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  • A message from our Chief Academic Officer

  • Frances Baez

  • Esteemed Educators, 

    Reflecting on the past year, I want to take a moment to recognize your exceptional dedication to developing future leaders. Your commitment  to  cultivating critical thinkers and engaged citizens continue to inspire me to push for innovation, deepen our collective impact, and foster a learning environment where every student thrives. I am truly grateful for your unwavering focus and impact.

    Our upcoming Summer Professional Development sessions will provide a valuable opportunity to connect, collaborate, and grow alongside your colleagues. These sessions are designed to offer tools and strategies to deepen student thinking and learning by: 

    1. Integrating reading and writing to deepen learning.

    2. Enhancing questioning techniques to strengthen student comprehension in preparation for writing.

    3. Exploring innovative strategies to engage students in real-world problem-solving and critical thinking. 

    Session Dates/Times:

    • Thursday, August 7, 2025 and Friday, August 8, 2025
      8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

    Join us in empowering our scholars to thrive, achieve their goals,  and contribute to a better world. 

    In community, 

    Frances Baez, PhD

     

  • Our Why

    Our mission is to provide every student with a rigorous, culturally responsive education, closing opportunity gaps and empowering ALL students to thrive in college, career, life, and as future leaders.

    This professional learning experience will provide teachers with the tools and strategies to support students in:

    • integrating reading and writing to deepen learning
    • increasing student comprehension through questioning in preparation for writing.
    • applying learning to real-world problem-solving and critical thinking

    Participating teachers will receive planning resources and have time to plan, collaborate and discuss promising practices with peers.

  • Frequently Asked Question

Logistics

All Priority schools will attend at a Region Hub. 

Priority Schools Site Locations


Exiting (Bridging/Transitioning) Tier III schools will host summer PD at their own school sites. 


In general, Tier I and II schools will attend at their own school site unless the Region or Principal determine otherwise


Carlson Home School, Virtual Academy and City of Angels PD Sites
  • Please click here for sites: 

Physical Education (Elementary Itinerant and Secondary) and Secondary Health teachers will engage in one day of the previously listed components at their assigned school site and one day at a centralized location. The structure of the day at the centralized location may differ.  


Modified Core Curriculum (formerly alternate curriculum) program teachers will participate in the general and planning sessions with their school sites and join specific choice sessions designed specifically to address the population(s) which they teach. 
 
Displaced staff without an assignment may attend at their previous location.
 

The following specific departments are hosting PD for their own teachers/counselors. Content and Structure may vary from PD hosted by DOI Instruction. Times will be the same, 8 a.m .- 3 p.m. Participants must be on site to be eligible for compensation.  Click here for locations.
    • August 7 and 8: UTK and PCC Teachers sponsored by the Division of Early Education.  (Contact: Ranae J. Amezquita, Director, ECED, ramezqui@lausd.net )
    • August 7 and 8: PAL Teachers sponsored by the Early Childhood Special Education (Contact: Ana Oregel, Director Early Childhood Special Education, abo9100@lausd.net)
    • August 7 and 8: Elementary Itinerant Art and Secondary Art Teachers sponsored by the Arts Division (Contact: Jessica Williams,  Admin Coordinator, Jessica.w.williams@lausd.net)
  • August 7 and 8: CTE Teachers sponsored by CTE Linked Learning. (Contact Esther Dabagyan, Administrator, CTE-Linked Learning, Esther.Dabagyan@lausd.net)
  • August 7 and 8: CTC Teachers sponsored by Special Education Division. (Contact: James Koontz, Coordinator, Division of Special Education, jck6411@lausd.net)
July 31 and 31: Secondary Counselors sponsored by Counseling Services. (Contact: Brenda Pensamiento, Administrator School Counseling Services, bpensami@lausd.net )
 

The Summer Teacher PD is 2 days

Secondary Counselors - July 30 and July 31


The following select early start calendar schools will have PD on Wednesday, July 30 and Thursday, July 31: 

  • Dr. Richard Vladovid Teacher Prep Academy and 
  • ArTES, Social Justice and ASE at Cesar Chavez Learning Academics (3 of the 4 on site Learning Academies)
 

Everyone else has 2 days on August 7 and 8.

 

The hours for days 1 and 2 are 8 a.m. - 3 p.m..

The structure for most participants is as follows:

  • General Session
  • Planning Session
  • Lunch
  • Choice Session A
  • Choice Session B

 

Specialized PD Participants might have a different structure, but will still participate from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

 

Health and PE teachers will have the same dates and times but the structure of at least one day will be different.

 

Registration for the professional development sessions will be through myPLN. Initially, you will register for the entire day. 

 

As the date approaches you will receive a follow up email with the menu of Choice Sessions to select for each day. 

 

Registration and Choice selection job aid forthcoming

 

Register on MyPLN, scan the QR Code:

 

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Or

  1. Log into  https://bit.ly/SummerPD4T

 

  1. On the landing platform pop-up select the appropriate level 
  2. On the right side of your screen, you will click on the most appropriate button to select the course to enroll in
  3. Click here for screenshots of registration and Choice session selection.

 

Or

Search myPLN using Keyword: SummerPD4T2025

 
The intent of the summer PD is for educators at the same site to attend together so they can collaborate. Additionally, some schools are assigned to certain sites to address specific needs.
 
Yes, you must register for the entire session on MyPLN, however you will only be compensated for the session(s) you complete.
 
Yes, you must register for the entire session on MyPLN, however you will only be compensated for the session(s) you complete.
 
Yes, all eligible teachers in attendance will be paid at their regular rate.
 
Each PD day is 6 hours long. Teachers will be paid the amount of hours in attendance per day at their Regular rate.
 

