NGPF will be sponsoring teachers for ten Relay GSE virtual PD sessions from August 17 to September 23. We are extending exclusive invitations for all teachers with NGPF accounts. You will get Academy credit for these sessions.

IMPORTANT: As there are limited spots, each person can sign up for up to 2 sessions. Please only sign up for sessions you can and will attend.

If you sign up and do not attend, you are taking someone else's spot! Your absence may negatively impact your ability to participate in NGPF opportunities in the future. 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

See below for the sessions: 

Click to register: Building Affirming Learning Partnerships

Social-emotional health has long been a precondition for academic achievement. This need has been magnified by the cumulative impact of COVID-19, school closures, economic crisis, and persistent racial inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.  In this workshop, educators will strengthen their awareness and skills to embrace the whole child through social-emotional, culturally responsive, and healing-centered teaching practices, with a focus on building authentic relationships with all students and families.

Click to register: Planning to Address Gaps While Maintaining the Bar

The pandemic has created and heightened inequities in education. Gaps in student learning could influence educators to focus too heavily on remedial teaching strategies at the expense of grade-level expectations. To advance equity, educators will explore tips on maintaining grade-level rigor when lesson planning, including building exemplars, anticipating challenges, and designing instructional scaffolds that support all students in accessing the content.

Click to register: Accelerating Learning Through Student Work Analysis

Looking closely at student work and analyzing it for strengths and growth trends is essential to good teaching. This workshop begins with intentionally considering the demands of the academic task, which serves as a foundation for all analysis. Then, teachers will explore strategies for collecting and analyzing student work, both in real-time and after class, to arrive at the most critical instructional next step.

Click to register: Driving Instruction through Responsive Teaching

Many educators face the challenge of re-teaching material that students didn't grasp while also progressing through their curriculum. This workshop will focus on the art and structure of a responsive mini-lesson and the real-time instructional moves teachers can make to drive student achievement while maintaining grade-level instruction.

Click to register: Supporting Students with Disabilities in General Ed

School closures and hybrid schedules have made it difficult for schools to implement individualized education programs, thereby decreasing educational access for students with disabilities. In this workshop, general education teachers will leverage the Universal Design for Learning framework to design accommodations and modifications for students with IEPs and consider ways to use it to advance learning for all children.

Please reach out to christine@ngpf.org if you have any questions. 

About the Author

Ren Makino

Ren started interning at NGPF in 2014, and worked part-time through high school and college. With his knowledge growing alongside NGPF, he joined the team to work full-time after graduating from college in 2020. He is also the producer of the NGPF podcast. During his free time, he likes to try out coffees from different roasters across the world.