Leading and Learning
Professional Development Offerings

Upcoming Summer Professional Learning Opportunity

New teachers will have the opportunity to engage in sessions around curriculum, Academic and Social Behavior, MTSS, and classroom management.  There will be breakout sessions with district departments and USEP for questions and answers around certification, technology and employee relations.

Audience:  New teachers hired January 1, 2023 – May 1, 2023

Date: June 6th-8th

Time:  TBD

Stipend pay: Yes

Location: In-person:  District Office, Building 2

The two-day Autism Summer Institute is an annual workshop aimed at providing high quality professional development to a wide spectrum of professionals who impact the lives of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Audience: All Staff who work with students with Autism

Date: July 11th-12th

Time: 8:30-3:30

myPGS registration course and section number:

Course # 4328 

Day 1 section # 33795

Day 2 section # 33794

Stipend pay: No

Virtual: Link TBD

Contact: Chantalle Herrera at cherrera@pasco.k12.fl.us

Summer 2023 Virtual Professional Learning Conference will offer variety of sessions for teachers, coaches, support staff, administrators, school and district leaders.

Audience: All staff

Dates: July 24, 25, 26

Stipend Pay: No

Jessica Minihan is a behavior analyst and child psychiatrist who specializes in a systematic approach for deciphering causes and patterns of difficult student behaviors and matching them with proven strategies.  In this training, she will focus on our youngest learners’ inability to regulate their emotions which likely stem from skill deficits.  She will teach participants to recognize what drives these behaviors and strategies to intervene to ensure each student is successful in the learning environment.

Audience: Kindergarten Teachers and their Administrators

Date: July 24, 2023

Time: 8:30-3:30

myPGS registration course and section number: Course # 4766  Section # 33554

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person (location) :  Instructional Performing Arts Center Cypress Creek

Contact Person:  Stephanie Long x42702 or stlong@pasco.k12.fl.us

Course Description: Create full student engagement with Kagan Structures—simple yet powerful cooperative learning instructional strategies. Supported by a large body of scientific research, and proven effective in countless classrooms, schools, and districts, this revolutionary way to teach is transforming teaching and learning. Come experience the power of Kagan Structures. See how easy it is use teamwork and pairs to create a greater level of engagement than you imagined possible, even for your reluctant learners. We’re not talking about group work. We’re talking the real deal, and knowing the difference is the difference between engaging some and engaging all students. When we engage all students, they all learn more. And because the structures are so cooperative and interactive, they work wonders for students’ social skill development. Students who work together get to know and like each other better which reduces discipline problems, bullying, and violence. Come learn easy ways to use Kagan Structures as a part of every lesson, creating greater engagement, deeper understanding of the content, improved retention, and greater liking for class and content. Kagan will give you the Seven Keys to unlock the door to successful cooperative learning. If you want more fun in teaching, highly engaged students who love your classroom, and elevated test scores, this workshop is for you!

Kagan Cooperative Learning Flyer

Audience: 

Elementary Teachers, Coaches, ESE, and Specials Areas

Dates and Registration:

*Please register in myPGS and check with the host school for start and end times.

 

June 5 - 9

Course

Section

Schools

4606

32753

WCES and WZES

4640

32993

NRES and DBES

4641

32994

CWTES and WES

4642

32995

PES and SAES

4643

32996

SPES and WRES

4644

32997

VES and OES

4645

32998

QHES and SMES

4646

32999

MGES and COES

4647

33000

PVES and BES

4648

33001

LMES and DOES

 

June 19-23

Course

Section

Schools

4650

33002

SES and FHES

4650

33001

SHES and MLES

4652

33004

ACR, RES and CES

4653

33005

CAES and CHES

4654

33006

HAC, HPA and GHES

4655

33007

LES, RBCES and CENES

4659

33008

SOES and WGES

 

June 26 - 30

Course

Section

Schools

4567

33009

DPES and JMMES

4658

33010

AES, MPLES and eSchool

4659

33011

GSES and GTES

4660

33012

CRES and LLES

4661

33013

TOES and SSES

4662

33014

TES and ODES

4663

33015

SRES and SRK8

 

Stipend Pay: No

If you have any questions, please reach out to Charlotte Kralik or Stephanie Sheridan.

 

Course Description: All new hires will take a tour around their new campus to meet key people and familiarize themselves with their new school. They will be guided by a campus tour guide to learn about the school's mission and vision as well as get to know other new teachers and start building relationships.

Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Time: Check with your school for start and end times.

Stipend Pay: No

If you have any questions, please reach out to Charlotte Kralik.

Identify the behavior levels that contribute to the development of a crisis and choose an appropriate staff intervention for each level. Identify useful nonverbal techniques, which can help to prevent acting-out behavior. Use verbal techniques to de-escalate. Demonstrate CPI's Principals of Personal Safety to avoid injury if behavior escalates to a physical level. Provide for the Care, Welfare, Safety and Security of all those who are involved in a crisis situation.

