{"id":3411,"date":"2017-09-07T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T19:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2017-09-10T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T21:45:35","slug":"professional-development-highlights-special-education-teacher-training-reading-and-writing-workshop-and-plms-course-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/professional-development-highlights-special-education-teacher-training-reading-and-writing-workshop-and-plms-course-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Highlights: Special Education Teacher Training, Reading and Writing Workshop, and PLMS Course Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are this week\u2019s professional development offerings. To view all offerings or to sign up for courses, please log into the <a href=\"https:\/\/acps.truenorthlogic.com\/U\/P\/Channel\/-\/ExternalChannel?Path=%2Fia%2Fapp%2Fcal%2FmonthTeaserV2%3Fmonth%3D9%26year%3D2016\">PLMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>This week\u2019s highlighted courses:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>New to ACPS Special Education Teacher Training<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat are the ACPS procedures and guidelines for special education? Learn how to schedule and organize your school year to meet all IEP and eligibility timelines. Learn the process to determine Extended School Year (ESY) eligibility in accordance with Virginia Department of Education guidelines.\u00a0<strong>#14968<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading and Writing Workshop Twitter Sessions<\/strong><br \/>\nHow can we refine our implementation of reading and writing workshop to better support our learners? How can we learn from colleagues who are implementing a reading and writing workshop? During this online workshop, ACPS teachers will engage in professional discourse about how to use a workshop approach to teach students in ways that increase students&#8217; reading and writing proficiency. The Twitter chats are facilitated by staff developers from <a href=\"http:\/\/readingandwritingproject.org\/\">Teachers College Reading and Writing Project TCRWP<\/a>. Teachers across the country engage in the discussion. By the end of the session, all participants will be able to create or claim one new strategy to help them better reach students as they implement reading or writing workshop. There is no in-person component to this workshop.\u00a0<strong>#15070\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tricks and Tools for PLMS Course Creation<\/strong><br \/>\nHow can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/pl\/plms\/\">Professional Learning Management System (PLMS)<\/a> course creators build courses to best fit their school&#8217;s needs? What features are available within PLMS to organize and advertise our professional learning? This course will support course creators to better organize and advertise professional learning opportunities at your school. Participants will learn ways to target courses to specific audiences, create sections that can be replicated, take attendance and manage access to courses. This course good for those new to course\u00a0creation or as a refresher for established course creators.<strong>\u00a0#14796\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Professional Development team on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TeachACPS\">@TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow and contribute to the conversation with hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23TeachACPS&amp;src=typd\">#TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our weekly feature of professional development highlights is back, after pausing for the summer. ACPS offers hundreds of courses for staff. 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