The 2026 February Central Professional Learning Guide lists the centrallyprovided professional learning opportunities available to all Denver Public Schools educators on February 27th including required learning for each grade/content area, as well as additional development opportunities. Educators may select the dates and times that work best for their schedule. Sessions are listed by grade band and content area. For questions contact professional_learning@dpsk12.org.
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Site Guides
George Washington High School
North High School
South High School
Bruce Randolph High School
John F. Kennedy High School
Elementary Educators Professional Learning
K-5 & Montessori
Arts & PE
Dance: Critically Respond — Building Language & Thinking
Audience: ECE-12 Dance Teachers
Session Description: In this session, educators will investigate how to design formative assessments that support students in interpreting, analyzing, and responding to performance and composition with empathy and insight� Participants will share their adaptations to structured protocols like Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process and develop common prompts that build students’ arts vocabulary, critical thinking, and reflective practice. This session will highlight how authentic engagement in dialogue builds artistic literacy and a sense of belonging in diverse performing arts classrooms�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: North High School
Registration Link
Music: What Did I Learn Today?
Audience: ECE-12 Music Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will implement extended discourse to promote rigorous student talk� Students will engage in extended peer-to-peer dialogue, using specific musical vocabulary and examples to deepen their understanding and provide constructive feedback�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: North High School
Registration Link
Theatre: Critically Respond — Building Language & Thinking
Audience: ECE-12 Drama/Theatre Teachers
Session Description: In this session, educators will investigate how to design formative assessments that support students in interpreting, analyzing, and responding to performance and composition with empathy and insight� Participants will share their adaptations to structured protocols like Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process and develop common prompts that build students’ arts vocabulary, critical thinking, and reflective practice. This session will highlight how authentic engagement in dialogue builds artistic literacy and a sense of belonging in diverse performing arts classrooms�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: North High School
Registration Link
Process > Product: Formative Assessment in PE
Audience: ECE-12 Music Teachers
Session Description: Participants will reflect on our current formative assessment practices, identify areas for growth, explore PE-friendly tools that support student progress, and create a simple plan to use formative assessment more consistently in our units�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: North High School
Registration Link
Power-Sharing Through Dialogue and Presenting Art
Audience: ECE-12 PE Teachers
Session Description: Drawing inspiration from the power-sharing and collaborative practices of the Clyfford Still Museum, see how student voices are presented in the Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’ exhibition. Teachers will also share and develop strategies for guiding students in presenting their artwork, aligned with the National Standard Present�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Clifford Still Museum
Registration Link
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
ECE: Repair in Action: Relationships, Consistency, and Care/ Competency: Community
Audience: ECE Teachers
Session Description: This session supports early childhood educators in strengthening their confidence and skills in leading repair conversations with families and children� Participants learn to anchor discipline practices in strong relationships, clear expectations with support, and predictable routines that build trust� Through scenario-based activities, educators practice real-time strategies to restore relationships, maintain dignity for all involved, and reduce escalating conflict.
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
Location: Palmer Elementary School (Auditorium)
Registration Link
ECE:
Understanding the Foundational Importance of Mental Health to Child Development/ Competency: Social/Emotional
Audience: ECE Teachers
Session Description: This presentation will introduce a shared meaning of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health through common language and an understanding of basic premises, discuss how early relationships can help to support or undermine development, consider how temperament and parental expectations can affect child and family development, and review signs of potential concern�
Time Commitment: 9:45-11:15
Location: Palmer Elementary School (Auditorium)
Registration Link
ECE: Behavior Basics/ CompetencyProfessional Practice
Audience: ECE Teachers
Session Description: ECE staff will: 1. Participants will grow their knowledge of the basics of behavior, including functions of behavior, the ABC model, and reinforcement� 2� Participants will learn evidence-based and trauma informed strategies to support students behaviorally, socially, and emotionally�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
Location: Palmer Elementary School (Auditorium)
Registration Link
ECE: Family Engagement in Early Childhood
Ed./Competency: Professional Practice
Audience: ECE Teachers & ECE Paraprofessonals
Session Description: This Family Engagement Learning Module provides guidance to ECE educators and staff as they plan, implement, and evaluate strategies for effective family engagement in their schools.
