Professional Learning Opportunities
South Carolina Department of Edcuation ELA Trainings
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September 4
10a-11a
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Reading Strategies and F.4.3
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Elementary
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Explore the specific, explicit reading strategies outlined in F.4.3 in the 2024 SC CCR ELA Standards to calibrate expectations and instruction for developing readers.
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September 18
10a-11a
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Unlocking Word Meaning: Vocabulary Strategies for AOR.7.1
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Middle-Level
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Explore practical strategies to help students determine the meaning of words and phrases using context clues, prior knowledge, and reference materials. This session aligns with standard AOR.7.1 and offers ready-to-use tools for effective, everyday vocabulary instruction in the middle-level ELA classroom.
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September 25
10a-11a
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Bundling Indicators for English 1-4 (Within a Strand)
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Secondary
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Participants will learn to identify natural connections among indicators to create meaningful bundles that enhance instruction in high school classrooms. They will explore strategies for designing lessons and units that integrate multiple indicators within a strand of the 2024 SC CCR ELA Standards. Additionally, participants will discover how to align these bundled indicators with their district’s chosen high-quality instructional materials, ensuring consistency and rigor.
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Arts Education Virtual Training Opportunities
Click the link below and register for a One Stop Workshop account. This account provides a "one-stop" source for professional development on arts integration, visual art, theatre, dance, media arts, music, creative writing, arts administration and more.
Click here to register for these professional development opportunities.
Free Professional Development Courses from ETV
Self Paced PD courses
Classroom Management
Assessment and Evaluation
- Formative Assessment in Practice: Administration and Leadership
- Formative Assessment in Practice: Elementary Classrooms
- Formative Assessment in Practice: Secondary Classrooms
- Demonstrating Formative Assessment in the Science Classroom: Using the FARROP to Inform Practice
- GED® Test Info: Reasoning Through Language Arts
- GED® Test Info: Mathematics
Effective Instruction & Classroom Strategies
South Carolina Department of Education Standards Training Opportunities
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SPOTLIGHT
The SCDE has been sharing a link to a video or recording to support standards-based instruction in South Carolina. To access these recordings and slide decks click here.
Here is the latest R2S Information
Credit: 60 renewal credits upon passing each course
All certified: Administrators, Non-Instructional Staff, Early Childhood, Elementary,
All certified: Administrators, Non-Instructional Staff, Early Childhood, Elementary,
Middle & High School Teachers, and Media Specialists
Location: Courses are online in the SCDE’s Module Learning Management System
Registration Dates: VIRTUALSC Registration will begin:
Location: Courses are online in the SCDE’s Module Learning Management System
Registration Dates: VIRTUALSC Registration will begin:
Week of August 11th, 2025 and end September 8th, 2025 at 4pm.
DEADLINE FOR INTENT TO PARTICIPATE WITH DISTRICT 6 is August 8th, 2025.
Cost: Classes are $80.00 and paid for by District 6 (user must use the cohort code provided to you in your Virtual SC registration instructions.)
Session/Semester: Fall 2025 - Course Dates: September 22nd to November 9th, 2025.
Course Overview: VirtualSC Professional Development Program through the South Carolina Department of Education’s (SCDE) Office of Virtual Education is offering approved online Read to Succeed courses. VirtualSC PD Read to Succeed courses for teachers and administrators support the requirements of the Read to Succeed Legislation (Act 284). Teachers will be awarded 60 renewal credits upon passing each course. All courses last a total of seven weeks from start to finish.
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION with SCDE VirtualSC Prof Dev. is required. You will receive an email with detailed instructions THE WEEK OF August 11th, 2025.
YOU CAN ONLY TAKE 1 COURSE AT A TIME!
Cost: Classes are $80.00 and paid for by District 6 (user must use the cohort code provided to you in your Virtual SC registration instructions.)
Session/Semester: Fall 2025 - Course Dates: September 22nd to November 9th, 2025.
Course Overview: VirtualSC Professional Development Program through the South Carolina Department of Education’s (SCDE) Office of Virtual Education is offering approved online Read to Succeed courses. VirtualSC PD Read to Succeed courses for teachers and administrators support the requirements of the Read to Succeed Legislation (Act 284). Teachers will be awarded 60 renewal credits upon passing each course. All courses last a total of seven weeks from start to finish.
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION with SCDE VirtualSC Prof Dev. is required. You will receive an email with detailed instructions THE WEEK OF August 11th, 2025.
YOU CAN ONLY TAKE 1 COURSE AT A TIME!
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Course Name |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Assessment of Reading |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3212 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Content Area Reading and Writing for Early Childhood and Elementary |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3213 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Content Area Reading and Writing for Middle and High School Teachers |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3214 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Foundations of Reading |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3215 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Instructional Strategies for Reading |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3216 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
R2S Instructional Strategies for Reading - Understanding Dyslexia to Support Struggling Learners K-12 |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3217 |
8/13/2025 |
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Cohort 1 |
Read to Succeed for Administrators |
https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3218 |
8/13/2025 |
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