Current Professional Learning
2024-2025 Home Base Professional Development
For the 2024-2025 school year, the Home Base Team is providing a variety of professional development to PSU leaders and educators. Below you will find the schedule of live events as well as links to some pre-recorded webinars. Use the tabs below to view the PD offering for each of the Home Base Products. If you have any questions, please contact the Home Base Team.
2024-25 Canvas Professional Development Sessions
Document Shortlink: go.ncdpi.gov/3duyz
Website for NCDPI Canvas Resources
2024-2025 Learning Opportunities | |||
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CEU Questions/Clarifications:
How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit equal 1 CEU). Each on-demand course could be worth different amounts of credit and is displayed on the course description.
What type of credit will I receive? For on-demand Canvas courses, you will receive general credit.
How will I receive credit? Credit will automatically appear on your transcript within 48 hours of course completion.
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Title: | Description: | Audience: | Registration Link: |
Growing with Canvas | This course is an introduction to the LMS Canvas. As you progress through this course, you will complete several modules that provide learning opportunities on each of the foundational aspects of Canvas. Participants will earn 0.9 General CEUs for completing this course. | New teachers, new users of Canvas. | |
Diving Deeper with Canvas | This is an advanced professional development course in the LMS Canvas. As you progress through this course, you will complete several modules that provide learning opportunities on topics such as MasteryPaths, New Quizzes, Course Design, etc. Participants will earn 0.6 General CEUs for completing this course. | Advanced Canvas users. | |
Accessibility in Canvas | This course is an introduction to the accessibility features in Canvas. This session will help teachers and leadership learn how to make sure their content is accessible for all students. | All Canvas users. | Coming soon! |
Exploring the Canvas Commons | This course is a deep dive into the Canvas Commons and all the features users have access to. | All Canvas users. | Coming soon! |
Using Schoolnet in Canvas | This course shows users how they use the State IIS Schoolnet and link it through the LTI connection in Canvas to deliver the assessment in Canvas. | All Canvas users. | Coming soon! |
2024-25 EBSCO/Britannica Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
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| Mon, Aug. 26, 2024 | Ebsco and Britannica: NCBOLD Session | |
| Wed, Sept. 18, 2023, 3:00PM | Ebsco eBooks | Accessing eBooks via EBSCO host & the Mobile App Learn how to search and view EBSCO’s extensive collection of eBooks. This session will cover basic and advanced search, viewing options, downloading and checkout, sharing, saving to folders, and more. We will also review the improved EBSCO Mobile App, which makes it easy to download and read titles on mobile devices. |
| Thurs, Sept. 19, 2024, 3:00 PM | Brittanica School Updates | Britannica School is getting a facelift! Join us for a quick overview and tutorial of the new interface, including updated article designs, new media galleries, and a navigator tool to provide easy access to accessibility tools! |
2023-24 Learning.com Professional Development Sessions
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| Lesson Planning for Success Using the Easy Tech Learning Cycle | Learning.com creates a curriculum to follow the learning cycle of instruction, practice, application, and assessment. After attending this webinar, you will be able to identify the learning components by their type and how they flow in a lesson plan. |
| Be Safe and Kind Online | With kids spending more time than ever in digital spaces, it’s essential for all students to learn the foundational skills to navigate the internet in a safe and responsible way |
2024-25 NCEES Professional Development Sessions
How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU of general credit which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit is equal to 1 CEU) will be awarded after each live webinar. Credit will not be awarded for On-Demand Webinars.
