I recently sent out this list of free summer professional development opportunities to my staff and wanted to make sure others were aware of these great events too!
- Google’s The Anywhere School, June 7 – 1PM EST
2. Wakelet Community Week, June 13 – 17 online
3. Kahoot EDU Summit, June 14 – 15 online 9 AM PST
4. FlipFest (Flipgrid), June 27 7:30PM CST
5. InstructureCon 2022 – This is the BIG Canvas conference!!, Thursday, July 14 online
6. Truman Library Teachers Conference (in association with the National Archives),
July 12 – 14 online
Theme: Presidential Character and Decision Making
Presidential Character and Decision Making is a 3 day workshop for teachers. Teachers will learn from and interact with presenters from the following presidential museums and libraries: Truman Library, Clinton Library, Hoover Library, Carter Library, Roosevelt Library, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, George HW Bush Library, Eisenhower Library, and Johnson Library. Presenters from ten presidential libraries will each share how their president made decisions with the Constitution in mind, how it helped them, and how it hindered them. Teaching activities will be shared throughout the week and in the virtual environment, there will be a number of interactive sessions for teachers to learn from.
7. We Rule: Civics for All of US Teacher Professional Development Workshops (in
association with the National Archives)
July 19, 21, 26, & 28, 2022 at 12:30–2:30 PM ET
Educators, join the National Archives for a summer online workshop series! Each two-hour program will explore how to use primary sources to delve into the big ideas of the founding documents. During each interactive session, participants will engage with primary sources and partake in collaborative group work and discussion to discover how to use National Archives resources and programs to teach civic knowledge and skills.
8. Quizlet UnConference, July 26-27
9. Adobe Education Summit, July 26 – 28
10. Canvas Training Portal, always available online
Check out the calendar of trainings available – different workshops are held every day.
11. The Modern Classrooms Project, rolling enrollment
This was suggested by a teacher in my building as they are currently taking the free online course. The mission of the project and the course is to help teachers use a research-backed instructional model to respond to every student’s needs – no matter what or where you teach.
The model includes:
- Blended Instruction: Students access content through teacher-created videos.
- Self-Paced Structures: Students control the pace of their own learning.
- Mastery-Based Grading: Students progress from one lesson to the next when they demonstrate mastery.
Have you heard of any other great professional development out there for this summer? Share in the comments below!
Ms Priester EDU 