Professional+Development

I love these words written by Lynda Swanner: //"Being a highly qualified ELAR teacher has nothing to do with compliance or 18 hours of PD. It has everything to do with growing successful readers and writers for life and that means digging deep!"//

Truer words were never written and these same words could be said about any teacher in any subject. If you are going to PD sessions because you need the hours, you are going for the wrong reasons. Choose wisely based on what you need to learn not only for you as a teacher but for your students as learners. The new professional development year is underway (the current year ended Mar 31st) and as you attend quality PD throughout the summer and into next school year, you'll acquire more than the required hours of PD and that's a good thing.


 * **Book Study** - Take time to read and grow as a learner, just as you expect your students to grow as learners every day. 

Don't miss these great PD opportunities: June 6th & 8th (repeat of the 6th) - The Bully, The Bullied, or the Bystander - Bully Prevention by Donna Clark Love - sign up in Eduphoria to get this meaningful 6 hours of PD credit. Seats will fill up quickly! June 7th - 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners (K-5) - 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at MBHS June 27th - RTI for ELLs - 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - (K-5 & RTI Spec) at MBHS June at Region 10 - 30 hour GT Institute July 11th - 12th - Region 10 - New Social Studies TEKS training (we need to get on board with these new TEKS) July 25th - Tabor Rotation for Math July 25th - First Steps Measurement (more dates to come) JULY 28th - Gretchen Bernabei in MISD - 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - amazing Writing PD for 2nd - 5th grade teachers

**There are also some Training of Trainers opportunities in Math:** June 8 and 9 Tabor Rotation Training of Trainers June 16 Origo Fundamentals Training of Trainers June 27 Exemplars Training of Trainers


 * Please talk to Wendy T. if you are interested in these T of T sessions.

May 31st - 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. June 1st - 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. June 2nd - 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. June 3rd - 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. Aug 15th - 8:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 * CPI "Refreshers" for ParaProfessionals **