Summer Professional Learning 2024
Required Summer Learning & Exchange Days: Science, Resource/Inclusion, and Early Childhood Teachers
In preparation for the 2024-25 year, some groups will engage in required training that can be taken in the summer and exchanged for a beginning of the year professional learning day.
Required staff who are unable to participate in the designated summer professional learning will be required to engage in this learning on the designated exchange day.
Required staff members who participate in the designated summer professional learning session will be excused from reporting to work on the designated exchange day.
Please refer to this document, which outlines the staff groups eligible for exchange days this summer, the mandatory professional learning, and the corresponding date of exchange.
Lit Love Symposium 2024 - Literacy... The Game Changer
Spend the day with K-12 colleagues being literacy game changers!
This symposium’s (conference on a particular subject) focus will be best practices that promote the LOVE of all things literacy and how teachers are empowered to engage students in ways that create a literacy environment that builds literacy attitudes and aptitudes for life.
- Special Guests –Cornelius Minor and Donalyn Miller will bookend the day as keynotes and choice sessions will be available during designated times.
- Book Exchange – Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a Book Exchange - Give One, Get One! Enjoy getting new book ideas from your peers - you share a book talk and give a book while gaining a book from a colleague.
- #SR4A Book Donation Station - Participants are encouraged to bring new or gently used books to donate to the Leander ISD Summer Reading for All program - #SR4A in partnership with LEEF. Donation stations will be set up in the Union.
Register now to secure your spot and to receive updates on the events of the day.
Leading the Leander Way: Continuous Improvement Academy
Continuous Improvement isn’t just another buzzword in Leander ISD. It is a foundational belief system that impacts how we operate, lead, and learn.
LISD’s Continuous Improvement Steering Committee is excited to offer “Leading the Leander Way: Continuous Improvement Academy,” on May 28, 30, and 31 at Glenn HS.
In this 3-day immersive experience, you will
deepen your understanding of and leadership through Leander ISD's Continuous Improvement philosophy,
utilize tools to identify and tackle a problem of YOUR choice, and
learn how to apply the CI philosophy to empower students and stakeholders.
Bring a team and engage in a PDSA together across the three days with the support and coaching from CI leaders throughout our system.
Registration is open in Eduphoria Strive!
Calling all grade-level, PLC, and team leaders!
Explore the teacher leadership offerings in various formats and content to support you wherever you are in your leadership journey (prospective, new, or experienced).
15-Day Challenge: Putting All the Pieces of Daily Life in a PLC at Work® Together (Solution Tree 2-Day Workshop) (Check w/ your principal about attending May 28-29; May 30-31; June 4-5; or June 6-7)
Book study: Other Duties as Assigned: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Expert Teacher Leadership (virtual, May 30 - June 15)
Book study: Facilitating Teacher Teams and Authentic PLCs (virtual, July 10 - 27)
Discovering Your True Colors (July 15)
Foundations of Teacher Leadership (July 16, July 17) (mornings)
Leading the Leander Way (May 28, 30, and 31) (3-day institute)
Self-Study Credit Process
Do you engage in your own self-directed learning and creation processes during the summer? We've created a process to honor and provide Continuing Education hours for those efforts!
Document your personal learning journey using this digital journal and follow the instructions included to request CE hours!
Choose your own reading adventure!
Reading for pleasure is a great way to recharge over the summer. Check out our OverDrive/Sora virtual library to borrow digital content such as ebooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere. Put the Sora app on your mobile devices to access digital content on the go!
Try LISD's Gale Virtual Library of professional learning ebooks. Chapters can be downloaded to devices or Google Drive so that you can highlight, make notes, and share with others on your team. (password info)