This Community of Practice brings together 6th - 12th grade educators with a shared goal: to build lifelong writing skills in all students. Together, we will explore strategies that promote student autonomy, confidence, and growth in writing. Our work will focus on creating strong, sustainable classroom writing systems that support diverse learners and empower writers to see themselves as capable, independent communicators. Participants are encouraged to bring both ideas and questions to fuel collaborative inquiry, deepen our collective understanding, and learn from one another. Whether you're refining your current approach or building something new, this CoP will provide a space to reflect, explore, and grow alongside passionate colleagues.

Jeff Zwiers Instructional Leadership Community of Practice to support site teacher leaders and administrators in implementing professional learning at their sites on Engaging ALL students in Academic Talk Across Disciplines. 4 Full Days: The AM sessions will be spent in classrooms, Dr. Zwiers will be available to model lessons and/or coach at hosting site. Four different interested participating sites will be chosen to host. The PM sessions will be workshop time to learn and further develop content knowledge and plan professional learning specific to your site to expand and deepen implementation to increase quantity and quality of of academic oral language across disciplines. Dates: 10/16/25 Session 1: Getting the Work Started,  12/03/25 Session 2: Learning & Planning from Student Talk,  2/03/26  Session 3: Deeper Learning & Planning form Student Talk,  4/14/26  Session 4: Bringing it all Together. Reflecting, Celebrating, Next Steps.

Come join us to collaborate and connect with other educators across Merced County. At each meeting we will be discussing and sharing resources being used by educators across the county. We will also have guest speakers sharing their expertise on Newcomers and how to best address their needs in the classroom. In addition we will also have our first-ever Newcomer Network Conference! This in-person event brings together educators and administrators from across Region 7 to explore strategies, share best practices, and build capacity to support Newcomer students. Come be part of a collaborative experience focused on creating inclusive and high-achieving learning environments for all.

The New Principals’ Academy initiative from the Tulare County Office of Education is designed as a sustained Community of Practice for site leaders and aspiring site leaders. Over six interactive, three-hour sessions held monthly, participants will explore the core duties, expectations, and best practices of successful school leadership in Tulare County. Each session will begin with a 30-minute dinner and networking period, followed by reflection on prior learning and progress on action steps. New content will then be introduced, paired with actionable strategies for implementation before the next session. This structure will promote accountability, collaboration, and real-time application of learning.

This district wide math CoP will focus on: Teaching strategies for building number sense and math fluency for all ages. Daily Number Talks and Building Thinking Classrooms strategies to engage students in mathematical thinking and problem-solving. Exploring practices that foster equitable participation and deeper understanding. Connecting the California Mathematics Framework to your classroom instruction. There will be 1.5 hours of asynchronous time.

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Supporting Multimodal Instruction, Learning, and Engagement in Science (SMILES) will focus on the implementation of the CA NGSS, Ambitious Science Teaching, and community-driven topics. We will aim to support all students--particularly unduplicated students--through practices that involve sense-making, visible thinking, and problem-solving in the classroom.