Name: Student Voice-Pre-K-12 Leveraging Learning Conditions to Impact Effective Instruction
Start: 2025-11-03T08:00:00-0600
End: 2025-11-03T15:00:00-0600

WELCOME!

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.

Student Voice-Pre-K-12 Leveraging Learning Conditions to Impact Effective Instruction

LIMITED

Monday November 3, 2025 8:00am - 3:00pm CST

Medill Office, Room 218

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will support educators in identifying and applying strategies to target Learning Conditions in order to strengthen effective instruction and align to the Rigor Walk Rubric in ways that are culturally responsive and affirming. Participants will experience and explore concrete strategies to enhance effective instruction through fostering the Learning Conditions in their classroom, school, as well as support their professional learning with their colleagues.

Please register on this form by October 17 to be added to our calendar invite. Thank you!

Speakers

Priscilla Lizasuain-Vazquez

Inclusive & Responsive Education Specialist, Department of Student Voice and Engagement

I am a product of CPS schools, and I have worked in CPS for over thirteen years. Most of my experience was at Social Justice High School where I engaged heavily in inquiry based learning that centered on student voice. I was an ELL teacher who taught both English and US history... Read More →