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 is designed for experienced Amira AI users seeking to leverage the platform's newest enhancements for deeper differentiation and more targeted support in both English and Spanish literacy development. Participants will explore cutting-edge features that empower educators to pinpoint individual student needs with greater precision and deliver highly personalized learning experiences.
This session is designed for all staff interested in deepening their understanding of how diagnostic data is used within the MTSS process to guide instructional and intervention decisions. Participants will explore how results from i-Ready and STAR inform secondary screening and benchmarking, and how these data points help identify student needs across tiers of support. The session will also highlight how these practices are reflected in Branching Minds, including how data is documented, monitored over time, and used to support students requiring targeted or intensive interventions.
This professional learning session is the first in a series of three designed for high school staff members to explore how the MTSS ecosystem can be structured to prioritize the needs of students with disabilities. This session will include scenarios, problems of practice, and consultancy/collaboration time to highlight structures, strategies, and supports that will help to address the needs of your student population.
This hands-on workshop is designed for educators to deepen their understanding of the i-Ready Literacy Tasks, explore strategies for digital administration and data interpretation, and create a practical plan to integrate literacy tasks into daily instruction through scheduling, collaboration, and hands-on practice.
