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:
- Elementary
- Literacy / reading
- Inclusion and differentiation in math
- Performance Matters assessment platform
- Middle and High
- Content area focus and planning
- Math and ELA: Performance Matters assessment platform
- New curriculum materials for:
- Grades 6-8 Science
- Middle and High Health
- Middle and High Social Studies
Expectations for Implementation:
- Communication:
- Principals play a key role in communicating this information in their summer letter to their faculty.
- 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”.
- Collaboration:
- Email professional.development@slcschools.org if registration email from Kickup is incorrect or not received in school email by the second week of August.
- Evaluation:
- All participants will receive a feedback form for each of their two district days.
Keywords: Professional development, Kickup, August
