June 20, 2025 asynchronous courses

Want to get a jumpstart on planning for the fall? This course will guide you through the UBD curriculum design process to help you plan for the start of the school year

This course emphasizes the importance of a data mindset, how to identify relevant data sources in LinkIt!, and how to collaborate with your MTSS team. 

Refresh your Linnkit! Intervention Manager Skills. This course provides a comprehensive guide to utilizing LinkIt! for effective student intervention management. Topics include how to: navigate the platform, configure dashboards, create intervention plans, Tier 1 interventions, Referrals for Assistance (RFAs), and implement robust progress monitoring strategies.

For the 2025-2026 School year, the K-2 Science program will be Mysterty Science. The District will purchase all three units of Kits. This was approved at the 6/17 School Board meeting. Use this time to review the unit and lessons for the upcoming year.

3rd-5th grade teachers will be implementing the OpenSciEd Resource. Engage in the exploration of your grade-level Open SciEd kits, focusing on leveraging "ready-to-go" ECA Kits that minimize preptime while maximizing instructional impact. 

Thom Gibson is an award-winning educator and classroom management expert who empowers teachers with practical, student-centered strategies to build engaging and positive learning environments. Known for his practical advice and engaging teaching style, Thom shares a wealth of tips on everything from handling disruptive students to fostering a positive classroom culture. This course is perfect for both new and experienced teachers looking to enhance their classroom management skills. Each lesson is based on Thom Gibson’s popular YouTube series, ensuring you receive tried-and-true methods that work in real classrooms. 

This mini-course explores fundamental concepts from the Science of Reading, focusing on how different reading components interweave to create skilled readers. Participants will have a clearer understanding of the multifaceted nature of reading and the evidence-based approaches that support effective reading instruction.

Storyboarding is a lesson planning method where teachers visually map out a lesson's sequence, like a comic strip, to organize activities, transitions, and goals in a clear, engaging way. This lesson will look into 3 free apps that can help you describe visually the flow of a lesson to create a guide for you and a resource for your students.   

This tutorial is designed to help teachers harness the power of Google Classroom and Project-Based Learning as a way to engage students more creatively with learning and/or lessons

Learn how to use Lumio; a web app that supports active learning in classrooms by letting teachers easily turn static PDFs, Google Slides and Microsoft files into interactive lessons

Do you often use PowerPoint or Google Slides? Canva is an alternative that takes digital presentations to the next level. Take this course for a 101 walkthrough of this free resource. 

Our students spend more of their time online than any previous generation. ISTE has established a set of standards to help guide what excellence looks like when navigating the online world and being a "digital citizen". This course will explore the standards and help you consider how to integrate some of these ideas into your classroom.

In this quick session, learn how to create a unique QR code that allows you to quickly share a link with students to access a website or other online material. 

Learn to establish and use a makerspace in any classroom, how to make it purposeful in all content areas, and how to sustain it. 

This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

This course will teach you how to integrate ChatGPT into your teaching practice. We'll explore the benefits of this powerful AI tool, including time-saving and enhancing student engagement. 

*NOTE: CSD is piloting the use of school-safe AI platforms, so please be aware that not all approaches touched on in this session are 100% applicable and may require some adaptation.