August Professional Development Days (Update with Times and Locations)

Title:               August Professional Development Days (Update with Times and Locations)

Date:              August 7, 2025

To:                  All Administrators

From:             Katie Ieremia, Supervisor for Academic Records & Credit and Professional Development, Teaching and Learning

   Dr. Tiffany Hall, Executive Director, Teaching and Learning

Subject:         August schedule and content

Summary:

The schedule has previously been released but the times and locations are now available in the spreadsheet below. By August, all teachers will be pre-registered and will receive an email from Kickup outlining their registration. (If they have a mistake on their registration, they should email professional.development@slcschools.org. Due to the volume of communication at the beginning of the school year, phone calls and emails to individuals cannot be responded to in a timely manner.)

Key learning for Day 2:

1. Elementary
   1. Literacy / reading
   2. Inclusion and differentiation in math
   3. Performance Matters assessment platform
2. Middle and High
   1. Content area focus and planning
   2. Math and ELA: Performance Matters assessment platform
3. New curriculum materials for:
   1. Grades 6-8 Science
   2. Middle and High Health
   3. Middle and High Social Studies

Expectations for Implementation:

1. Communication:
2. Principals play a key role in communicating this information in their summer letter to their faculty.
3. An email from Kickup, will be sent to each teacher with their registration and then a reminder email will be sent the day before each teacher’s “Opening Day” and “Day 2”.
4. Collaboration:
5. Email professional.development@slcschools.org if registration email from Kickup is incorrect or not received in school email by the second week of August.
6. Evaluation:
7. All participants will receive a feedback form for each of their two district days.

Keywords: Professional development, Kickup, August