Scheduling Strategies - Frisco ISD

Frisco Independent School District
Quick Reference Course Planner
This planner is a reference tool to be used to identify required and/or highly recommended courses for both new
and returning teachers prior to registering for summer and Saturday courses. Courses are defined as follows:
1. Required: Identifies fundamental courses for a specified target audience or content area that is required
to fully execute the curriculum and maximize instruction.
2. Highly Recommended: Identifies courses that are based on district/campus data to increase student
learning in the classroom.
3. Out-of-District Recommendations: Identifies courses for your convenience, but are not located in
Eduphoria Workshop for registration. Supervisor pre-approval and off-site registration is required
before attending out-of-district courses.
NOTE: A wide array of continuous learning courses are scheduled and listed in the Learning Guide and
Eduphoria Workshop according to teaching / support staff assignment.
ALL LEVELS (EC-12)
Alternative Certification, First Year, and Out-of-State Teachers
Target Audience Required Courses* Date Attending
EC-12 Alternative
Certification, First-
Year and Out-of-State
EC-12 Alternative
Certification
Professional Development Appraisal System (PDAS) Online
(Must be completed September 13, 2011)
Qualities of Effective Teaching (4-part online series)
*These courses are in addition to any content-specific requirements, and you will be registered automatically.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (EC-5)
New Alternative Certification, First Year, and New-to-Frisco Teachers
Target Audience Required Courses** Date Attending
EC Teachers Select from the continuous learning courses
K-5 Teachers
Journaling
Six Trait Writing
Returning Teachers
Target Audience Highly Recommended Courses Date Attending
K-5 Teachers Building Your Math Toolbox
K-5 Teachers
Promoting Vocabulary Development Through Strong
Instruction
3-4 Teachers Lights, Camera, Action
4 Teachers What’s the Matter?
**Special Education, Dyslexia, GT, Pre-AP, and AP requirements are listed below. All other teachers and
support staff can select from the continuous learning courses in the Learning Guide.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL (6-8)
Alternative Certification, First Year, and New-to-Frisco Teachers
Target Audience Required Courses** Date Attending
6-8 Math Understanding the TEKS
6-8 Science Science Notebooks / Journaling
Cuttin’ Up Science
6-8 Social Studies Select from the continuous learning courses
6-8 ELAR Six Trait Writing
8 Health
Parenting and Paternal Awareness
Scott and While Worth the Wait
Returning Teachers
Target Audience Highly Recommended Courses **
Understanding the TEKS
Date Attending
6-8 Math
Kagan Cooperative Learning Level I and/or Kagan
Cooperative Learning Math Level II
Graphic Organizers for Struggling Students
Kagan Cooperative Learning Level I and/or
6-8 Science
Kagan Cooperative Learning Science
Science Notebooks / Journaling***
Cuttin’ Up Science
6-8 Social Studies Select from the continuous learning courses
6-8 ELAR ELAR Sequence
Target Audience Out-of-District Recommendations Date Attending
6-8 Science CPO Physics (CPO Institute)
6-8 ELAR Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (Region 10)
**Special Education, Dyslexia, GT, Pre-AP, and AP requirements are listed below. All other teachers and
support staff can select from the continuous learning courses in the Learning Guide.
***Required for returning teachers who have not attended since the 2008-2009 school year

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HIGH SCHOOL (9-12)
Alternative Certification, First Year, and New-to-Frisco Teachers
Target Audience Required Courses** Date Attending
9-12 Math Understanding the TEKS
9-12 Science Kagan Cooperative Learning Science
Physics / IPC CPO Institute
9-12 Social Studies Select from the continuous learning courses
9-12 ELAR Six Trait Writing
9-12 Health
Parenting and Paternal Awareness
Scott and While Worth the Wait
Returning Teachers
Target Audience Highly Recommended**
Understanding the TEKS
Date Attending
9-12 Math
Kagan Cooperative Learning Level I and/or Math Level II
Graphic Organizers for Struggling Students
9-12 Science
Biology, PreAP
Biology, AP Biology,
Kagan Cooperative Learning Level I and/or
Kagan Cooperative Learning Science
Anatomy &
Physiology, and AP
Environmental
Science
Physics, PreAP
Physics, AP Physics,
Chemistry, PAP
Vernier: Life Science
Chemistry, AP
Chemistry, and
Environmental
Systems and Societies
Vernier: Physical Science
9-12 Science ***** Graphing Calculators
Physics / IPC CPO Institute (if teaching IPC or physics)
9-12 Social Studies Select from the continuous learning courses
9-12 ELAR ELAR Sequence
Target Audience Out-of-District Recommendations Date Attending
English I English I: Success with the EOC (Region 10)
English II English II: Success with the EOC (Region 10)
**Special Education, Dyslexia, GT, Pre-AP, and AP requirements are listed below. All other teachers and
support staff can select from the continuous learning courses in the Learning Guide.
*****Should also be taken if attending Vernier Courses or teaching Chemistry

