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SPARK is the digital professional learning platform for Willard Schools. Instructors can earn badges, microcredentials, and District Growth hours while learning about and implementing innovative instructional strategies. There are no due dates. You decide what you want to learn, when, where, and how.

You must meet your DGH requirement before you can earn IE hours or Career Ladder Hours.

DGH District Page Links to an external site.

I.E District Page Links to an external site.

Career Ladder District Page Links to an external site.

 

Learning Pathways

Choose options from the learning pathways below. Click on the lesson title to begin. 

Dyslexia Training

This course will count as the DESE Dyslexia training requirement and will cover what dyslexia is, how it affects learners, indicators, and teaching tips.

   2 Hour Credit (outside of school hours)

Priority Standards

Instructors will use the REAL Criteria to prioritize a group of standards. Instructors will reflect on how the identification of these standards will impact their practice.

   1 Hour Credit

Vocabulary

Making Meaning That Lasts

   1 Hour Credit

Blevins Phonics Resource

This session is for K-4 teachers of beginning or struggling readers.  We will engage in an introduction to navigating the Blevins resource binder as well as learn how to connect student interventions to our district dyslexia screeners. 

   1 Hour Credit

4DX: Powerful Teacher and Student Goals

This session is for all PreK-12 teachers interested in the 4DX goal-setting process. You will experience::

  • An overview of the 4DX Goal Setting Process
  • A hands-on learning experience around closing class proficiency gaps
  • Learning around creating a system for setting and sustaining student growth goals.Home School Partnerships

   1 Hour Credit

Home / School Partnerships

This is a K-12 session featuring some of Willard’s own educators on the topic of partnering with families. If our profession is going to survive this season and stay relevant we will have to be more intentional about putting the focus on our relationships. Even though building relationships isn’t new, relationships are more important than ever.

*This session was originally presented at Willard 101 and was requested to be shared with all Willard staff.

   1 Hour Credit

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These modules will help you explore how we learn, the principles that must be in place in our classrooms for learning to occur and the strategies that best support learning.

   1+ Hours Credit

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This module will offer tips for co-teaching from seasoned co-teachers in our district.  

   TBD