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Professional Development at ACOE
The Alameda County Office of Education offers a variety of professional development opportunities for early learning educators, TK-12 teachers, and administrators to expand their skills and increase effectiveness in the schools and districts they serve. We provide a broad range of training and coaching support for all educators, including on-site and online workshops, professional certification, and summer institutes.
Click the links below to access additional information and a schedule of upcoming learning opportunities.
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JANUARY
JAN
7Show Me What to Do!
This session will focus on the teacher moves necessary to promote development for all students! Learn how our brains analyze visual, auditory, and tactile information, and more.
JAN
10Region 4 STEAM Hub Community of Practice
Join Region 4 expanded learning site coordinators in a community of practice for improving the quality and quantity of STEAM learning opportunities addressing the ethnic and gender gaps in the field.
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12The Science of a Meaningful Life
In this first virtual session of the Social and Emotional Learning Community of Transformative Practice (SEL CoTP), Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas from the Greater Good Science Center will reveal the 8 keys that unlock the pathway to a Meaningful Life.
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18The Science Partnership for Global Change
Inviting 6th grade educators to participate in a professional learning opportunity focused on environmental literacy, NGSS, and civic engagement.
JAN
24Philip A. Harvey Memorial Mock Trial Competition
You are cordially invited to serve as a volunteer judge and/or scorer for the Alameda County High School Mock Trial competition. Your support is invaluable!
JAN
25Our Changing Planet
This intensive professional development opportunity addresses environmental literacy, social justice, and creativity in order to deepen an understanding of local ecosystems and develop creative solutions that can collaboratively strengthen a community’s climate resilience.
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FEB
1Arts as Life!
Join this fun day of learning and immersive professional development, rich with opportunities to practice creativity and explore its connections to literacy and social and emotional learning.
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1CircleUp for Restorative Practices
In this interactive and introductory workshop, learn about the three focus areas of Restorative Practices and how they can be used to help students develop Transformative SEL skills.
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5/12Media Producer Fellowship: Futures We Dream
Arts2Work is seeking 10 creative students looking to explore storytelling and media arts as a career. In this Fellowship, students will create their own 1-2 minute short videos around the theme of Futures We Dream, inspired by the Smithsonian FUTURES exhibition currently on view in Washington, DC.
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8New and Emerging Site Coordinator Series for Expanded Learning
New and emerging expanded learning leaders interested in building supervisory, managerial and coaching skills can register for this 4-part level A series designed to improve high-quality programming through leadership basics.
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8Human Trafficking Prevention Education
Participants will learn about recruiting tactics for human trafficking, the role of technology, how to identify situations where someone is at risk, and how to properly respond in the community.
FEB
9Building a Culture of Collective Efficacy
This is a 3-part professional development series for Administrators and Instructional Coaches. When school communities make a shared commitment to developing their own practice in service of student learning, everybody wins!
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10ACOE Teacher Residency at Alder GSE Information Session
Join us for a brief, virtual information session on Alder Graduate School of Education and Alameda County Office of Education's Teacher Residency Program.
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15Intro to Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (T-SEL)
In this interactive workshop, discover how Social-Emotional Learning can be a transformative lever for equity and justice-oriented civic engagement.
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FEB 28Early Childhood Education Summer Internship
ACOE, in partnership with The Unity Council and YMCA will provide fifteen internship opportunities for graduating High School Students, in Early Childhood Education at child development centers in Alameda County.
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FEB 28Municipal Engineering Internship
The City of San Leandro, Department of Engineering and Transportation, is looking for two student interns that are excited to learn and gain experience in Civil Engineering. The internship is entry-level and meant to provide a valuable hands-on experience to students interested in becoming registered professional engineers. Training is provided. San Leandro residents and Civil Engineering curriculum is highly preferred.
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FEB 283D Printing Shop Technician Internship
Protocafe, a Newark, CA based, industry leader in 3D printing, rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, is looking for six interns interested in gaining hands-on experience in the 3D printing industry. The internship can be tailored to expertise and interests that include design, hands on fabrication, model finishing, machine operation, testing, documentation. Training is provided.
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FEB 28Summer Internship: Pitching A Concept
BRIC (Break, Reinvent, Impact, Change) is seeking 45 creative students ages 18 and up looking to take part in a virtual creative experience. During the six-week-long internship, students will work in small groups to create an original concept for a television show, movie, or video game and will pitch their project to development executives and creators.
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MAR
6BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS in MATHEMATICS
Based on the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning by Peter Liljedahl, this five-session book study will facilitate a collaborative learning space, focused on implementing classroom practices that encourage deep mathematics learning.
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9Ethnic Studies Program Network
Collaborate with districts throughout Alameda County to share best practices in the development of a robust Ethnic Studies Program.
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9Social and Emotional Learning PechaKucha
Ring in SEL Day learning about tips and lessons learned from SEL implementation in local schools.PechaKucha, “chit chat” in Japanese, consists of displaying 20 visually-based slides for 20 seconds each while presenting on a topic for a total of 6 minutes 40 seconds.
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14Rethinking Social Science Grading and Assessment Study Group
Investigate key learnings from Grading for Equity and Standards-Based Education. Identify how teachers have already applied those to Social Science formative and summative assessments.
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20CTE Multi-Sector Computer Science Week
These live virtual sessions will expose students and teachers across 10 counties to ways that CS is professionally applied across multiple pathways, and highlight CS specialties in fields like Culinary Arts, Agriculture, Construction, and more; these sessions are here to support curriculum and educate our youth!.
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APR 3Experiences in Research - Virtual Internship
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are advancing human knowledge and seeking science solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. Spend six weeks working directly with scientists on cutting edge STEM projects. The Berkeley Lab is looking for 20 interns. No experience is necessary.
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11California Mathematics Framework for Teacher Leaders
The Core Department at the Alameda County Office of Education is excited to announce a new professional learning opportunity to support the California State revision of the Mathematics Framework for 2022.
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24Inaugural Early Education Sector Week
The Alameda County Office of Education, in partnership with Earn & Learn, invites you to an exploratory week in the Early Education and Child Care sector. Each one-hour virtual session will give participants an inspiring perspective on the industry that is shaping the next generation.
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26Youth Power: We are the Change-Makers
Learn from Youth who are making change in their communities about what promotes youth agency at all grade levels.
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MAY
10Healing Centered Practices
Explore transformative strategies to engage with students and create educational environments that foster healing
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3PICT Substitute Workshop
Emery, Hayward and San Leandro substitute teachers This workshop is designed to support current substitutes with skills they needs to have successful days in various classrooms.
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8Bay Area Arts Education Leadership Summit
Unpack the promise of Prop 28 with a team of 2-3 people from your district. We will identify best practices and develop key action steps to utilize funding provided through Proposition 28. Explore tools to develop your own leadership skills and communication practices to advocate for arts education..
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