- Pflugerville Independent School District
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Professional Learning in PfISD
Pflugerville Independent School District believes that comprehensive, on-going professional learning is central to school improvement and student success. Professional Learning in PfISD promotes continuous professional growth in a supportive environment by enhancing the knowledge and skills of all staff, with the expectation that doing so will also raise the levels of student performance. High quality professional learning in PfISD will be research-based, data driven, provide follow-up, be flexible to meet learners’ needs and be continuously evaluated for its effectiveness.
Please direct any questions regarding professional development to pd@pfisd.net.
Compliance Courses 2022-2023
The 2022-23 Professional Learning Catalog has a tab for Compliance Courses that staff must complete this school year. The Audience/PD Playlist column indicates who must complete each course.
Compliance Courses live in the Professional Learning Platform (formerly TrueNorth) under the PD Playlist section of the Courses tab in the Professional Learning Platform.
Instructions for Accessing the Professional Learning Platform:
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Log into the Professional Learning Platform using your PfISD email address (Google Sign-Sign-On function);
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Select the Courses tab from the top menu;
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Under the My Courses section, look for My PD Playlists and either click the button to expand the selection or click on View All
- All employees must complete all 13 Required Courses in the 2022-2023 Compliance for All Employees PD Playlist
- All campus-based employees must complete all 8 Required Courses in the 2022-2023 Compliance for All CAMPUS Employees PD Playlist
- Your Campus Administrator and/or Campus Nurse may assign you some or all of the Elective Courses in this PD Playlist; you only need to complete the Elective Courses if you have received a directive to do so.
Frequently Asked Questions about Compliance Courses
Question: Why am I unable to complete Course #13867: Child Find-Everyone’s Responsibility (2022-2023)?
Answer: This course is now available for completion on the Professional Learning Platform. The Child Find- Everyone's Responsibility Course is a self-paced, online Canvas course that will be completed within TEA Learn. You will need to create a user account with TEA Learn if you do not already have an account. Please refer to the TEA Learn website for instructions on how to create your user account and access the online course. Once you earn your certificate from TEA Learn, you will upload it onto the Moodle Course linked to the Professional Learning Platform: Course #13867.
How do I find my TEA 10-digit Unique ID?
If you need assistance with your TEA Learn/Canvas account (https://www.tealearn.com/login/canvas), please contact the number below:
Canvas Support Hotline
1-866-692-0804Question: Why am I unable to complete Course #13868: Epilepsy Foundation: HB-684 Seizure Training (2022-23)? I earned my certificate of completion from the Epilepsy Foundation, but the course still shows as incomplete.
Answer: Once you earn your certificate from the Epilepsy Foundation, you will then upload it onto the Moodle Course linked to the Professional Learning Platform: Course #13868. If your course does not show as completed within 48 hours of the certificate upload in Moodle, please email a copy of your certificate to PD@pfisd.net for course processing assistance.
Question: I earned a certificate for a SafeSchools or KnowBe4 course and clicked the Finished button on the Platform course, but the Platform is still showing the course as incomplete. Do I need to retake the course?
Answer: For the KnowBe4 Course, you must first View the Course Resource document for instructions on how to complete this course. Due to high-volume usage in the Platform right now, we have seen some delays with courses not closing out, but there is no need to retake the course. Instead, if your course does not show as completed within 48 hours, please email a copy of your certificate to PD@pfisd.net for course processing assistance.
Question: How do I know if I’ve completed all of the required courses?
Answer: If you have completed all of your courses, each course should show as Status: Complete under your PD Playlist and My Transcript from your Courses tab: click here for a detailed resource guide.
Please direct any additional questions regarding Compliance Courses to pd@pfisd.net.
