2016-2017 Offerings for

High School Educators

Chelsea Professional Learning Academy

Vision Statement

The purpose of the Chelsea Professional Learning Academy is to

provide a district-wide cohesive professional development

curriculum to support the professional growth of educators.

Courses will be offered at the ELC, the MCB Elementary

Complex, the Williams building, and at Chelsea High School

each month. Offerings will span grade-levels and content areas.

Courses are offered at three levels each month:

101 level courses—Induction Series

201 level courses—Intermediate Series

301 level courses—Advanced Series

Chelsea Professional Learning Academy

Registering for PD Courses

In order to sign up for a Professional Learning Academy Course, and to receive PDPs,

you must register for the course on the Chelsea Professional Development website. The

website can be accessed from the Staff Resources page on the Chelsea Public

Schools website, from the X2 homepage, or directly at:

https://app.smartedu.net/chelsea/pd/

To log in, you will enter your username and password. Your username is your Chelsea

email id (last name, first initial). New users should use the temporary password:

Chelseapd. This is a one-time use password; you will be prompted to change your

password.

To search for a course go to Offerings in the left-hand menu. You then have the option

to view a calendar of offerings, view the offerings by category in the drop-down menu

(under Chelsea Professional Learning Academy 2016-2017), or search for a course title.

Once you select your course, click on the Register for this Course button. You will

receive email confirmation that you have been enrolled. Please make sure that the

courses you register for are the correct grade-span and level.

Note: Please register as early as possible each month in order to ensure that courses will run

and presenters have time to prepare enough materials.

101 Induction Series for New Teachers This is a year-long required course for new teachers. (15 PDPS)

All workshops held from 2:45-4:15 at CHS.

September 14 101 Flexible Topic

September 28 101 Social-Emotional: Creating a

Trauma-Sensitive Classroom

October 26 101 Social-Emotional: Strategies for

Implementing a Trauma-Sensitive

Classroom

November 30 101 Social-Emotional: The Use of “Self”

Within your Classroom—Building

Strong Relationships with Students

December 14 101 Flexible Topic

January 25 101 Social-Emotional: Fostering

Resiliency in our Students

February 8 101 Flexible Topic

March 22

101 Social-Emotional: Working with

Resistance—Strategies for

Engaging Students Presenting with

Oppositional Behaviors

April 26

101 Social-Emotional: Reaching Out—

Strategies for Working with

Students Presenting with

Withdrawn and/or Depressive

Behaviors

May 24 101 Social-Emotional: Promoting

Hope and Belief within Ourselves

and Our Students

101 Induction Series for New

Special Education Service Providers This is a year-long required course for new service providers.

(15 PDPS) Location TBD. October 12

101: IEP Meetings: Process & Eligibility

Determination

November 9 101: IEP Writing

December 14 101: Disability Types

January 11 101: Assessments

February 8 101: SPED Law/History of SPED

March 8 101: Parent Communication

April 12 101: Service Delivery Models/Related

Service Providers/Programming

May 10 101: Supporting Classroom Teachers

June 14 101: Reflection on the Year

Sheltered English Immersion Strategies This is a year-long course that will support all Educators in passing

the SEI MTEL; based on the RETELL Curriculum. (15 PDPS)

Location TBD.

September 14 201 SEI: SEI Overview

October 12 201 SEI: Culture

November 9 201 SEI: Vocabulary (part 1)

December 14 201 SEI: Vocabulary (part 2)

January 11 201 SEI: Reading (part 1)

February 8 201 SEI: Reading (part 2)

March 8 201 SEI: Writing (part 1)

April 12 201 SEI: Writing (part 2)

May 10 201 SEI: WIDA and Differentiation

June 14 201 SEI: Putting it All Together & SEI MTEL

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Teachers This is a year-long required course for new teachers. (15 PDPS)

All courses meet from 2:45-4:15 PM at CHS.

September 14, 2016

101 Flexible Topic

A topic will be designed to meet teacher needs.

September 28, 2016

101

Social-

Emotional

Creating a Trauma Sensitive Classroom

Providing a safe and supportive environment is essential for learning to take

place. Teachers will understand the impact of trauma on learning and

gain insight into the importance of developing positive relationships with

students as well as providing them with a classroom environment where

they feel safe to take academic risks.

October 26, 2016

101

Social-

Emotional

Strategies for Implementing a Trauma Sensitive Classroom Creating a safe and supportive environment is essential for academic

learning. How do we create a classroom environment that is trauma-

sensitive? Educators will learn specific classroom strategies that can

implemented in the classroom to create a safe and supportive

environment. Educator examples and research-based practices will be

discussed.

November 30, 2016

101

Social-

Emotional

The Use of “Self” Within Your Classroom:

Building Strong Relationships with Students Why did we become educators? How do we deal with situations or student

issues that are presented to us and can be challenging or outside of our

comfort zone? This session will focus on building the educator’s self-

awareness as well as the development of both non-verbal and verbal

interaction and response strategies to build stronger relationships with our

students. The importance of self-care will also be emphasized.

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Teachers

December 14, 2016

101 Flexible Topic A topic will be designed to meet teacher needs.

January 25, 2017

101

Social-

Emotional

Fostering Resiliency in our Students Resilience has been defined as the ability to overcome adversity while

functioning in a healthy and successful manner. The single most important

factor for youth to develop resiliency is the presence of at least one trusting

and stable relationship with a committed and supportive adult. Teachers

will explore different ways to foster resiliency into their classroom

environment through explicit skill-building, modeling, and classroom

structures.

