{"id":2743,"date":"2017-03-17T14:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2017-03-17T14:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:23:14","slug":"professional-development-highlights-social-studies-teaching-students-in-poverty-and-developing-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/professional-development-highlights-social-studies-teaching-students-in-poverty-and-developing-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Highlights: Social Studies, Teaching Students in Poverty and Developing Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are this week\u2019s professional development offerings. To view all offerings or to sign up for courses, please log in to 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 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Social Studies Collaborative Networks<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">How can we plan collaboratively to help our students become critical thinkers who understand and can communicate about the past, the world around them and their role in shaping the future? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Participants in this course will work as a collaborative team to plan lessons and assessments that engage students in authentic learning and help them develop critical skills. During each session, teachers will unpack the revised Standards of Learning for history and social science and develop instructional activities, common assessments and suggestions for technology integration to support teaching and learning.<strong>\u00a0#14710\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">To what extent can instructional strategies help to eliminate gaps in achievement among students experiencing poverty and those who are not? In what ways might your professional behavior support or undermine the success of students experiencing poverty? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Join us to develop awareness and strategies that improve classroom and school climate. Participants will gain strategies that can increase student engagement and student learning.\u00a0<strong>#14761\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Science Instruction: Unpacking standards, Designing Instruction, Developing Assessments<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">How can teachers improve student learning of challenging science SOL standards? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During this session, teachers will: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">unpack science standards <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">identify and create assessments <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">review available resources <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">experience hands-on investigations that emphasize the use of literacy and differentiation <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">This course will focus on improving science instruction through an expanded emphasis on understanding science SOL standards, planning for instruction, and identifying and creating science assessments. The strategies that are presented will allow teachers to engage a diverse group of students in learning grade-level content with appropriate scaffolding according to students\u2019 proficiency levels.\u00a0<strong>#14899\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Professional Development team on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TeachACPS\">@TeachACPS\u00a0<\/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>ACPS offers hundreds of courses for staff. 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