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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Join Facing History & Ourselves as we explore how the history and legacy of both the murder of Emmett Till and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II paved the way for courageous choices and resistance. This engaging workshop will explore two resources from our US History collection—“I Wanted the Whole World to See”: The Murder of Emmett Till and Japanese American Incarceration in WWII: A US History Inquiry—to consider how we can work toward racial justice and a nation that lives up to its own civic ideals.
In this workshop you will:
● Explore two pivotal moments in US history and the continued legacy of racial violence in the United States
● Examine ways that activists have pushed for racial justice
● Reflect upon how this history connects with student and community identities and experiences today
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
In this workshop, participants will study the fragility of democracy in Weimar Germany, the ensuing Holocaust, and the legacies of this history through an in-depth case study.
In today’s global climate, the urgency of sustaining democratic societies that are pluralistic, open, and resilient to violence is more pressing than ever. Facing History’s in-depth case study examines the fragility of democracy in Weimar Germany, the ensuing Holocaust, and the legacies of this history. Studying the Holocaust and Human Behavior case study allows students to wrestle with profound moral questions raised by this history while fostering their skills in ethical and moral reasoning, critical analysis, empathy, and civic engagement—all of which are critical habits of mind for sustaining democracy.
As a participant in this workshop you will:
● Learn current scholarship on the history of the Holocaust and new research focused on human behavior, group dynamics, and bias.
● Increase their ability to facilitate respectful classroom discussions on difficult issues such as racism, antisemitism, and other forms of exclusion in a way that invites personal reflection and critical analysis.
● Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives and the choices they make.
● Engage with classroom-ready multimedia resources and learn how to build a customized unit that meets your curriculum objectives.
● Discover new teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully.
Join Facing History & Ourselves as we consider takeaways from our US History materials and how students can reflect on their own role in a democracy through inquiry-based learning. This workshop will revisit parts of our US History Curriculum Collection and consider how it can both shape and supplement your existing curricula. We will also walk educators through our Democracy and Freedom: US History Capstone Project, where your students will feel empowered to engage in civic “dreaming”, or to visualize the future they would like to build for themselves.
As a result of participating in this workshop, you will:
● Experience Facing History’s approach to teaching US History through hands-on activities and engagement with rich primary sources
● Consider how to support development of student agency and capacity for civic participation throughout a US History course
