Professional
Learning Opportunities
What District Professional Learning Opportunities are Available?
Given our focus is on "learning" not "teaching", we invest our energy in strategies that work BEST. Using John Hattie's high impact practices, we provide professional learning opportunities that are grounded in research and work towards our goal of making student and teacher learning "visible".
PreK-2nd Grade District Professional Learning Opportunities (In person 45 minute sessions)
- Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program
- Fundations Phonics/Spelling/Handwriting
- Integrated Grammar Instruction Using Patterns of Power
- Bite-Sized Intro to the Revised ELAR TEKS
- What Does Close Reading Really Mean?
- Introduction to Reading & Writing Units of Study
- Guided Reading/Small Group Instruction
- Visible Learning: Writing Effective Learning Objectives & Success Criteria
- Structuring Purposeful 2-Way Dialogue
- Using Growth Data Protocols to Drive Discussion
- 3 Tiers of Vocabulary
- Visualizing & Verbalizing: Improve Comprehension With Mental Imaging
3rd-5th Grade District Professional Learning Opportunities (In person 45 minute sessions)
- Words Their Way
- Integrated Grammar Instruction Using Patterns of Power
- Bite-Sized Intro to the Revised ELAR TEKS
- What Does Close Reading Really Mean?
- Introduction to Reading & Writing Units of Study
- Guided Reading/Small Group Instruction
- Visible Learning: Writing Effective Learning Objectives & Success Criteria
- Structuring Purposeful 2-Way Dialogue
- Using Growth Data Protocols to Drive Discussion
- 3 Tiers of Vocabulary
- Visualizing & Verbalizing: Improve Comprehension With Mental Imaging
6th-12th Grade District Professional Learning Opportunities (In person 45 minute sessions)
- Blended Learning In Action
- EduProtocols: Lesson Frames for Infinite Learning Possibilities
- Bite-Sized Intro to the Revised ELAR TEKS
- What Does Close Reading Really Mean?
- Visible Learning: Writing Effective Learning Objectives & Success Criteria
- Structuring Purposeful 2-Way Dialogue
- Using Growth Data Protocols to Drive Discussion
- 3 Tiers of Vocabulary
- Visualizing & Verbalizing: Improve Comprehension With Mental Imaging
How Do I Request Professional Learning On Campus/PLCs?
Campus Leadership to Submit a Request Form. Receive a Response within 10 days.
Digital & Print Professional Learning
District Professional Development Library
Humanities Book Check Out List
Virtual SWIVL Professional Learning
Check out GCISD Curriculum for links to in-classroom demos of our high leverage practices.
Miscellaneous
Education Foundation
Text Substitution Form 6 - 12 ELA
Contact Us
Email: bertha.guy@gcisd.net
Website: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Domain/3242
Phone: (817) 251-5937