Location: Asynchronous
Registration Link
EdTech
NotebookLM: Organizing with AI for Equity, Inclusion and Impact
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will use Notebook to organize curriculum, notes, and resources through an AI-supported system that centers clarity, care, equity, and inclusion� They will engage with NotebookLM as a personal knowledge tool to elevate coherence and instructional decision-making, reflecting on how thoughtful AI integration can enhance impact in their daily teaching practice�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Designing in Canva for Educators
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will take a deep dive into the Canva editor, learning various tips and tricks to level up Canva designs� We will engage in handson activities to deepen the understanding of various element usage, organization, layering and grouping, and apps within Canva� Participants will walk away with a better understanding of how Canva can be leveraged in the classroom�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Intro to Schoology
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will be able to use Schoology to make and distribute assignments; grade student work, communicate with students and family, and share resources�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Schoology Mastery Tracker
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will be able to describe the purpose and core components of Schoology’s Mastery Tracker, import and create standards and objectives, and align them in assignments and assessments�
Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AI
101: An intro to AI for Teacher Planning & Instruction
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Gain a foundational understanding of AI to enhance culturally and linguistically sustaining (CLS) planning and ultimately improve outcomes for all learners� Join this one-hour session to learn the basics of AI terminology, prompt engineering, and navigating MagicSchool tools to ensure equitable, ethical, and inclusive AI integration�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AI 201: Designing AI-Infused Student Learning Experiences
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Build on your foundational understanding of AI by exploring how to use these tools to enhance student learning within culturally and linguistically sustaining (CLS) classrooms. In this one-hour 201 session, you’ll learn how to design AI-supported learning experiences, create student-facing prompts, and guide learners in navigating MagicSchool tools so that all students engage with AI in equitable, ethical, and inclusive ways�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
What’s
New with MagicSchool
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will learn how to use the latest updates and features from MagicSchool and will get hand-ons learning in MagicSchool to support their student outcomes�
Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
Making Schoology Pretty with Canva
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will design and apply customized course visuals in Schoology using Canva, identify Canva tools and templates that improve consistency and accessibility across their course and explore ways to maintain a cohesive, student-friendly design that enhances engagement and clarity�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
From Recall to Reasoning: Activate Thinking with Kahoot!
Audience:
ECE-12
All Educators
Session Description: Participants will discover how game-based learning can drive engagement and deeper learning� Educators will practice designing questions that move beyond simple recall to activate reasoning, reflection and critical thinking skills�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05
Empower Student Voice: Fostering Agency with Kahoot!
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will learn to shift the focus from teacher-led to student-driven� They will also discover how to foster student ownership and collaboration by having students create their own kahoots to deepen understanding and lead discussions�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
Using AI to Transform Data into Distinguished, Equity-Driven Instruction
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will use AI tools and Performance Matters to navigate, analyze, and interpret student data through an equity-driven, culturally sustaining lens� They will practice transforming data insights into distinguished instructional moves that respond to the strengths and needs of every learner�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05
Capture Student Learning with Canva
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will be guided through ways Canva can support what you’re already doing in your classroom and transform your traditional projects and assignments� We will explore how students can use Canva to demonstrate their understanding of the topic through visually engaging materials�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
International Baccalaureate (IB)
PYP Unit Planning
Audience: K-5 IB Coordinators/ILT Members
Session Description: Participants will be able to strengthen understanding of PYP Framework & Inquiry Design, apply best practices for designing high-quality unit planners, as well as coach and support teachers through the collaborative planning process�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:15-11:15
Location: Swigert International School
Literacy
Leveling Up Literacy Intervention
Audience: K-5 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: Teachers of literacy intervention will understand how to use data to embed appropriate intensifications and enhancement strategies within their instruction�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Location: South High School
Registration Link
Analyzing and Responding to Formal Writing in CKLA/Caminos
Audience: K-5 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Analyze student writing using rubrics, the writing rope, and dimensions of language influence (ELA-S) to identify strengths and highest leverage need� 2� Leverage MagicSchool chatbots to determine classwide writing trends� 3� Plan instructional next steps to support highest leverage need� 4� Plan to bring student writing samples from your class for this session�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Location: South High School
Registration Link
CKLA/Caminos Skills Routine Enhancements
Audience: K-2 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe the components of effective phonics lessons and identify these components within CKLA/Caminos Skills. 2. Plan and practice effective routines for high frequency words. 3. Plan and practice effective routines for word and sentence level dictation.
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Juicy Sentence Routine Across CKLA/ Caminos & InquirED
Audience: 3-5 Literacy and Social Studies Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Define “juicy sentences and explain their role in supporting the reading rope and MLLs� 2� Identify sentences within a CKLA/Caminos or Inquiry Journeys text for the juicy sentence routine� 3� Design prompts for a juicy sentence routine aligned to the source purpose and relevant grammar focus�
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
CR-S Planning for CKLA/Caminos Instruction
Audience: K-5 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Ground in their identities and Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s five pursuits for culturally and historically responsive education (identity, skills, intellect, criticality, joy). 2. Reflect on ongoing planning for culturally responsive-sustaining literacy instruction, identifying successes, challenges, and opportunities for support� 3� Plan for strategic adaptations in upcoming CKLA/Caminos lesson plans to embed the five pursuits.
Time Commitment: 9:45-11:15
Location: South High School
Registration Link
Math
K-5 Unit Internalization
Audience: K-5 Math Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will: 1. Identify key components of a unit internalization process that focuses on the progression of learning throughout the lessons of the unit� 2� In collaboration with teachers across the district, develop a thorough understanding of an upcoming unit and its arc of learning�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Location: South High School
Kindergarten Registration Link
Grade Registration Link 2nd Grade Registration Link
Grade Registration Link 4th Grade Registration Link
Grade Registration Link
Elementary Math Centers
Audience:
K-5 Math Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will: 1. Identify the purpose of centers as a critical component of the Imagine IM curriculum. 2. Explore how centers support fluency and conceptual understanding across a unit� 3� Apply learning to plan for the effective use of centers in an upcoming unit.
