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Secondary Division-wide Professional Learning Schedule

August 2024 Secondary Division-wide Professional Learning Schedule

Newport News Public Schools welcomes all our teachers for the 2024-2025 school year!

This website contains important information about our preservice timeframe, which runs August 5-23.  Select any date below to learn more about the division-wide expectations for that day.

August 5-14: New and Lead Teachers

Thursday, August 15

Welcome back!  All instructional staff report to their assigned schools today.

Friday, August 16

All Newport News Public Schools staff will unite for a division convocation at 9:00 a.m. at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Please follow any expectations outlined by your principal.

Monday, August 19

Time Topic Audience Details
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Newport News Public Art Tour MS & HS Art Teachers
  • Meet at Point Option
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Going for the Gold: Enhancing Literacy with Workload-Reducing Resources MS English Teachers and Read 180 Teachers
  • Passage MS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Starting Strong: Leveraging Data, Ensuring Compliance, and Enhancing Instructional Strategies for EL Success MS ESL Teachers and Instructional Assistants
  • Woodside HS Auditorium
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Chunking & Checking Students’ Conceptual Understanding MS Mathematics Teachers
  • Fitzgerald MS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Taking a Journey for Science Success MS Science Teachers
  • Gildersleeve MS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Exploring Strategies for Social Studies Success MS Social Studies Teachers
  • Crittenden MS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM
  • 8:00-11:00: Attend English or Math Sessions with Gen. Ed. Teachers
  • 12:00-3:15: High-Leverage Practices
MS Special Education Teachers:
ED, MID, SLD, and SOL-Aligned AUT
  • AM Session:
    English - Passage
    Math - Fitzgerald
  • PM Session:
    Gildersleeve MS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Crisis Prevention Intervention Training MS and HS Special Education Teachers and Instructional Assistants:
AUT, ED, MOID, and SID (by invitation only)
  • Heritage HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Pathways for Prevention Mental Health Training School Counselors and College & Career Specialists
  • The Mariners’ Museum
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Pathways for Prevention Mental Health Training Social Workers and School Psychologists
  • The Mariners’ Museum

Tuesday, August 20

Time Topic Audience Details
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Going for the Gold: Enhancing Literacy with Workload-Reducing Resources HS English Teachers
  • Woodside HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Starting Strong: Leveraging Data, Ensuring Compliance, and Enhancing Instructional Strategies for EL Success HS ESL Teachers and Instructional Assistants
  • Woodside HS Library
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Chunking & Checking Students’ Conceptual Understanding HS Mathematics Teachers
  • Heritage HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Taking a Journey for Science Success HS Science Teachers
  • Denbigh HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Exploring Strategies for Social Studies Success HS Social Studies Teachers
  • Warwick HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM
  • 8:00-11:00: Attend English or Math Session with Gen. Ed. Teachers
  • 12:00-3:15: High-Leverage Practices
HS Special Education Teachers:
ED, MID, SLD, and SOL-Aligned AUT
  • AM Session:
    English - Woodside
    Math - Heritage
  • PM Session:
    NN Fire Dept., 610 Thimble Shoals Blvd.
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Anchored in Excellence: Steering Towards Success MS & HS CTE Teachers
  • Menchville HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM From Roots to Blooms: Activating Prior Knowledge and Curriculum to Flourish MS & HS Health & PE Teachers
  • Warwick HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM iSTEM Curriculum Facelift MS iSTEM Teachers
  • Brooks Crossing Boykin Room
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Library Media Immersion: Policies & Procedures Refresher and Exploring LMS Best Practices MS & HS Library Media Specialists
  • Denbigh HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Connecting with your Feeder, Edpuzzle & the Classroom, and Building Ensemble MS & HS Music, Theatre & Dance Teachers
  • Please reference email for specific details
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Assistive Technology and Complex Needs MS & HS Special Education Teachers and Instructional Assistants:
AUT, MOID, SID
  • Heritage HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Inspire to Win: Moving with Efficiency Towards Proficiency MS & HS World Language Teachers
  • Menchville HS
8:00 AM-3:15 PM Changes in Medicaid Speech Pathologists
  • Watkins ECC
9:00 AM-2:00 PM Back to Business All School Counselors
  • TBD

Wednesday, August 21

Time Topic Audience Details
9:00 AM-3:15 PM Empowering Excellence in Library Services: Roles, Responsibilities, and Opportunities Library Media Assistants
  • Point Option
9:00 AM-12:30 PM Tier 4 Intervention Training New Special Education Teachers and TODs
(*by invitation only)
  • Virginia Peninsula Community College

Thursday, August 22

Time Topic Audience Details

8/22:
Time to be communicated by supervisor

8/23:
8:30 AM-3:00 PM

 8/22 and 8/23:
Tier 4 Intervention Training		 Deaf/HH Teachers, Interpreters and Deaf/HH Instructional Assistants
  • 8/22:
    Location to be communicated by supervisor
  • 8/23:
    Menchville HS Monarch Room
8:30 AM-3:15 PM Complex Needs NTI New Special Education Teachers:
AUT, MOID, SID
(by invitation only)
  • Heritage HS
10:00 AM-12:00 PM FBA/BIP Training Secondary Special Education Teachers
(ED/Behavior Support Caseloads)
(by invitation only)
  • Heritage HS
8:30 AM-3:00 PM High-Leverage Practices for Paraprofessionals All Special Education Instructional Assistants
  • Denbigh HS

Friday, August 23

Please follow any building expectations outlined by your principal in preparation for the first day of school on Monday.

August Division-wide Professional Learning Schedule