Audience: Administrators, Behavior Specialist, Intervention Specialist, Teachers and IAs working in self-contained units, school crisis teams

Dates: June 1-2, June 7-8, and June 12-13

Time: Day 1- 8:30-3:30

            Day 2- 8:30-3:30         

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person – Location -District

 

Identify the behavior levels that contribute to the development of a crisis and choose an appropriate staff intervention for each level. Identify useful nonverbal techniques, which can help to prevent acting-out behavior. Use verbal techniques to de-escalate. Demonstrate CPI's Principals of Personal Safety to avoid injury if behavior escalates to a physical level. Provide for the Care, Welfare, Safety and Security of all those who are involved in a crisis situation.

Audience: Administrators, Behavior Specialist, Intervention Specialist, Teachers and IAs working in self-contained units, school crisis teams

Dates: June 5th, 6th, 9th, 14th and 15th – Sessions offered twice per day.

Time: 8:30-11:30 or 12:20-3:30

Stipend pay: Yes

PD Opportunity for Grant Funded Positions only:

Elementary Support Facilitators

Intervention Specialists

Speech Language Pathologists

Elementary SBP/SBCP Teachers

The two-day Seeing Stars training is a sensory-cognitive approach, which can be differentiated to teach the Science of Reading to struggling learners.

Audience: 

Grant Funded Positions Only:

Elementary Support Facilitators

Intervention Specialists

Speech Language Pathologists

Elementary SBCP Teachers

Date: 

June 12th -13th

June 19th-20th

June 26th-27th

July 10th and 11th

July 12th and 13th

July 17th and 18th

July 19th and 20th

Time: 8:30-3:30

myPGS registration course and section number:

 

#4808

#33735 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (6/12-6/13/23)

#33736 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (6/19-6/20/23)

#33738 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (6/26-6/27/23)

#33739 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (7/10-7/11/23)

#33740 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (7/12-7/13/23)

#33743 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (7/17-7/18/23)

#33745 Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (7/19-7/20/23)

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person: Training Room C

Contact: Jennifer Hykes jhykes@pasco.k12.fl.us

Course #4792

Section: Summer Reading Camp- Marine Life Research Quest

Who: Third Grade Teachers

When: Thursday, June 1, 2023,   8:30-3:30

Where: Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center

 

The course will release on April 24th and registration will be open April 24th to June 1st.

Early Childhood Program PD Opportunities

Participants will gain knowledge and resources in fostering relationships with parents to enhance the school/home connection.

Audience: Head Start Teachers, Early Head Start Caregivers and Social Educators

Date: July 31st

Time: 10:15-11:00

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person – Location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 

Participants will learn strategies in creating a high quality learning environment for young children.

Audience: Head Start Teachers, Early Head Start Caregivers

Date: July 31st

Time:11:00=11:45

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person- location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 

Participants will receive important information on ensuring quality health and safety practices in the classroom as well as strategies to increase daily attendance.

Audience: Head Start Teachers, Early Head Start Caregivers, Social Educators

Date: Aug. 1

Time: 12:45-1:45

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person- location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 

Participants will receive information and resources for completing developmental screeners and requesting intervention services in the classroom.

Audience: Head Start Teachers, Early Head Start Caregivers

Date: August 2

Time: 9:15-10:00

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person- location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 

Audience: Social Educators

Date: August 2

Time:10:15-11:00

Stipend pay:  No

In-person- location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 

Participants will learn the expectations of PLCs for the school year as well as setting norms for individual groups.

Audience: Head Start Teachers, Early Head Start Caregivers

Date: August 2nd

Time: 11:00- 11:45

Stipend pay: Yes

In-person: Location TBA

Contact: Leslie Thomas 


Professional Development Offerings

Pasco County Schools has developed a comprehensive professional learning plan to support all instructional staff with high-quality teaching and learning.  All professional development has been designed to model engagement in a variety of learning modalities, includes specific technology strategies and how it can be leveraged in all environments, as well as, resources around interventions and closing in instructional gaps. All participants will need to register in myPGS to all learning opportunities they are interested in. If you have any questions, please contact Charlotte Kralik, catkins@pasco.k12.fl.us.


Search for Available Trainings

FDLRS offers independent study online and facilitated modules available through the Professional Development Alternatives (PDA) program, Battelle Developmental Inventory- 2nd Edition and Inclusive Practices for the Developmentally Appropriate Pre-K Classroom. For module descriptions click on this link.

For all other FDLRS sign in and registration click on this link: https://www.fl-pda.org/

 

For stipend eligibility and approval, the Charter School Professional Development Stipend Approval form (link below) must be completed by the charter school’s administrator and submitted to the District’s Program Coordinator for Charter Schools no later than 10 days prior to the federally funded professional development training/activity. 

https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/oll/page/forms/

Charter Schools Professional Development Activities Summary