Classes
Learning opportunities take many forms! Do you need someone to lead instructional rounds? Content classes? Topical workshops? Embedded coaching? Several opportunities are listed below, or customize your own learning opportunity in your area by contacting us!
2020-2021 fall Classes
google drive basics
Purpose: Learn how to create, collaborate, and share from Google Drive while keeping yourself organized in this one space. This workshop is for those new to Google Drive.
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators who are new to Google Drive
Dates/Times: September 15 (7:00 - 7:45 am) (3:00 - 3:45 pm); September 21 (7:00 - 7:45 am) (3:30 - 4:15 pm); September 28 (3:15 - 4:00 pm) (4:15 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Sarah Negrete
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators who are new to Google Drive
Dates/Times: September 15 (7:00 - 7:45 am) (3:00 - 3:45 pm); September 21 (7:00 - 7:45 am) (3:30 - 4:15 pm); September 28 (3:15 - 4:00 pm) (4:15 - 5:00 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Sarah Negrete
Registration: Registration is open.
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digital reading quick tips to teach
Purpose: Additional skills are needed to effectively read digital text. Join this workshop for some quick tips to teach your students.
Who Should Attend: 3-12 Teachers who assign students to read digital text.
Dates/Times: September 15 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 22 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 29 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Holly Marich
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: 3-12 Teachers who assign students to read digital text.
Dates/Times: September 15 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 22 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 29 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Holly Marich
Registration: Registration is open.
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Increase Attendance and Engagement at Synchronous Online Sessions
Purpose: Leverage the power of synchronous sessions in meaningful ways AND offer sessions kids want to attend!
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators teaching in all online or hybrid contexts
Dates/Times: September 16 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 23 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 30 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Treena Parker
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators teaching in all online or hybrid contexts
Dates/Times: September 16 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 23 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 30 (3:30 - 4:15 pm) (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Treena Parker
Registration: Registration is open.
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social and emotional learning
Purpose: Discuss Social and Emotional Learning and how to incorporate SEL into distance/remote learning.
Who Should Attend: PreK-12 grade teachers and support staff
Dates/Times: September 16 (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 24 (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 30 (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: PreK-12 grade teachers and support staff
Dates/Times: September 16 (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 24 (4:30 - 5:15 pm); September 30 (4:30 - 5:15 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
give one, get one
Purpose: Cultivate collaboration and networking to leverage best practice in the online environment.
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators
Dates/Times: September 14 (4:30 - 5:00 pm); September 16 (7:15 - 7:45 am); September 22 (3:30 - 4:00 pm); September 24 (7:15 - 7:45 am); September 30 (3:15 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Connie Thomson
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: K-12 educators
Dates/Times: September 14 (4:30 - 5:00 pm); September 16 (7:15 - 7:45 am); September 22 (3:30 - 4:00 pm); September 24 (7:15 - 7:45 am); September 30 (3:15 - 3:45 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Connie Thomson
Registration: Registration is open.
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An Article Study: Asynchronous Remote Learning Is The Most Humane Way To Teach This School
Purpose: Engage in a conversation regarding asynchronous learning and to contribute ideas for rich and rigorous tasks.
Who Should Attend: All K-12 educators
Dates/Times: September 15 (3:30 - 4:15 pm); September 22 (7:00 - 7:45 am); September 22 (3:30 - 4:15 pm)
Location Virtual via Zoom
Instructor Valerie Byrnes
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: All K-12 educators
Dates/Times: September 15 (3:30 - 4:15 pm); September 22 (7:00 - 7:45 am); September 22 (3:30 - 4:15 pm)
Location Virtual via Zoom
Instructor Valerie Byrnes
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Mindful Breath Awareness
Purpose: With the intention of creating a space for peace and calm, I invite you to join me in a guided meditation practice that I am hosting each school-day at 4:00 p.m.
Who Should Attend: PreK-12 Teachers and support staff
Dates/Times: M - F at 4:00 p.m. throughout the 2020-2021 school year
Location: Virtual conference link in flyer
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Who Should Attend: PreK-12 Teachers and support staff
Dates/Times: M - F at 4:00 p.m. throughout the 2020-2021 school year
Location: Virtual conference link in flyer
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration is open.
