2020 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER SERIES VIDEOS
During summer 2020, the UCI Teacher Academy hosted its 2020 Professional Development Summer Series. Leading experts, including UCI School of Education faculty and staff, hosted a variety of workshops aimed at improving online learning and instruction for K-12 classrooms across Southern California.
The Summer Series has concluded, but videos of all the workshops are available below. Thank you to all who attended and participated in the dynamic, interactive workshops.
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Building and Maintaining Community and Communication with Students and Parents During Distance Learning in an Elementary Classroom
Wendy Hammitt is a fourth grade teacher and technology trainer for the Santa Ana Unified School District. She found tools and apps to communicate with her students and parents during school closures and maintain her classroom community. Learn how she used Google Classroom, synchronous interactions and communication tools in multiple languages.
Cultivating In-depth Discussion Using Kialo
Learn the benefits of incorporating Socratic seminars and online discussions into your classroom. Resources for both of these discussion methods will be provided and modeled.
Supporting Dual Immersion Instruction during Distance Learning in a Kindergarten Classroom
Judith Au is a Spanish dual immersion teacher who found ways to support her language learners through distance learning. Learn about SeeSaw, Screencastify and other tools to support language acquisition.
Providing Differentiated Instruction in a Distance-Learning Environment in an Elementary Classroom
Christina Cho and Alexandra Rivera collaborated often during the school closure to find ways to provide differentiated instruction for their students. Learn how they organized their schedule and routine and selected online resources, aligned with their teaching goals, to support their students’ learning needs.
Supporting Students Receiving Special Education Services During Distance Learning, Elementary
Jessica Reyes is a Mild/Moderate SPED teacher who found ways to provide instructional support and SEL support to her students with special needs. Learn how she used Text to Speech, Kahoot, Class Dojo and more.
Assessing Student Learning
How can we use assessment to learn about who students are and what students know to inform instruction and improve student learning? We will share a process for developing assessments in inquiry-based classrooms.
Equitable Teaching During COVID-19: Strategies and Tools for Teaching Students with Learning Differences in the Secondary Classroom
Which strategies and tools can we use to meet the diverse learning needs of students during remote learning (grades 6-12)? We will be talking about common issues in remote learning for special education, potential solutions, and how to overcome specific challenges as teachers in remote learning models. Participants will leave the session with grab-and-go resources for teaching during the 2020-21 academic year.