Professional Development

Required PD

Intro to Teaching ELs

If you are a K-6 teacher, a 7-8 ELA or AR teacher, or a high school English or Science teacher you need to watch this video and complete the google form. This video gives a brief overview of EL requirnmets. While it is important to understand these requirements it is important to remember that your EL coordinator will be walking you through the process.


Training Opportunities

Inservice Training Aug 2018

This training gives a brief overview of how to work with EL students as well as the paperwork that the state and federal government require

Intermediate School Training Q1

This was a presentation that I gave at the Intermediate Schools during the first quarter of this year. It was similar to the inservice I did for the Jr. High and High School but with some extra tidbits

HS English Dept Training 12/7/2018

This training explorers new ways of teaching word patterns (roots, prefixes, suffixes) to High School Students (though some of these strategies would probably work for 4th-8th as well)


Worksheets and Handouts


Teaching Students How to Learn


This training explores new ways of using metacognitive strategies in the classroom by giving teachers additional tools that can be used in all content area classrooms to increase reading comprehension of academic texts.

Worksheets and Handouts