Professional Development Opportunities
for Candidates and Coaches
CTI offers online synchronous professional development for coaches and candidates to increase student achievement
Series Flyers
Sessions
October 2025
November 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00
Deirdre Edwards
How Can I Keep My Students Engaged Throughout a Lesson?
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Where Every Student
Feels They Belong
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lisa Moe
Angel Van Horn
Together, we’ll explore how intentional design supports student safety, equity, and authentic collaboration. You’ll leave with a clear plan—and a visual you can use immediately—that communicates your expectations and values to your students.
with AI & Canva
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
Steven Hickman
Tired of Disciplining? Aim for More Collaborative Approaches
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
Increase Student Participation in Whole-Class Discussions
Part 1 – Talk Moves
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Integrating SEAL
to Boost the ABCs
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Christine Matthew
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lisa Moe
Angel Van Horn
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Reputations, Labels, and the Power of Assumptions
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Randi Parreco
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ocean Walker
Angel Van Horn
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Ocean Walker
Randi Parreco
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Louisa Higgins
Christine Matthew
Get ready to join in this fun and relaxing session. To be prepared, you will need to have a few materials on hand:
- White Paper (8 1/2 X 11)
- Black Pen, Sharpie, or Marker
- Small Paper Plate
- Optional: Colored Pencils or Markers
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
Tonya Almeida
Angel Van Horn
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ocean Walker
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
Gayle Bently
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Ocean Walker
Randi Parreco
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Christine Matthew
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Deirdre Edwards
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ocean Walker
AI & IEPs
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Morgan Singleton
Learn prompting strategies and data-driven workflows for generating draft components and refining them with human judgment.
Address ethical, privacy, and bias concerns in AI-assisted IEP development.
Explore practical cases or prototypes (e.g. multi-agent systems) that combine AI with educator input to reduce workload while preserving quality.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Victor Portillo
Dr. Jorge Alvarez
A Google Sites Workshop
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
AI in Your Child's World:
What Parents Need to Know
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Randi Parreco
Tonya Almeida
December 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
Tonya Almeida
Angel Van Horn
for ALL
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Morgan Singleton
Focus: Applying differentiation strategies in special education settings to accommodate varied learner profiles.
Key themes:
- Differentiate by content, process, and product—what students learn, how they learn, and how they show learning.
- Use flexible grouping, tiered assignments, choice boards, scaffolding, and multimodal materials to match readiness, interests, and preferences.
- Monitor growth and adjust instruction responsively, linking differentiation to IEP goals and supports.
- Leverage AI tools to generate differentiated materials, offer alternate representations, and assess progress efficiently.
January 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaymie Baiza
Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Ocean Walker
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lisa Moe
Integrating SEAL
to Boost the ABCs
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Christine Matthew
Research shows that social and emotional skills are foundational for success in school, the workplace, and life. If we want SEL to be successful and sustainable with students, it must start with the adults. In this session, participants will explore the research supporting SEAL (Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning) and participate in self-reflection, discussions, and activities that they can immediately replicate with their students and colleagues. This session is designed to help participants have a deeper understanding of SEAL to strengthen their own social-emotional competencies, boost their efficacy in modeling and teaching these skills to students, and build the capacity to infuse this mindset into site and classroom practices.
Play-Based
Learning & Assessment
in Early Education
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ocean Walker
Time TBD
Deirdre Edwards
To all the passionate educators ready to elevate your teaching craft,
As we embark on this professional learning journey, let us remember the incredible impact we have on shaping young minds and hearts. Like seeds planted in fertile soil, your dedication and knowledge will bloom into a garden of bright futures.
Learning and growth have a powerful impact on our lives and the lives we touch, and as such we have a great impact on student trajectories in life. So just as we want our students to learn and evolve, we must do so as well. In every challenge lies an opportunity, and in every student, there is a unique brilliance waiting to be illuminated. So let us show up with curiosity, compassion, connection, caring, collaboration, and commitment to action based on your key learnings.
Together, we have power beyond measure to shape generations to come because our influence reaches farther than we can ever imagine…far beyond the classroom walls.
Thank you for investing in yourselves by allowing these professional learning sessions be a catalyst for transformation within your classroom and school community. The world is brighter because of teachers like you, who want to do better, be better, so that we can all look forward to the best tomorrows!
Go now and get ready to create magic in the classroom.
Keep inspiring, keep dreaming, and keep changing lives!
Administrator of Professional Development
