Quick Reference Guide How to Access Courses: » Go to http://atlanta.truenorthlogic.com Login using the following: » Employee Lawson Number (six-digit number) » System Network Password
Search for Professional Learning Opportunities: » Click on the ‘Professional Learning Opportunities’ Tab » Search for a course by typing in the title or course number, then click the ‘Search’ button –OR– » To view ALL offerings, click on the ‘List All’ button –OR– » Search for courses based on “Competency” or “Subject”. To Access A Self-Paced Course: » Once you find the desired Self-Paced Course (denoted by a ‘Mouse’ icon), click on the ‘Course Title’ (blue hyper link) » Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Start’ button. You will be taken into the online, self-paced course that you have selected (remember this course can be taken ‘Anytime, Anywhere’) » Once the resource has come up on your screen, follow the instructions within the course » When you complete the activities, click on the ‘I’m Finished’ button. The course will show as ‘100% Complete’ with a green check. You can view the resource again, if you need to.
Online Professional Learning Available Anytime, Anywhere to Meet Your Professional Learning Needs
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For additional information e-mail your inquiry or questions to: myplcinfo@atlantapublicschools.us
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Online Professional Learning Available Anytime, Anywhere to Meet Your Professional Learning Needs
Online Professional Learning is available to support elements of Teacher Keys, Leader Keys, Student Achievement, Common Core Georgia Performance Standards, Special Education and Technology. As an employee of Atlanta Public Schools, online courses and videos will be available to you anytime and anywhere you have internet access. All completed courses will count toward meeting the APS Board Policy 20 clock hour requirement for all employees, while enhancing educators’ instructional capacity.
E-mail inquiries or questions to: myplcinfo@atlanta.k12.ga.us
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• Developing Grammar Skills in English Language Learners
n Academically Challenging
• Effective Teaching in Diverse Classrooms: Modeling Language Development
• Co-Teaching: A Powerful Practice for All Students • Identifying Student Readiness • Understanding Student Motivation Challenges • What Works in Classroom Instruction n Assessment
• Assessment: Designing Performance Assessments • Assessment: Getting Started with Student Portfolios • Assessment for Learning: Secondary • Assessment for Learning: The Role of the Special Education Teacher in the intervention Process • Formative Assessment: Deepening Understanding • Formative Assessment: The Basics n Classroom Management
• Addressing Misbehavior • Arranging Classrooms for Collaborative Activity • Bullying: Taking Charge • Classroom Management: Building Effective Relationships
Introduction My Professional Learning Center, also known as MyPLC, is the web-based professional learning management system in Atlanta Public Schools. This system allows all employees to view and register for professional learning opportunities (face-to-face or online) based on their current position. Each employee has a profile and ‘transcript’ in MyPLC which reflects all professional learning that has been completed. According to the school board policy, every employee within APS will complete a minimum of 20 clock hours of professional learning every year. Because this policy is part of the Balanced Score Card, each school will provide a spreadsheet of their staff’s clock hours each quarter. MyPLC can make this process simple. All school based PL opportunities can be uploaded to the MyPLC site through the school’s virtual office.
• Classroom Management: How to Win Students Over • Classroom Practices That Work • Conflict Resolution: An Introduction
• Implementing the Common Core State Standards with Special Needs Students n Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Instruction: An Introduction • Differentiated Instruction Applied: Secondary and Secondary Extended Classroom Example • Differentiated Instruction: Creating an Environment That Supports Learning • Differentiated Instruction: Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom • Differentiated Instruction: Teaching with Student Differences in Mind • Differentiated Instruction: The Curriculum Connection • Differentiated Instruction: Using Ongoing Assessment to Inform Instruction • Guide to Differentiated Instruction: Elementary Science Lesson – Creating a hypothesis and conducting formal scientific experiments • The Basics of Differentiation n Effective Teaching
• All Means All: What is it About Me You Can’t Teach • Charlotte Danielson’s Teaching Framework: LARC: High School Grammar
• Common Core and Literacy Strategies: English Language Arts
• Curriculum Mapping – Instructional Design: ABC Book: Instructions for Completing, Brainstorming and Completed Examples
• Common Core and Literacy Strategies: History/Social Studies
• Quality Secondary Teaching for Classroom Success
• Common Core and Literacy Strategies: Mathematics
• Questioning for Learning and Thinking: Secondary
n Common Core
• Common Core and Literacy Strategies: n English Language Learners Science • Common Core Standards and the Understanding by Design Framework: English Language Arts and Mathematics • English Language Learners and the Common Core State Standards
• An Introduction to Teaching English Language Learners • Content-Based Instruction for English Language Learners, 2nd Edition
• English Language Learners in the Mainstream
n Social Studies
• Literacy Strategies: Social Studies • Research Connections between Questioning Learning • Technology in Education Social Studies: Ancient Civilizations
• Teaching the ESL Learner: ESL Class – n Student Achievement Using Numerous ESL Strategies • Achievement for Students with Special Needs: Secondary n Instructional Strategies • How to Increase Minority Student • Helping Students Develop Achievement: Secondary Understanding • Impacting Teaching & Learning with • Learning Theory in the Classroom Brain Research: High School Edition • Multiple Intelligences: Strengthening Your Teaching n Technology • The Value of Grouping and Working • Internet Safety in Teams • No Strings Attached: Technology in • Using Assessment Data to Improve Education Instruction • Technology in Schools: A Balanced Perspective n Literacy • Technology in Schools: Beyond Word • English Language Development at Processing High School • Tools: How to Use Technology in the • Every Teacher – An English Classroom: Secondary Language Teacher • Literacy Strategies: Creating an Effective Secondary Reading Program • Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening: Secondary • Text Complexity: Understanding the Literacy Shifts in Common Core State Standards • Writing across the Curriculum: High School Edition n Mathematics
• Common Core and Mathematics: Grade 9-12 • Literacy Strategies: Mathematics • Strategies for Secondary Mathematics Teachers • Teaching High School Math Using SDAIE Methodology n Science
• Literacy Strategies: Science • Strategies for Secondary Science Teachers
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