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A guide to ProfessionalLearning with Newsela2021-2022

Newsela Professional Learning is flexible, meaningful, andrelevant to the challenges teachers face on a daily basis.Read on for an overview of our professional learningofferings.

Educator Center..............................................................................................................3

PD Pass............................................................................................................................5

Certification Programs....................................................................................................6

Professional Learning Sessions.......................................................................................7

Professional Learning Session Topics.............................................................................8

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Support

Our robust library of support articles can get teachers answers to common questions aboutusing Newsela. And if they don't find what they're looking for, they can chat with a livesupport agent for additional guidance.

Support articles available to all users; Live chat available 8 AM-6 PM ET for teachers withpaid Newsela licenses.

Newsela Educator Center

Getting StartedHere, teachers can find information on account setup, student rostering, and creating theirfirst assignments. The Getting Started section also contains more information on integrationswith popular learning management systems like Google, Clever, Canvas, and Schoology, andhelpful implementation guides for both administrators and teachers.

Content available to all users.

Always-on, differentiated, and bite-sized support for teachers

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Newsela Educator CenterAlways-on, differentiated, and bite-sized support for teachers

Newsela CommunityThe Newsela Community builds collaborative connections between teachers and provides anonline destination for all Newsela educators to find and share lesson ideas, discuss teachingstrategies, and stay on top of Newsela features and updates.

Available to all users.

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Subject-specific pedagogyDifferentiated resources for ELA, social studies, science, and SEL instruction with examplesof how to fit Newsela into the flow of teachers' classrooms and craft engaging lessons.

App smashing

Educators use many different technology tools to bring instruction to life. These resourceshelp teachers pair Newsela with PearDeck, SeeSaw, Flipgrid, and other platforms.

PD PassAccess to pedagogical expertise and exclusive content

PD Pass provides your teachers with 100+ additional resources, including access to engagingevents, videos, and courses, that allow them to customize their own professional learning.You can use these resources to plan your district's next professional learning day.

Student engagement

Available as an add-on to Newsela licenses.

Teachers can use Newsela's curations and authentic content to drive student engagement.We offer ideas on project-based learning, inquiry, and interactive experiences.

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Newsela Certified Educator

In this five hour program, teachers review the basics and work towards designing meaningfulclassroom applications with Newsela. It all ends with a text set teachers can start using withtheir students right away, and a badge and certificate they can display with pride.

Newsela Teacher Trainer

Educators can become an official Newsela trainer and presenter for local and nationalevents. By completing this course, educators will have the tools to effectively implementNewsela across schools in your district.

Certification ProgramsEnriching experiences for teachers and school leaders

Newsela Fellows

An opportunity offered exclusively to Newsela Certified Educators. Partner year-round witha hand-selected group of innovative NCEs to learn as a cohort, design, and implement apassion project. Newsela Fellows will share final presentations at a Fellow Summit.

Hone in on your instructional priorities and teachers' needs

Different schools have different needs depending on local requirements, specialpopulations, and subject-area objectives. We can help you choose the right typesof sessions to host for your teachers based on your professional learningobjectives, rooted in four instructional pathways: Getting Started withImplementation, Advancing Instructional Approaches, Expanding CulturallyResponsive Practice, and Aligning to Subject-Area Skills and Standards.

Professional Learning SessionsFind a plan that's just right for your district

In addition to our Educator Center, PD Pass, and certification programs, schools and districts with Newsela licenses have the option to purchase additional professional learning sessions just for your teachers. We'll collaborate with you to design a professional learning plan that works for your unique needs and aligns to your training objectives.

Take the fuss out of scheduling and coordination

Let our team of experienced facilitators inspire and engage your teachers

Every session, synchronous or asynchronous, is facilitated by one of Newsela'sProfessional Learning Managers. Our Professional Learning team collectively hasdecades of experience as former educators, and their sessions have been rated5/5 by over 5,000 teachers. You can count on them to provide your teachers withpedagogical expertise and actionable guidance that's relevant to their day-to-daychallenges.

Coordinating across organizations and schedules can be an immense challenge.With our self-scheduling tool, you can easily book professional learning sessions(in-person or virtual) that factor in your teachers' subjects, grade levels, LMS, andmore – all at times that are convenient for you. Best of all, we can adapt sessionsto be asynchronous and even adjust the content to be targeted towards trainerswithin your school or district.

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We've outlined session topics for schools and districts to choose from and tailor for your needs. Grouped by five instructional pathways, you can use this as a guide to find the right fit based on your goals, audience, and setting. Click on each pathway to see details about sessions available.

