or edit. 

Facilitator:  Nicole McGalla

1/25 | 3:00-4:00 Secondary and 4:00-5:00 Elementary | ADMIN CENTER BOARD ROOM

Join the Muhlenberg College’s Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding and Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Chip Gruen as he brings a wealth of knowledge to our staff who seek to increase cultural literacy and empathy for diverse worldviews.  The mission of the Institute is to work towards a healthier public understanding of religion and its role in the lives of people and their communities.  Chip helps people get comfortable with religious diversity, which can often be confusing. He’ll connect the dots as to why religious and cultural literacy matters in developing warm and caring relationships with students.  Plan to leave with some tools to help enhance your understanding of this very complex world.  

Facilitators:  Nicole McGalla, Director of Communications and Community Engagement & Dr. Chip Gruen, Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding at Muhlenberg College 

4/23 Secondary | 3:00-4:00 | SMS ROOM D227                                                  4/24 Elementary | 4:00-5:00 | SMS ROOM D227

Participants will read "Five Things about Ava Andrews" by Margaret Dilloway prior to the academy.   Come prepared to discuss the book and what we can learn and apply to our positions here at Parkland.

Facilitator:  Diane Ritzenthaler

2/5 or 3/11 | 4:15-7:00 | VETERANS MEMORIAL

There are five pillars of reading instruction.  They are known as the five pillars of early literacy.  They are a set of key components developed by the National Reading Panel essential for reading proficiency. They include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.  This class will show you strategies on how to incorporate phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary from all academic areas to improve your student's overall reading comprehension.  The class will focus more on phonics instruction and how to integrate those components into content or math.  Vocabulary use of Greek and Latin root words to build student comprehension will also be introduced.   

Facilitator:  Michelle Cavanaugh

1/31 & 2/7 | 4:00-6:30 | TROXELL LIBRARY

This class is for those who have never attended a CPI class or for those whose certification has expired. This class teaches the basic CPI principles of crisis de-escalation and personal safety techniques. This class also certifies you for 12-18 months in nonviolent crisis intervention. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Participants will be expected to physically interact with others in the group. Precautions will be taken but you have to perform the measures in order to certify! YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH CLASSES!

Facilitator:  Michelle Strohl

3/7 | 4:30-7:30 | TROXELL LIBRARY

Recertification in Non-Violent Crisis Prevention Intervention

This class is for those who have been training in CPI and whose certification is about to expire.  

Facilitator:  Alyssa Pagliaro

2/21 or 3/6 or 4/10 | 4:00-5:00 | TROXELL LIBRARY or ROOM 110 on 3/6 (Blended Learning + Skill Session = 2 hours)

This class is for those who have been trained in CPR and whose certification is about to expire.  This is a blended learning course including an online portion and an instructor-led classroom skill session. The online portion must be completed prior to attending the in-class portion and must be taken on a PC or tablet with a high speed Internet connection.  The Blended Learning Course will be emailed 1 week prior to the in-person skill session. 

Facilitator:  Elizabeth Rose