Link to flyer
Family Engagement: developing positive family-school partnerships
Purpose: Support educators’ and administrators’ efforts to build capacity, develop positive relationships with families and co-create school-family partnerships connected to learning & meet the NV DOE requirements for licensure (Family Engagement).
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators and Administrators
Dates: September 14 - November 15 [Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 pm]
Location: Online via Zoom (participants join the synchronous live class from their device from any location)
Credit: 3 UNLV continuing education credits ($165)
Instructors: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators and Administrators
Dates: September 14 - November 15 [Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 pm]
Location: Online via Zoom (participants join the synchronous live class from their device from any location)
Credit: 3 UNLV continuing education credits ($165)
Instructors: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Multicultural Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching Across Contexts
Purpose: Remove your Multicultural Education provision with this class by expanding your understanding of identity and diversity beyond race/ethnicity, developing a strengths-based approach to understanding how identity influences the way we teach and how students learn, and implementing evidence-based practices for developing a culturally responsive approach to engaging, teaching, supporting and assessing learners “where they are” while maintaining high expectations for their learning and growth.
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators and Administrators
Dates: September 14 - November 15, 2020
Location: Online via Canvas and one hour weekly Virtual sessions
Credit: 3 SUU continuing education credits ($63) or 45 hour Certificate of Professional Learning
Instructors: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators and Administrators
Dates: September 14 - November 15, 2020
Location: Online via Canvas and one hour weekly Virtual sessions
Credit: 3 SUU continuing education credits ($63) or 45 hour Certificate of Professional Learning
Instructors: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Facilitating Discourse with flipgrid
Purpose: Learn how to facilitate student discourse in the virtual environment using Flipgrid.
Who Should Attend: 3 -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (11 - 12 pm) (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Connie Thomson
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: 3 -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (11 - 12 pm) (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Connie Thomson
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Facilitating Discourse with Padlet
Purpose: Learn how to facilitate student discourse in the virtual environment using Padlet.
Who Should Attend: K -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (9 - 10 am) (3 - 4 pm) and September 1 (9 - 10 am) (3 - 4 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Valerie Byrnes
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (9 - 10 am) (3 - 4 pm) and September 1 (9 - 10 am) (3 - 4 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Valerie Byrnes
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Two-Way Communication with Seesaw
Purpose: Learn how to facilitate two-way communication in the virtual environment using Seesaw.
Who Should Attend: K- 6 grade teachers
Dates/Times: September 2 (10 - 11 am) (1 - 2 pm) (5 - 6 pm) and September 3 (11 - 12 pm) (2 - 3 pm) (6 - 7 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K- 6 grade teachers
Dates/Times: September 2 (10 - 11 am) (1 - 2 pm) (5 - 6 pm) and September 3 (11 - 12 pm) (2 - 3 pm) (6 - 7 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Ketra Gardner
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Creating Classroom Culture with Google Meet
Purpose: Use Google Meet to proactively create a classroom culture supporting meaningful connection and learning.
Who Should Attend: K -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: September 2 (10 - 11 am) (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm) and September 3 (1 - 2 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Treena Parker
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K -12 grade teachers
Dates/Times: September 2 (10 - 11 am) (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm) and September 3 (1 - 2 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Treena Parker
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Engagement with Screencastify
Purpose: Use Screencastify to create videos of yourself or slides.
Who Should Attend: K-12 teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (10 - 11 am) (12 - 1 pm) (4 - 5 pm) and September 1 (10 - 11 am) (12 - 1 pm) (7 - 8 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Sarah Negrete
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K-12 teachers
Dates/Times: August 31 (10 - 11 am) (12 - 1 pm) (4 - 5 pm) and September 1 (10 - 11 am) (12 - 1 pm) (7 - 8 pm)
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Instructor: Sarah Negrete
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
increasing family communication through translation tools
Purpose: This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of translation tools that they might integrate to increase, and improve, family communication.
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators, Counselors and Administrators
Date/Times: September 3 (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm) (5 - 6 pm)
Location: Online via Zoom
Instructor: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
Who Should Attend: K-12 Educators, Counselors and Administrators
Date/Times: September 3 (1 - 2 pm) (3 - 4 pm) (5 - 6 pm)
Location: Online via Zoom
Instructor: Annie Hicks
Registration: Registration has closed. Sorry you missed it!
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