Getting Started with Implementation

Help your educators get off to the right start with their Newsela licenses. Sessions include:

Tailor sessions for your needs withNewsela Professional Learning

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Advancing Instructional Approaches

Connect your Newsela resources to the instructional approaches that matter most to your teams. Sessions include:

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Hybrid InstructionAnalyzing Student Activity

Cross-Curricular LiteracyAddressing Academic Gaps with Intentional Scaffolds* English Learners: Building Language Skills with Newsela*Creating Meaningful Learning Tasks with Newsela*

Discovering NewselaNewsela and Your LMS

Guiding InquirySupporting Student Engagement Analyzing Student ActivityDifferentiating Instruction Building Background Knowledge

Expanding Culturally Responsive Practice

Build comfort and capacity around culturally responsive content and teaching practices. Sessions include:

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LGBTQIA+ StudiesSocial-Emotional Learning

Culturally Responsive Teaching Tackling Complex TopicsSocial Justice in Your Classroom

Aligning to Subject Area Skills and Standards

Support your departments in leveraging Newsela in service of their subject-area frameworks. Sessions include:

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Integrating Science and LiteracyImplementing Your Custom Collections

Reading Skills to ReteachVocabulary DevelopmentRethinking History

Growing Your Internal Capacity to Support Newsela

Identify your content specialists, coaches, and teacher leaders who can serve as internal Newsela experts over time. Options include:

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Full Year 1:1 Virtual Coaching*Short Cycle 1:1 Virtual Coaching* Half Year 1:1 Virtual Coaching*

*Offered in partnership with BetterLesson. Workshops cap at 30 participants and will require an additional Newsela session credit if attendance goes over that number. Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to schedule.

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Analyzing StudentActivity

Formative feedback guides student learning andis most effective when delivered in a timely andtargeted manner. Newsela surfaces actionableinsights of student performance to informinstruction and foster student agency.

Format Options Models

Getting Started with Implementation

DiscoveringNewsela

Educators need accessible resources that reflectstudents' interests and experiences and helpthem to better understand the world aroundthem. Newsela provides classrooms with high-quality, accessible content paired withinteractive tools to help drive studentengagement.

Newsela and YourLMS

Effectively integrating existing technologies iscritical to educator efficiency and a cohesivestudent experience. Newsela can be leveragedseamlessly with your learning managementsystem, like Google Classroom and Canvas, tobuild meaningful learning activities for students.

Description

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

New usersTrain-the-trainer

Help your educators get off to a great start with their Newsela licenses.

Session

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

New users

Hybrid Instruction Current educational structures and materialsmust support instruction and studentengagement across hybrid learningenvironments. Newsela connects classrooms tocontent and teaching resources to flexiblysupport teaching and learning in and outside ofthe classroom.

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

New usersTrain-the-trainer

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

New usersTrain-the-trainer

*Limited availability

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DifferentiatingInstruction

Teachers who differentiate build multiple meansof expression and engagement into lessons tooffer student options and promote ownershipover learning. Newsela's accessible content,instructional supports, and interactive tools laythe foundation for personalized lessons andlearning activities.

Format Options Models

Guiding Inquiry Inquiry-based learning promotes studentengagement and development of criticalthinking skills. Newsela enables teachers tofacilitate multiple models of student-drivenexploration of content and essential questions inservice of real-world application and action.

SupportingStudentEngagement

Learning occurs when students are engaged, andstudents are more likely to engage when contentmakes a real-world connection to their lives orinterests. Newsela offers texts on a range ofinterests and lived experiences with features tosupport student interaction and choice.

Description

Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareas

Advancing Instructional ApproachesConnect your Newsela resources to the instructional approaches that matter most to your teams.

Session

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareasTrain-the-trainer

Analyzing StudentActivity

Formative feedback guides student learning andis most effective when delivered in a timely andtargeted manner. Newsela surfaces actionableinsights of student performance to informinstruction and foster student agency.

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

New usersTrain-the-trainer

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareasTrain-the-trainer

BuildingBackgroundKnowledge

The background knowledge a student brings to areading has a significant impact on theirengagement and comprehension. Newsela helpsteachers scaffold learning with leveled texts thathelp students build understanding of a topicacross multiple sources.

Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareas

Cross-CurricularLiteracy

Teaching literacy across the curriculum buildscomprehension, critical thinking, andcommunication skills. Newsela’s wide range ofcontent and instructional curations allowstudents to interpret and collaborate aroundcomplex texts of varied topics and types.

Multiple subjectareas

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

*Limited availability

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Addressing Academic Gaps with Intentional Scaffolds*

Heading into school year 21-22, students will need support addressing learning gaps more than ever. There are no shortcuts -- just fundamental teaching principles in a new context. Newsela offers powerful tools that support educators to scaffold instruction and provide meaningful feedback in response to academic gaps.

Newsela’s features and library can unlock more efficient and effective tracking and goal setting, differentiation, culturally responsive teaching, and so much more! Leveraging these tools purposefully requires a lens of meaningful and authentic technology integration - from the rollout to the tasks we create.

Description

Virtual synchronous up to 30 participants**

Multiple subject areasFor coaches and administrators

Advancing Instructional Approaches (with BetterLesson)Connect your Newsela resources to the instructional approaches that matter most to your teams.

