Friday, January 12th will be a 1/2 day PD day for staff. This PD day will be an opportunity for MURSD to come together as a district to start 2024 off right. We'll be CONnecting, Collaborating, Exploring and Re-imaging Together as we consider how positivity starts with us. The unusual schedule for the day will enable educators hear a keynote from Carrie Stack, educator and social worker focused on the power of positivity, and will also enable educators to to select a "What I Need" workshop either before or after the keynote depending on your release schedule. It's a little wacky, but an experiment we think it worth trying so we can start 2024 with a reminder that positivity starts with a focus on us!!
Schedule for the day
Each educator will pick one WIN Workshop either before or after the keynote, depending on when your school releases, and then all educators will gather in the auditorium from 1:15-2:15 to attend the keynote with Carrie Stack.
Location - Nipmuc HS - All workshops and the keynote will happen at Nipmuc. MS and Elementary educators are asked to make their way over after they have lunch.
12:15-1:15 - What I Need (WIN) Workshops for HS and MS educators
HS & MS educators sign up for 1 WIN workshop during this time period. Please view the offerings on this https://sites.google.com/mursd.org/jan12pdday/home.or view this video to preview all of the sessions and navigate the Google Site.
1:15-2:15 - The Power of the Positive - Skills, Tools, and Strategies for Educators, with Carrie Stack
Every single day educators show up and tirelessly support, encourage, & inspire students to succeed- which requires endless patience, optimism, and energy. This keynote highlights the most popular "people skills" strategies that Carrie has introduced to thousands in the field of education. It will provide participants with concrete tips/tools/strategies to help them keep doing this important work and help us apply and transfer our learning about the importance of focusing on us to our classrooms and students. All educators gather in the Nipmuc auditorium
2:30-3:30 - What I Need (WIN) Workshops for elementary educators
Elementary educators sign up for 1 WIN workshop during this time period. Please view the offerings on this https://sites.google.com/mursd.org/jan12pdday/homeor view this video to preview all of the sessions and navigate the Google Site.
Registration on TeachPoint Vector Solutions Below we have provided descriptions of workshops organized by school level and district-wide for some of our student support providers. As usual, you will use TeachPoint Vector Solutions to register the workshop you will attend. TeachPoint Vector Solutions will be up and ready for registration at the end of the day on Janury 4th. We ask that you register by January 10th.
On January 12th, as always you will need to sign-in to the PD in TeachPoint Vector Solutions.
The sign in code for the PD sessions will be 01/12/24.