Pasadena Unified Professional Development

Our friends at @NCTE released a powerful new position statement making a strong argument for more #nonfiction in ELA classrooms. Check it out & #NSTA's #OSTB list is mentioned too! tiny.cc/NCTE

Rubrics offer clarity about grading but can overwhelm students, so the single-point rubric focuses their attention on what’s important. edutopia.org/article/6-reas…

Last week, Blair's ELA and Math departments collaborated to align grading practices in an effort to achieve equitable outcomes based on the work by Doug Reeves and Joe Feldman and his book Grading for Equity. @PasadenaUnified @bmcdonald6 @Hchanhill @caedpartners @LuisEArgueta1

THANK YOU to all for engaging in a day of professional learning at our Sept. 23 Districtwide PD Day!! @Hchanhill @bmcdonald6 @PasadenaUnified

A dozen ways to get language learners talking! edutopia.org/discussion/12-…

Thank you, @Kim4education and @iReady for a wonderful Middle School Math PD on using student-centered teaching practices to engage our emerging mathematicians! @Hchanhill @NadirahNayo @PasadenaUnified @bmcdonald6 @shannyison

Woah... that's meta. 🤯 How do you encourage your Ss to think about how they're thinking? #TeacherPD #InstantPD

Why Are Minilessons Mini? hubs.la/Q018JLg70 @LisaEickholdt @pattyvreilly #teachers K-8

Check out Lucy’s conversation with @pennykittle and @KellyGToGo! Learn more about the history of the Units and how nimble we’ve been over the years to meet teachers and students where they are. youtu.be/_ou0XoyLvws via @YouTube #TCRWP #UoS

A look back at this gem of an episode. 👀 #ClassroomEssentials @KatieWoodRay @ConferringCarl and @JSerravallo dissect the goals of conferring, and discuss how modeling conferences as conversations can strengthen the practice! hubs.la/Q017ZBj-0

What does a writer's workshop look like in your classroom? This chart gets everyone on the same page: from learning, to writing, to conferring and sharing! Might you share it with your Ss? (📸 via educators @mentesbilingues5 on IG) instagram.com/p/Cb7YQO_OI8a/ #PLN #ELAchat

According to T @LitROCK_taylor, mini lessons "provide an opportunity for Ss to gather together to learn about a strategy that can move them forward in their thinking:" #TeacherTwitter #edchat #EduTwitter

Minilessons provide an opportunity for Ss to gather together to learn about a strategy that can move them forward in their thinking. Making some simple shifts can keep this time short giving Ss more time for practice. How do you keep your ML short? #LiteracyTipTuesday #RSDLearns

“We love reader’s and writer’s workshop, so why not researcher’s workshop?” hubs.la/Q0144YqP0

Are your classroom's energy levels at 😐? Shake things up with these engagement-boosting tips – and see the engagement transform to 🤩🤩🤩 ! #TeacherTwitter #TeacherPD #TeacherHack