2022-2023 Professional Learning and Planning Dates
Date
2022-2023
August 2
First-Year Teacher Academy
August 3
NTO - Campus
August 4
NTO - District
August 5
District Professional Learning - Job-Alike Day
August 8
District Professional Learning - Conference-Style Choice Learning Day
August 9
Campus Professional Learning
August 10
Campus Professional Learning
August 11
Campus Professional Learning & Convocation
August 12
Planning & Prep
August 15
Planning & Prep
August 16
First Day of School
October 14
Campus Professional Learning/Conferences
January 3
Planning & Prep
February 20
Planning & Prep
May 26
Planning & Prep
Professional Learning 2022 - 2023
Let the Learning Commence: District Professional Learning for the 2022-2023 school year includes district-provided professional learning on Friday, August 5 and Monday, August 8.
August District Professional Learning Days will be in-person this year!
All learning information is located in the 2022-23 Professional Learning Catalog. The catalog has multiple worksheets and the information for August 5 and August 8 is ready for participants to review. All professional learning information for the 2022-2023 school year will be kept and maintained in the 2022-23 Professional Learning Catalog.
August 5, 2022
Instructional positions will engage in District Professional Learning: Job-Alike Day at one of our four high schools from 8:30-4:30. Job Title and Grade Band will determine which campus to report for Job-Alike Day. Additional course information for August 5, 2022 is available on the 2022-23 Professional Learning Catalog.FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2022
District Professional Learning: Job-Alike DayStaff Reporting Location Determined by Grade Band/Content Area
Location Audience
Connally HS
13212 North Lamar
Austin, Tx 78753Librarians & Library Associates (K-12), Secondary LPAC Facilitators, Secondary 504 Facilitators, Elementary LPAC/504 Administrative Assistants, Counselors (K-12), College/Career Advisors, Social Workers (K-12)
Weiss HS
5201 Wolf Pack Drive
Pflugerville, TX 78660Elementary: Core Monolingual & Dual-language Teachers K-5, SPED HID Academic/Bx Support Teachers & EAs, Academic Interventionists
Dyselxia Teachers (ES & MS), GenEd Behavioral//SEL Interventionists (K-12)
Hendrickson HS
19201 Colorado Sands
Pflugerville, TX 78660Secondary: Core Teachers 6-12, CTE, MS Tech Apps, SPED HID Academic/Bx Support Teachers & EAs, LOTE, Health, AP, ESL, Academic Interventionists (GAME/CARE), Credit Recovery, Integration Services Team
Pflugerville HS
1301 West Pecan
Pflugerville, TX 78660AVID, PE (K-12), Fine Arts (K-12), SPED LID Teachers & EAs, LSSPs, Speech Language Pathologists, OT, PT, AdPe, VI, O&M, Diagnosticians, SPED Vocational Teachers & Job Coaches, ARD Facilitators (K-12)
Parkway Bible Church
303 East Pflugerville Parkway
Pflugerville, TX 78660Three Year Olds - PreK Teachers & EAs
Rock Gym
702 West Pecan
Pflugerville, TX 78660Four Year Olds - PreK Teachers & EAs August 8, 2022
All instructional positions will engage in District Professional Learning: Conference Session Choice-Learning Day at Hendrickson HS from 8:30-4:00. All course information for August 8, 2022 is available on the 2022-23 Professional Learning Catalog (See August 8 worksheet tab), on the August 8th Sessions & Room Locations spreadsheet.Parking is available at HHS, KLMS, and MES. Carpooling is encouraged!
Participants will have time on August 5 during Job-Alike meetings to register for five 1-hour choice sessions to deepen their individual learning and expand their instructional toolkit for the 2022-23 School Year.
Where Do I Go?
Site & Room Locations for August 8
Lunch is On Your Own: 14 Food Trucks will be located outside the HHS Cafeteria (10:45-12:30)
2 Good Wings
Anything Baked Potato
Dulce Tentacion
Hands Off My Funnel Cake (Hot dogs, Hamburgers)
Jags BBQ
La Toxica
Phoenix Grill
Redfin Seafood
Stony's Pizza
Taco Man 512
Takavron Tacos
Waffle Love
Wing Kingz
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