Professional Development Calendar 2017-2018
Below is the 2017-2018 important Professional Development Dates. Please mark these dates in your calendar and plan accordingly.
Start Up Schedule
Monday, August 7
- Benefits Fair AND
New Teacher Meetings
Tuesday, August 8- All Teachers Return
- Day 1: 4 hours School-directed, 4 hours Teacher-directed
- AM: School Business Meeting
- PM: Teacher-directed preparation
Wednesday, August 9
- Day 2: 8 hours District-directed
- AM: District-directed teacher preparation
- PM: District-directed, school-based PD (Extension of summer VL PD)
Thursday, August 10
- Day 3: 8 hours District-directed
- 8:00-10:30: District Kick-off at THS
- 10:45-12:00: Grade level & content area collaboration meetings
- 12:00-1:15 Lunch break
- 1:15-3:15: District PD (courses, book studies, & lecture series)
Friday, August 11
- Day 4: 4 hours School-directed, 4 hours Teacher-directed
- AM: School-directed professional development
- PM: Teacher-directed preparation
Monday, August 14
- Day 5: (1st day of contract) 8 hours Teacher-directed
- AM & PM: Teacher-directed preparation
Tuesday, August 15
Additional Professional Development Days
Tuesday, October 24
- District PD (2nd of 4 PD Days)
Day after 8:00-9:30 School-based PD (Extension of district summer VL PD) Fall Break
- 10:00-12:00 Grade/Subject Collaboration Meetings
- 12:00-1:15 Lunch break
- 1:15-3:15 District PD (courses, book studies, & lecture series)
Tuesday, January 16
- District PD (3rd of 4 PD Days)
Day after 8:00-9:30 School-based PD (Extension of district summer VL PD) MLK Jr Day
- 10:00-12:00 Grade/Subject Collaboration Meetings
- 12:00-1:15 Lunch break
- 1:15-3:15 District PD (courses, book studies, & lecture series)
Monday, April 9
- District PD (4th of 4 PD Days)
Day after 8:00-9:30 School-based PD (Extension of district summer VL PD) Spring Break
- 10:00-12:00 Grade/Subject Collaboration Meetings
- 12:00-1:15 Lunch break
- 1:15-3:15 District PD (courses, book studies, & lecture series)
Classwork Ends Friday, May 25
Parent-Teacher Conferences
- November 8-10 & Feburary 7-9
- September 21, 2017 & February 15, 2018
- September 28, 2017 & Febuary 15, 2018
- September 27, 2017 & February 21, 2018
- Provo High & TImpview High
DLI Mandatory Trainings
- June 12-13, 2017
AUDII for Administrators (only for principals in their first year at the DLI school)
- August 7-11, 2017
AUDII for Teachers
- 1st year target language teachers attend Aug 7-10
- 2nd year target language teachers attend Aug 8-11
Optional, Recommended Training
- Aug 11, 2017
All 6th grade target language teachers Science mtg
- Note: 3rd+ year target language teachers, who have attended 2 AUDII conferences, are not required to attend AUDII again
- Aug 9-10, 2017
1st year English language DLI partner teachers
- Note: English language DLI partner teachers who have attended an AUDII conference are not required to attend AUDII again
Miscellaneous Conferences
- June 20, 2017
Utah STEM Action Center Best Practices Conf, Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo
- June 21 & 22, 2017
Utah MTSS Annual Conference, Davis Conference Center, Layton
- June 27 & 28, 2017
Annual Early Childhood Symposium by USU, Downtown Marriott, Salt Lake City
- July 9-12, 2017
Annual Visible Learning Conference, Burlingame, California
- July 11-14, 2017
Annual Utah Rural Schools Summer Conference, Cedar City
- July 13 & 14, 2017
Symposium on Books for Young Readers, BYU, Provo
- July 14-17, 2017
ILA (formerly known as IRA) Conference, Orlando, Florida
- Aug 1, 2017
Utah NCTM Annual Conference, Eccles Conference Center, Ogden
- Oct 13, 2017
Corwin Literacy Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
- Oct 19-20, 2017
UEA, South Towne Expo Center, Sandy
- Oct 26-27, 2017
UVU Forum on Engaged Reading, Zermatt Resort, Midway
- Oct 27-28, 2017
UCIRA Conference, Weber State University, Ogden
- Nov 17-19, 2017
NCSS Annual Conference, San Francisco, California
- Nov 17-19, 2017
ACTFL Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennessee
- Dec 8, 2017
UVU K-16 Alliance meeting, location tbd
- Jan 23-25, 2018
UASSP Winter Conference, Dixie Convention Center, St. George
- March 3, 2018
Utah Early Childhood Conference, location tba
- March 14-17, 2018
NCTE Convention, Kansas City, Missouri
- March 15-18, 2018
National NSTA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
- March 22 & 23, 2018
UCET Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- March 22-24, 2018
NAEA National Convention, Seattle, Washington
- March 28-30, 2018
BYU CITES Literacy Promise Conference (evening only on March 28), Downtown Marriott, Salt Lake City
- March 28-31, 2018
Association of Positive Behavior Support Annual Conference–PBIS, San Diego, CA
- April 25-28, 2018
NCTM Annual Convention, Washington D.C. (in San Diego, CA in 2019)
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