TUSD March 2025 In-Person PLD - Elementary

TUSD March 2025 In-Person PLD - Elementary

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8:10am MST

2nd Grade: Number Sense

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Come and see how to use a Rekenrek (a number rack) and a 100 chart to
build number sense. We will count, add, subtract, solve word problems and more! Your
students will amaze you, and you will walk away with your own Rekenrek to keep!

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2
Subject Math

8:10am MST

Grades 2-5: Using Literacy Tasks and Reading Fluency Resources to Support All Readers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Educators will learn about the i-Ready Literacy Progress Monitoring Tasks and the key foundational literacy skills that they cover. They will be introduced to the options for using the Progress Monitoring forms and learn how to administer and score these tasks to conduct systematic progress monitoring. Finally, they understand the process of entering student data from the Progress Monitoring tasks into i-Ready Connect and how to view the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. Educators will also preview the Reading Fluency Passages available in the i-Ready Platform.
Grade band: 2-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

8:10am MST

Math is a Language: Engaging Students in Academic Discourse

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Imagine a class in which students are leading the thinking and reasoning. How do we cultivate meaningful student conversations?

Join us for a session to learn about a variety of talk moves we can use every day.

Presented by Kayla Taylor, Associates for Educational Success

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math

8:10am MST

Progress Monitoring for Teachers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

By the end of this session, participants will be able to apply best practices in progress monitoring to drive strong student outcomes.

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

8:10am MST

Using Science Notebooks

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Teachers learn how to use science notebooks to build connections across domains, assess and elevate student sense-making with next-step strategies.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 9:25am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math, English Language Arts, Science

8:10am MST

Required: Gr 2-3 Benchmark Phonics Initial Implementation

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

This 2.5-hour session is designed to examine the overall structure and design of foundational skills mini-lessons built upon Science of Reading research and aligns with the tenets of Structured Literacy. Participants will explore explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic connections. During the session, participants will gain an understanding of the structure, components, lesson design, and assessments. During the session, participants will develop a better understanding of lesson planning as well as process and reflect on how to incorporate this new learning with students. In addition, the session will focus on assessment to monitor students.
Grade band: 2-3

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Pedro Robles Hil

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 2-3
Subject English Language Arts, Data and Assessments

8:10am MST

Required: Gr 4-5 Benchmark Phonics Initial Implementation

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

This 2.5 hour session is designed to examine the overall structure and design of foundational skills mini-lessons built upon Science of Reading research and aligns with the tenets of Structured Literacy. Participants will explore explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic connections. During the session, participants will gain an understanding of the structure, components, lesson design, and assessments. During the session, participants will develop a better understanding of lesson planning as well as process and reflect on how to incorporate this new learning with students. In addition, the session will focus on assessment to monitor students.
Grade band: 4-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Pedro Robles Hil

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Data and Assessments

8:10am MST

Sense Making Through Life Science with FOSS, 5th Grade

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

In this session, you will learn how to use sensemaking strategies to help children learn about Life Sciences, practice tips and tricks, and learn how to navigate your resources. You will have the opportunity to become more familiar with and comfortable with the live organisms included in your lessons.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 8:10am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 3-5
Subject Science, English Language Arts

9:35am MST

3rd & 4th Grade-Using the Distributive Property to Master the Multiplication Facts!

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Join us for this interactive session to experience modeling the distributive
property using your hands. THIS IS NOT A TRICK! Your students only need to know
their 1s, 2, 5s, and 10s. WE WILL BUILD EVERYTHING ELSE! After sharing this
strategy with my students, they stopped asking me questions like, “What is 8 x 7?”

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience 3-5
Subject Math

9:35am MST

Grades 2-5: Using Literacy Tasks and Reading Fluency Resources to Support All Readers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Educators will learn about the i-Ready Literacy Progress Monitoring Tasks and the key foundational literacy skills that they cover. They will be introduced to the options for using the Progress Monitoring forms and learn how to administer and score these tasks to conduct systematic progress monitoring. Finally, they understand the process of entering student data from the Progress Monitoring tasks into i-Ready Connect and how to view the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. Educators will also preview the Reading Fluency Passages available in the i-Ready Platform.
Grade band: 2-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

9:35am MST

Math is a Language: Engaging Students in Academic Discourse

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Imagine a class in which students are leading the thinking and reasoning. How do we cultivate meaningful student conversations?

Join us for a session to learn about a variety of talk moves we can use every day.

Presented by Kayla Taylor, Associates for Educational Success

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math

9:35am MST

mClass DIBELS 8/Lectura Goal Setting and Growth Outcomes for Teachers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
● Integrate guiding principles for goal setting into their current practice.
● Utilize mCLASS Goal Setting to establish custom student goals.
● Articulate how they will use mCLASS Growth Outcomes to inform their teaching.

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

9:35am MST

Using Science Notebooks

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Teachers learn how to use science notebooks to build connections across domains, assess and elevate student sense-making with next-step strategies.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:35am - 10:50am MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math, English Language Arts, Science

11:50am MST

4th Grade: Fraction Sense

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Come and explore using fraction models made of construction paper to
compose, decompose, add and subtract fractions. When the students get their hands
on the pieces, they are building conceptual understanding AND having fun!