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Beginning of Year Orientation 3 hours
| Jennifer Bass and Donna Currie | Part 1 of this session will cover NCEES topics for Policy and Practice to help Principals, Assistant Principals, as well as Site Administrators, with processes and practices. We will share best practices for providing targeted feedback focusing on the language of the rubric. Part 2 topics Include: recommending and requiring PD, reviewing the Teacher Evaluation Process, Assigning Rights, Confirming Evaluation Plan types of staff, navigating the Staff Evaluation Dashboard, running reports to help identify plan completion steps troubling shootin common problems. Resources will be provided for you to take back to your PSUs. | Principals and Assistant Principals | On-demand- Pre-recorded
Part 1 Recording Coming Soon
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Understanding the Teacher Rubric 2 hours | Robert Sox
| This session will explore the NCEES rubric to identify the range of expectations for supporting and evaluating educator practices, by unpacking the specific language of the elements and descriptors to identify the structural underpinnings of the rubric. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of the performance expectations and process requirements. | Administrators, Teachers, Support Staff | On-Demand Pre-recorded
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Admins Start of Year Refresher | Donna Currie
| This webinar is for NCEES assigned District and Site Administrators. Participants will learn how to start the school year provisioning Staff Accounts in the system, setting plan types, the difference between setting access to a staff plan vs setting access to principal evaluation, how to verify staff have started plans so they show up in Staff Evaluations and how to set Evaluator, Observer, Peers and Mentors, View Only and Re-Open access rights to other staff. Troubleshooting tips and solutions will also be shared for common problems. | NCEES Site and District Administrators, Principals, Directors | On-demand- Pre-recorded
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NEW User Basics | Donna Currie | This session will allow new administrators, teachers and support staff the opportunity to explore the NCEES system and functionality of evaluations and professional development. | New NCEES Users | On-demand- Pre-recorded Coming Soon | |
Topic/ Title (click on the title to register) | Lead Presenter | Live Webinars Description | Target Audience | Date | Recorded Webinars |
Manage Local PD-CEUs in NCEES | Donna Currie
| This hands-on training webinar will cover in depth how to manage a local NCEES PSU PD Office within NCEES PD component to create all types of Learning Opportunities. It will touch on the Attendance Mobile App. | Professional Development Leads, PD Administrators | Tuesday, August 13, 2024 4 -5 pm |
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Utilizing PD Playlists and Transfer Credit Manager | Donna Currie
| Participants will learn how to create and utilize PD Playlists of courses in the NCEES Catalog. Participants will learn about Transfer Credit Manager to allow staff to submit credit earned outside of NCEES for approval. | Administrators, Professional Development Leads, NCEES DAs, NCEES PD Office Administrators | Thursday, August 15, 2024 4-5 pm |
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Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie,
| Participants will gain a better understanding of the beginning of the year process for Principals. Topics to be outlined include reviewing the Teacher Evaluation Process, Assigning Rights, Confirming Evaluation Plan types of staff, reviewing the Principal Evaluation process and beginning the Principal Evaluation Plan. Special attention will be focused on how to use the PDP effectively as a guiding tool for teacher evaluations. | Superintendents/Directors (evaluators of Principals) Principals, APs | Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | Recording Presentation
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Beginning of Year for Teachers & Staff
| Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie,
| Participants will gain a better understanding of the beginning of the year evaluation process for teachers/support staff. Topics to be outlined include reviewing the Teacher Evaluation Process, beginning the Evaluation Plan and PDP, and the PD system. The presentation will include step-by-step on-line tool support. | Teachers & Staff with NCEES Evaluation & PDP Plans and their Observers/Evaluators | Thursday, September 5, 2024 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Donna Currie
| Do you know what you don’t know? In this session participants will learn tips that may help improve timely processing within NCEES on the My Staff page, the Staff Evaluation page, professional development, troubleshooting issues, and more. | NCEES system managers and Administrators | Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie | Participants will gain a better understanding of the middle of the year process for administrators. Topics to be outlined include reviewing the Mid-Year Principal & Teacher evaluation processes, completing Mid-Year Conference and managing goal aligned courses. | Superintendents/Directors (designated evaluators of Principals) Principals, APs | Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie | Participants will gain a better understanding of the middle of the year process for teachers/support staff. Topics to be outlined include reviewing the teacher evaluation process, completing Mid-Year PDP and managing aligned courses. | Teachers and Support Staff, Evaluators of Staff | Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2024 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Donna Currie
| Administrators, you need reports. Participants will learn about reports available in Staff Evaluations, Staff Dashboards, and how to create a local library of NCEES Quick reports to support your PSU evaluation and professional development reporting needs. Includes how to schedule the system to run your Quick reports. | NCEES District Administrators, Site Administrators/Principals
