This workshop is intended for any PK-12th grade teacher in Sacramento County. Content will be differentiated by grade level and content area as appropriate. School leaders, instructional coaches, counselors, and social workers may attend if space is available, as this workshop is geared towards classroom teachers.

WHAT IS THE YDI? The Youth Development Institute (YDI) was created to help youth-serving organizations improve their programs by incorporating evidence-based youth development practices. YDI provides teams a powerful and interactive learning and training experience as a way to launch organizational change with the goal of aligning practices with youth development principles, building staff and agency capacity and professionalizing the youth development field.

Learn the best Kagan Structures to use with younger children

Learn the best Kagan Structures to use with younger children

Science of Reading Kick-off Event in San Mateo County

GUIDING QUESTION: How can assessments be used to support equitable, high quality UTK and P-3 programs? LEARNING OUTCOME:Leaders can make specific connections between existing assessments and how they can inform equity-centered continuous improvement for systemically marginalized and historically underserved students.

How can we support the development of foundational literacy skills for our diverse multilingual-English learner students? It is critical to adapt instructional practices to meet the unique needs and characteristics of multilingual-English learners (MLL-ELs). This event will specifically address strategies to intentionally support MLL-EL students with phonological/phonemic awareness and phonics skills while simultaneously fostering the development of both expressive and receptive language.

Join Us for an Interactive Virtual Book Study Plus an Opportunity to Meet the Author

Join Us for an Interactive Virtual Book Study Plus an Opportunity to Meet the Author. Whether you are new to a school or have been there a while, the beginning of the year brings forth the opportunity to envision how you will deepen the impact coaching makes on teacher and student learning. We invite individuals and teams of coaches, principals and district leaders to explore strategies and imagine the possibilities within their own context.

How can teachers easily and effectively build language proficiency for their English learner/emergent bilingual students throughout their daily lessons.This interactive three-day in-person summer series provides teachers with a construct and set of strategies that can be effectively integrated into existing lessons and practices.