Summer PD is available for register-carrying classroom teachers and out-of-classroom school- based certificated staff responsible for direct support, supervision and coaching in ELA, Math, and content-area instruction. 


The Summer PD is designed and relevant for teachers in general education and special education classrooms, including teachers of alternate curriculum.  


At this time day to day substitute teachers, teacher assistants, classified staff, PSAs and PSWs are not eligible to attend. 


Secondary Teacher Librarians can attend PD. In collaboration with school administrators, Secondary Teacher Librarians attend PD in a content are they teach, a content area most aligned to what they teach or a content area they support.


Substitute teachers in long term assignments, including resident subs,  may enroll at principal’s or principal designee’s request, using this Google form.


Please note that the following staff will have their own PD sponsored by their respective departments. Their PD will be held at a centralized location determined by the department contact:




  • PAL Teachers, Location: TBD

  • Secondary Counselors, Location: TBD
 

CSPP and Early Education Teachers will be provided PD separate from this summer teacher PD. 

 

Please contact the Division of Early Education for additional information.

 

Not at this time.

 

Not at this time. However, secondary school counselors will have a separate PD sponsored by School Counseling Services. Please see Who can register for the Summer PD?

 

New teachers must be fully processed to register on MyPLN and be compensated. 

 

New teachers cannot be compensated if they are not fully processed.

 

If a new teacher does not have a signed contract they cannot attend the PD.

 

Yes, teachers of alternate curriculum programs have been included to participate in the Summer PD and are to register in MyPLN.

 

  • Elementary and secondary teachers will participate in both days of PD with other teachers at their school site. The Division of Special Education will be sponsoring Choice Session each day with content specific to teachers of alternate curriculum. 
 

Arts teachers will attend PD sponsored by the Arts Department on August 7 and 8.

 

The Division of Instruction will provide funding for participants from all UTK-12 sites, regardless of tiers.   

 

Each school site will report time for the teachers assigned to their school. All teachers will sign-in and out using a digital form provided with the resource materials.  Following the PD, DOI will email Principals and SAAs a list of participants for each day of attendance along with the appropriate funding line. All sites are strongly encouraged to also have their own process for signing in and out.

 

Host schools are schools that are the PD location for more than one school. In these cases, Tier I and Tier II schools have chosen to partner up, combine their staff for the PD and have the PD at one site. 

 

(For Tier III schools these are called HUBS and they function differently, since in some cases the schools at the HUB sites may not include the staff at the selected locations. Also, the region and ETO take the lead on logistics)

 

  • Host and sending principals (for Tier I and II Schools) are to connect and identify learning spaces and logistics to accommodate the number of teachers at the combined schools. 

 

  • Your facilitator(s) should have attended a trainer of trainers (TOT) session (dates are forthcoming). TOT sessions will prepare facilitators to deliver the session content and familiarize them with session specific resources.
  • Facilitators can come from the multiple schools in attendance.
 
Participants need a fully charged electronic device to access supplemental resources.  If they do not have a device they can still participate in the PD.
 

Participants should log into MyPLN and check their transcript under the blue “learning” tab on the top left hand corner : 

 
DOI will provide all necessary materials digitally. A region or school may choose to print materials.
 

Content

Yes, the content in each session is meant to support teachers with new strategies to identify learning outcomes, use questions to deepen learning and thinking in pursuit of those outcomes, and plan for the upcoming unit.
 

Materials and resources will be provided during the TOT sessions and will be available in the Principal’s Portal. 

 
Rigor by Design, Not Chance by Karin Hess will be provided to all eligible participants. The physical copy of the book is NOT needed for the PD.
 

Time Reporting and Funding

The Division of Instruction will provide funding for participants from all UTK-12 sites, regardless of tiers.
 
Each school site will report time for the teachers assigned to their school. All teachers will sign-in and out using a digital form provided with the resource materials. Following the PD, DOI will email Principals and SAAs a list of participants for each day of attendance along with the appropriate funding line.
 
Yes, all teachers in attendance will be paid at their regular rate.
 
There are 2 days of PD and each day is 6 hours long, so teachers can be paid up to 12 hours total. Teachers will be paid the amount of hours in attendance.
 
Sign-in and sign-out sheets will be available to facilitators and administrators using the resources provided at TOT sessions and the Principal’s Portal.These will be provided to teachers each day of attendance. It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for all sites to have a backup sign in, paper or electronic.
 
If there is verification of attendance (such as a site paper or digital sign in/out form), the site administrator can approve the time based on site sign in/out form.
  
It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for all sites to have a backup sign in/out, paper or electronic.
 
 

Choice Sessions

Yes. Teachers will have a menu of options from which to select.
 
No. Participants must be on campus/at the assigned PD location in order to be eligible for compensation.
 
School time reporters will report time. After the summer PD principals and SAAs will receive a list of participants and the number of hours they attended.
 

Participants must complete the 2025 Summer PD for Teachers SIGN-IN/OUT forms shared during the session. Participants will sign in and out of the following EACH DAY: 

  1. Sign in to the General Session and sign out of the Planning Session
  2. Sign in/out of Choice Session A
  3. Sign in/out of Choice Session B

 

It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for all sites to have a backup sign in/out, paper or electronic. The site sign in/out can be for the whole day. In other words participants would sign in at the beginning of the General Session and sign out at the end of Choice Session B, each day.

 

Once the registration goes live:

 

Please click here for instructions. 

If you are registering from home:

  1. Make sure to have VPN enabled and working properly
  2. Make sure to disable pop-up blockers

Please contact ITS for further assistance

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    Registration

    Registration is now open! Register via myPLN, using the QR Code, direct link, or myPLN Keyword. 

    Registration QR Code:

    Registration Link:  https://bit.ly/SummerPD4T

    MyPLN Keyword: SummerPD4T2025
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