RJUHSD August PD 2025: Full Schedule

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8:30am PDT

Beyond the Text: Using Nonfiction to Develop Critical Thinking and Civic Discourse LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

Explore the possibilities and benefits of incorporating nonfiction into traditional coursework, including: enhancing content knowledge and historical context, developing vocabulary and language skills, engaging research and critical thinking, modeling text structures and features, and connecting content to the students' lived experiences, ultimately making learning more relevant and meaningful.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Melanie Boisa

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Sierra 202

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Co-Teach like a Pro: Unleashing the Power of Partnership! LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

River 306

Join me for an engaging and humorous professional development session designed to help co-teachers navigate the waters of shared planning time effectively. This workshop will focus on developing roles and responsibilities, the seamless integration of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and English Language Development (ELD) strategies, and practical steps for effective lesson planning. Prepare to blend collaboration and laughter as we dive into the art of co-planning!
Recommended for: Co-Teachers

Speakers

Linda Varnum

Ed Specialist, OHS

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
River 306

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Inclusive Classrooms: A Focus on Supporting Students in a Modified Course LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

Sierra 204

Inclusive education is growing from a movement around supporting students with disabilities to a holistic approach that is about all learners. In this session, we will focus on one aspect of inclusive education - adapting lessons and teaching strategies to cater to different learning styles and creating environments that encourage positive peer interactions/support while leveraging paraeducator support.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Michelle Mahoney

AP, RJUHSD

Shirley Marlatt

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Sierra 204

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Learning Acceleration through Lesson Design: Supporting Access and Agency LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

Sierra 305

This interactive professional learning session will ground participants in the foundational principles of learning acceleration—a learner-centered approach focused on bridging unfinished learning and ensuring equitable access to grade-level content. Together, we will explore intentional lesson design that addresses learner variability and promotes learner agency. Participants will walk away with practical tools and strategies to begin the school year.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

SCOE Rep

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Sierra 305

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Modifications and Inclusion Strategies for Students in General Education Classes LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

Sierra 304

Strategies for modifying work for students with severe disabilities, strategies for including students with severe disabilities in classroom activities and discussions.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Amy Logan

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Sierra 304

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Reading and Writing Strategies for Disciplinary Literacy- Increasing Literacy Skills Across Curricular Areas LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

Sierra 303

Participants will help students read and write like content experts by implementing key reading strategies to support students’ access to and understanding of rigorous texts across curricular areas and by utilizing writing strategies to increase students’ academic writing skills to demonstrate their understanding of rigorous texts.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Amy Marsh

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Sierra 303

Lesson Design

8:30am PDT

Teaching Complex History Topics in Current Events LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT

River 205

In this session, History and Government teachers will explore strategies to improve first instruction when teaching complex topics and current events. We'll focus on creating engaging, standards-based lessons that support critical thinking and meaningful discussion. Teachers will also review Board Policy 6144, share resources, and collaborate to build consistency and support across classrooms.
Recommended for: Social Science Teachers

Speakers

Brandon Dell'Orto

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
River 205

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Beyond the Text: Using Nonfiction to Develop Critical Thinking and Civic Discourse LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

Sierra 202

Speakers

Melanie Boisa

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Sierra 202

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Inclusive Classrooms: A Focus on Supporting Students in a Modified Course LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

Sierra 204

Speakers

Michelle Mahoney

AP, RJUHSD

Shirley Marlatt

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Sierra 204

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Intentional Lesson Design in a Tier I Setting – Crafting Purposeful and Engaging Lessons for All Learners LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

River 303

Looking to boost student engagement, critical thinking, and peer-to-peer learning? This session will focus on using intentional collaborative structures to create active, student-centered classrooms. Participants will experience and learn how to implement them effectively with students of all levels. Walk away with practical tools and a clear plan to make collaboration a consistent part of your teaching practice.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Marie Criste

School District Employee, Adelante High School, RJUHSD

Marie is currently an educator at Roseville Pathways, and 9-12 alternate education program in Roseville, California which includes continuation, middle college and independent study pathways for students. She has been in the education field for over twenty years both at the middle... Read More →

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
River 303

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Learning Acceleration through Lesson Design: Supporting Access and Agency LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

Sierra 305

Speakers

SCOE Rep

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Sierra 305

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Rethinking Grading: Aligning Practices to Support Student Learning and Mastery FILLING

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT

River 205

Teachers will engage in a collaborative exploration of current research and emerging best practices in grading. We'll examine how traditional grading practices can unintentionally hinder learning and equity, and discuss alternative approaches that better support student growth, mastery of standards, and long-term academic success. Participants will reflect on their own grading practices, consider new strategies, and leave with practical ideas to implement in their classrooms that promote clarity, consistency, and a stronger focus on learning.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers

Amy Black

Brandon Dell'Orto

Teacher

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
River 205

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

Reignite Engagement with Active Literacy Strategies LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Sierra 303

In the digital age, it seems more challenging than ever to engage students in the study of complex texts and to encourage them to collaborate. During this two-part session, participants will experience engaging and dynamic strategies that empower students to take on the heavy lifting of comprehension and analysis—all while having fun. Utilizing performance activities developed by practitioners at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, participants will learn a variety of approaches that help bring everything from Shakespeare’s works to primary source documents to life.
Come ready to play, perform, discuss, and plan! Please wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move freely and bring along any reading lessons or units you’d like to infuse with new life.
Recommended for:
ELA and Social Science Teachers

Speakers

Kylie Negin

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 12:00pm PDT
Sierra 303

Lesson Design

9:45am PDT

The Forgotten Writing Assessments: Monologues, Scenes, and More LIMITED

Monday August 4, 2025 9:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Sierra 304

This double-length session sets out to pull back into the spotlight assessing comprehension and test high-order thinking through writing dramatic responses to texts, especially for students conversant with short-form performances such as those found on social media. Teacher-friendly guidelines and grading rubrics for dramatic text generation provide the framework for language and social studies teachers, though all disciplines are welcome. (Any math folks want to write a play about Hypatia of Alexandria?) Attendees will write and workshop sample writing across the extended session.
Recommended for: All Teachers

Speakers