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 (K-1st Grade) & 9:45-11:15 (2nd-5th Grade)
MLE
World Languages: Strategies for Building Proficiency
Audience: ECE-12 World Language Teachers
Session Description: K-12 Teachers will be able to apply the principles of language acquisition to their daily lesson planning in order to foster steady proficiency growth in their students� Additionally, teachers will examine midyear assessment data to identify high-leverage opportunities for shifting instruction in the final months of the school year�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
MLE: Getting Started: An Introduction to English 3D
Audience:
Session Description: This session is for any elementary ELD teacher who has not yet been trained in the new elementary ELD curriculum, HMH English 3D� Participants will get an overview of the program components and materials, knowing that participants might have already started using the curriculum�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
MLE: Coaching for English 3D
Audience: K-5 ELD Teachers
Session Description: This session is for anyone coaching or supporting elementary ELD with the new curriculum, HMH English 3D� Participants will get an overview of the program components and materials, and key look fors and high-leverage coaching areas�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
MLE: Differentiating for English 3D: K-2
Audience: K-5 ELD Teachers
Session Description: This session is for anyone teaching K-2 English 3D� Participants will learn how to differentiate within the program for student needs in their class.
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
MLE: Differentiating for English 3D: 3-5 Course A
Audience: 3-5 ELD Teachers
Session Description: This session is for anyone teaching 3-5 English 3D Course A� Participants will learn how to differentiate within the program for student needs in their class�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:45-11:15
MLE: Differentiating for English 3D: 3-5 Language Launch 1&2
Audience: 3-5 ELD Teachers
Session Description: This session is for anyone teaching 3-5 English 3D Language Launch Vol 1 or 2. Participants will learn how to differentiate within the program for student needs in their class�
Session Description: Participants will explore instructional strategies and resources that can be used to support recently arrived MLLs within their instructional context�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Montessori
Primary Snapshot Internalization
Audience:
ECE-5
Primary Montessori Teachers
Session Description: Primary Montessori teachers will: 1. Identify key components of a snapshot internalization process that focuses on the progression of learning throughout the lessons of the unit� 2� In collaboration with other Primary teachers, develop a thorough understanding of an upcoming 6 weeks and its arc of learning�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Denison Montessori
Registration Link
Elementary Snapshot Internalization
Audience: K-8 Montessori Teachers (Elementary)
Session Description: Elementary Montessori teachers will: 1. Identify key components of a snapshot internalization process that focuses on the progression of learning throughout the lessons of the unit� 2� In collaboration with other Elementary teachers, develop a thorough understanding of an upcoming 6 weeks and its arc of learning�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Denison Montessori
Registration Link
Science
Climate Literacy in the Elementary Classroom
Audience: K-5 Science Teachers
Session Description: The impacts of climate change are interwoven into our everyday lives� Teaching about climate change doesn’t have to be overwhelming� We’ll explore how you might teach climate concepts based on your personal and professional interests and expertise� Save planning time and learn about the free resources on the SciEd website (scied�ucar�edu) related to weather, climate, climate solutions, and climate action�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00 & 9:50-10:50
Location: South High School
Registration Link
Amplify Science: Planning for the needs of MLLs
Audience: K-5 Science Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will practice using planning resources to meet the needs of their MLL students including ICLD and Translanguaging planning tools and instructional strategies�
Location: Asynchronous
Registration Link
Social Studies
Juicy Sentence Routine Across CKLA/ Caminos & InquirED
Audience: 3-5 Literacy and Social Studies Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Define “juicy sentences and explain their role in supporting the reading rope and MLLs� 2� Identify sentences within a CKLA/Caminos or Inquiry Journeys text for the juicy sentence routine� 3�
Design prompts for a juicy sentence routine aligned to the source purpose and relevant grammar focus�
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Secondary Educators Professional Learning
Arts & PE
Dance: Critically Respond — Building Language & Thinking
Audience: ECE-12 Dance Teachers
Session Description: In this session, educators will investigate how to design formative assessments that support students in interpreting, analyzing, and responding to performance and composition with empathy and insight� Participants will share their adaptations to structured protocols like Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process and develop common prompts that build students’ arts vocabulary, critical thinking, and reflective practice. This session will highlight how authentic engagement in dialogue builds artistic literacy and a sense of belonging in diverse performing arts classrooms�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: North High School
Registration Link
What Did I Learn Today?