February 8, 2017

101 Flexible Topic

A topic will be designed to meet teacher needs.

March 22, 2017

101

Social-

Emotional

Working with Resistance:

Strategies for Engaging Students Presenting with Oppositional Behaviors Help! Some of my students are displaying challenging behaviors in the

classroom. What can I do? Teachers will explore different reasons that

may cause students to present with challenging behaviors in the

classroom. Teachers will learn interaction and response strategies that can

help support the student while also decreasing the negative behaviors

and/or preventing them from escalating. Both classroom and individual

strategies will be discussed.

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Teachers

April 26, 2017

101

Social-

Emotional

Reaching Out: Strategies for Working with Students Presenting with

Withdrawn and/or Depressive Behaviors “This student is smart but isn’t doing anything in my class.” Teachers will

explore different underlying reasons that may result in a student “shutting

down” in class. Teachers will learn strategies and skills to interact with

students that may be withdrawn from learning to promote positive feelings

in the student, assist the student in coping with stressors, and help students

engage/re-engage in their academics.

May 24, 2017

101

Social-

Emotional

Promoting Hope and Belief within Ourselves and Our Students Striking the balance between accountability and availability with students

can be challenging. How do we hold the academic and behavior

expectations while also balancing supporting what a student may be

experiencing? Educators will explore their own beliefs and how that

impacts their presentation in the classroom. Educators will reflect on the

past year of learning and how the learning will impact their teaching

practices for the next year. Emphasis on self-care will be re-addressed.

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Teachers

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for

New Special Education Service Providers This is a year-long required course for new service providers. (15 PDPS)

All courses meet on the second Wednesday of the month

from 3:00-4:30 PM. Locations TBD.

October 12, 2016

101

Special

Education

IEP Meetings: Process & Eligibility Determination This training will focus on the process of an IEP meeting, as well as,

interpreting evaluation data for the purpose of determining if a child is a

child with a disability and in need of special education.

November 9, 2016

101

Special

Education

IEP Writing This training will help you learn more about IEPs—what the law requires,

what information a typical IEP contains, how IEPs are developed, etc.

December 14, 2016

101

Special

Education

Disability Types The Federal and Massachusetts special education disability types definitions

for each of the disability categories, and resources for each disability.

January 11, 2017

101

Special

Education

Assessments The evaluation process is guided by requirements in our nation’s special

education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

February 8, 2017

101

Special

Education

SPED Law/History of SPED Review the History of Special Education and the Massachusetts Special

Education Regulations.

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Special Education Service Providers

March 8, 2017

101

Special

Education

Parent Communication How to assist the parent in understanding the special education process,

and the rights of the parent's when their child has been referred for or is

receiving special education services, as well as ongoing communication

and efficient progress reports.

April 12, 2017

101

Special

Education

Service Delivery Models/Related Service Providers/Programming All considerations for services are made along a continuum of placement

options ensuring that students with disabilities are, to the reasonable extent

appropriate, educated with non-disabled peers.

May 10, 2017

101

Special

Education

Supporting Classroom Teachers Related Service Providers and/or Special Education Teacher Support

Services may be all direct, or a combination of direct and indirect.

June 14, 2017

101

Special

Education

Reflection on the Year How will you describe this school year? What will you try and what will you

do differently next year?

Course Descriptions: 101 Induction Series for New Special Education Service Providers

Course Descriptions: Sheltered English Immersion Strategies This is a year-long course that will support all Educators in passing the SEI MTEL;

based on the RETELL Curriculum. You will not receive your SEI endorsement

upon completion of this course. Sessions are subject to change. (15 PDPS)

All courses meet on the second Wednesday of the month

from 3:00-4:30 PM. Locations TBD.

September 14, 2016

201

SEI

SEI Overview Participants will learn the major components of Sheltered Content

Instruction.

October 12, 2016

201

SEI Culture Participants will learn how culture impacts language acquisition

November 9, 2016

201

SEI Vocabulary part 1 Participants will learn the four pronged approach to vocabulary instruction

December 14, 2016

201

SEI Vocabulary part 2 Participants will learn specific vocabulary strategies to support Ells

January 11, 2017

201

SEI Reading part 1 Participants will learn specific reading strategies to support Ells.

February 8, 2017

201

SEI Reading part 2 Participants will learn specific reading strategies to support Ells.

Course Descriptions: Sheltered English Immersion Strategies

March 8, 2017

201

SEI Writing part 1 Participants will learn specific strategies to support the writing cycle.

April 12, 2017

201

SEI Writing part 2 Participants will learn specific strategies to support the writing cycle.

May 10, 2017

201

SEI

WIDA and Differentiation Participants will learn how to use the WIDA support tools to

differentiate for ELLs.

June 14, 2017

201

SEI

Putting it all together and SEI MTEL Participants will learn share a complete SEI lesson and prepare

for the SEI MTEL.

Course Descriptions: Sheltered English Immersion Strategies

cps.chelseaschools.com/sites/coln

21st Century Collaboration and Professional Development The Chelsea Online Learning Network (COLN) is an online collection of videos that provides

meaningful, “at-your-fingertips” professional development to all educators of Chelsea Public

Schools.

Our collection of short videos features best practices modeled by Chelsea educators—

including district instructional practices, classroom management, and more!

These videos allow educators to build capacity to meet the needs of our very diverse, urban

student population, improve instruction, and impact student achievement. The Chelsea

Online Learning Network allows Chelsea educators to become responsible for their own

learning and study when and where they are at their best.

If you are interested in submitting a video for the COLN, please complete the form found on

the website or contact a curriculum coordinator.