Creating Strong Classroom Culture 101 (Foundational)

Description:  

This series will help you plan for a learning-supportive classroom culture from Day One. Here are the instructional and internal outcomes of this PD.

Instructional Skills: Teachers will...

• Become familiar with the PBIS Classroom Culture Guide.

• Understand the goal/expectation of providing Tier 1 behavioral supports for all students at all times.

• Plan how they will name, teach, and reinforce (with positive and corrective strategies) behaviors in their classrooms.

Internal Skills: Teachers will...

• Know that the year will be emotionally challenging and it is important to attend to oneself in the process of building a strong culture of learning in your classroom.

• Know the importance of naming your own emotions as a tool for self-regulation.

• Know the importance of self-compassion and develop a personal mantra to support them through the journey of this school year. 

Creating Strong Classroom Culture by Setting and Holding Boundaries (Sustaining) 

Description:  

This course is for teachers who have completed the Foundational Series for Creating Strong Classroom Culture (see column I of this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16PWcOM4N-M3quk1QMugmsynevtd0iAHaL5293Cq74zg/edit#gid=1777834333). 

This course will delve deeper into the practice of boundary setting, and how boundaries in the classroom can contribute to better classroom culture, relationships, and student learning. Participants should be prepared to practice and plan for the upcoming year. 

Culturally Responsive Classrooms

Description:  

All students should see themselves in the classroom in order to feel validated,  build trust, and to know that their experiences matter.  In this two day workshop, we will cover different ways to incorporate a culturally responsive space for students:  i.e. Posters with student responses to questions (such as pets, family, fears, joys, favorites), home language use, visual schedules, co-creating classroom expectations, connecting with families and getting their input for the classroom and current studies (language, photos, materials, ideas, etc.), and finally, co-creating calm spaces. 

GLAD Foundational Training

Description:  

GLAD is designed to provide teachers with foundational knowledge about language acquisition, language, literacy, and cross-cultural skills development.

Schedule:

6/3 In-Person

6/4 Online

6/5 Online

6/6 Online

6/7 In-Person 

Expeditionizing EL Education 

Description:  

In this session, teachers will be guided to enhance the EL Education ELA Module. 

They will have two options; 

1) Enhancing the Module Performance Task: Incorporating an Authentic Audience or Service. Planning a way for students’ performance task to be created for an increasingly authentic purpose and audience

2) Adapting the Module to Add to the Topic: Teaching Additional Social Studies or Science Standards by Enhancing a Unit. This adaptation keeps the module intact but enhances a unit to build out social studies or science content in order to connect to compelling and/or current relevant topics.  

EL ED Core Literacy Day 1

Description:  

Day 1:  In this session we will backwards plan from EL ED Performance Tasks and Assessments in order to lift student ownership of their learning through Celebration of Learning. There will be planning time for individuals and teams in the afternoon.

Breakfast 8:30-9am; This is a great opportunity to get a step ahead and plan your EL ED modules for next year!

EL ED Core Literacy Day 2

Description:  

In this session we will backwards plan from EL ED Performance Tasks and Assessments in order to lift student ownership of their learning through Celebration of Learning. There will be planning time for individuals and teams in the afternoon.

Breakfast 8:30-9am; This is a great opportunity to get a step ahead and plan your EL ED modules for next year!

EL ED Core Literacy Day 3

Description:  

In this session we will be delving into differentiation within the EL ED curriculum using ALL Block and Labs to support all students. There will be planning time for individuals and teams in the afternoon.

Breakfast 8:30-9am; This is a great opportunity to get a step ahead and plan your EL ED modules for next year!

Unpacking Creative Curriculum and Preparing for the First Six Weeks

Description:  

Unpacking Creative Curriculum and the first 6 weeks in order to prepare for our new students and families. Teachers will have a working session to create resources and modify CC units of study to be inclusive of all learners (Question of the Day, Read Alouds, Small Groups, and Interest Area Investigations). Teachers will create materials for a welcoming community for students and families where they are reflected in the classroom. 

Language & Literacy:  ALLAS Academic Language and Literacy Acceleration for Secondary 

Description:  

This 5-day foundational professional development prepares secondary content teachers to provide asset-based and empowering content-language integrated instruction. 

Outcomes: 

• Gain understanding of the equity dimensions related to addressing English Language Learner needs and build urgency around interrupting current outcomes for ELLs in Oakland.

• Identify language demands and opportunities within content areas to inform planning for explicit language instruction.

• Build and strengthen toolkit of strategies to support academic talk and access of complex text for ELLs and ALLs. 

Multilingual Institute 

Description:  

This institute is designed to strengthen our asset-based practices while cultivating intellectually rich classrooms with a focus on ELLs and Black students. On June 4-6 the AM sessions are designed for Dual Language teachers: we will build on the work we started in the January DL summit and delve into biliterate Writing.   There will be time to explore the Writing section of the new Benchmark curriculum. Teachers will also choose between break-out sessions with teacher presenters.   The PM session on June 4 and 5 from 1:30-4 p.m. will be led by Quetzal on the topic of Disrupting Anti Black racism.  All summer school teachers may attend the PM sessions. 

June 6th in the PM and June 7th all day will be for  (ILT and Design teams): we will look at  Biliteracy data, refine language allocation models as well identify culturally responsive strategies to continue building an inclusive and linguistically sustaining school community for all students and families. 

Teachers can sign up and attend part of the institute e.g. summer school teachers attend only in the PM. 

Creating Healing Justice-Based Spaces To Further The Well-Being Of Children, Families & Communities 

Description:  

This two-day retreat is an immersive experience for ECE educators to experiment with a healing justice-centered approach that integrates somatic awareness, culture, spirituality, and collective liberation. By starting with our healing, dignity, and wholeness, together we will disrupt patterns of oppression in our teaching approaches, classroom management, and community engagement. 

To abolish the prison in our neighborhood, our home, and our classroom, what healing do educators need to show up fully for our students and:

• Replace policing and punishment with dignity and decolonized support?

• Replace control and coercion with consent, care, and collaboration

• Replace obedience and conformity with sovereignty and agency?

EL Education 101: Differentiation and Planning

Description:  

Please join us for this in-person collaboration between the Special Education Department and the Literacy Department to discuss differentiating El Education for students with diverse learning needs.  Our learning targets are:

• I can describe the structures and key features of the EL Education K-5 Language Arts Curriculum.

• I can collaborate to plan differentiated instruction for exceptional learners.

• I can model my school's commitment to equity and diversity by ensuring differentiated instruction.

Agenda: 

• Day 1: Grounding in Equity Practices, EL Education 101

• Day 2: Grounding in Equity Practices, Unpacking Module 1

• Day 3: Learn & Plan to Launch— All Block and Labs

• Day 4: Collaborative Planning and exploration of tools

ECE Classroom Environment 

Description:  

Reviewing what kind of environment is appropriate and inspiring for PK & TK students and meets their developmental needs. Designing a space that is conducive to Creative Curriculum interest areas in order to create classrooms that meet developmental needs and support all learners, keeping the components in mind.

During the morning session teachers will create a classroom environment for students that meets the needs of diverse learners, home languages, and UDL design. The afternoon sessions will be broken up to visit model sites together.