Audience: ECE-12 Music Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will implement extended discourse to promote rigorous student talk� Students will engage in extended peer-to-peer dialogue, using specific musical vocabulary and examples to deepen their understanding and provide constructive feedback�
Location: North High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Theatre: Critically Respond — Building Language & Thinking
Audience: ECE-12 Drama/Theatre Teachers
Session Description: In this session, educators will investigate how to design formative assessments that support students in interpreting, analyzing, and responding to performance and composition with empathy and insight� Participants will share their adaptations to structured protocols like Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process and develop common prompts that build students’ arts vocabulary, critical thinking, and reflective practice. This session will highlight how authentic engagement in dialogue builds artistic literacy and a sense of belonging in diverse performing arts classrooms�
Location: North High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Process > Product: Formative Assessment in PE
Audience: ECE-12 PE Teachers
Session Description: Participants will reflect on our current formative assessment practices, identify areas for growth, explore PE-friendly tools that support student progress, and create a simple plan to use formative assessment more consistently in our units�
Location: North High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Power-Sharing Through Dialogue and Presenting Art
Audience: ECE-12 Visual Arts
Teachers
Session Description: Drawing inspiration from the power-sharing and collaborative practices of the Clyfford Still Museum, see how student voices are presented in the Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’ exhibition. Teachers will also share and develop strategies for guiding students in presenting their artwork, aligned with the National Standard Present�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Clifford Still Museum
Registration Link
College and Career Success
Building & Expanding Student Readiness
Audience: 9-12
Edgenuity Coordinators
Session Description: Participants will understand Edgenuity’s role within the wider CCS team, and learn about resources and programming available to students to help build student self-efficacy and success beyond the classroom.
Time Commitment: 9:45-11:15
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AEC SPF Session #2
Audience: 6-12 School Counselors
Session Description: Participants will dive into each pathway school’s current AEC SPF, and use the AEC SPF to support their school counseling program�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
Middle School Collaboration
Audience: 6-8 School Counselors
Session Description: Participants will come together to collaborate and share expertise and resources�
Time Commitment: 1:00-3:00
Location: Morey Middle School
Registration Link
Breakfast & Tour of EGTC and DSF 25-26 Scholarship Updates
Audience:
ECE-12
School Counselors
Session Description: School counselors will learn more about Emily Griffith Tech College and its programming and the Big Three� Denver Scholarship Foundation will also brief counselors on the 25-26 DSF scholarship and this year’s updates� EGTC will be hosting breakfast for counselors during this session.
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:30
Location: Emily Griffith Technical College
Supporting Students with Disabilities (Part 2)
Audience:
ECE-12
School Counselors
Session Description: School Counselors will learn with and from the Atlantis Center about the disability rights movement and current work being completed in Denver� Post-secondary partners from the Auraria campus will partner with School Counselors to create strategies that will move with our students from high school to college (and beyond) setting our students up for success and with advocacy tools�
Location: Atlantis Center
Registration Link Time Commitment: 12:30-4:00
Meaningful Career Conversations & CCS Profile
Reports
Audience: 6-12 All
Educators
Session Description: Any caring adult can learn how to host a Meaningful Career Conversation with students to guide them through self-reflection and informed decision making for their future� Learn how to leverage the CCS Student Profile Report and apply strong questioning/listening skills to improve student engagement, increase participation in Advanced Academics and WBL, and teach the importance of attendance and OTG etc�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:15-11:15
Comprehensive Health
Comprehensive Health: Empowering Students
Audience: 6-12
Comprehensive Health Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to design and deliver skills-based health lessons that strengthen students’ ability to practice real-life health behaviors with confidence and competence. They will also understand how to embed equitable, trauma-informed strategies that increase student voice, engagement, and ownership of their health learning�
Location: North High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
IAC Exchange Time (S2)
Audience: 9-12 CTE Educators
Session Description: Exchange time of 4 hours for CTE instructors to hold their IAC meetings either this day or another day prior to February 27, 2026�
Note: Only high school CTE teachers are required to host IAC meetings. Middle school CTE teachers are highly encouraged to connect with their feeder high school programs and attend their IAC meeting OR attend an alternate middle school specific session.
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Registration Link
EdTech
NotebookLM: Organizing with AI for Equity, Inclusion and Impact
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will use Notebook to organize curriculum, notes, and resources through an AI-supported system that centers clarity, care, equity, and inclusion� They will engage with NotebookLM as a personal knowledge tool to elevate coherence and instructional decision-making, reflecting on how thoughtful AI integration can enhance impact in their daily teaching practice�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
Designing in Canva for Educators
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will take a deep dive into the Canva editor, learning various tips and tricks to level up Canva designs� We will engage in handson activities to deepen the understanding of various element usage, organization, layering and grouping, and apps within Canva� Participants will walk away with a better understanding of how Canva can be leveraged in the classroom�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Intro to Schoology
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will be able to use Schoology to make and distribute assignments; grade student work, communicate with students and family, and share resources�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Schoology Mastery Tracker
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will be able to describe the purpose and core components of Schoology’s Mastery Tracker, import and create standards and objectives, and align them in assignments and assessments�
Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AI
101: An intro to AI for Teacher Planning & Instruction
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Gain a foundational understanding of AI to enhance culturally and linguistically sustaining (CLS) planning and ultimately improve outcomes for all learners� Join this one-hour session to learn the basics of AI terminology, prompt engineering, and navigating MagicSchool tools to ensure equitable, ethical, and inclusive AI integration�
Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AI 201: Designing AI-Infused Student Learning Experiences
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Build on your foundational understanding of AI by exploring how to use these tools to enhance student learning within culturally and linguistically sustaining (CLS) classrooms. In this one-hour 201 session, you’ll learn how to design AI-supported learning experiences, create student-facing prompts, and guide learners in navigating MagicSchool tools so that all students engage with AI in equitable, ethical, and inclusive ways�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
What’s
New with MagicSchool
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will learn how to use the latest updates and features from MagicSchool and will get hand-ons learning in MagicSchool to support their student outcomes�
Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05 & 10:15-11:15
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
From Recall to Reasoning: Activate Thinking with Kahoot!