Frisco Independent School District
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SPECIAL EDUCATION (EC-12)
Alternative Certification, First Year, New-to-Frisco
Target Audience Required Courses Date Attending
PPCD-5 Total
Why Is He Doing That? Managing Behaviors in the
Language Class (TLC)
Centralized Classroom
CORE Team CPI Training
K-5 Resource /
Content Mastery,
Six Trait Writing
Guided Reading
Fountas & Pinnell Kit
Functional Academics Rite Flight Training ****
Why Try Part 1 & 2
Strategies & Interventions for Students with Significant
Behavioral Challenges
K-12 SBS
SBS Overview
CORE Team CPI
Strategies & Interventions for Students With High
Functioning Autism & Asperger’s
K-12 SAIL
SAIL Overview
CORE Team CPI Training
Life Skills Academy
K-12 Life Skills Why Is He Doing That? Managing Behaviors in the
Centralized Classroom
Any core content courses required for general education core
content teachers
6-8 Resource /
Rite Flight (Highly Qualified 6-8 English Teachers)
Helping Teachers
Six Trait Writing
Read Naturally
21 Century Accommodations
Core content courses required for general education core
6-8 Functional
content teachers (Highly Qualified Teachers)
Academics
Six Trait Writing or Guided Reading (Highly Qualified 6-8
English Teachers)
Core content courses required of general education core
9-12 Resource
content teachers
(includes former
Functional
Six Trait Writing or Guided Reading (Highly Qualified 9-12
Academics) / Helping
English Teachers)
Teachers
21 Century Accommodations (Teachers providing alternate
curriculums -former FA type classes)
High School VAC Procedures
9-12 VAC / Transition
Secondary: Bridges
**** Only if no special education teacher at assigned campus is trained

Frisco Independent School District
SPECIAL EDUCATION (EC-12)
Alternative Certification, First Year, New-to-Frisco
Target Audience Highly Recommended Date Attending
PPCD Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom
PPCD-12 Speech
Language Pathologists
K-5 Resource /
Content Mastery, and
Functional Academics Problem Solving
K-5 Functional
Academics
K-5 SBS
6-8 Functional
Academics
Effective Teaching Strategies for Students With Autism
Building Your Math Toolbox
Promoting Vocabulary Development Through Strong
Instruction
21 st Century Accommodations
Six Trait Writing
Guided Reading
Fountas & Pinnell Kit
Promoting Vocabulary Development Through Strong
Instruction
Problem Solving
Six Trait Writing
Guided Reading
Core content courses highly recommended of general
education core content teachers
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
6-12 SAIL Secondary: Differentiated Instruction: Assessment
6-12 SBS
9-12 Resource
(includes former
Functional
Academics) / Helping
Teachers
Child & Adolescent Red Flags
Differentiated Instruction: Assessment
Core content courses highly recommended of general
education core content teachers
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data

Frisco Independent School District
SPECIAL EDUCATION (EC-12)
Returning Teachers
Target Audience Required Date Attending
PPCD-5 Total
Language Class (TLC)
Why Is He Doing That? Managing Behaviors in the
Centralized Classroom
CORE Team CPI Training
K-5 Resource /
Content Mastery, and
Functional Academics
Fountas & Pinnell Kit Training (If not previously trained)
Six Trait Writing (If not previously trained)
Guided Reading (If not previously trained)
Rite Flight Training ****
Promoting Vocabulary Development Through Strong
K-5 SBS
Instruction
Problem Solving
K-12 SBS CORE Team CPI Refresher
K-12 SAIL CORE Team CPI Refresher
Life Skills Academy
K-12 Life Skills Why Is He Doing That? Managing Behaviors in the
Centralized Classroom
Core content courses required for general education core
6-8 Resource /
Helping Teachers
6-8 Functional
Academics
9-12 Resource
(includes former
Functional
Academics) / Helping
content teachers
Rite Flight (Highly Qualified 6-8 English Teachers) ****
Six Trait Writing (If not previously trained)
Read Naturally
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
21 Century Accommodations
Core content courses required for general education core
content teachers (Highly Qualified Teachers)
Six Trait Writing (Highly Qualified 6-8 English Teachers)
(If not previously trained)
Guided Reading (Highly Qualified 6-8 English Teachers)
(If not previously trained)
Core content courses required of general education core
content teachers
Six Trait Writing (Highly Qualified 9-12 English Teachers)
(If not previously trained)
Guided Reading (Highly Qualified 6-8 English Teachers)
(If not previously trained)
21 Century Accommodations (Teachers providing alternate
curriculums -former FA type classes)
9-12 VAC / Transition High School VAC Procedures
**** Only if no special education teacher at assigned campus is trained

