Professional Development Workshops

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/

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).

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/

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Search for additional UDL-CAST workshop opportunities here:  https://www.cast.org/

In case you missed it: Watch the latest WIDA Webinar recording on joyful learning in PreK-third grade classrooms.

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K-12 Educators: Empower your pedagogical practice and deepen your mathematics content knowledge, while enjoying every minute of it. 

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Join MA school librarians and classroom educators for an open conversation about how AI is affecting research in all levels of K-12 education. Hear what colleagues are doing and share your thoughts and questions!  

Registrants will receive an e-mail with the Zoom meeting link and an anchor text to review prior to the meeting to encourage discussion. This event is organized by Colleen Simpson & Suzanne Larson, MSLA Southeast area directors.  Click here to sign up!