Summer PD Opportunities
Summer of 2026
Book Study Opportunity with Gifted Contact Hours and Optional Grad Credit
Join this engaging asynchronous book study of Creating Cultures of Thinking by Ron Ritchhart and explore how classroom culture can become a powerful catalyst for student thinking and learning. Hosted through Google Classroom, this flexible professional learning opportunity allows educators to engage with the text, complete reflections, and participate in discussions at their own pace and on their own schedule.
Throughout the course, participants will examine the eight cultural forces that shape learning environments and discover practical strategies for making thinking visible, fostering student agency, and creating classrooms where deep learning thrives. Through chapter readings, reflection questions, and application activities, educators will consider how intentional shifts in routines, language, interactions, time, opportunities, modeling, environment, and expectations can cultivate a sustainable culture of thinking in any educational setting.
This course aligns with Ohio Gifted Professional Development Competencies. Participants who successfully complete all requirements will earn gifted professional development hours.
How it Works:
The Setup: The study will be through Google Classroom. If you are interested just reach out to me and I will add you to the classroom. For each chapter, you will find a list of reflection questions. Each section will have a question related to the Ohio Gifted Competencies.
Your Task: Read each chapter, reflect on and answer the questions, then submit in Classroom.
Contact Hours Awarded: 20
Gifted Hours Awarded: 15
Optional Grad Credit: You may purchase one Ashland Grad Credit upon completion of the study. Cost for the Ashland Grad Credit will be $185.
Open Court Reading Training/Refreshers K-5
Open Court Reading Grades K-1 - Initial Training:
This 2.5-hour initial training of grades K-1 Open Court Reading. This will include building knowledge of the components used by teachers and students, basic understanding of the digital teacher and student center and overview of the instructional path and key research-based routines.
Registration Link: https://mcgrawhill.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R1jUeS4xQDuIHONXASNwoA
Dates:
Wednesday, June 17, 12:30-3:00 PM
Wednesday, June 24, 12:30-3:00 PM
Monday, July 13, 12:30-3:00 PM
Wednesday, July 15, 12:30-3:00 PM
Open Court Reading Grades 2-5 - Initial Training:
This 2.5-hour initial training of grades 2-5 Open Court Reading. This will include building knowledge of the components used by teachers and students, basic understanding of the digital teacher and student center and overview of the instructional path and key research-based routines.
Registration Link: https://mcgrawhill.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7jnZ4TARRcWbLId9zu0v5w
Dates:
Thursday, June 18, 12:30-3:00 PM
Thursday, June 25, 12:30-3:00 PM
Tuesday, July 14, 12:30-3:00 PM
Thursday, July 16, 12:30-3:00 PM
Open Court Reading – Advanced User Training:
Participants in this session will learn additional Open Court Reading skills and strategies students need to become successful, lifelong readers and writers. This includes accommodations and teaching tips to sue during Foundational Skills, Reading and Responding, the Language Arts strand, and what to do during WORKSHOP (Differentiation). We will review activities and explore new online resources that help meet the individual needs of every student in the K-5 classroom.
Registration Link: https://mcgrawhill.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8KZ6fO4mQLWWvJtfG6sbvA
Back-to-School Summer 2026 Virtual Series Supplemental Sessions | Math
McGraw Hill's Summer 2026 Back-to-School Virtual Series is back! With 7,500+ educators joining last year, this year’s sessions bring fresh ideas, practical strategies, and powerful tools to help you maximize ALEKS and ALEKS Adventure. Whether you’re new or returning, there’s something for you—check out the attached flyer and save your spot in these free, energizing sessions!
Book Study Opportunity with Optional Grad Credit
Hello everyone! I have developed an independent book study on Carol Dweck’s "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" (Updated Edition). You can begin this over the summer and finish it throughout the school year or keep it in mind for next school year.
Whether you are reading this book for the first time or revisiting it, this updated edition is a powerful tool for self-reflection. We will be moving past surface-level clichés and diving into what Dweck calls the "False Growth Mindset"—examining how we can authentically foster resilience in our own teaching practices, grading systems, and classrooms.
How it Works:
The Setup: The study will be through Google Classroom. If you are interested just reach out to me and I will add you to the classroom. For each chapter, you will find a list of 4 or 5 reflection questions geared specifically toward educators.
Your Task: Read each chapter, reflect on and answer the questions, then submit in Classroom.
Contact Hours Awarded: 17.5
Optional Grad Credit: You may purchase one Ashland Grad Credit upon completion of the study. Cost for the Ashland Grad Credit will be $185.
Book Study Opportunity with Optional Grad Credit
If you walk down any hallway in our district right now, it is impossible to miss the incredible diversity of talent on display. Seeing your Top 5 Strengths posted proudly outside your classroom doors has been a fantastic reminder of the unique superpowers each of you brings to our schools every day.
When Dr. Peltz introduced Now, Discover Your Strengths earlier this school year, it sparked a vital conversation about shifting our focus from fixing weaknesses to multiplying our natural talents. This Google Classroom space is designed to take that conversation to the next level.
Instead of just knowing what our strengths are, we are going to dive into how to intentionally leverage them—to maximize student impact, collaborate more effectively with our teams, and protect our own energy and well-being.
How it Works:
The Setup: The study will be through Google Classroom. If you are interested just reach out to me and I will add you to the classroom. For each chapter, you will find a list of reflection questions geared specifically toward educators.
Your Task: Read each chapter, reflect on and answer the questions, then submit in Classroom.
Contact Hours Awarded: 15
Optional Grad Credit: You may purchase one Ashland Grad Credit upon completion of the study. Cost for the Ashland Grad Credit will be $185.
Reveal Math Padlet with Training Webinars
Reveal Math K-5 Implementation:
https://mheducation.padlet.org/kirsten_hammonds/revealtraining
password: MHE
Reveal 6-12 Math Implementation:
https://mheducation.padlet.org/dawn_halbakken/94lj686w8792
password: MHE
4th - 8th Science--Take a Peek at Your New Science Curriculum
If you would like to take another look at the Into Science curriculum and do some online training, follow these steps:
1. Log in here: https://www.hmhco.com/ui/login/?connection=91012677
2. Click on Teachers Corner in the upper right-hand corner.
3. Type "Into Science" into the search bar. You will see many videos and trainings for Into Science. There are also Live Events that you can register to attend. (If you also see the Teacher Success Pathways down the left side, enter Into Science on that screen It will demonstrate Into Science from the very beginning.)
Your teacher login credentials are:
Teacher Username:
Teacher337
Teacher Password:
E!3manet
Your student login (if you want to view the student materials) credentials are:
Student Username:
Student337
Student Password:
E!3manet