Piner-Olivet Union School District

This year’s Staff Development Calendar offers staff choices for ongoing professional development throughout the school year. Both district and site-based trainings are included for your selection.  Staff who choose to attend, will be credited with District workshop hours towards class advancement or professional growth based on union contracts.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Houghton Mifflin Math Implementation Series

• Getting Started with Houghton Mifflin Math:  Implementation Training

This workshop will provide an overview of what teachers need to know to get started with the  new math curriculum including organization of materials, lesson planning, intervention components, and assessments in the newly adopted K-6 Houghton Mifflin math, and support teachers in a smooth and simple implementation into classrooms.   

Thursday, September 10^th from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. – Jack London Library

• Math Implementation Series:  Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners 

This workshop will present strategies and lesson modifications designed to enhance the performance in math for second language learners.

Thursday, October 8^th  from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. – Piner Elementary School - Library

• Math Implementation Series: Center Activities

Teachers will examine how to use math center activities to meet a wide variety of needs in the classroom.  Topics will include using assessments results to group students and inform instructional activities, sequencing activities, and organization of math center activities.

Thursday, December 3^rd  from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.- Olivet Elementary School

• Math and Literacy:  A Perfect Match

This workshop will discuss how Houghton Mifflin math program may be used to provide content-area reading strategies, vocabulary strategies, graphic organizers, and writing rubrics.

Response to Intervention (RtI)

Both site-based and district- based trainings will be scheduled throughout the year designed to support the implementation of RtI within the district.  Sessions will be structured to provide site-based teams an opportunity to begin the process of :

Screening:  Universal screening of all students using a research-validated assessment system know as DIBELS, Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

Intervening:  Using data to make instructional decisions and providing small group instruction that targets the assessed literacy needs of those students who are at risk

Progress monitoring:  Briefly checking students every two-three weeks to determine and make instructional adjustments

Site-Based Workshops

These workshops are site-based and dates and times will be determined.  Participants can earn up to 6 hours of site-based training during the school year. 

Additional Staff Development/Professional Growth Hours will be updated throughout the school year.