Sessions are organized by audience. Please scroll down to find the session that matches your assignment. There is no need to register, simply join the relevant session at the appropriate time. The only exception to this is content areas who are requesting that teachers select choice sessions. If this applies to you, you will receive an email from your content office. If your assigned sessions are not full day please feel free to visit the All Staff link on the Professional Study Day homepage to access optional synchronous or asynchronous sessions.
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Audience: All Staff
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Session Title: Back to Blended
Learning in the Classroom (Wait... How Did I Do That Before?)
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Description: Participate in
these asynchronous sessions on your own time throughout the day for
professional learning on the fly! Pick and choose from topics like
Chromebooks, Shared Drives, Schoology Features, EdTech Tools, and More!
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Time: Asynchronous.
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Schoology Join
Code: NRS7-4C56-FFVV3
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Questions? Reach out to Jennifer Weaver, Resource Teacher, Office of Digital
Safety, Educational Technology, and Library Media ([email protected])
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Audience: All Staff
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Session Title: Be the Master of Your Domain (4)!
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Description: Early career educators regularly navigate elements of Planning and
Preparation, Classroom Environment, Instruction, and Professional
Responsibilities within the Danielson Framework to attain tenure and improve
their professional practice. Spend time with a veteran BCPS teacher to learn
how to leverage time and resources to crush components in Domain 4 and be
rated Highly Effective on your next formal evaluation.
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Time: 1:30 pm- 2:30
pm
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How to Join: Google Meet (Nickname:
fontinelldomain)
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Questions? Reach out to Laura Potter, Coordinator, Office of Mathematics ([email protected])
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Audience: Elementary and Secondary School Counselors,
School Psychologists, School Social Workers, School Nurses, PPWs, MTSS
Resource Teachers, Administrators, and Teachers k-12.
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Session Title: Helping Students Manage Anxiety
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Description: Participants will be provided with strategies for elementary and
secondary students that present with signs and symptoms of anxiety. 1st
Choice Counseling is Presenting.
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Time: Session 1:
11:10 am- 12:10 pm, Session 2: 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach out to Courtney Blair, Supervisor of Mental Health Services ([email protected])
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Audience: Elementary and Secondary School Counselors,
School Psychologists, School Social Workers, School Nurses, PPWs, MTSS
Resource Teachers, Administrators, and Teachers k-12.
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Session Title: The Impact of Violence on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
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Description: As we navigate these trying times - COVID -19, social unrest/racism,
increased mass violence, etc. - our mental wellness and the mental wellness
of our students is being impacted. Participants will learn ways to support
their students as they transition back to 5 day-in person learning, while
they continue to balance their mental wellness during these violent times and
their academics. Thrive Behavioral Health will be presenting.
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Time: Session 1:
11:10 am- 12:10 pm, Session 2: 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach out to Courtney Blair, Supervisor of Mental Health Services ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Hexagonal
Thinking (TLF Strand: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy)
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Description: Participants will
explore hexagonal thinking as a discussion technique that will invite
students to think critically and make individualized connections to content.
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Time: 10:00 am –
11:00 am
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How to Join: Click HERE to join.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Atomic Habits:
Creating Lasting and Manageable Habits for the Classroom and Beyond (TLF
Strand: High Expectations)
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Description: Participants will
discuss strategies from the book Atomic Habits to implement goal setting in
the classroom.
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Time: 10:00 am –
11:00 am
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: The Warm Demander
- Using High Expectations to Empower Students (TLF Strand: High Expectations)
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Description: Participants will
explore strategies for maintaining high expectations through the lens of the
“Warm Demander” framework.
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Time: 10:00 am –
11:00 am
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How to Join: Click HERE to join.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Empowering
Students Through Word Study Using Vocabulary.com (TLF Strand: High Expectations)
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Description: Participants will
develop an understanding of how to engage students in vocabulary study using
the online platform vocabulary.com
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Time: 10:00 am –
11:00 am
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How to Join: The join link will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Using Discovery
Ed Tools and Resources for Responsive Instruction (TLF Strand: Responsive
Instruction)
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Description: Participants will
develop an understanding of the tools and resources available on Discovery Ed
to support planning for accelerated learning.
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Time: 10:00 am –
11:00 am, 11:05 am – 12:05 pm, and 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
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How to Join: Session 1: Click
HERE to join. Session
2: Click HERE to join. Session
3: Click HERE to join.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Creating Lessons
that Empower Voice and Connect to Student Experience (TLF Strand: Culturally Relevant
Pedagogy)
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Description: Participants will
explore lessons, assignments, and resulting student work that center student
experiences.
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Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00
pm (asynchronous)
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: HyperDocs and the
5Es Instructional Model (TLF Strand: Responsive Instruction)
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Description: Participants will
learn how to build HyperDocs using curriculum resources to create engaging,
interactive, and self-paced lessons.
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Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00
pm (asynchronous)
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Using Consistent
Lesson Structure to Empower Students to Build Accountability (TLF Strand:
High Expectations
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Description: Participants will
explore routines and procedures that foster intrinsic motivation and engage
students.
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Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00
pm (asynchronous)
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Scoring Writing
Across Disciplines (TLF Strand: Responsive Instruction)
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Description: Participants will
explore strategies and methods adopted by a community of teachers that create
a common language for students to improve and unpack their writing.
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Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00
pm (asynchronous)
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How to Join: The join link
will be sent via email by the sponsoring office.
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Questions? Reach
out to Beth
Reed, Specialist, Office of ELA ([email protected])
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Audience: All Content Teachers
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Session Title: Classroom
Teachers: Engaging Multilingual Newcomers Workshop
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Description: This session will
provide teachers with activities, videos, and visuals around English Learners
social and emotional needs, working with colleagues to support English
Learners, and instructional strategies.
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Time: (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
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Schoology Join
Code: Click HERE to join.
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Questions? Reach out to Erin Sullivan,
Coordinator, Office of ESOL ([email protected])
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Audience: All
Content Teachers
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Session
Title: Ellevation Strategies
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Description: In this session, teachers will learn how to utilize Ellevation
strategies to identify resources to support the English Learners in their
classroom.
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Time: (1:00
p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
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Schoology Join
Code: Click HERE to join.
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Questions? Reach
out to Erin Sullivan, Coordinator, Office of
ESOL ([email protected])
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