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will discover how game-based learning can drive engagement and deeper learning� Educators will practice designing questions that move beyond simple recall to activate reasoning, reflection and critical thinking skills�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05
Empower Student Voice: Fostering Agency with Kahoot!
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: Participants will learn to shift the focus from teacher-led to student-driven� They will also discover how to foster student ownership and collaboration by having students create their own kahoots to deepen understanding and lead discussions�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
Using AI to Transform Data into Distinguished, Equity-Driven Instruction
Audience:
ECE-12
All Educators
Session Description: Participants will use AI tools and Performance Matters to navigate, analyze, and interpret student data through an equity-driven, culturally sustaining lens� They will practice transforming data insights into distinguished instructional moves that respond to the strengths and needs of every learner�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:05-10:05
Capture Student Learning with Canva
Audience: ECE-12 All Educators
Session Description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will be guided through ways Canva can support what you’re already doing in your classroom and transform your traditional projects and assignments� We will explore how students can use Canva to demonstrate their understanding of the topic through visually engaging materials�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
Higher Ed
AVID Implementation Tool Support
Audience: 6-12 AVID Coordinators
Session Description: By the end of this session, participants will understand how to navigate the new AVID implementation tool, enter required evidence, and track their school’s progress� They will know what documentation is expected, how to submit it accurately, and how to use the tool to plan next steps for continuous improvement�
Time Commitment: 9:00-10:00
Location: Virtual
Registration Link
AP - Exam Prep
Audience: 9-12 AP Coordinators and Teachers
Session Description: The AP Exam Prep Session will bring AP teachers together to refine practical strategies that strengthen student performance on exam day. Expert AP teachers from across the district will share effective multiple-choice approaches that improve accuracy and pacing, study routines that support retention and stamina, and clear methods for teaching students how to structure free-response responses� The session will also surface common pitfalls and high-impact practices that have led to higher pass rates in their own classrooms, giving participants concrete, classroom-ready techniques to take back to their courses�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:00-11:00
Literacy
Coursemojo: Preparing for Rigorous Discussions
Audience: 6-8 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: This session is ONLY available for schools using Coursemojo. Teachers will strengthen their capacity to use Coursemojo activities to prepare students for discussion of the curricular text(s)�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00
Coursemojo: Using the Data Dashboard to Respond to Students
Audience: 9-12 English 2 Teachers
Session Description: This session is ONLY available for schools using Coursemojo. Teachers will strengthen their capacity to use the Coursemojo data dashboard to respond to student needs during the lesson�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 10:15-11:15
ELA Instructional Routines to Support Language Development
Audience: 6-12 Literacy and Alternative ELD Teachers
Session Description: 6-12 ELA Teachers will: 1. Articulate the purpose and procedure of instructional routines to support language development at different WIDA ACCESS levels in secondary ELA 2. Experience different instructional routines from the student perspective 3� Use turnkey resources to plan for explicit language or vocabulary instruction in an upcoming lesson�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Differentiating Close Reading by ACCESS Level in 6-12 ELA
Audience: 6-12 Literacy and Alternative ELD Teachers
Session Description: 6-12 ELA Teachers will: 1. Experience close reading at different ACCESS levels. 2. Apply the definition, characteristics and phases of understanding of close reading to articulate strategic adaptations for MLLs across ACCESS levels during close reading routines� 3� Plan a close reading routine in an upcoming lesson with a strategic adaptation to meet the needs of students at a specific ACCESS level.
