August 2025 Elementary Division-wide Professional Learning Schedule
Newport News Public Schools welcomes all our teachers for the 2025-2026 school year!
This website contains important information about our preservice timeframe, which runs August 4-22. Select any date below to learn more about the division-wide expectations for that day.
August 4-13: New and Lead Teachers
Thursday, August 14
Welcome back! All instructional staff report to their assigned schools today.
Friday, August 15
TBD
Monday, August 18
| Time | Topic | Audience | Details |
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| Preschool Staff from Watkins ECC, Marshall ELC, Gen. stanford ES: 8:00-11:00 AM --- Denbigh ECC preschool and all PEEP staff: 12:15-3:15 PM |
From the Head to the Heart: Emotional and Instructional Support for Our Youngest Learners |
Preschool and PEEP Teachers and Instructional Assistants PEEP Self-Contained Teachers and Instructional Assistants |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade K Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade 1 Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade 2 Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 AM | Navigating the Math Curriculum | K-2 Elementary Special Education Teachers: GENERAL CURRICULUM ONLY |
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| 12:30-3:15 PM | Wildly Consistent Compliance & Instructional Excellence for SWD | K-2 Special Education Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Starting Strong: Leveraging Data, Ensuring Compliance, and Enhancing Instructional Strategies for EL Success | ES ESL Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Becoming a Distinguished Health & Physical Educator | ES Health & PE Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Strengthening the Written and Taught iSTEM Curriculum: Formally Integrating YES Units and Community Partnerships | ES iSTEM Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Rooted in Purpose: Leading Libraries, Empowering Readers | ES Library Media Specialists |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Intervening with Intention | ES Math Interventionists |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Intervening with Intention | ES Reading Interventionists |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Art: Literacy-Aligned Projects Music: QuaverMusic Curriculum |
ES Visual & Performing Arts Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Making Thinking Visible | Gifted Services Resource Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Best Practices in Special Education Evaluation and Eligibility | Social Workers and School Psychologists |
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| 8:00-10:30 AM | Universal Supports for Classroom Management | Special Education Instructional Assistants |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Crisis Prevention Intervention | Elementary Special Education Teachers: ED/Behavior Support Caseloads (By invitation only) |
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Tuesday, August 19
| Time | Topic | Audience | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-11:00 AM | From the Head to the Heart: Literacy Instruction Across the Day |
Preschool Instructional Assistants |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade 3 Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade 4 Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 or 12:15-2:15 (and site-based time) | Navigating the Science and Math Curriculum and English Curriculum Updates | Grade 5 Teachers |
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| 8:00-10:00 AM | Navigating the Math Curriculum | 3-5 Elementary Special Education Teachers: GENERAL CURRICULUM ONLY |
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| 12:30-3:15 PM | Wildly Consistent Compliance & Instructional Excellence for SWD | 3-5 Special Education Teachers |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Toolkit to Success | Professional School Counselors |
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| 8:00-10:00 AM | Wildly Consistent, Fully Compliant | Speech Pathologists |
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| 8:00-10:00 AM | Start Smart: Compliance, Clarity, and Classroom Impact | New Special Education Teachers: Adapted Curriculum (By invitation only) |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Crisis Prevention Intervention Training | Elementary Special Education Teachers: ED/Behavior Support Caseloads (By invitation only) |
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Wednesday, August 20
| Time | Topic | Audience | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-11:00 AM | Supporting the Literacy Curriculum | Kindergarten Assistants |
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| 12:15-3:15 PM | Delivering Evidence-Based Intervention | VALLS Assistants and VALLS Tutors |
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| 8:00-11:00 Am | Foundations for Success: Supporting, Collaborating, and Thriving in the Library | Library Media Assistants |
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| 9:00 AM-12:30 PM | High Quality Instructional Materials and Evidence-Based Intervention | New Special Education Teachers: GENERAL CURRICULUM (by invitation only) |
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Thursday, August 21
| Time | Topic | Audience | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Times vary |
High-Leverage Practices for Deaf Education Part I | Teachers of the Deaf (TOD), Instructional Assistant, and Interpreters |
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| 8:00 AM-3:15 PM | Crisis Prevention Intervention Training | Elementary Special Education Teachers (ED/Behavior Support Caseloads) (by invitation only) |
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| 8:30 AM-3:30 PM | CPS Protocols, Crisis Response, Suicide Prevention, and Direct Service Provision and Tracking | Mental Health Therapists and Student Support Specialists |
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Friday, August 22
| Time | Topic | Audience | Details |
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Times vary |
High-Leverage Practices for Deaf Education Part II | Teachers of the Deaf (TOD), Instructional Assistant, and Interpreters |
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