Session

During this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the language needs of English Learners (ELs) through the exploration of the WIDA English Language Development Standards and resources. After considering the needs of ELs, participants will map scaffolds and supports from Newsela to specific language needs of students. In a collaborative space, participants will develop an instructional plan using a Newsela article and features to take with them into the classroom.

**Workshops cap at 30 participants and will require an additional Newsela session credit if attendance goes over that number. Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to schedule.

Creating Meaningful Learning Tasks with Newsela*

English Learners: Building Language Skills with Newsela*

Virtual synchronous up to 30 participants**

Multiple subject areasAvailable for either a teacher or a leader audience

Virtual synchronous up to 30 participants**

Multiple subject areasAvailable for either a teacher or a leader audience

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LGBTQIA+ Studies Inclusive curriculum includes representation ofLGBTQIA+ people and their culturalcontributions. The Newsela LGBTQIA+ Studiescollection provides content and instructionalresources that explore the history and topicsassociated with the LGBTQIA+ communitythroughout the past 100 years.

Format Options Models

Expanding Culturally Responsive Practice

CulturallyResponsiveTeaching

Culturally relevant pedagogy is supported byinstructional resources that unpack and discussways to examine identities. Newsela connectseducators to content that supportsunderstanding, engagement, and reflection ontheir personal identity and the identity of others.

Tackling Complex Topics

Discussing complex topics in the classroom helps students work across lines of difference to foster learning and develop advocacy skills for themselves and others. Newsela’s real-world content can be used to support teachers in their efforts to foster critical conversations around complex topics.

Description

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareasTrain-the-trainer

Build comfort and capacity around culturally responsive content and teaching practices.

Session

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Specific subjects:ELA and SocialStudies

Social Justice inYour Classroom

Classrooms with a social justice orientationvalue learners' contributions and encouragethem to question their learning materials andenvironments. Newsela connects students toreal-world problems and traditionallymarginalized narratives to support theconsideration and critique of ideas, issues, andinjustices in their worlds and school community.

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subjectareas

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Specific subjects: ELA and Social StudiesLGBTQIA+ Studies (requires LGBTQIA+ Studies license)Social-Emotional Learning (requires Newsela SEL Collection license)

Social-EmotionalLearning

Emotions and relationships impact how andwhat we learn, as well as how we apply thatlearning. The Newsela Social-EmotionalLearning Collection empowers teachers toincorporate SEL topics and strategies into theircore instruction with real-world texts andembedded teaching resources grounded in Anti-Bias Anti-Racist practices.

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Multiple subject areasLGBTQIA+ Studies (requires LGBTQIA+ Studies license)Social-Emotional Learning (requires Newsela SEL Collection license)

*Limited availability

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IntegratingScience andLiteracy

Literacy plays an authentic role in scientists'work as they consult research, communicatefindings, and engage in discourse. Newselamakes it easy for teachers to target ELA andscientific practices by incorporating diversesources of information for students to evaluateand incorporate into their evidence-basedarguments.

Format Options Models

Aligning to Subject Area Skills and Standards

Reading Skills toReteach

Revisiting skills and standards across variedlearning activities helps students reencounterstrategies and expand their understanding.Newsela provides curated content anddifferentiated activities to engage students inreviewing essential reading skills.

VocabularyDevelopment

Word awareness and language development aremost effective when vocabulary is taught incontext. Newsela supports vocabularyinstruction with content and features thatscaffold unknown words, foster vocabularypractice, and support language engagement.

Description

In-person*Virtual synchronous Asynchronous

Specific subject: ELATrain-the-trainer

Support your departments in leveraging Newsela in service of their subject-area frameworks.

Session

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

Specific subject: ELATrain-the-trainer

Rethinking History Meaningful social studies instruction emphasizescritical inquiry, perspective-taking, and anunderstanding of enduring issues. Newselainspires students to make real-worldconnections through discussion and analysis ofdiverse sources.

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

Specific subject:Social Studies

Virtual synchronousAsynchronous

Specific subject:Science

Implementing YourCustomCollections

Curricular materials should serve yourinstructional priorities and students. NewselaCustom Collections align with districts' uniqueinstructional goals, with curated, differentiatedcontent, and customized lesson resources tosupport planning and implementation.

In-person*Virtual synchronous

Multiple subjectareas

*Limited availability

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Format Options Models

30-minute 1:1Virtual CoachingSessions,Biweekly viaZoom*

Personalized, growth-oriented support from expert coaches to build and sustain skills through the Try-Measure-Learn method. Supports authentic, differentiated, and rigorous literacy instruction in all subject areas. Builds internal capacity to become a Newsela expert who can support all teachers.

Description

Short cycle (3 coaching sessions)Half school year (5 months: Nine Coaching sessions)Full school year (10 months: Eighteen Coaching sessions)

Coaching for teacher leadersCoaching for coaches and content specialistsCoaching for school and district administrators

Growing Your Internal Capacity to Support NewselaIdentify your content specialists, coaches, and teacher leaders who can serve as internal Newsela experts over time.

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