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Unlocking Text: Effective ELA Close Reading Routines
Audience: 6-12 Literacy
and Alternative ELD Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will: 1. Articulate the characteristics of effective close reading and how it supports MLLs. 2. Apply the definition, characteristics and phases of understanding of close reading to analyze a curricular lesson plan and classroom video� 3� Plan for close reading in an upcoming lesson, considering the uniques of MLLs�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Supporting Secondary Readers through Fluency Practices
Audience: 6-12 Literacy Teachers
Session Description: Secondary Educators will: 1. Gain an understanding of fluency practices connected to the science of reading� 2� Learn strategies for assessing oral reading fluency. 3. Learn practice strategies for supporting students within gradelevel texts�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Math
Using Student Work to Guide Instruction in a Problem-Based Learning Model
Audience: 6-8 Math Teachers
Session Description: Participants will: 1. Annotate and internalize the key learning of a lesson from Open Up curriculum to support instructional moves in a problembased learning model� 2� Practice facilitation of elevating student work to support student learning and understanding using lesson annotations�
Time Commitment: 8:30-10:30
Location: JFK High School
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Coherent Math Unit Internalization
Audience: Coherent 1 and 2 Math Teachers at Traditional Schools
Session Description: Participants will: 1. Deeply internalize a lesson by analyzing its flow with peers, identifying key teacher moves and student actions, and rehearsing an upcoming lesson using the strategies and resources embedded in the curriculum� 2. Leave prepared and confident to deliver their upcoming lesson.
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Bruce Randolph Middle School
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Coherent Math Lesson Internalization
Audience: Coherent Math Teachers (Math 1, Math 2, Traditional, Pathways)
Session Description: Participants will: 1. Deeply internalize a lesson by analyzing its flow with peers, identifying key teacher moves and student actions, and rehearsing an upcoming lesson using the strategies and resources embedded in the curriculum� 2. Leave prepared and confident to deliver their upcoming lesson.
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Bruce Randolph Middle School
MLRs to Support MLLs in Coherent Math
Audience: Coherent Math Teachers (Math 1, Math 2, Traditional, Pathways)
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Explain the purpose of math language routines and describe how they support student learning, engagement, and equity� 2� Identify how math language routines can be used to meet the needs of diverse learners, specifically multilingual learners. 3. Plan for the implementation of math language routines in upcoming lessons�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Bruce Randolph Middle School
Introduction to Coherent Math 3
Audience: New to Integrated Math 3 Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to: 1. Make sense of why this Math 3 course exists� 2� Develop shared language for what the course is designed to accomplish for students� 3� Develop a working understanding of the structure and organization of Math 3, including modules, lessons, and supporting resources�
Note: This session is for Integrated Math 3 teachers that will be using the Coherent Math curriculum in SY 26/27.
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: Randolph Middle School
MLE
World Languages: Strategies for Building Proficiency
Audience:
ECE-12 World Language Teachers
Session Description: K-12 Teachers will be able to apply the principles of language acquisition to their daily lesson planning in order to foster steady proficiency growth in their students� Additionally, teachers will examine midyear assessment data to identify high-leverage opportunities for shifting instruction in the final months of the school year�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
MLE: 6-12 Newsela Power School and Planning
Audience: 6-12
ELD
Teachers
Session Description: This session is for 6-12 teachers teaching ELD with Newsela. Participants will use resources in PowerSchool (Chalk, Schoology, and Performance Matters) to plan for instruction aligned with the instructional sequence�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
MLE: 6-12 Vista Power School and Planning
Audience: 6-12 ELD Teachers
Session Description: This session is for 6-12 teachers teaching ELD with Vista. Participants will use resources in Power School (Chalk, Schoology, and Performance Matters) to plan for instruction to plan for instruction aligned with the instructional sequence�
Session Description: Participants will explore instructional strategies and resources that can be used to support recently arrived MLLs within their instructional context�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Spanish Language Arts: Instruction & Assessment Strategies
Audience: 6-12 Spanish Language Arts Teachers
Session Description: Teachers will learn instructional strategies to support students’ reading comprehension and oral language development� Teachers will also examine midyear assessment data to identify high-leverage opportunities for shifting instruction in the final months of the school year.
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
6-12
OpenSciEd Science Professional Learning
Audience: 6-12 Science Teachers
Session Description: By the end of this session, teachers will be able to: 1. Demonstrate a clear understanding of key units, unit assessments, and lesson objectives in the new curriculum for their upcoming unit� 2� Apply instructional practices that align with curriculum standards and enhance student engagement� 3. Collaborate to refine lesson plans for better clarity and effectiveness. 4. Build confidence in delivering lessons that meet learning goals for the school year.
