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Winter 2025
Winter 2025
Outlined below are professional learning opportunities to be offered by the district, state, and other organizations during Winter/Spring of 2025.
UPDATED 1/21/2025
January 31st Early Release Day
January 31st Early Release Day
Please click the icon above to access information for Singleton and Small Group PLCs.
Spring 2025 District Offered Courses
Spring 2025 District Offered Courses
Remaining 2024-25 Professional Learning Dates
Remaining 2024-25 Professional Learning Dates
Jan. 31st- Early Release Day for Site-based Professional Learning; Singleton/Small Group PLCs Collaborative Time
Feb. 14th- Professional Learning Day for Site-based Professional Learning
Feb. 28th- Early Release Day for Site-based Professional Learning
Mar. 28th- Professional Learning Day for Site-based Professional Learning
Professional Learning Grant Recipients
Professional Learning Grant Recipients
The window for the Fall 2024 Professional Learning Grant will open April 30, 2025. Click HERE to learn more about district Professional Learning Grants.
Science
Interested in scheduling a Professional Learning Opportunity for Science? Please visit our Professional Learning Opportunities page.
Contact Information: Brent White, Elementary Science (K-5), bcwhite@ed.sc.gov or
Lark Widener, Secondary Science (6-12), clwidener@ed.sc.gov
Social Studies
Casual Conversations in Social Studies are coming back! Join members of the SS team virtually on the second Tuesday of the month for standards-based casual conversations with Social Studies colleagues from around the state to help with instruction. Casual Conversations require participants to use this link to register with their school email address. Participants may come to part or all of the conversations.
Contact Information: Stephen Corsini, spcorsini@ed.sc.gov
World Languages
Dual Language Immersion Webinar Series
SCDE is hosting the first Dual Language Immersion Webinar Series, All Things Immersion. This series provides teachers and administrators involved in an immersion program with a space to explore and engage in best practices specific to the immersion classroom. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation for Renewal Credit.
The series will run from February 1st to May 2nd, 2024 (4:00-5:00pm).
Please use this link to Register.
Contact Information: Rocio Zalba, rzalba@ed.sc.gov
State Department Professional Learning Opportunities
State Department Professional Learning Opportunities
English Language Arts
Spring 2023 OAS ELA Standards Webinar Series
The OAS ELA Standards team is pleased to announce free webinars via Microsoft Teams to support implementation and instruction around the 2023 SC CCR ELA Standards.
Please secure your spot via the form linked here. Attendance confirmation will be sent via email.
Contact Information: Brenna McCormick, bkmccormick@ed.sc.gov
PE & Health
The Office of Assessment and Standards is excited to announce locations and dates for the Spring 2025 Physical Education Regional Professional Learning Series. This free, face-to-face professional learning opportunity will focus on using the principles of Meaningful P.E. with the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Physical Education Standards 2021 (P.E. Standards). Participants from across the state will have the opportunity to collaborate and work towards adapting the unit resources best to fit the needs of their population of learners. Certificates of completion for 5 SCDE Renewal Activity Hours will be issued to participants who meet all expectations of the professional learning opportunity.
Aiken
Tall Pines STEM Academy
550 Camp Long Rd.
Aiken, SC 29805
March 14, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Fort Mill
Fort Mill High School
215 N. Hwy 21 Bypass
Fort Mill, SC 29715
March 17, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Georgetown
Site TBA
March, 21, 2025
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Contact Information: Ben Miedema, bjmiedema@ed.sc.gov
Office of Personalized Learning
Office of Personalized Learning
Inquiry Labs
Interested in attending an Inquiry Lab to see personalized learning in action? Check out the upcoming dates here.
Visit the website personalizesc.ed.sc.gov, or contact personalizedlearning@ed.sc.gov for more information or questions.
The SCDE Personalized Learning Team is excited for you to join us at the FIRST Personalized Learning Summit on Friday, March 28, 2025 at the R2i2 Innovation Center in Columbia, SC. Please register to attend below by February 21, 2025. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come basis. You will be notified if your registration has been added to our waitlist. Register HERE!
Office of Personalized Learning Design Workshops
Office of Personalized Learning Design Workshops
Interested in attending a design workshop where student-centered instructional practices are the focus? Complete the registration form!
Need to take a course for renewal credit right away? VirtualSC Self-Paced courses are available!
Are you interested in taking a Spring 2025 course with VirtualSC?
Are you interested in taking a Spring 2025 course with VirtualSC?
For more information on the different endorsements, click on each hyperlink below.
Interested in adding a Middle-Level Certification to your South Carolina teaching certificate? VirtualSC PD now offers courses to help educators gain this area of certification through coursework. Each course listed below costs $225.00 and is worth 3 graduate credit hours.
Need Help with KickUp?
Need Help with KickUp?
KickUp is Rock Hill Schools's Professional Development Management System (PDMS). All district employees have access to Professional Learning Opportunities in KickUp.
Click HERE to visit the KickUp page for instructions on how to
Activate your account for the first time
Reset your password
Register for a PD event
Un-register for a PD event
Confirm your attendance
View and print your attendance log/transcript
Submit out-of-district PD event approval
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