2024 Professional Learning Conference

About Our Conference: The First 30 Days of School

The focus of the 2024 Professional Learning Conference is to share strategies, tools, and resources with collaborative teams and teachers that they can use within the First 30 Days of School. Each time block focuses on one or more areas of the Rock Hill Schools Instructional Framework, and the sessions within each block will be designed to build teachers’ toolkits within key instructional areas. We will offer participants over 60 sessions from which to choose based on their needs and interests, therefore the goal is for participants to leave with 1-2 practices that they can commit to implementing during the upcoming school year with the support of their site-based instructional leaders.

Our Conference

Conference Attendance and Registration- Certified Employees

Participation in the 2024 Professional Learning Conference is required for all certified employees of the district as August 5th and 6th are contracted days within the 2024-25 school year. All district employees should report to South Pointe on their designated day. Personal days may not be taken on these days without prior approval from the district Superintendent, and no "exchange days" will be offered within the year as an alternative for an absence on this day. 

Attendees should register for the Keynote session and their respective PLC session KickUp. Attendance for PD sessions will be noted by session facilitators; attendance for larger sessions such as the keynote will utilize the KickUp session code for which participants will confirm their own attendance. Attendees must register for sessions prior to the session start time in order to receive credit for attendance.

Conference Attendance and Registration for Non-Certified Staff and Teaching Interns 

Non-certified, full-time employees may attend the conference although it is not a requirement. All non-certified employees have access to KickUp and may register for any sessions of interest.

Teaching Interns may attend the conference; however, because they are not employees of the district, they are not able to register via KickUp. Internship supervisors will have to share the session information with their interns. 

Helpful Information for Participants

Accessing KickUp

Participants should register for conference sessions through KickUp. PLC sessions are linked to KickUp in the Conference Schedule at a Glance. All district employees have KickUp accounts. If you are not able to access your KickUp account, please email jholmes@rhmail.org.

Registration Troubleshooting Tips:

1) If you are experiencing issues logging-in to KickUp, you should try resetting your password using the "Forgot my password" feature.
2) If you are having trouble registering for a session, you should view your events log to be sure you are not registering for a session scheduled at the same time as another event for which you are already registered.
3) If you are having trouble registering for a session, you should check the attendance line of the session to be sure it is not full.

Session Expectations

Review the expectations for all sessions prior to the conference.

Access Expectations Here

Conference Help Desk

A Conference Help Desk will be available in the gallery at each site to provide assistance during the conference from 7:15 am to 11:30 am on the day of the conference. 

Special Accommodations 

Individuals with needs for special accommodations including lactation rooms  and accommodations for food allergies should email Dr. Holmes at jholmes@rhmail.org before August 1st.

Please feel free to Tweet about the your learning experiences for the day.

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