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: 3rd - 4th 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
Infinitec
*Mandatory*
Location TBD
12:00pm-2:00pm
Let's Get Visual! Evidence based practice in improving communication, understanding and social skills for ASD students.
(2 CPDU Hours) Register Here
Audience: Early Childhood and
SpEd Teachers
Contact: Ryan Newberry
Origo Fact Fluency:
Multiplication and Division
Location TBD
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Fact Fluency: Explore visual models, hands-on activities, & problem solving techniques to deepen student understanding.
(2 CPDU Hours)
Audience: Grades 3-6 Math Teachers
Contact: Nicole Counihan
ECRA for Elementary
District Office: Boardroom C
12:00 PM - 2:00PM
New ECRA Platform: reporting features and ways to create student groups.
(2 CPDU Hours)
Audience: Administrators, BLT members, SpEd, EL and Enrichment Teachers
Contact: Jill Tsoukalas
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
Re-Envisioning the Master Schedule
Jill's Office @ District Office
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Elementary Master Schedule:
Collaborative process of reviewing what works & what can be improved using the master schedule as a launching point.
(1.5 CPDU Hours)
Audience: Elementary Principals
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
(same session on Jan 05)
1 CPDU Hour
Contact: Carrie Upjohn
Origo: Progression of Multiplication
Location TBD
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Explore visual models, hands-on activities and problem solving techniques.
Audience: Grades 2-6 Math Teachers
(1 CPDU Hour)
Contact: Nicole Counihan
Explicit Instruction
TBD
2:00PM - 3:00PM
*Mandatory*
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
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
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
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