Summer Professional Learning 2025
Access and register for in-person and virtual professional learning via Eduphoria Strive.
- In-person learning will occur May 27 - June 5 and July 14 - 24.
- Main summer professional learning site: Glenn HS
Find virtual/self-paced learning experiences available through LISD on the Summer Professional Learning website.
- Available throughout the summer.
- This includes book studies, online courses, and self-study options.
*Beginning May 19, sessions with low registration may be cancelled, so sign up soon!
Based on feedback, LISD is expanding the opportunity for all teaching staff to earn an exchange day. Exchange days are the ability to take off on one or more designated professional learning days during the school year in exchange for participation in professional learning sessions during the summer.
In preparation for the 2025-26 school year, LISD will
- continue the practice of required summer training for specified content areas/programs that have significant program shifts that necessitate learning before the school year, AND
allow all teaching staff to earn a day off on a specified professional learning day by participating in the learning of their choice during the summer.
15-Day Challenge (Back by popular demand!)
Async Book Study: Ownership of Learning in the PLC Process (You Can Learn)
In this asynchronous book study, learn strategies for teams to improve student engagement, ownership, and promote self-efficacy in the classroom.
Self-paced, May 27 - June 5 and July 14 - 24.
PLC Passport Mini-Conference: Your Journey to PLC Bright
Take the next step on your team’s path to PLC Bright through a mini-conference for PLC facilitators and any collab team members designed around the key actions of LISD’s PLC Implementation Guide.
In-person, July 15
Foundations of Teacher Leadership
In Person, June 5 (AM)
Collaborative Team Learning Days
Team-selected date must be between May 24 and Aug 3.
PLC at Work LIVE Institute
See your campus admin team if interested in participation.
In person, July 28, 29, and 30
You Asked, We Delivered
Based on your requests, we are partnering with Lead4Ward to offer workshops on the high-demand topics of: classroom management and learner engagement. Check out the session details below!
- Classroom Management that Works: Building Engagement and Support for All Learners (offered May 28 and July 23)
This session addresses classroom management strategies for creating positive, engaging learning environments. Designed for new, alternatively certified, and experienced teachers seeking a refresher, the workshop covers four essential components: building positive relationships with students through intentional culture-building; addressing behaviors proactively through clear expectations, simple solutions to disruptions, and engaging activities; implementing student-centered instruction using lead4ward's strategies playlist; and efficiently managing classroom space and materials. Engaging Learners (offered June 4 and July 23)
This workshop introduces lead4ward's low-prep/high-yield instructional resources that create dynamic learning environments. Participants will learn practical strategies to engage students in academic vocabulary, visual analysis, text comprehension, and critical thinking through interactive activities that can be implemented immediately. The session demonstrates how these resources complement existing curriculum while addressing classroom management, teacher evaluation criteria, and student engagement through four key tools: instructional strategies playlist, quickchecks, think it up questions, and thinking stems. These approaches are designed to increase student achievement, build teacher capacity, enhance Tier 1 instruction, and infuse engagement across all aspects of teaching.
Lit Love Symposium
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.
Leading the Leander Way Academy
Join us for this 3-day immersive experience to work through problems of practice in your context (including but not limited to deeper learning, ownership of learning, campus processes, etc.), ultimately developing an implementation plan for your campus, team, or department. Through this experience, your team will:
- deepen your understanding of transformational leadership through Leander ISD's Continuous Improvement philosophy,
- utilize tools and deeper learning practices AND
- learn how to apply the CI philosophy to empower students and stakeholders.
Check out this flyer and recruit a team to join you at either of these 3-day sessions:
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!
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 (and potential Exchange Day credit)!
To be considered for exchange credit, a minimum of 7 hours of engagement must be documented.
Window: May 24 - July 7
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)