FOR SESSIONS TAKING PLACE AFTER JUNE 9, 2026 PLEASE ACCESS THE SY27 SCHED EVENT PAGE. In this SY26 SCHED EVENT PAGE you will find registration for professional learning sessions offered from the CPS Office of Teaching and Learning TAKING PLACE BEFORE JUNE 9, 2026. n this SY26 Chicago Public Schools Sched Event Page you will find registration for professional learning offered from the CPS Office of Teaching and Learning and Skyline specific opportunities.
Please note, to access district-wide offerings of professional learning opportunities you may view the Employee Intranet Professional Learning Calendar(filter the calendar by professional learning on the left).
SY26 SKYLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Teacher Professional Learning. Teachers are provided with comprehensive support when launching the Skyline curriculum through asynchronous and in-person sessions, as well as ongoing offerings to sustain and deepen successful implementation.
Skyline Essentials Badges: Asynchronous self-paced professional learning essential for those who are implementing and/or supporting the implementation of Skyline. Badges can be found here. Teachers earn 1 ISBE credit hour for each completed badge. As of April 1, 2025, compensation is not available for badge completion.
Skyline 101s: In-person, day-long sessions that prepare teachers and leaders for successful implementation of Skyline. Sessions will run June 16, 2025 through the summer.
Ongoing Support: Throughout the school year, CPS content specialists provide ongoing professional learning opportunities tailored to both newly implementing teachers and more experienced users of the curriculum.
School Leader and Network Leader Professional Learning. School leaders and network leaders have access to professional learning that helps them apply high-leverage leadership practices that are especially impactful for implementation of HQ curriculum.
Leading Implementation of the Skyline Curriculum: This in-person, day-long launch session is for school leaders, school-based coaches, and network/district coaches who support schools with curriculum implementation. Leaders will leave the session prepared to implement high-leverage leadership and coaching practices that matter most for successful curriculum implementation. Sessions will run May 27, 2025 through the summer.
Ongoing Support: Throughout the school year, the CPS professional learning team provides ongoing opportunities for school and network leaders to strengthen their leadership of Skyline curriculum implementation.
Payment / ISBE Credit Hours
Teachers will receive ISBE Hours for each Skyline Essentials badge completed. As of April 1, 2025, no compensation will be provided for completion of Skyline Essentials badges. Teachers will receive ISBE Hours for attending PL sessions. Eligibile staff will also be compensated at the non-instructional rate per hour for their attendance at Skyline PL sessions that occur outside of regularly contracted hours. Teachers must be fully contracted and onboarded at the time of the session, attend the full duration of the session, and complete the attendance/exit slip form to receive payment and ISBE Hours. Please find more payment information in the Skyline Payment One-Pager.
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This professional learning session will equip educators with the knowledge and skills to effectively leverage the Branching Minds platform to enhance their Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how Branching Minds can streamline intervention planning, progress monitoring, and data-driven decision-making for students requiring Tier 2 and Tier 3 support.
This workshop explores themes of exclusion and membership, featuring our new Angel Island Immigration Station inquiry.
This interactive workshop will engage participants in learning about Angel Island Immigration Station to help them think critically about the concept of borders—not simply geographic borders, but the social, economic, and political boundaries erected throughout US history to separate “in” groups from “out” groups." The C3-style inquiry on Angel Island is part of Facing History's larger US History Curriculum Collection.
Please consider registering for the corresponding Resisting Hatred: Lessons from the Murder of Emmett Till and Japanese American Incarceration workshop on November 5th. Participants are encouraged to attend both workshops prior to implementing the three inquiries in their classroom.
In this workshop you will:
● Apply Facing History’s unique methodology in order to explore history and literature through themes of identity, choices, justice, and civic participation
● Learn a range of teaching strategies for helping students process emotionally powerful histories
● Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives
This professional learning session will equip educators with the knowledge and skills to effectively leverage the Branching Minds platform to enhance their Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how Branching Minds can streamline intervention planning, progress monitoring, and data-driven decision-making for students requiring Tier 2 and Tier 3 support.