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience 3-5
Subject Math

11:50am MST

Grades 2-5: Using Literacy Tasks and Reading Fluency Resources to Support All Readers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Educators will learn about the i-Ready Literacy Progress Monitoring Tasks and the key foundational literacy skills that they cover. They will be introduced to the options for using the Progress Monitoring forms and learn how to administer and score these tasks to conduct systematic progress monitoring. Finally, they understand the process of entering student data from the Progress Monitoring tasks into i-Ready Connect and how to view the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. Educators will also preview the Reading Fluency Passages available in the i-Ready Platform.
Grade band: 2-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

11:50am MST

Math is a Language: Engaging Students in Academic Discourse

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Imagine a class in which students are leading the thinking and reasoning. How do we cultivate meaningful student conversations?

Join us for a session to learn about a variety of talk moves we can use every day.

Presented by Kayla Taylor, Associates for Educational Success

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math

11:50am MST

Progress Monitoring for Teachers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

By the end of this session, participants will be able to apply best practices in progress monitoring to drive strong student outcomes.

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

11:50am MST

Using Science Notebooks

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Teachers learn how to use science notebooks to build connections across domains, assess and elevate student sense-making with next-step strategies.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 1:05pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math, English Language Arts, Science

11:50am MST

Required: Gr 2-3 Benchmark Phonics Initial Implementation

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

This 2.5-hour session is designed to examine the overall structure and design of foundational skills mini-lessons built upon Science of Reading research and aligns with the tenets of Structured Literacy. Participants will explore explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic connections. During the session, participants will gain an understanding of the structure, components, lesson design, and assessments. During the session, participants will develop a better understanding of lesson planning as well as process and reflect on how to incorporate this new learning with students. In addition, the session will focus on assessment to monitor students.
Grade band: 2-3

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Pedro Robles Hil

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 2-3
Subject English Language Arts, Data and Assessments

11:50am MST

Required: Gr 4-5 Benchmark Phonics Initial Implementation

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

This 2.5 hour session is designed to examine the overall structure and design of foundational skills mini-lessons built upon Science of Reading research and aligns with the tenets of Structured Literacy. Participants will explore explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic connections. During the session, participants will gain an understanding of the structure, components, lesson design, and assessments. During the session, participants will develop a better understanding of lesson planning as well as process and reflect on how to incorporate this new learning with students. In addition, the session will focus on assessment to monitor students.
Grade band: 4-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Pedro Robles Hil

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Data and Assessments

11:50am MST

Sense Making Through Life Science with FOSS, 5th Grade

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

In this session, you will learn how to use sensemaking strategies to help children learn about Life Sciences, practice tips and tricks, and learn how to navigate your resources. You will have the opportunity to become more familiar with and comfortable with the live organisms included in your lessons.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:50am - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 1/2 day

Audience 3-5
Subject Science, English Language Arts

1:15pm MST

5th Grade- Multiplying and Dividing Decimals-Using Ratio Tables

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Grapes are on sale for $0.80 per pound and Javier bought 4.9 lbs. How
much money did he spend? If Ana spent $2.75 on bananas that sell for $0.50 per
pound, how many pounds of bananas did she buy? Using a ratio table, your students
will solve these problems mentally with understanding of where the decimal is located in
the answer. Learning this strategy was a GAME CHANGER for me as a teacher.

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience 3-5
Subject Math

1:15pm MST

Grades 2-5: Using Literacy Tasks and Reading Fluency Resources to Support All Readers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Educators will learn about the i-Ready Literacy Progress Monitoring Tasks and the key foundational literacy skills that they cover. They will be introduced to the options for using the Progress Monitoring forms and learn how to administer and score these tasks to conduct systematic progress monitoring. Finally, they understand the process of entering student data from the Progress Monitoring tasks into i-Ready Connect and how to view the Literacy Tasks (Student) report. Educators will also preview the Reading Fluency Passages available in the i-Ready Platform.
Grade band: 2-5

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

1:15pm MST

Math is a Language: Engaging Students in Academic Discourse

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Imagine a class in which students are leading the thinking and reasoning. How do we cultivate meaningful student conversations?

Join us for a session to learn about a variety of talk moves we can use every day.

Presented by Kayla Taylor, Associates for Educational Success

Speakers

Delia Fierros

K-5 Math PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

I am a Latina Educator in Tucson, Arizona. In my work with students and teachers I emphasize building on knowledge and experience to deepen understanding and acquire new skills.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math

1:15pm MST

mClass DIBELS 8/Lectura Goal Setting and Growth Outcomes for Teachers

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
● Integrate guiding principles for goal setting into their current practice.
● Utilize mCLASS Goal Setting to establish custom student goals.
● Articulate how they will use mCLASS Growth Outcomes to inform their teaching.

Speakers

Cody Pressley

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Unified School District

Michelle Merrick

Program Manager, Academic Interventions, Tucson Unified School District

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject English Language Arts, Intervention, Data and Assessments

1:15pm MST

Using Science Notebooks

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST

Morgan Maxwell K-8 School

Feedback Survey

Teachers learn how to use science notebooks to build connections across domains, assess and elevate student sense-making with next-step strategies.

Speakers

Debbie Black

K-5 STEM PDAT, Tucson Unified School District

K-6 STEM Professional Development Academic Trainer with the Tucson Unified School District and a Step-Up Teacher Leader with the CRR at the University of Arizona.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm MST
Morgan Maxwell K-8 School 2802 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, USA

Maxwell K-8, 75 min.

Audience K-2, 3-5
Subject Math, English Language Arts, Science