Frisco Independent School District
SPECIAL EDUCATION (EC-12)
Returning Teachers
Target Audience Highly Recommended Date Attending
PPCD
PPCD -12 Speech
Language Pathologists
K-5, Resource /
Content Mastery, and
Functional Academics
K-5 SBS
K-5 SAIL
6-8 Functional
Academics
Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
Effective Teaching Strategies for Students With Autism
Building Your Math Toolbox
Promoting Vocabulary Development Through Strong
Instruction
Problem Solving
21 Century Accommodations
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
Child & Adolescent Red Flags
Six Trait Writing (If not previously trained)
Guided Reading (If not previously trained)
Six Trait Writing (If not previously trained)
Guided Reading (If not previously trained)
Core content courses highly recommended of general
education core content teachers
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
6-12 SAIL Secondary: Differentiated Instruction: Assessment
6-12 SBS
9-12 Resource
(includes former
Functional
Academics) / Helping
Teachers
Child & Adolescent Red Flags
Differentiated Instruction: Assessment
Core content courses highly recommended of general
education core content teachers
PLAAFPS, Goals & Data
Target Audience Out-of-District Recommendations Date Attending
EC-12 Teachers /
Administrators
North Texas Closing the Achievement Gap (Region 10)
EC / PPCD Preschool Summer Institute (Region 10)
K-8 Active Learning 2010 Learning from Near to Far (Texas Focus)

Frisco Independent School District
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GT / Pre-AP / AP (K-12)
Alternative Certification, First-Year, and New-to-Frisco Teachers
Target Audience District Required Courses Deadline
Kindergarten One time 30 hours of training in gifted education March 1
1-5 General Education **
1-5 Specials: PE / Art /
Music
Nature and Needs (6 hours)
Remaining 18 hours of training in gifted education
April 1
Within 3
years
One time Nature and Needs (6 hours) April 1
1-5 G/T Cluster Teachers One time 30 hours of training in gifted education
6-8 Pre-AP Core Subjects
6-8 Science & History (Not
Designated as Pre-AP)
9-12 Pre-AP/AP Core
Subjects
One time 30 hours of training in gifted education -OR-
Pre-AP/AP Summer Institute +
Nature and Needs (6 hours) +
G/T Identification, Assessment, & Service Design (6 hours)
One time 30 hours of training in gifted education -OR-
Pre-AP/AP Summer Institute +
Nature and Needs (6 hours) + G/T Identification, Assessment, &
Service Design (6 hours)
One time 30 hours of training in gifted education -OR-
Pre-AP/AP Summer Institute +
Nature and Needs (6 hours) +
G/T Identification, Assessment, & Service Design (6 hours)
Before
school
begins
Before
school
begins
Before
school
begins
Before
school
begins
Kindergarten
Returning Teachers
Annual 6 hour G/T Update April 1
1 - 5 G/T Cluster Teachers Annual 6 hour G/T Update April 1
6-8 Pre-AP Core Subjects Annual 6 hour G/T Update April 1
6-8 Science & History
Annual 6 hour G/T Update April 1
(Not Designated as Pre-AP)
9-12 Pre-AP/AP Core
Subjects
Annual 6 hour G/T Update
New Administrators
G/T Nature and Needs and Identification and Program Options for
April 1
K-12 Administrators and
Counselors
Administrators (6 hours) -OR-
Received training in these from the 30 hours of training in gifted
education (within the last 5 years)
April 1
** It is recommended that G/T Identification, Assessment, & Service Design (6 hours) also be taken within the
first year of employment to assist the district in its gifted diversity and equity initiative.