PD On Demand

 Looking for self-guided professional learning modules that can help you spend time deeply understanding and planning for literacy instruction with EL Education materials? 

You're in the right place.

Getting to Know EL Education

To complete these courses, you'll need an MCS Google account, which automatically includes Google Classroom. There are two ways to open a course:

1. Open Google Classroom in your MCS Google account, click the plus sign on the top right of the page, and type in the corresponding Google Classroom code from below, OR
2. Click the invite link to the Google Classroom course you want to complete.

Module 1: Introduction to EL Education

• Google Classroom code: xcfw4tc
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 2: The Prepare to Teach Cycle

• Google Classroom code: 5h3of4e
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 3: Keeping High-Quality Texts at the Center of Instruction

• Google Classroom code: ogcas44
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 4: Internalizing an EL Education Lesson

• Google Classroom code: ax2kesa
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 5: The Core 4 - Close Reading

• Google Classroom code: xqd74lk
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 6: The Core 4 - Vocabulary Instruction

• Google Classroom code: lwg2245
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 7: The Core 4 - Language Dives

• Google Classroom code: ybcouya
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 8: The Core 4 - The Painted Essay

• Google Classroom code: vhyqadn
• Google Classroom invite: link

Module 9: Skills Block Coming Soon

Module 10: ALL Block Coming Soon

Coaching for Change PD Packs

These courses, designed just for academic coaches, are offered directly from EL Education's website. All you need is a free EL Education account to get started!

• Coaching for Change - Effective Instructional Coaching: PD Pack
• Coaching for Change - Giving Feedback: PD Pack
• Coaching for Change - Teacher-Centered Coaching: PD Pack
• Coaching for Change - Student-Centered Coaching: PD Pack
• Coaching for Change - Professional Development: PD Pack
• Coaching for Change - Video-Based Coaching: PD Pack

Model Classroom Videos

These opportunities, offered through Google Classroom, feature both videos of instruction and behind-the-scenes interviews with teachers, so you get to watch the teaching practice and get a peek into the teacher's thinking behind it.

Grade 4

• Google Classroom code: 3ymuckw
• Google Classroom invite: link

Grade 5

• Google Classroom code: k2qkisf
• Google Classroom invite: link

ALL Block

• Google Classroom code: oc6ggiz
• Google Classroom invite: link