Courses

(3 PD Hrs.) This course will strengthen a school leader’s ability to facilitate conversations with staff in order to nurture professional growth. Participants will analyze the impact and influence such conversations have on instruction as well as investigate the skills necessary to lead outcome-based discussions effectively.

(2 PD Hrs.) This course is a conversation about bias and microaggressions, their impact, and how to circumvent it. It reveals the power of words and unpacks the fact that sometimes things not said can be just as impactful as the things that we do. The way we word things...

(2 PD Hrs.) This mandated course is designed to help educators understand the implications of the 2018 amendments to Illinois Senate Bill 3466 or Public Act 100-0810 related to student attendance, engagement, and discipline. This course will also discuss strategies to encourage student attendance and engagement.

(4 PD Hrs.) Presented by Dr. P.J. Caposey- Superintendent MCUSD 223 This course is designed to build knowledge and skills in effective communication. Participants will assess present skills and develop a plan for improvement. Processes, structures, and mechanisms to engage all stakeholders will be reviewed. Finally, participants will examine current...

The Teacher Evaluation Calibration Videos are a collection of professionally created videos of classrooms instruction that allow educators locally to collaborate, practice and calibrate teacher evaluation. Training time will vary - PD hrs awarded locally.

The Teacher Evaluation Calibration Videos are a collection of professionally created videos of classrooms instruction that allow educators locally to collaborate, practice and calibrate teacher evaluation. Training time will vary - PD hrs awarded locally.

The Teacher Evaluation Calibration Videos are a collection of professionally created videos of classrooms instruction that allow educators locally to collaborate, practice and calibrate teacher evaluation. Training time will vary - PD hrs awarded locally.

The Teacher Evaluation Calibration Videos are a collection of professionally created videos of classrooms instruction that allow educators locally to collaborate, practice and calibrate teacher evaluation. Training time will vary - PD hrs awarded locally.

This course provides an overview of the types and uses of data from the SAT K-12 Reporting Portal. Processes for examining that data and making reliable, informed decisions to guide school improvement and accountability, curriculum and instruction, and learner outcomes are presented in the form of two simple data analysis...

The participants in this course will interpret how conversations, emotions, motivations, and perceptions with staff will create an environment that can either raise them to higher levels of achievement or push them down.

This course strengthens a school leader’s ability to analyze and evaluate effective classroom discussions and discussion techniques used to facilitate a collaborative classroom culture. Participants will develop the knowledge and skills to lead and support high-quality discourse necessary in teaching and learning excellence.

Karen Wagnon, Human Behavior Specialist. In this course, the participate will have an understanding and distinguish the difference between ”internal needs" and "external drives" necessary to become a more effective leader to understand and identify the contexts of each Industry Facet of Life by discovering, examining and reflecting on HOW...

This course will guide classroom educators as they journey along a pathway toward implementing SAMR levels and 21st Century Skills into an instructional technology integrated lesson.

This is an introductory course designed to help educators understand the implications of Illinois Senate Bill 100 (Public Act 099-0456) on local discipline policy and practices. Dr. Diana Zaleski will describe non-exclusionary alternatives to out-of-school suspension and expulsion.

The National Council on Measurement in Education, American Federation of Teachers, and National Education Association collaboratively developed the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students. This course you will help you learn strategies that will support you and your colleagues to meet these standards.