Professional Development Workshops
All workshops are centered on MRSD curriculum cycles and strategic goals. MRSD PD days, All Cape PD Day, single-session events, multiple sessions, facilitated by internal or external experts
*This workshop section will be updated throughout the year with additional opportunities.
All Year Workshops
- Data-driven Instructional Decision-Making and Literacy Lesson Design Workshops (Elem-MS)
- Literacy Instructional Coaching Workshops (Elem-MS)
- Science of Reading Implementation Workshops (Elem-MS)
- Guided Math Workshop Series (Elem-MS)
- Investigating Civics Workshops (MS)
- Carnegie Mathematics Workshops (HS)
Data-driven Instructional Decision-Making and Literacy Lesson Design Workshops (Elem-MS)
Description: This series will be hosted by Hill for Literacy Consultants. Consultants will provide learning opportunities to educators to apply current, science of reading research in their classrooms based on individual student's literacy assessment data.
Who: All K-5 Educators, Administrators, Reading Specialists, Special Educators and Related Service Providers and EL educators will engage in this professional learning series in 2024-2025
When/Where: 5x/year within school day/PLCs, 2-hours each
PDPs: 10PDPs provided by MRSD
Literacy Instructional Coaching Workshops (Elem-MS)
Description: This series will be hosted by Hill for Literacy Consultants. Consultants will provide professional development to literacy experts to create and deliver tier I-III literacy strategies and instructional support to other educators within the district. The focus will be to create a science of reading embedded professional development model within MRSD.
Who: All K-4 Reading Specialists, 5-7 Literacy Representatives (1-2 reps), g. 5-12 ELA/Humanities Director, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators
When/Where: 10x/year within school day, 1-hour each
PDPs: 10PDPs provided by MRSD
Science of Reading Implementation Workshops (Elem-MS)
Description: This series will be hosted by Hill for Literacy Consultants. Consultants will provide professional development to instructional leaders to support science of reading instruction and integration of primary (ARC) and supplemental (UFLI) resources within the literacy learning design.
Who: District Literacy Leadership Team (K-7), interested Instructional Leaders (K-7), interested reading specialists, elementary administrators, middle school administrators, g. 5-12 ELA/Humanities Director
When/Where: 5x/year, 2-hours each outside of school day
PDPs: 10PDPs provided by MRSD, participants will be paid hourly curriculum wage per contract
Guided Math Workshop Series (Elem-MS)
Description: This series will be hosted by Dr. Allison Mello. Dr. Mellow will provide learning opportunities for educators to build their repertoire of math workshop strategies. Her goal: helping you and your students find math strategies that are EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE and EASY.
Who: All prek-4 educators, math specialists, special educators, and elementary administrators. Interested middle school educators, math specialists, and administrators.
When/Where: 3x/year, within the school day, scheduled to be determined
Note: Certificate of Attendance will be provided for total number of hours attended, these hours can be bundled by educators for PDP collection (see #4 DESE PDP information sheet)
Investigating Civics Workshops (MS)
Description:
Who:
When/Where: 3x/year within school day and PLC
Note: Certificate of Attendance will be provided for total number of hours attended, these hours can be bundled by educators for PDP collection (see #4 DESE PDP information sheet)
Carnegie Mathematics Workshops (HS)
Description: Ongoing professional development in evidence-based instructional strategies and learning design. Sustaining the implementation of the Carnegie Math program and leveraging technologies to deepen the learning will also be a focus.
Who: All grades 8-10 mathematics educators employing the Carnegie Math program, g. 5-12 STEM/Mathematics Director, HS administrators
When/Where: 4x/year, within the school day
Note: Certificate of Attendance will be provided for total number of hours attended, these hours can be bundled by educators for PDP collection (see #4 DESE PDP information sheet
Other Workshops
- Open Access Professional Learning (OAPL) for Literacy in PreK-12
- Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning (OAPL)
- WIDA Self-Paced Workshops
- Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. Webinars/Workshops/Series
- Other Technology Training and Workshops
- UDL-CAST workshops
- WIDA Webinar: The Key Language Uses in Bilingual Writing
- WIDA Webinar recording on joyful learning
- TNTP Virtual Event: Accelerating Learning at Scale
- AI Literacy Considered
Open Access Professional Learning (OAPL) for Literacy in PreK-12
Mass Literacy is a statewide effort to empower educators with the evidence-based practices for literacy that all students need. Evidence-based instruction, provided within schools and classrooms that are culturally responsive and sustaining, will put our students on a path toward literacy for life. To advance equitable and evidence-based literacy practices across the state, DESE is offering professional development in literacy topics to Massachusetts educators through our OAPL program to support educators across grades Pre-K–12.
