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.

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/

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

UDL-CAST workshops

WIDA Webinar recording on joyful learning

Canva Poster-Making Tutorial

Supporting Multilingual Learners through Journey Mapping

CAST and SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language) recently created professional learning protocols to support educators to understand the potential impact of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on reducing barriers in learning experiences for multilingual learners. In this interactive session we invite participants to test out our Journey Mapping protocol, designed to ensure greater inclusion of multilingual learners in educational systems and practices.

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