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Social Studies
MS SS: Corroborating Sources and Financial Literacy Launch
Audience: 6-8
Social Studies Teachers
Session Description: MS social studies teacher will be able to: 1. Apply the 5 Ws framework to analyze multiple sources� 2� Articulate strategies for helping students synthesize claims after corroborating evidence across sources 3� Plan for an upcoming lesson in which students corroborate across multiple sources� 4� Access new PFL unit materials and plan for how they will launch the unit with students�
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Critical Reading for Democratic Deliberation
Audience: 9-12 Social Studies Teachers
Session Description: Participants will: 1. Apply a reading strategy to prepare students for structured deliberation on controversial topics� 2� Implement critical literacy questioning techniques to reveal bias, missing voices, and competing perspectives�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Using Digital Tools to Increase Student Engagement in HPCH
Audience: 9-12 Social Studies Teachers
Session Description: Participants will: 1. Examine resources and procedures for digital learning integration� 2� Develop strategies to facilitate curricular activities and assessments with digital resources� 3� articulate a plan for integrating digital resources in upcoming units�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Special Education & Special Service Providers (SSPs)
Counseling
Elementary School Collaboration
Audience: K-5 School Counselors
Session Description: Participants will come together to collaborate and share expertise and resources�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 1:00-3:00
Location: Valverde Elementary
AEC SPF Session #2
Audience: 6-12 School Counselors
Session Description: Participants will dive into each pathway school’s current AEC SPF, and use the AEC SPF to support their school counseling program�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30
Middle School Collaboration
Audience: 6-8 School Counselors
Session Description: Participants will come together to collaborate and share expertise and resources�
Time Commitment: 1:00-3:00
Location: Morey Middle School
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Breakfast & Tour of EGTC and DSF 25-26 Scholarship Updates
Audience: ECE-12 School Counselors
Session Description: School counselors will learn more about Emily Griffith Tech College and its programming and the Big Three� Denver Scholarship Foundation will also brief counselors on the 25-26 DSF scholarship and this year’s updates� EGTC will be hosting breakfast for counselors during this session.
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:30
Location: Emily Griffith Technical College
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Supporting Students with Disabilities (Part 2)
Audience:
ECE-12
School Counselors
Session Description: School Counselors will learn with and from the Atlantis Center about the disability rights movement and current work being completed in Denver� Post-secondary partners from the Auraria campus will partner with School Counselors to create strategies that will move with our students from high school to college (and beyond) setting our students up for success and with advocacy tools�
Location: Atlantis Center
Registration Link Time Commitment: 12:30-4:00
Meaningful Career Conversations & CCS Profile Reports
Audience: 6-12 All Educators
Session Description: Any caring adult can learn how to host a Meaningful Career Conversation with students to guide them through self-reflection and informed decision making for their future� Learn how to leverage the CCS Student Profile Report and apply strong questioning/listening skills to improve student engagement, increase participation in Advanced Academics and WBL, and teach the importance of attendance and OTG etc�
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:15-11:15
Designing Inclusive ECE Classrooms: Environment, Supports, and Team Collaboration
Audience: All District ECSEs
Session Description: ECE Special Education providers will be able to 1) analyze and refine classroom environments to ensure they include universal supports, effective physical organization, and developmentally appropriate visual systems; and 2) demonstrate strategies for effective para–teacher collaboration that enhance the learning experience for students receiving special education services�
Location: South High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Low Incidence Disability (LID)
Grace Under Pressure, and Difficult Conversations
Audience: ECE-12 Low Incidence Disability Team
Session Description: This training has two focuses, grace under pressure and difficult conversations. For Grace Under Pressure we will explore emotional intelligence skills and how they can be used to function as a professional no matter what the circumstance� We will investigate what triggers emotions within us, particularly in those difficult moments, in order to control how we react to outside sources. The Framework for Difficult Conversations will focus on understanding the factors influencing difficult conversations and providing strategies to enhance consultation/collaboration�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:30
Location: George Washington High School
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Mental Health and Student Well-Being
Mental Health Professional Learning: Morning Session
Audience: ECE-12 Mental Health Team
Session Description: Participants will be able to orient to key Mental Health & Student Well-Being updates and engage in critical keynote speaker content on pediatric mental health, particularly in the areas of complex acuity and comorbidity, with Jessica Hawk, Chief of Psychology in the Pediatric Mental Health Institute from Children’s Hospital�
Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Location: George Washington High School
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Mental Health Professional Learning: Afternoon Session
Audience: ECE-12 Mental Health Team
Session Description: Participants will be able to self-select differentiated learning sessions�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 12:30-4:00
Nursing
Nursing Professional Learning
Audience: ECE-12 Nurses
Session Description: 1. Participants will understand the importance of collaboration and intervention with school teams regarding substance use to support student needs� 2� Participants will engage in culturally responsive healthcare bias training with self reflection to grow their aspects of knowledge in school nursing tasks, responsibilities and their own needs for support� 3� In the afternoon breakout rooms: participants will increase their knowledge and skills with a focus on areas including: grief support, family housing and mental health resources, new school nursing practice and a training and certification in “Teen Intervene” for substance use�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-4:00
Location: George Washington High School
OT/PT and APE
OT/PT/APE: Autism Proactive Behavior
Supports
Audience: ECE-12 Occupational and Physical Therapists and APE
