Current Professional Learning
2023-2024 Home Base Professional Development
For the 2023-2024 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.
2023-24 Home Base Professional Development
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2023-24 Canvas Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
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| Tue, Nov. 21, 2023, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | This session will provide a general overview of the Canvas platform. Users will explore the basics of course content creation, finding existing resources, and how to share materials they curate. (All) | |
| Tue, Dec. 12, 2023, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | This session will outline the importance of accessibility for all learners within the LMS Canvas. Users will experience tools and strategies within Canvas and other resources to ensure their courses are accessible. (All) | |
| Tue, Jan. 9, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | In this session, we will explore Canvas for Elementary. Participants will see how they can set up their homeroom and subjects within Canvas to provide a more student-friendly learning environment. (All) | |
| Tue, Feb. 13, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Canvas Commons | |
| Tue, Mar. 12, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Canvas Course Design | |
| Tue, May 14, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Course Cleanup |
2023-24 EBSCO/Britannica Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov. 6, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscriptions: EBSCO Publication Finder with a Focus On Magazines |
Explore, find, and share full-text magazines found in EBSCO. Find magazines in PDF and HTML formats. Discover both professional and student-oriented publications. Participants will learn to choose databases for searching according to student grade level. *Participants will need to be able to log in to NCEdCloud to access resources (Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.) |
| Tue, Dec. 12, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscriptions: Why Google when you can EXPLORA! | EBSCO’s Explora is an engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. *Participants will need to be able to log in to NCEdCloud to access resources (Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.,) |
| Tue, Jan. 9, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscription: Reference Centers | EBSCO’s Reference Centers provide subject-based interfaces for Middle and high school students. *Participants will need to be able to log in to NCEdCloud to access resources (Designed for Middle and High School Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.) |
| Tue, Feb. 13, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscriptions: Britannica School |
Britannica School: Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, and other learning resources. Look for people, places, and things. Watch and learn with videos, images, animations, geography tools, animal kingdom, and biographies. *Participants will need to be able to log in to NCEdCloud to access resources (Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.) |
| Tue, Mar. 12, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscriptions Webinar: EBSCO You Bring the Theme! |
You Bring the Theme! Are there any EBSCO questions you still have? Would you like to share how you are using EBSCO? Ask questions, share best practices, and/or tell your EBSCO story! (Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.) |
| Tue, Apr. 9, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Digital Subscriptions Webinar: Britannica You Bring the Theme! |
You Bring the Theme! Are there any Britannica questions you still have? Would you like to share how you are using Britannica? Ask questions, share best practices, and/or tell your Britannica story! (Instructional Staff, including but not limited to, Teachers, SLMC, ITFs, Coaches, etc.) |
2023-24 Learning.com Professional Development Sessions
| Title & Recording Link | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
2023-24 NCEES Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Nov. 9, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | 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) | |
| Tue, Nov. 21, 2023, 3:30 - 5:00 PM | 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) | |
| Tue, Jan. 23, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00 PM | 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, will touch on PD Playlists and Transfer Credit Manager. (Professional Development Leads, PD Administrators) | |
| Thu, Feb. 8, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM | 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) | |
| Thu, Feb. 29, 2024, 3:00 - 4:00 PM | 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) | |
| Thu, Feb. 29, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
End of Year Teacher & Staff Evaluation & PDP Processes (1 hr) |
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) |
2023-24 PowerSchool Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
| Title & Link | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
2023-24 Schoolnet Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov. 20, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Schoolnet Data Dive (Data Reporting) |
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| Mon, Dec. 11, 2023, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | TEI in Schoolnet Audience: All |
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| Mon, Jan. 8, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Sharing is Caring |
Sharing is Caring (Co-Authoring) |
| Mon, Jan. 22, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Schoolnet Admin Training - Audience: Administrators, District Leaders |
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| Mon, Feb. 12, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Basics Refresher | Schoolnet Basics Refresher (Repeat of August Session) Audience: All |
| Mon, Mar. 18, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Formative Assessments & Station Rotation | Formative Assessments and Station Rotation Audience: All |
| Mon, Apr. 15, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | TEI (Repeat of December Session) | TEI in Schoolnet (Repeat of December Session) Audience: All |
| Mon, May 13, 2024, 3:30 - 4:30 PM | Item Banks | Item Banks Audience: All |