FOR CREC STAFF ONLY (CERTIFIED STAFF AND ELEMENTARY ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTORS/TUTORS)
This district-wide Professional Learning day will focus on content area curriculum/goals/objectives as well as the continuation of the 2026-2027 areas of focus (Empowering All Learners and Being a Learning Organization). Sessions are customized based on your specific position and content area.
Who Needs to Attend?
*Professional learning required for all CREC teachers and certified staff members.
*Optional for Elementary Associate Instructors/Tutors (at supervisor's discretion)
NOTE: All Paraeducators, Secondary Associate Instructors, Behaviorists will receive separate communication about registering.
Analyzing Family Engagement Data for Continuous Improvement
The FACE team will analyze family engagement data to identify trends in participation, barriers, family needs, and successful engagement strategies, and will use findings to adjust at least one FACE strategy or practice.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring your Parent Contact Log and Home Visit Data
Data Analysis and Evidence-Based Strategy Implementation
Participants will analyze recent assessment data to determine trends and patterns. Teachers will work collaboratively to create a plan to address student needs using evidence based strategies for whole class and small-group instruction.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring a fully charged laptop, current/upcoming unit plans, and any recent data.
Secondary Mathematics Professional Learning
There will be two parts to the day. Teachers will collaborate with SPED teachers to plan for students with IEPs and teachers will review and plan using best practices for formative assessment.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop, "IEPs at a glance" for SPED students and recent formative assessment.
Secondary Science and Engineering Professional Learning
Participants will continue to explore CREC's Right Work in Science. A focus will be on supporting all learners - with an emphasis on MLL students.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring your laptop and print curriculum materials if preferred.
Social Studies Professional Learning
Secondary Social Studies teachers will continue to explore how CREC's Right Work applies to best instructional practices and centering students. Teachers will work collaboratively to share, reflect, and create new curriculum opportunities to engage every student in high quality instruction.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring your laptop, laptop charger, and writing utensils.
AM: Secondary Transition Training for Certified Educators
Participants will complete the mandatory SDE Secondary Transition Training. This session covers state guidelines and best practices for developing meaningful transition assessments, drafting compliant post-secondary goals, coordinating agency supports, and designing individualized transition pathways that drive post-secondary success.
PM: Collaborative Time with ELA Classroom Teachers
Special Education teachers will collaborate with their grade level ELA teachers to evaluate student data, and work together on strategies to increase student progress.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring a charged laptop.
AM: Collaboration with Math Classroom Teachers
Special education teachers will be collaborating on high quality instruction with their math general education partners. They will utilize the time to identify and work on strategies for the next unit of student in the general education math classes.
PM: Secondary Transition Training for Certified Educators
AM: High-Leverage Small Group Instruction for Secondary Learners
Participants will connect across middle and high schools in subject-area cohorts (ELA and Mathematics) to examine and celebrate high-quality, systematic instruction happening in our small-group classrooms. Teachers will analyze best practices for delivering structured intervention programs to students performing significantly below grade level, exchange high-leverage strategies for student engagement, and share actionable approaches for accelerating academic growth.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring any curriculum documents and a fully charged laptop.
Middle School Curriculum Development and SchooLinks Best Practices Participants will build shared capacity and best practices with regard to developmental guidance lessons and SchooLinks.
HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS ONLY
Navigating FAFSA and College Access
High School Counselors will attend a College Access event at Albertus Magnus (sponsored by CHESLA)
ASHA Learning Pass
Participants will continue to foster a culture of Collaborative Inquiry & Connection by sharing professional expertise, and reflection after engaging in rigorous, relevant, and student-centered content from the ASHA Learning Pass platform.
Collaborative Inquiry
By the end of this session, participants will have engaged in one or more of the following:
Instructions for participants: Please see additional information that will be forwarded prior to November 3.
Library Media Specialists Professional Learning
The Library Media Specialists will be coming together to draft and workshop vision statements for our respective libraries, discuss and start our next steps in the policy process for Collection Development and Maintenance, Display and Programs, and Material Review and Consideration. We will also collaborate with our similar grade level colleagues about curriculum, makerspace, and lesson support.
Instructions for Participants: None
Multilingual Learners Professional Learning
Participants will continue to reflect on student progress and identify instructional priorities for the upcoming year.
Instructions for Participants: Bring electronic devices and caseload.
Empowering Student Learners in Music Education
Building on our Launch PD work, music teachers will continue collaborating to identify best practices for high-quality instruction (HQI), student engagement, student agency, and inclusive learning environments that center and nurture learners. In this session, teachers will design a targeted action plan for a specific grade level, class, or ensemble. This planning will be guided by the "Menu of Teacher Practices on Student Agency" and the "Are We Preparing Students for a World That No Longer Exists?" resources.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring laptops, chargers, note taking materials, and a positive attitude
OT/PT Therapies in the School Webinar Series
All CREC OTs and PTs will participate in the 2025 Therapies in the School Webinar Series and take two webinars over the course of the 6 hour PD day.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring your charged laptop to take the quizzes at the end of the Webinars in order to earn CEUs.
PE and Health Professional Learning
Participants will continue our work on best practices, fitness testing, and health/wellness topics.
NAEYC Accreditation & High Quality Practices
Participants will be able to describe the purpose, components, and key expectations of NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation; identify current system requirements and explain the steps in the accreditation/quality process; and make connections between high quality practices and child centered learning and how they impact an accreditation visit.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring a water bottle and your own lunch and a laptop per teacher/para teaching team.
Social Workers and School Psychologists Professional Learning
Schedule
9:00 - 10:30 AM: Nazario Motivation
10:30 - 11:30 AM: Ashley’s Fitness
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch
12:30 - 1:45 PM: Interval House
1:45 - 2:45 PM: Cornerstone Counseling
2:45 - 3:00 PM: Reflection with you
Technology - Building Engagement Technology teachers will review standards to build reportable clusters. They will also audit and redesign one of their own assessments for alignment to clusters. Bring an assessment (and samples of student work if possible) to work on.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring an assessment (and samples of student work if possible) and your laptop.
Arts Curriculum Writing
Participants will review CREC curriculum expectations and be given time to collaboratively work on completing curriculum for their respective courses.
District Wide Visual Arts Teachers Professional Learning
In this session, participants will complete district-wide learning, preparing for district-wide art show and professional learning.
Standards Aligned Grading and Language Conference Sessions
Teachers will engage in professional learning sessions provided at the World Language Conference that they chose at Launch. We will also explore Standard Aligned Grading and look at the system, talk about implementation, review the clusters and come up with some different scenarios. We will work in department school teams to look at baseline data, student work and calibrate for proficiency markers.
Instructions for Participants: Please bring an upcoming lesson, Baseline data for student work/proficiency and samples of student work, computer and access to gradebook