Session Description: 1. Participants will be able to reframe dysregulation and “challenging behavior” in autistic individuals through a strengths-based, supportive lens, recognizing how regulation, context, and relationships shape behavior� 2� Participants will be able to identify and apply proactive behavior-support strategies tailored to autistic people to promote skill development, healthy interactions, and inclusive environments where all individuals can thrive�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 12:30-4:00
Special Education
Transition Program Strand
Audience: 18-21 Special Education Transition Teachers
Session Description: Participants will analyze the Transition Quality Indicators to identify their site’s strongest practices and highest-priority areas of need� Participants will review the current transition curriculum, determine gaps, and identify resources or materials needed to strengthen instruction across transition sites�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Mild-Moderate Assessment Strand
Audience: K-12 Mild Moderate Special Education Teachers
Session Description: Participants will interpret targeted assessment data to support eligibility determination, and to develop the following portions of an IEP: Needs/ Impact of Disability statement, Goals/Objectives, Accommodations, Service Minutes�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Mild-Moderate Progress Monitoring Strand
Audience: K-12 Special Education Teachers
Session Description: Participants will understand how to develop strong IEP goals that align to progress monitoring�Participants will utilize Magic School probes to support the development of progress monitoring tools and understanding the data�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Mild-Moderate Specially Designed Instruction Strand
Audience: K-12 Special Education Teachers
Session Description: Participants will dive deeper into how to use AI to help with differentiated instruction, walking them through how to go back and forth with AI by adding refining prompts to get exactly the product they want. Participants will explore how to incorporate different learners’ needs into designing their specially designed instruction� By the end of the session, participants will have an adapted lesson plan from one that they brought from their current curriculum they’re using�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Session Description: Special education teachers will be able to successfully supervise, train, and support paraprofessionals in the mild/ moderate special education setting� Special education teachers will be able to successfully supervise, train, and support paraprofessionals in a center-based setting�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Centers Strand: STAR Curriculum
Audience:
K-2
Center-Based Program Staff
Session Description: Participants will learn how to utilize their assigned curricular resource to support their center program� This course is for ECE and K-2 MIA teachers who are using the STAR curriculum, and were not able to attend August training�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:30-3:30
Location: George Washington High School
Mild-Moderate IEP Quality Rubric Workshop
Audience: K-12 Special Education Teachers
Session Description: Participants will be able to use the new IEP Quality Rubric to assess and improve the quality of their IEPs� This is part of the Mild-Moderate IEP Quality and Compliance Strand�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:15-11:15
AI 101
Audience: K-12 Center-Based Program Staff
Session Description: Participants will form a foundational understanding of AI, DPS’ instructional priorities, and AI policies�Participants will learn about MagicSchool and how to increase inclusive opportunities through AI�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
AI 201
Audience: K-12 Center-Based Program Staff
Session Description: Participants will examine structures and considerations for developing a classroom environment, support practices, and pedagogical mindsets in support AI-infused student learning� Participants will try MagicSchool’s MagicStudent, designing your own custom AI student learning space(s) to support students with IEPs�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:30 & 9:45-11:15
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP)
SLP Department Professional Learning: Articulation Deep Dive
Audience: ECE-12 SLPs and SLPAs
Session Description: Participants will be able to apply learning to assessment/ eligibility decisions, use data to determine adverse educational impact, and strengthen service delivery practices�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 12:30-3:00
Professional Learning for Additional Roles
CSTL, Central Discipline, Gifted and Talented, Library Services and School Sustainability
Central Discipline
Permissibility
Audience: ECE-12 Teacher Leaders/STLs
Session Description: Attendees will gain a better understanding of permissibility, know what to look for, be able to distinguish permissibility from an error, and understand how to reduce “impermissible” incidents in their schools.
Location: JFK High School
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-9:00 & 9:15-10:15
Gifted and Talented
Building Capacity in Gifted Education: Planning for Next Year
Audience: ECE-12 GT Teachers
Session Description: Teachers of Gifted and Advanced Learners will: 1. Gain updated knowledge from the Central GT Team on current initiatives and requirements� 2� Strengthen skills in using platforms for reviewing data and proactively planning program plans� 3� Apply restorative practice strategies for gifted learners� 4� Advance teacher capacity through strategic professional learning strategies and build community with families through outreach intentionality�
Location: Virtual
Registration Link Time Commitment: 8:00-11:15
Library Services
Elevating School Libraries: Linking Libraries & Literacy
Audience: ECE-12 School Librarians
Session Description: Participants will explore how school libraries serve as essential hubs for developing multiple literacies across the K-12 continuum and develop practical strategies for integrating diverse literacy instruction into library programming� Participants will develop actionable ideas to position their library as an essential partner in developing critical thinking, communication, and lifelong learning skills for all students�
Registration Link Time Commitment: 9:15-10:15
Location: Cory Elementary (Library)
School Sustainability
Culturally Responsive Outdoor Learning Strategies
Audience: K-8 All Educators
Session Description: In this fun and engaging session, educators will learn how to approach outdoor learning in their academic context, develop a versatile toolbox of nature-based teaching resources, and create culturally responsive content that is adaptable and transferable across multiple subject areas� This session is taught by DPS partner Lincoln Hills Cares, an organization that strives to increase equity in accessing outdoor resources and opportunities for youth, families and communities that may experience barriers� By joining this session, you will help your school meet the DPS Climate Action Plan goal that “100% of schools will incorporate outdoor learning in their academics”. Weather dependent, we will spend half the session outdoors doing nature-based activities that you can turnkey to your classroom immediately�
