Mount Holyoke Graduate Programs Professional Learning

Mount Holyoke College Graduate Programs offers ongoing Professional Learning opportunities on a number of topics. See below for our current offerings. 

If you have questions about these PLCs, please email graduateadmissions@mtholyoke.edu.

Spring 2025

Leadership and Service Learning: One Independent School’s Vision in Action

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM ET
Online

About the Session
At Holderness, students have gone beyond fulfilling their 40-hour community service requirement--they are running with it. From running food service ventures to funding meaningful projects, these young entrepreneurs are gaining practical skills while serving communities in New Hampshire and as far away as Ukraine.

This interactive webinar will feature insights from students, staff, and community partners as they share practical ideas for projects and funding, along with the lessons they’ve learned. Designed to be participant-driven, this session will focus on your interests and needs, ensuring that you leave with actionable takeaways.

We’re excited to learn from you too! Bring your ideas and experiences to share as we explore how to elevate service learning together.

Don’t miss this opportunity—let’s grow and inspire together!

Using Assessments to Guide Instruction

Dates: Wednesdays, February 26, March 26, April 30, May 28
Times: 4:30-7:30PM
Location: Live in-person at Mount Holyoke College
Cost: $40 (Includes dinner each session).
 
Please join us for a four part series to examine how number sense assessments can guide instructional decisions. We’ll discuss “the why” for conducting math interviews with students, how to group students, how to choose tasks based on the interview data, how to leverage important models for instruction, such as “open number lines,” and bring attention to important domains for numeracy, such as fractions. 

The Using Assessments to Guide Instruction PLC will utilize several different resources: Forefront’s Universal Screeners for Number Sense (USNS), assessments and tasks from the new IM360 release of Illustrative Mathematics, and Fractions tasks from Achieve the Core. The grade range of the USNS spans K-6. IM360 is K-12, and the fractions tasks are geared toward upper elementary and middle school. PLC participants from both general education K-8 and special education K-12 will have opportunities during the PLC to work with colleagues in heterogeneous vertical grade bands and also within their grade range.

If your school would like to register a group of teachers to participate, please use the Group Registration Form.
 

 

Creating a Comprehensive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program: A Roadmap for Independent Schools

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM ET
Online

About the Session
Are you enthusiastic about Social Emotional Learning (SEL) but unsure how to create a cohesive plan tailored to your school’s unique needs? This engaging workshop will guide you through the essential steps for designing and implementing a unified SEL approach in an independent school setting. Discover how to build a shared vision among stakeholders, prioritize key SEL competencies, and explore effective pedagogical strategies. Learn how to integrate trauma-informed and equity-focused approaches while cultivating adult competencies to ensure a holistic, sustainable SEL program that benefits your entire school community.
 

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