{"id":4593,"date":"2018-03-18T20:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2018-03-18T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:38:40","slug":"professional-development-highlights-canvas-for-elective-teachers-equity-conversations-and-cpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/professional-development-highlights-canvas-for-elective-teachers-equity-conversations-and-cpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Highlights: Canvas for Elective Teachers, Equity Conversations and CPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are this week\u2019s professional development offerings. To view all offerings or to sign up for courses, please log into the\u00a0PLMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, be sure to check out the\u00a0Kognito At-Risk<\/a>\u00a0training\u00a0program for elementary, middle and high school educators on how to recognize and address psychological distress in youth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Canvas for Elective Teachers<\/strong>
\nHow can teachers effectively use the Canvas learning management system to improve communication with parents and students? In this class especially for elective teachers will cover how to create pages, post announcements, post assignments and create and use modules. The elective teachers teach six periods a day and therefore miss training opportunities available to other classroom teachers.\u00a0#15351<\/strong><\/p>\n

Designing and Implementing Equity Conversations<\/strong>
\nWhat do members of the equity team need to know and be able to do in order to design and implement professional development that addresses disparities in achievement? Participants will work individually or in teams to create a workshop that will be offered through PLMS, conduct all or a portion of the workshop and receive immediate feedback on the delivery of the workshop. Upon completion of each offering, participants will meet to edit and revise the process.\u00a0#15348\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family Life Education Teacher Certification Course: Human Sexuality<\/strong>
\nAre you interested in gaining useful skills and content knowledge that will help you effectively teach the Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum? Teachers who will be delivering FLE content to students are required to take the Human Sexuality for Educators course. It takes a closer look at FLE materials and resources at the teacher\u2019s disposal with a goal of building participant confidence and knowledge-base when delivering this sensitive but meaningful content. It will be taught by the Human Growth and Development Department Chair, Stephanie Ghent, who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the subject.\u00a0#14239\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developing Social-Communication Skills for Students with Autism: A Professional Learning Community<\/strong>
\nWhat techniques or interventions can staff use to support the social and emotion regulation skill development of students with Autism? Join us to learn how to teach social communication and self-management skills to students with Autism and other disorders. Activities will demonstrate how to embed practice opportunities across the school day. The focus will be on practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom across content areas and to improve the collaborative learning skills of students with autism or social communication disorders.\u00a0#15331\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPR Hands-on Training<\/strong>
\nHow can I use CPR to ensure the safety of those around me? This course is designed to fulfill the requirements for CPR certification and teacher re-licensure and is open to all staff\u00a0#15266\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Follow the Professional Development team on Twitter:\u00a0@TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong>
\nFollow and contribute to the conversation with hashtag\u00a0#TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ACPS offers hundreds of courses for staff. Explore the many opportunities available to help you grow professionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 23:42:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4627,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions\/4627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}