Past PDs
Learn to Mail Merge
Creator: Joe Hargrave
PD Credit Hours: 1
Time & Place: Tuesday, November 9th @ 3:00 PM in Zoom
Description: ever wanted to know what a mail merge is and how to do it? Now is your chance. Join me in Zoom for a live tutorial on how to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook to send a mass email to your roster/caseload, with personalized information for each recipient.
This PD will also be recorded for those who cannot attend live.
Breakout Rooms
Creator: Rachel Harrison
PD Credit Hours: 30 min.
Description: Breakout rooms, how to use them and the updated features. Plus hear from teachers how they are used in their classrooms!
Excel Workshop #1
Let's work on conditional formulas with multiple conditions and outputs. Let's also work on some more advanced Pivot Tables and charts!
When: Thursday, Sept. 7th @ 3:00 PM
Where: Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/4815275090)
Companion Files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MkykhqjGMQNcw7M1BJgoFadD_BeapIuY?usp=drive_link
Requisite Knowledge: it would help if you have already completed both basic and intermediate trainings from the PD. Please see the "Past PDs" section of this site for a link to a file folder with slides & videos.
Motivating Students
Creator: Rachel Harrison
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Description: Explore ways to grow intrinsic motivation in students.
Standards & Objectives Proficiency Report
We will cover an interesting report available in all Summit courses that estimates the proficiency of your students on state standards based upon their course performance on specific standards-aligned questions.
When: Thursday October 5th @ 3:00 PM.
Recording link: https://caliva-org.zoom.us/rec/share/Mja0kKsvK39iJxLphoN7GS170pLfDM3FsL2-2uMxhXsYYL6OArAoGIL94L4srP4S.rlAsGPVhsVsGFjUI
Making the most of Instructional Resources
Creator: Rachel Harrison
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Description: With access to so many instructional resources that can be utilized in a live session, how can we ensure that the tools and resources are as effective as they can be?
OHS Unused Features
Learn more about the Stride Learning Hub, the Lexile and Quantile Hub, and Big Universe Library. We will cover each of these features available in the OHS and practical ways you can use them in your daily classroom and activities in your courses. While some features are content specific: the Lexile and Quantile learning hub is a useful tool for all staff members to know more about.
Created By: Joe and Rachel
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
CAASPP Resources and Tools for Teachers
Let's check out the resources available and the tools for teaches on the CAASPP website that will help prepare students for SBAC testing coming up!
Created By: Joe and Rachel
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Formative Assessments
Dive into what formative assessments are and what are they not. How can we create and use formative assessments in a virtual environment?
Created By: Rachel Harrison
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Power Query Part 1
Intro to Power Query - Learn some next-level techniques for transforming your data and setting up automated updates. Open to everyone, but a familiarity with Excel basics is recommended.
Created by: Joe Hargrave
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Promoting Student Engagement
Let's look at engagement! What is it? What are the different types of engagement? How do we get the outcomes we want? And some practical strategies that can help get the engagement outcomes we are looking for.
Created by: Rachel Harrison
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
Slide Deck: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:928f44e6-2696-439d-bdae-a95b4b50947c
Diffit
Struggling To Find Time To Differentiate Your Lessons? From one-page resources to resource packets, Diffit streamlines lesson planning, offering teachers AI-Generated content differentiation. The program allows teachers to assign reading levels based on grade level, and adapt reading passages based on collective or individual needs. The program generates open ended prompts for discussions or critical thinking, multiple choice questions (questions DOK levels can be determined by instructor), it provides a text summary and vocabulary word bank (definitions and sentence example) for close readings, creates visuals and graphic organizers, and it creates up to 96 different types of student activities
Created by: Jess Haun
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour
IEP and 504 accommodations and modifications and how to implement them.
We will be looking over some common IEP and 504 accommodations and modifications and strategies to implement them effectively within your live sessions and online classrooms.
Created by: Joe Hargrave, Rachel Harrison, and Jess Haun
PD Credit Hours: 1 hour