| Thursday, Nov. 12, 2024 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Donna Currie | NCEES District Administrators, learn how to create raw data and graphical reports with Ad-Hoc reporting. DA’s will learn how to publish ad-hoc reports for Site Administrators (Principals) to run that include field level filter choices. Includes how to schedule the system to run your Ad-Hoc reports. We’ll also learn how to create and run Export to PDF reports that generate an individual PDF on each of your staff. Good for BT Audits and End or Year Summary Evaluation records. | NCEES District Administrators | Tuesday, 4-5pm | Recording Presentation
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Donna Currie | Participants will learn in this hands-on training NCEES webinar how earned credits (CEUs) can show on the staff’s “My Transcript”, how to locate and take NCDPI and Locally created Professional Learning Opportunities in NCEES, and how to manage “My Courses”. | Teachers, Support Staff, Administrators | Thursday, January 9, 2025 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie | Participants will gain a better understanding of the End-of-Year process for administrators/principals. Topics to be outlined include reviewing the End-of-Year Principal evaluation process, completing End-of-Year Summary Evaluation. Includes a quick overview of the EOY Teacher/Support Staff plan processes. | Superintendents/Directors (evaluators of Principals) Principals, APs, Evaluators | Thursday, March 11, 2025 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation | |
End of Year Teacher & Staff Evaluation & PDP Processes (1 hr) | Jennifer Bass, Donna Currie | Participants will gain an understanding of the process for completing the Professional Development Plan End-of-Year Review and EOY Evaluation Processes. Teachers will explore the steps leading to the Summary Evaluation Conference, how to complete the signatures acknowledging the summary evaluation and how to provide a written response and artifacts. | Teachers and Support Staff. Evaluators and Observers of Teachers/Support Staff. | Thursday, March 13, 2025 4-5 pm | Recording Presentation
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2023-24 PowerSchool Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
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| April | SIS Tea w/ Tessa Series | No Tea w/Tessa meetings in April due to DLE. Please join us at one of the DLE sessions across the state in April. |
May 6, 2024 10 AM - 11 AM | SIS Tea w/Tessa Series Registration Link | Bi-monthly open forum chat with Tessa, NCDPI SIS Product Manager, and other NCDPI SIS team members. |
May 20, 2024 10 AM - 11 AM | SIS Tea w/Tessa Series Registration Link | Bi-monthly open forum chat with Tessa, NCDPI SIS Product Manager, and other NCDPI SIS team members. |
June 3, 2024 10 AM - 11 AM | SIS Tea w/Tessa Series Registration Link | Bi-monthly open forum chat with Tessa, NCDPI SIS Product Manager, and other NCDPI SIS team members. |
June 17, 2024 10 AM - 11 AM | SIS Tea w/Tessa Series Registration Link | Bi-monthly open forum chat with Tessa, NCDPI SIS Product Manager, and other NCDPI SIS team members. |
2023-24 Asynchronous PowerSchool Professional Development Opportunities
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| This Canvas course contains the 2022-2023 Discipline Data Webinar Series and links to Additional Resources and Documentation to support schools and PSUs in North Carolina in the accurate reporting of discipline data. | |
| This Canvas course contains a recorded Dropout Data Reporting Webinar for reporting 2021-2022 dropout data and links to Additional Resources and Documentation to support schools and PSUs in North Carolina in the accurate reporting of dropout data. |
2024-25 Schoolnet Professional Development Sessions
Document Shortlink: https://go.ncdpi.gov/SNWEB2425
Website for NCDPI Schoolnet Resources
2024-2025 WEBINARS | |||
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CEU Questions/Clarifications:
How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit equal 1 CEU) for participating in the LIVE session of each webinar or the NCEES courses.
What type of credit will I receive? For webinars, the type of credit is approved by your school/district when you follow your approval process. You should provide a written justification for the type of credit you are requesting approval for. Each school/district retains the right to approve/deny for all credit types.
How will I receive credit? If attending a webinar, you must login to the LIVE webinar using the link sent to you after you register. Our webinar service will track who logs into the webinar and how long they participate. Within 5 business days after the webinar is concluded, a certificate of participation will be sent via email to those who participated in the LIVE webinar session.
NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR WATCHING RECORDED CONTENT | |||
Date: | Topic: | Audience: | Registration Link: |
August 12, 2024
10:00 - 11:00 | NEW Schoolnet Admin Training | NEW Schoolnet Admins (district admins for Schoolnet support) | |
September 16, 2024
4:00-5:00 | New/Beginning Teacher Training in Schoolnet | New or Beginning Teachers | |
September 30, 2024
4:00-5:00 | Top 10 Things You Need to Know in Schoolnet | All | |
October 14, 2024
4:00-5:00 | Using Schoolnet in the ELA/SS Classroom | ELA/SS teachers | |
October 28, 2024
4:00 - 5:00 | Using Schoolnet in the Math Classroom | Math teachers | |
December 2, 2024
4:00-5:00 | Data Dive in Schoolnet | All | |
January 13, 2025
4:00 - 5:00 | TEI in Schoolnet | All | |
February 3, 2025
4:00-5:00 | Using Schoolnet in the Science Classroom | Science teachers | |
March 10, 2025
4:00 - 5:00 | Using Schoolnet as a Performance Based Assessment Tool | Non-Core teachers |
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April 28, 2025
4:00-5:00 | Formative Assessment & Station Rotation in Schoolnet | All | |