LCPS Professional Learning

A Powerful Way to End the School Year

A Powerful Way to End the School Year Year mapping allows students to see what they’ve learned in your class, and it’s a great resource for your incoming class.

How Teachers Can Support PBL at Home

How Teachers Can Support PBL at Home Tips and projects that teachers can share with parents and caregivers to guide children in any grade through project-based learning—with or without technology.

Fostering a Strong Community in a Virtual Classroom

Fostering a Strong Community in a Virtual Classroom The shift to working online requires teachers to think a little differently about how to build the culture they want with their students.

22 YA Novels to Help Students Process the Pandemic (or Forget It for a Bit)

22 YA Novels to Help Students Process the Pandemic (or Forget It for a Bit) A former school librarian shares recent young adult novels to boost kids’ resilience or give them some laughs. A few dystopian picks may provide a new perspective on the current situation.

3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy

3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy An elementary teacher who has worked for an edtech start-up argues that it’s important now—with teachers and students working separately—to promote reflection and social connection as tools for learning.

Amplify | Early Literacy | Free Resources

Amplify | Early Literacy | Free Resources Our job is to make sure you have what you need to provide your students high-quality instructional resources beyond school doors. We’ve curated resources from our top-rated ELA program Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA). The materials make it easy for educators and families to help studen...

State Superintendent Announces Launch Of 'VA TV Classroom' By Virginia Public Television Stations

State Superintendent Announces Launch Of 'VA TV Classroom' By Virginia Public Television Stations You can now watch VA TV Classroom on WHRO TV 15, and beginning on May 4, we are adding programs for grades 4-7.

7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure

7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure Suddenly, you’re not in the same physical space as your students. We asked teachers to share strategies for maintaining relationships—both peer-to-peer and student-teacher—when everything’s gone remote.

Formative Assessment in Distance Learning

Formative Assessment in Distance Learning Schools are closed but schooling goes on, and it remains crucial that teachers find ways to see what students are learning.

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Join LCPS Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee - MSAAC and guest speaker Leah Dozier Walker for a Facebook Live event, "Advancing Equity During VA School Closures," tomorrow evening from 7:00-8:00PM: Facebook.com/LCPSMSAAC

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The nomination deadline for the Mary Peake Award for Excellence in Education Equity, which recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of equity in education for students in VA, has been extended to July 1, 2020. For more information, visit http://ow.ly/DnYE50zo52M

More live, free math education webinars are on tap next week in NCTM’s 100 Days of Professional Learning. Check out the lineup at nctm.org/100 – and also access recordings of completed webinars. Get other free NCTM resources at nctm.org/freeresources/.

#EdEquityVA Monthly Newsletter-April 2020

#EdEquityVA Monthly Newsletter-April 2020 Welcome back to the Monthly Newsletter, a repository of resources that you can add to your equity tool kit! Keep reading for more information about our initiatives, best practices in the field, and professional learning opportunities.

How Teachers Can Support PBL at Home

How Teachers Can Support PBL at Home Tips and projects that teachers can share with parents and caregivers to guide children in any grade through project-based learning—with or without technology.

How to Promote Productive Discussion in Math

How to Promote Productive Discussion in Math A three-part protocol for collaboration in heterogeneous pairs pushes middle school students to a deeper understanding of math.

Maintaining Students’ Motivation for Learning

Maintaining Students’ Motivation for Learning Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.

School Closures? Using PBL in Remote Learning

School Closures? Using PBL in Remote Learning How to maintain norms and practices of a PBL classroom and use tech tools to do project work away from school, with ideas for engaging students without tech access.

Local students learn about stereotypes, diversity at annual Diversity Dialogue Day

Local students learn about stereotypes, diversity at annual Diversity Dialogue Day “Often times people will say that they don’t have the chance to get to know people who are different from them based on identity or perspective or ideology,” said Jonathan Zur. “This is a chance to break down the stereotypes and build connectedness.”

Helping Students Return to School After a Mental Health Crisis

Helping Students Return to School After a Mental Health Crisis Returning to school after a mental health crisis can be hard for students, but setting aside space and time for recovery can help them adjust.

