May 3, 2022 e-Learning/PD Day

Session 1 - 8:00-10:00 AM

All Staff

All staff (administrators, counselors, teachers, PK instructors, and instructional assistants) will meet together to participate in a building-level discussion/training session. Building administrators will inform staff where this session will take place.

Presentation/Discussion Links (please complete in the order given)

• Maximizing Positive Student Impact

  • • This is an administrator-facilitated presentation.

    • Please take no more than 20 minutes on this presentation.

• Moving Forward Discussion

  • • This is an administrator-facilitated presentation.

    • Please spend between 60-80 minutes on this presentation.

• Introduction to SI2

  • • This is a PowerPoint presentation with voice-over.

    • Administrators should select the link above and then begin the presentation by selecting "Start Slide Show".

    • The presentation will take approximately 6 minutes to view.

    • Staff will then complete the SI2 surveys. This should take approximately 10 minutes.

      • • Link to survey site

          • • Staff must enter a code specific to their school assignment.

            • Teachers will complete the teacher survey. Instructional assistants will complete the community survey.

            • Administrators will provide the codes to staff.

Session 2 - 10:15-12:00

Please look below for your assignment based on your job title.

School Counselors

You will spend the remainder of the day engaging in your e-learning day responsibilities and/or working on ASCA.

Gen Ed, Special Area, and K-12 Sp Ed Teachers

Engage in e-learning day activities (e.g. hold virtual office hours, respond to emails, etc.).

PK Instructors & PK Instructional Assistants
Sp Ed PK Teachers & Sp Ed PK Instructional Assistants

• PK Instructors - Meet with instructional assistants to discuss students and how services are to be provided, etc.

  • • PK Instructors may also assign tasks for their instructional assistants to complete after this time of discussion is completed.

• Sp Ed PK Teachers - Meet with instructional assistants to review IEPs (e.g. go over updates, provide clarification of services/interventions, etc.).

  • • Sp Ed PK Teachers - Feel free to interrupt/break-up this time if you need to hold e-learning day virtual office hours.

    • Sp Ed PK Teachers - Feel free to assign tasks for their instructional assistants to complete after this time of discussion is completed.

All Other Instructional Assistants (including RESET instructional assistants and district substitute teachers)

You will meet in a location to be determined by your building administrator. You will participate in a training on disability awareness. This training will be in the form of a video (linked below). While the training is in video format, staff will be asked to periodically pause the video to engage in discussion.

Shedding Light on Disabilities (click here to access the video)

After Lunch to the End of the Day

Please look below for your assignment based on your job title.

Gen Ed Teachers, Special Area Teachers, and Sp Ed PK-12 Teachers*

Engage in e-learning day activities (e.g. hold virtual office hours, respond to emails, etc.).

* K-12 special education teachers and RESET teachers will meet with their instructional assistants after they have completed the training session on the Science of Reading.

All Instructional Assistants (including PK instructors & instructional assistants, RESET instructional assistants, and district substitute teachers)

You will meet in a location to be determined by your building administrator. You will participate in a training on the science of reading. This training will be in the form of a video (linked below). While the training is in video format, staff will be asked to periodically pause the videos to engage in discussion.

The Science of Reading (click here to access the video)

When finished...

• • PK instructors and instructional assistants may return to their classrooms and resume any work leftover from this morning.

  • PK-12 special education instructional assistants and RESET instructional assistants should report to their special education or RESET teacher(s) - scroll down for more information.

  • District substitute teachers are encouraged to log onto CIESC (select the school district from the organization drop-down menu; password is 47112) and/or Indiana Learning Lab (use Login with Google) and explore the learning modules. Some suggested modules to consider are:

• From CIESC

  • • Behavioral Issues & Special Needs (Parts 1-3)

    • Computer Usage in the Classroom

    • Cyber Bullying series

• From Indiana Learning Lab

  • • 30 Minutes to Fewer Student Interruptions

    • The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions (high school and/or middle school)

    • Bitmoji Classrooms: Getting Started

All other instructional assistants will complete tasks assigned to by your supervising teachers or your building administrator.

Instructional assistants should only work their assigned hours. Please clock out when you have reached your typical work day hours.

PK-12 Sp Ed Teachers & Sp Ed Instructional Assistants
RESET Teacher & RESET Instructional Assistants

• Teachers - Meet with instructional assistants to review IEPs, behavior plans, etc. (e.g. go over updates, provide clarification of services/interventions, discuss/answer questions regarding information shared earlier in the day, etc.).

  • Specific start time will vary depending on lunch schedule and completion of the Science of Reading training.

  • When finished, please provide tasks for instructional assistants.

  • After this time is complete, teachers should resume e-learning day responsibilities.

Instructional assistants should only work their assigned hours. Please clock out when you have reached your typical work day hours.