April Professional Development

RCS Instructional Technology Department

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These are completed on your own time outside of school hours.

VIRTUAL SESSION: What's New in Office EDU?

During this session, participants will take a look at the newest features in Microsoft 365.

  • Microsoft Teams: Co-organizers in meetings
  • Microsoft Teams Reading Progress & Reading Coach
  • Microsoft Forms: Collections & sharing options
  • Microsoft Word: Resume Assistant powered by LinkedIn

This session will be presented by Mary Villaume. Mary is a Microsoft Learning Consultant who spent fourteen years teaching middle and high school English and Latin. Before teaching, she was a network administrator, which inspired her to use technology in the classroom.


Section #: 15841

Date: Thursday, April 7

Time: 3:45-4:45

Location: Teams link to join is in Performance Matters

Presenter: Mary Villaume trainer from Microsoft

VIRTUAL SESSION: Do More with Data in Excel

Take a closer look at analyzing data in Excel. See how to import data from a PDF, how to create and customize charts, how to use tables to filter data, and how to protect sections of your Excel workbook.


This session will be presented by Mary Villaume. Mary is a Microsoft Learning Consultant who spent fourteen years teaching middle and high school English and Latin. Before teaching, she was a network administrator, which inspired her to use technology in the classroom.


Section #: 14595

Date: Tuesday, April 19

Time: 3:45-4:45

Location: Teams link to join is in Performance Matters

Presenter: Mary Villaume trainer from Microsoft

VIRTUAL SESSION: Schoology End of Year Practices

During this session, we will discuss end of year best practices to ensure an easy transition into a new school year. Participants will learn how to save course materials to resources, archive manually created groups, and access archived classes.


Section #: 15842

Date: Thursday, April 28

Time: 3:45-4:45

Location: Zoom link will be sent to participants on the morning of the training

Presenter: Jennifer Brooks


Section #: 15936

Date: Tuesday, May 10

Time: 3:45-4:45

Location: Zoom link will be sent to participants on the morning of the training

Presenter: Jennifer Brooks

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