Teachers: Are you looking to develop your leadership skills? The Aspiring Leaders sessions, presented by UVA, will equip aspiring leaders with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to foster an inclusive, collaborative and reflective school culture, driving continuous improvement and positive educational outcomes. Register in the PLMS to join us at Lakeside Middle School on June 12! Continue reading
ACPS Human Resources is excited to fund three educators (who will join one administrator) to attend the Center for Black Educator Development’s 8th annual Black Men in Education Convening this November 21-23. Continue reading
Next week, May 6-10, is Teacher Appreciation Week! In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Albemarle Foundation for Education (AFE) has partnered with local businesses to provide discounts and special offers for our extraordinary educators and school staff! Please visit AFE’s Teacher Appreciation Week web page to learn more about available special offers! While some discounts are good next week only, others are available year-round.
Are you interested in earning a teaching license or an additional endorsement, such as Reading Education, Gifted Education, or Authentic Learning and Leading, or maybe a Special Education add-on? If so, Mary Baldwin University invites you to participate in an informational session on Tuesday, April 30, to hear about their Teacher Education programs. This virtual meeting will take place at 4 p.m. via Zoom. Continue reading
The Office of Professional Development is excited to announce a variety of professional learning opportunities for staff this June, July and August! Offerings include required professional development as well as choice-based professional learning opportunities. Course details are now available through our Professional Development: Summer 2024 Opportunities Courses web page! Please visit the page often, as we will continue adding new opportunities and updating course details as they are finalized. Continue reading
The homebound program is once again in need of teachers. Specifically, we are looking for teachers who are interested in supporting high school students. Albemarle High School is in immediate need, but Western Albemarle and Monticello high schools will have increased need in the coming weeks. You must have a current teaching license to be eligible. If you are interested, please contact Ashby Kindler at akindler@k12albemarle.org or 434-249-6491.
We are looking forward to our next and final 2023-24 Division Professional Learning Community (DPLC) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Professional Development (PD) Day on Monday, April 29. Our schedule for April 29 is the same as last month’s DPLC schedule; please review the schedule carefully and regularly, as we are still in the process of ensuring that there are no space conflicts.
Questions? Please reach out to Megan Wood.
We have begun rostering students in Lexia. This tool will be available to us through ALL In Virginia for the rest of this school year and next. It is an exciting tool aligned with the work we have been doing around literacy and the science of reading.
As part of this implementation, we are excited to announce that ACPS is able to launch the myLexia app for teachers and students with Lexia accounts. The app is now available via ClassLink if your school has been rostered in PowerSchool. Continue reading
James Madison University (JMU) is offering four virtual information sessions to help you learn more about their educational leadership program on April 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 5 p.m. Please see the flyer below for more information about the program. If you are interested, use the Zoom links below to join the info session that works best for your schedule: Continue reading