Young Adult Novels That Teach a Growth Mindset

Young Adult Novels That Teach a Growth Mindset Use these novels to teach learning from loss and overcoming adversity to your middle schoolers and high school freshmen.

#EdEquityVA Webinar Series | Virginia is for Learners

#EdEquityVA Webinar Series | Virginia is for Learners As a follow-up to the 2019 Virginia is for ALL Learners Education Equity Summer Institute, the Virginia Department of Education will host a monthly series of webinars focused on equity strategies and resources available to school divisions.

Secretary of Education - African American History Education Commission

Secretary of Education - African American History Education Commission Atif Qarni, Education, Secretary of Education,Northam, governor, virginia, va, commonwealth

6 Scaffolds That Deepen Independent Learning

6 Scaffolds That Deepen Independent Learning When teaching problem-based lessons, use thinking scaffolds to propel students toward greater expertise and deeper learning.

VDOE :: Computer Science

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CSE4K12 @ ODU

CSE4K12 @ ODU

AP Computer Science Principles Professional Development for Teachers of Neurodivergent Learners | AccessComputing

AP Computer Science Principles Professional Development for Teachers of Neurodivergent Learners | AccessComputing Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) helps students understand how computing and technology influence the world around them. The AccessCSforAll AP CSP curriculum, based on the Code.org curriculum, is the only accessible version of CSP. We are committed to bringing this course to s...

Six Scaffolds That Deepen Independent Learning

Six Scaffolds That Deepen Independent Learning When teaching problem-based lessons, use thinking scaffolds to propel students toward greater expertise and deeper learning.

Supporting Students Affected by Trauma

Supporting Students Affected by Trauma Just as students with learning challenges need academic accommodations, students who have adverse childhood experiences may benefit from social and emotional accommodations.

Making SEL Culturally Competent

Making SEL Culturally Competent Teaching students about oppression and critical consciousness is a vital component of social-emotional learning.

What You Can Do to Advance Culturally Responsive PBL Practice

What You Can Do to Advance Culturally Responsive PBL Practice PBLWorks Director of Partnership Development Dinah Becton-Consuegra explains three moves PBL teachers can make to transform their practice to be more culturally responsive.

Can We Stop Saying “a PBL”?

Can We Stop Saying “a PBL”? PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer suggests calling it a "PBL unit" or "project"--for more than grammatical reasons.

#EdEquityVA Webinar Series | Virginia is for Learners

#EdEquityVA Webinar Series | Virginia is for Learners As a follow-up to the 2019 Virginia is for ALL Learners Education Equity Summer Institute, the Virginia Department of Education will host a monthly series of webinars focused on equity strategies and resources available to school divisions.

The Great Gingerbread House Project

The Great Gingerbread House Project Keeping fourth graders engaged in math in the run-up to winter break is easier with this sweet project.

Authenticity: How to Move Projects from Engaging to Empowering

Authenticity: How to Move Projects from Engaging to Empowering How a school created a tool to guide professional development for PBL teachers seeking to make their projects more authentic.

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We’ve noticed over the years of facilitating our PBL workshops that one of the most challenging parts for teachers designing a project is writing the driving question. We can help! Read "A Tricky Part of PBL: Writing a Driving Question" https://bit.ly/2W3CyUo

PBL & Introverts: 6 Modifications to Bring out the Best in All Students

PBL & Introverts: 6 Modifications to Bring out the Best in All Students Drawing from the book, Quiet Power, a school leader offers reflections and advice to teachers for an inclusive PBL classroom.

5 questions PLCs should ask to promote equity - Learning Forward

5 questions PLCs should ask to promote equity - Learning Forward How might the work of professional learning communities (PLCs) focus on the changes necessary to ensure that all students are engaged, inspired, and successful?

How to Set Up Rich Experiential Learning Units

How to Set Up Rich Experiential Learning Units Two teachers who guided a project-based learning unit that included travel share how to replicate the deep engagement they saw without going anywhere.