Staff In-Service
Quality Schools In-Service Day, October 14, 2026
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome Staff - Superintendent Tom O’Malley
Theater
8:40 – 9:45 Team Building Activities
Find Your Group
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Del Oro Admin Facilitate
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Placer Admin Facilitate
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Alternative Ed Admin Facilitate
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Colfax Admin Facilitate
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Foresthill Admin Facilitate
Classified Staff
10:00 – 11:00 “Show Us What You’re Proud Of”
Districtwide Department Collaboration: Dept. Chairs Facilitate
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CCGI & Placer Union HSD Counselor Training: 11:00-12:00
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Facilitators:
Chritian Kinsey – E-Portfolio for Colfax CTE
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Facilitators:
Erin Lee, Pilar Sheohon, & Alex Rodriguez – Most of the department will be sharing out and we'll discuss everything from writing resources to Google Translations and the +/- of group pairings.
Joel Agee – Updates to the Practice SBAC and Hexagon Thinking
Sarah Schopfer & Katlin Jenkins – Our department has been doing a lot of work with discussions and Interactive Notebooks (but cooler). We will do our share out based around those elements of our classes and how we are using them to maximize learning.
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Facilitators:
Toni Amarel – Using generative AI as a collaborative tool to redesign a dual-enrollment Statistics course. I’ll share how I’ve used AI to systematically analyze course scope and sequence, learning objectives, instruction, assignments, labs, assessments, and past patterns of student errors and misconceptions. I will show how I used the analysis to redesign and create targeted tasks that increase students’ ability to access challenging statistical concepts, make purposeful use of technology, make tasks more AI-resistant, and place greater emphasis on students making claims and supporting them with statistical evidence and justification.
Terry O’Keefe – Retake policy, incomplete policy, three year SBAC approach, formative/summative balance, course offerings balanced with CCI improvement, deciphering & clarifying the PUHSD priorities for math: identifying priorities for Colfax math.
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Facilitators:
Bobby Quattlebaum – Student athletes responsibilty
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Facilitators:
Jake Hardy & Jen Isaac – Lab report descussion presentations.
Bill Kish & Lisa Seals – Implementation of Building Thinking Classrooms practices.
Amanda Bratton – Reflection and Intervention Strategies
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Facilitators:
Karen Montgomery – How project based learning can be meaningful, content driven and rigorous (spotlight on the Legislative Branch).
Devin Ginty – Student engagement through competition, project based learning, and individual relationships.
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Facilitators:
Chelsea Thompson, Cristi Tanner, & Norma Sanchez De Haro – Woodcock Johnson V
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Facilitators:
Marcie Arteaga & Melia Borruso – VAPA CHS is creating new opportunities for our students - field trips, student teaching opportunities, guest speakers, community performances, and more....
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Facilitators:
Darren Belles – Roxxem, gamification, PLC - specifics of AR verb conjugations, try to make curriculum relevant to their lives (map of Auburn - draw 8 locations of interest and talk about location using prepositions L2), taco tuesday, silly selfies - acting out one of the verbs and write out a sentence using the verb, shorts, amigos secretos, news cast in ASL3 with guests in videos.
Angela Briggs – Student led learning posters. Lesson framework, checklist, and rubric for student assessment of peer teaching. Effects of this practice on student engagement.
Laura Sellers – This year, I am piloting VHL's new AI called My Conversation Trainer- I am happy to share what it is and how it is going so far, if anyone is interested.
Samantha Rose – Ask, Ask, Switch; the Imposter Game; Interactive Dictation. Slide Deck & Handout
Mariana Mathews & Alexis Miranda – Sharing a resource in the form of a magazine (print and online) It provides authentic text, is student friendly, has audio and video and really engages students. It is from Scholastic and the editions are Ahora and El Sol, mainly used for Spanish 2 and 3.
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11:00 – 12:00 “Work With People Who Teach What You Teach”
Districtwide Like-Subject Collaboration
During this session, teachers will collaborate with like-subject colleagues, selecting one of the three discussion options to share effective practices, exchange ideas, and explore opportunities to strengthen student learning.
1. ”What Works, What Can We Learn, and What Can We Share” Using the four PLC questions to guide meaningful conversations about teaching practices and student learning. Groups may explore all four questions or dive deeply into one, with the goal of sharing ideas, asking questions, and learning from one another.
2. AI Uses & Strategies Share practical ways teachers are using AI to improve efficiency, streamline tasks, and support instruction. Explore strategies for promoting authentic student learning, critical thinking, and academic engagement in an increasingly AI world.
3. ELOs & Grading Practices Compare ELOs across school sites to identify similarities, differences, and opportunities for alignment. Discuss grading practices and policies, highlighting what is working well, challenges encountered, and opportunities for improvement.
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Potato Bar
Provided by Child Nutrition Services
BYOLC, Bring Your Own Lawn Chair, For Lunch Outdoors
1:00 – 3:30 Site Time
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Sarah Schofer & Amanda Bratton Facilitates
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Karen Montgomery & Vincent Blake Facilitates
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Christina Nokes Facilitates
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Amanda Roberts & Shauna Stafford Facilitates
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Amanda Thaller & Morgan Zerwas Facilitates
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Laura Sellers Facilitates
PCOE Intro To Interims – Jake Ritschel
Room 548
1:00 – 1:45 Foresthill & Colfax
1:50 – 2:50 Placer