Please review the January 06, 2026 workshops offered below. *Sessions may be cancelled due to low enrollment
Once all the registrations have been submitted, you may be asked to change your selection if the session is full.
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January 6, 2026: 7th - 8th Grade PD Tracks
Planning and Collaboration
Home School
8:00AM - 11:00AM
Planning and Collaboration with your team
(3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: All Staff
Contact: Building Leaders
Winter BLT Retreat
Home Building
8:00AM - 11:00AM
Continuous improvement planning. Required for BLT Members. (3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: BLT Members
Contact: Building Leaders
Hands-Only CPR, Heimlich,
Stop the Bleed.
TMS Gym
8:00AM - 11:00AM
Hands-Only CPR, Heimlich,
Stop the Bleed. (3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: Certified Staff and
any interested staff.
Contact: Sandy Smith
Hands-Only CPR, Heimlich,
Stop the Bleed.
TMS Gym
12:00PM - 3:00PM
Hands-Only CPR, Heimlich,
Stop the Bleed. (3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: Certified Staff and
any interested staff.
Contact: Sandy Smith
The Power of Being Bilingual
and ACCESS Updates
District Office: Boardroom B
*Mandatory*
12:00pm-3:00pm
Introduction from ISBE's Teacher of the Year Victor Gomez will share how bilingualism shapes identity & learning. The second part of the session will focus on important ACCESS updates.
(3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: EL & Bilingual Staff.
Contact: Karina Ochoa
K-8 Music Articulation
Location TBD
*Mandatory*
12:00PM-3:00PM
Districtwide Music Program Articulation: Aligning and enhancing curriculum across grade levels.
(3 CPDU Hours)
Audience: K-8 Music Teachers
Contact: Deb Laskey
Belonging and Biases
WBO Cafeteria
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Key Speaker: Valerie Butron. Improve your instructional practices to make students feel included.
(2 CPDU Hours)
Audience: All Staff
Contact: Suzanne Bement
Tech Tools: Canva & Newline
TMS Cafeteria
12:00PM-2:00PM
Hands on session helps you design engaging, standards- based materials that enhance instruction.
(2 CPDU Hours)
Audience: All Staff
Contact: Carrie Upjohn
K-8 Art Teacher Collaboration
Location TBD
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Districtwide planning and collaboration for Art teachers (1 CPDU Hour)
Audience: All K-8 Art Teachers
Contact: Mary Rourke
Explicit Instruction
TBD
2:00pm - 3:00pm
*Mandatory*
#206 Instruction Techniques: "saying and doing" while monitoring & providing feedback to increase student achievement. (1 CPDU Hour)
Audience: SpEd Teachers
Contact: Ryan Newberry
*Up to 30 Participants
AI & Inquiry Based Learning
TBD
2:00 PM -3:00 PM
Inquiry Based Learning: promotes critical thinking and collaboration (1 CPDU Hour)
Audience: All Staff
Contact: Carrie Upjohn
ECRA Group
District Office: Boardroom C
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Campus Staff
New ECRA Platform: reporting features and ways to create student groups.
Audience: Administrators, BLT members, SpEd, EL and Enrichment Teachers
(1 CPDU Hour)
Contact: Jill Tsoukalas
Google Smarter - Ai Tools
TMS Cafeteria
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Google Classroom, Notebook LM, Gemini: Personalize learning, simplify instruction.
Audience: All Staff
1 CPDU Hour
Contact: Carrie Upjohn
K-8 PE Teacher Collaboration
Location TBD
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Districtwide planning and collaboration
for PE teachers (1 CPDU Hour)
Audience: All K-8 PE Teachers
Contact: Jeff Peterson
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