OAPL courses often fill up quickly. For those not able to secure a spot in an OAPL course, we encourage educators to continue to learn about evidence-based literacy by taking advantage of ongoing and upcoming opportunities such as the following: Mass Literacy Online Overview Course.
For more information: https://www.doe.mass.edu/instruction/ela/oapl/
Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning (OAPL)
The OAPL program aims to support Massachusetts educators in strengthening their knowledge base for learning how to engage all students in scientific thinking that moves learning about science (memorizing facts) to figuring things out through phenomena-driven instruction that is collaborative and relevant to students lives that meets the vision of the Curriculum Frameworks.
DESE is pleased to offer Massachusetts PK–12 educators and administrators high-quality professional development in science topics, from highly qualified providers. Choose from a range of vetted options — all at no cost to educators. The funding to offer these courses for free will end on June 30, 2024.
What is Accelerating Science OAPL?
DESE has carefully reviewed and approved professional learning opportunities focused on science. Massachusetts educators who qualify can enroll in these courses for free and will also receive either a stipend or teacher substitute reimbursement upon completing the course.
Sign up for our STEM Newsletter to receive updated OPAL information or contact OAPLscience@mass.gov with any questions.
For more information: https://www.doe.mass.edu/stem/ste/oapl/
WIDA Self-Paced Workshops
WIDA professional development provides great information and strategies to support multilingual learners in Massachusetts public schools, and WIDA PDPs satisfy educator licensure renewal requirements. These DESE-sponsored courses are available at no cost to participants and are perfect for teams of teachers seeking impactful collaboration to support students' access to rigorous course content.
WIDA Self-Paced workshops can be accessed directly by Massachusetts educators with a WIDA Secure Portal account. Facilitated WIDA workshops are prioritized for high-needs districts. Registration for all other MA educators will be available 3–4 weeks before each workshop begins.
For at least of workshops available until August 31, 2025: https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/Website/Grow/PL/WIDA-eWorkshop-Flyer.pdf
A WIDA Secure Portal account is needed to access all WIDA workshops. An account can be obtained by a district WIDA account coordinator (rmillen@monomoy.edu).
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. Webinars/Workshops/Series
Description: Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration, and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high quality trainings to our constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to foster mental and behavioral health, social and emotional learning, trauma sensitive classrooms and building a school culture that supports anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion.
MA Partnership for Youth Webinars and Series (All free to Monomoy employees)
For more information: please visit: https://massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com/webinars/
Other Technology Training and Workshops
Our Staff Technology Resource Hub is regularly updated with training resources and guides to help you get the most out of our technology tools.
UDL-CAST workshops
Search for additional UDL-CAST workshop opportunities here: https://www.cast.org/
WIDA Webinar: The Key Language Uses in Bilingual Writing
Register to join us for "The Key Language Uses in Bilingual Writing” webinar on Thursday, January 23 from 3:00pm-4:15pm CT. In this webinar we’ll examine the Key Language Uses in writing in both Spanish and English. You’ll go through an analysis of bilingual writing examples and mentor texts using the lens of the Key Language Uses and los usos clave del lenguaje del Marco DALE
WIDA Webinar recording on joyful learning
In case you missed it: Watch the latest WIDA Webinar recording on joyful learning in PreK-third grade classrooms.
TNTP Virtual Event: Accelerating Learning at Scale
We’re inviting educators and district leaders to join us for a virtual event inspired by TNTP’s The Opportunity Makers report on February 28, 2025 from 10-11:30 AM (EST). |
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In The Opportunity Makers, we uncovered hundreds of trajectory-changing schools that consistently accelerate outcomes for students. At this event, we'll share our recommendations for scaling the conditions that make individual schools successful — belonging, consistency, and coherence. Why this matters to you:
All are welcome—educators, school leaders, system-level leaders, school partners, and those interested in accelerating learning for young people. This event is hosted by TNTP's Northeast region. Register now to save your spot, and let’s work together to ensure every student thrives. |
AI Literacy Considered
The Kulowiec Group is offering a webinar titled “AI Literacy Considered,” designed to help educators explore the foundations of artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
Webinar Details:
- Date & Time: Wednesday, February 5, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m.
- Focus: Understanding AI and its outputs, along with practical applications.
- Takeaway: Participants will leave with an AI literacy activity to use.
Registration is now open online.