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Join us virtually each week for our Canyons U Bite-Sized PD series. Each bite-sized PD will be 30 minutes in length and cover a variety of topics designed to support teachers, coaches, and more as we continue to implement the CSD Instructional Priorities and the Best Practices for Digital Teaching and Learning. Wednesday sessions will have a secondary focus and Thursday sessions will have an elementary focus, and regardless of your level, you are welcome to join any session that interests you. If you aren't able to attend a session, no worries! Each session will be recorded and posted below. Click on the SESSION RECORDINGS tab below to access and view the recordings.

Anyone who attends a PD session, synchronously (real-time) or asynchronously (not real time) has the opportunity to receive .5 relicensure credit. In order to receive credit, complete the 2021 - 2022 Relicensure Google form to indicate which of the Canyons U Bite-Sized PD sessions you have viewed. This form will be reviewed at the end of each month and relicensure credit will be awarded on Midas.

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Canyons U Bite-Sized PD Recordings

For those of you who were not able to attend the PD sessions live, you still can watch the recordings below and receive relicensure credit. All you have to do is watch the recording and when you are done complete this Google form to indicate which of the Canyons U Bite-Sized PD sessions you have attended. This form will be reviewed at the end of each month and relicensure credit will be awarded on Midas. As a reminder, each PD session is worth .5 relicensure credit.

Wednesday (Secondary) Sessions

August 18: Derivita (for MS & HS Math Teachers)

The screencasts for this PD are embedded in the presentation above. Click the presentation image above to advance the slides. To view the presentation in a separate tab, click the link below.

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August 25: Learn Platform

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Sept. 1: Getting Started with Blended Learning

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Sept. 8: Using Priority Workspaces or Organize Your CSDDocs

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Sept. 15: Canva for Students & Teachers

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Sept. 29: Preparing Students & Teachers for AAPPL Testing

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Oct. 6: Using Utah's Online Library in Your Classroom

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Oct. 20: Seal of Biliteracy

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Oct. 27: PBIS Rewards in the Classroom

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Nov. 3 Assessing Your Assessments Part 1: Connecting Assessments to Standards

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Nov. 10: Assessing Your Assessments Part 2:
The Nitty Gritty of Writing Effective Test Questions

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Nov. 17: Assessing Your Assessments Part 3:
Using Canvas Quiz Statistics to Analyze Test Question

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Dec. 1: Using Drawings to Decrease Distress in the Classroom

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Dec. 8: Less in More. Strategies for Summary Writing

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Dec. 15: 10 Tips for On-Boarding and Differentiating Instruction for Multilingual Learners

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Jan. 5: Using Canvas to Support Digital Feedback Cycles

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Answers to Follow Up Questions

Jan 12: Writing Series #2: Pre-Writing Strategies that Lead to Successful Drafts

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Jan. 19: Teaching Controversial Topic

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Jan. 26: Motivation in the Classroom

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Learning Task Notebook

Feb. 2: Engaging Activities to Support Subs in Your Classroom

Sub Plans Template
Nearpod Sub Toolkit
Inclusive Activities

Feb. 9: Understanding & Interpreting WIDA ACCESS score reports to Support MLs

Coming Soon

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Feb. 15: Chunking an Extended Response

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Feb. 23: It's Not All About the Lecture: Incorporating Historical Thinking Skill Into Your Classroom

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Mar. 9: Efficient Grading Practices in ELA

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Mar. 16: From a Class to a Community: Building Positive Relationships

Mar. 22: Increasing Language in the World Language Classroom

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Mar. 30: Tried and True Activities to Build Relationship and Classroom Connections

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Learning Task Notebook

Apr. 14: Mindfulness in Times of Stress and Uncertainty - Part 2

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Apr. 20: Using Google to Make Learning Accessible

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May 4: Helping Students Ask Deeper Questions

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Canyons U Bite-Sized PD Recordings

For those of you who were not able to attend the PD sessions live, you still can watch the recordings below and receive relicensure credit. All you have to do is watch the recording and when you are done complete this Google form to indicate which of the Canyons U Bite-Sized PD sessions you have attended. This form will be reviewed at the end of each month and relicensure credit will be awarded on Midas. As a reminder, each PD session is worth .5 relicensure credit.

Thursday (Elementary) Sessions

August 19: Savvas Canvas LTI-A

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Adding Customized Content

August 26: New Feature: Canvas for Elementary (opt-in)

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Sept. 2: Canvas for K-2

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Sept. 8: Typing Club and Best Practices with Keyboarding

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Sept. 16: Extended Learning Outcome - Mathlete

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Sept. 30: Using the 2020 enVision Language Handbook to Articulate Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

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Oct. 7: LETRS Toolbox

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Oct. 21: Using the Extended Lexia with a Purpose: Part 1

Due to recording Lexia restrictions were were not able to record the live session. Teachers can participate in the Nearpod below and receive relicensure credit - just make sure to fill out the 2021 - 2022 Relicensure Google form.