Virtual Professional Development

Let us support you in developing a virtual plan for professional development today. Browse our options below and mix and match to meet your unique goals!

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FariaPD offers a variety of packages and sessions to support you!

3 Virtual Sessions

$2,500

(value $3,308)

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3 virtual professional development sessions (2 hours each)
2 seats at any virtual event
Additional services listed below

5 Virtual Sessions

$3,500

(value $4,466)

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5 virtual professional development sessions (2 hours each)
4 seats at any virtual event
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8 Virtual Sessions

$5,500

(value $7,174)

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8 virtual professional development sessions (2 hours each)
6 seats at any virtual event
Additional services listed below

PD Services included in each Package:

The specified number of 2-hour professional development sessions
Q & A immediately after each virtual session
Planning call to discuss goals and timeline for sessions with leadership
Debrief call after completion of the package to discuss progress and next steps with leadership

Virtual Offerings

We recommend limiting sessions to 40 participants per facilitator to ensure conversation and participation throughout the sessions as well as direct feedback.

⭐ Popular Offerings

Leadership & Process

Topic	Outcome
1: Leadership Series: Build a Curriculum Process ⭐Multiple session series	Overview of Building a Curriculum Process Develop a Unit Template and Style Guide Build a Curriculum Writing Timeline
2: Overview of Building a Curriculum Process	Identify the purpose and vision for the curriculum process at your school/ district Walk through a high level overview of the elements in a curriculum process
3: Design a Unit Template and Style Guide	Define clear expectations and resources for developing high quality units Explore ways to configure your Atlas site to achieve your school and district curriculum goals
4: Develop a Curricular Strategic Plan	Outline or review your long term curriculum mapping plan Develop the goals, timeline, and PD Plan to successfully implement your vision for the curriculum mapping process
5: Identify Power Standards	Define power standards and criteria for selection at a school or district level Begin to explore and practice strategies for identifying power standards for a subject area and/or grade levels

Curriculum Development

Topic	Outcome
6: Curriculum Basics Series ⭐	Curriculum Basics for Teachers in Atlas Atlas Refresher for Administrators and Leaders Foundations in Curriculum Mapping OR Quality Unit Review
7: Atlas Refresher for Administrators and Leaders	Walkthrough the key features of Atlas specific to your role Use Browse to explore various courses in Atlas Preview reports to support curricular conversations at individual schools
8: Curriculum Writing Series ⭐Multiple session series	Foundations in Unit Planning: Unitizing Standards within a Course Content and Skills Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions Assess Learning: Formative and Summative Assessments The Learning Plan or Create Lessons Aligned to Unit Plans
9: Foundations of Curriculum Mapping	Highlight the benefits of curriculum mapping and unit planning at your school Review sample units and discuss elements of high quality units and maps
10: Foundations of Unit Planning: Unitizing Standards within a Course	Briefly review the purpose of curriculum mapping and unit planning Explore strategies to unitize learning targets within a course
11: Overview of a Backward Design Framework	Review the key components of a backward design framework Discuss each stage of your unit plan and explore the process of backwards planning
12: Foundations of Standards	Walkthrough the organization of standards and how they can drive instruction Review the vertical scaffolding of standards
13: Prioritize and Group Standards in Units ⭐	Establish a common understanding of how to prioritize and unitize standards within a unit Review alignment of standards across multiple units or courses
14: Prioritizing Standards Based on Student Results	Prioritize standards to clearly identify which standards should be given greater emphasis Strengthen alignment to standards in the curriculum based on the student growth results
15: Unpack Standards: Content and Skills ⭐	Walkthrough strategies for unpacking standards into clear learning goals Identify what students should know and be able to do by the end of the unit
16: Develop Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions ⭐	Identify the overarching purpose and focus of a unit Develop enduring understandings and essential questions that guide student learning
17: Assess Learning: Formative and Summative Assessments	Differentiate between characteristics of formative and summative assessments and how they inform instruction Learn how to develop and add assessments in Atlas, AtlasNext or Managebac
18: Assess Learning: Develop Quality Summative Assessments	Explore ways to meaningfully assess understanding of unit goals Review elements of quality assessments, including sample rubrics and success criteria
19: Blended Learning Strategies	Discuss key elements of a blended learning experience and walkthrough examples of blended learning models Consider ways to adapt current lessons or units to a blended model
20: The Learning Plan	Develop clear learning targets aligned to the unit plan Create meaningful activities that help students achieve the learning objectives in a unit
21: Create Lessons Aligned to Unit Plans	Discuss how lesson planning connects to the bigger picture of unit planning and overall curriculum development Explore how to develop lessons aligned to the unit plan Walkthrough the lesson planner in Atlas, AtlasNext, or Managebac

Curriculum Review

Topic	Outcome
22: Overview of a 5 Step Curriculum Review Cycle	Explore and discuss the 5 steps of a review cycle with examples Consider additional needs to ensure the ongoing use of the curriculum review cycles to update and strengthen the written curriculum
23: Using Reports in Atlas to Review CurriculumReports technical training included in Premium Support	Learn how to utilize reports in Atlas to support your role in curriculum work Walk away with several reports saved for future use
24: Quality Unit Review Virtual Curriculum Review series	Discuss the elements of a high quality unit plan Review unit(s) using a sample rubric and/or Atlas reports
25: Curriculum Review Series ⭐Multiple session series	Overview of a 5 Step Curriculum Review Cycle Using Reports in Atlas to Review Curriculum Quality Unit Review
Advanced Curriculum Review Series ⭐Multiple session series	In this advanced series, sessions will include a brief refresher of the steps in a review cycle and hands on experience in completing a cycle with a specific focus. Participants should plan to work with their team between sessions and come prepared to make decisions through collaborative conversations

Instructional Approaches

Topic	Outcome
26: Early Childhood: Template Design	Determine necessary elements to include in a written curriculum Develop, modify or update unit templates to reflect the unique program structure of a school
27: Early Childhood: Unit Development	Based on school’s template, explore the variety of ways to organize content/thematic information Discuss ways to include and/or document non-thematic elements in a unit planner
28: Early Childhood: Phonological Awareness	Break down the stages of phonological awareness development to understand the subtle differences between these skills Discuss teacher strategies to support various levels of development
29: Develop a Unit Template to Support English Language Acquisition	Review current language supports in the curriculum As a leadership team, create or modify unit templates to support language acquisition and provide clear expectations for teachers
30: Unit Planning to Support English Language DevelopmentMultiple session series	Standards & Learning Goals for Language Development Create Assessments for Multilingual Learners Develop Learning Plans for Multilingual Learners
31: Standards & Learning Goals for Language Development	Align units with content & language standards and provide language goals for multiple English proficiency levels Outline unit learning goals that support culturally and linguistically diverse students
32: Create Assessments for Multilingual Learners	Determine how students can demonstrate understanding of both the content and language goals, using multiple language domains Analyze the unit assessment(s) for alignment to content & language goals
33: Develop Learning Plans for Multilingual Learners	Develop integrated lesson targets aligned to the unit plan Outline instructional strategies and approaches to support content learning and language acquisition
34: Scaffolding Instruction	Explore techniques and strategies for scaffolding language and content at various levels Create or update units & lessons with intentional content and language scaffolds
35: Planning for Differentiation	Review key elements of differentiated instruction Explore differentiated instruction strategies and add specific strategies to current units