Professional Development Courses 2025-2026
September 2025
Date: Monday, September 22, 2025
Location: AHS, Room B207
Title: General AI in Education
Description: Learn how to write effective AI prompts, explore top tools for lesson planning and assessment, and discover strategies for differentiating instruction.
Instructor: Donna Golab
October 2025
Date: Thursday, October 9th, 2025 | 2:30-3:30pm
Location: West Shamokin, Room 36
Title: Brisk AI
Description:
Introduction into Brisk
Instructors: Jeremy Buhite & Alisha McCune
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 2:30-3:30pm
Location: AHS, Room C228
Title: Enhancing Lesson Planning with AI
Description:
This workshop will introduce teachers to practical strategies for using artificial intelligence tools to streamline and improve lesson planning. Participants will explore how AI can support curriculum alignment, differentiate instruction, and save time in the planning process. This session will emphasize hands-on practice, collaboration, and the responsible use of AI in education.
Participants should bring a lesson or an activity to enhance using AI.
Instructor: Patrick Mulroy
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Location: AHS, Room B207
Title: AI as Your Teaching Assistant
Description: Discover how MagicSchool.AI, SlidesAI, Diffit, Eduaide.AI, Perplexity.AI, SchoolAI, Canva, and ChatGPT can streamline lesson planning, generate engaging content, differentiate instruction, and provide instant support for both you and your students.
Note: Diffit Premium is free for 60 days, then reverts to the free Basic Plan.
Instructor: Donna Golab
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:40pm
Location: WHP, Room A3
Title: AI from the Perspective of a New Teacher
Description: Rhylie Wolfe, a student teacher who is just finishing her placement here at WHP will share a little about AI and introduce us to her friend, ChapGPT. This will just be a basic introduction to AI with a little information on how to talk to AI to get what you want and some ideas of things we might be able to do with it for educational reasons.
Instructor: Joseph Montgomery
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Location: Lenape Elementary, Library
Title: Google Gemini
Description: Teachers will explore Google Gemini. We will explore how Gemini can help speed up time-consuming tasks like creating lesson plans, writing grant proposals and summarizing documents. It can also be a thought partner, helping you get fresh ideas and make learning more personal for your students by tailoring content to their needs and interests.
Instructors: Ceciley Andryka & Erica Smith
November 2025
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 | 3:40-4:40pm
Location: EE, Room 114
Title: AI as your teaching Assistant
Description:
How AI can help you with planning and instruction within the classroom using practical strategies.
Instructor: Jenn Reiter
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 3:40pm-4:40pm
Location: WHP, Room A3
Title: AI from the Perspective of a New Teacher
Description: The second Flex Hour Opportunity at WHP (one more coming) will be focused on Google Gemini as an AI tool. We will look at how to access it, and some ideas of things you can do with it, including analyzing a data sheet, creating a decodable story and quiz, and much more. Feel free to bring any ideas you would like to try as well. Please bring your chrome book.
Instructor: Joseph Montgomery
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 2:30-3:30pm
Location: AHS, Room C228
Title: Enhancing Lesson Planning with AI
Description:
This workshop will introduce teachers to practical strategies for using artificial intelligence tools to streamline and improve lesson planning. Participants will explore how AI can support curriculum alignment, differentiate instruction, and save time in the planning process. This session will emphasize hands-on practice, collaboration, and the responsible use of AI in education.
Participants should bring a lesson or an activity to enhance using AI.
Instructor: Patrick Mulroy
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm
Location: WHI Room 6010
Title: Brisk Update
Description: Please bring your chromebook
Instructor: Krista Ritzert
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 3:40-4:40pm
Location: EE, Room 114
Title: Magic School
Description:
Introduction to using AI through Magic School for your classroom. We will explore the basic features of Magic School to enhance lessons.
Instructor: Jenn Reiter
Date: Monday, November 17, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm
Location: WHI Room 6010
Title: Gemini
Description: Please bring your chromebook
Instructor: Krista Ritzert
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Location: AHS, Room B207
Title: Using Brisk Teaching to Plan, Adapt, and Engage
Description: Learn to harness AI with Brisk Teaching to streamline lesson planning, adapt materials for students, create curriculum essentials, and provide engaging feedback.
Instructor: Donna Golab
CANCELLED
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Location: Lenape Elementary, Library
Title: AI for Teachers
Description: We are collaborating with a guest speaker, Mr. Dan Veronesi, an educator at Lenape Vo-Tech. He is very experienced with AI and will be focusing on use of the Chat GPT application and how AI can work for teachers before, during, and after the school day.
Instructor: Ceciley Andryka & Erica Smith
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Location: West Hills Intermediate, Library 3:30-4:30pm
Title: Leave No Parent Behind / Parent Engagement
Description: Maria Searcy a Family Involvement in Education Consultant, from the PA Department of Education will be presenting a session which focuses on the importance of parent involvement in our schools. This session will present tips, techniques and strategies to get parents in the door from a parent's perspective. Emphasis will be placed on communication between parents and schools, breaking down barriers to parent involvement and other effective parent involvement strategies.
Instructor: Maria Searcy
December 2025
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm
Location: WHI Room 6010
Title: Canva
Description: Please bring your chromebook
Instructor: Krista Ritzert
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | 2:30-3:30pm
Location: AHS, Room C228
Title: Enhancing Lesson Planning with AI
Description:
This workshop will introduce teachers to practical strategies for using artificial intelligence tools to streamline and improve lesson planning. Participants will explore how AI can support curriculum alignment, differentiate instruction, and save time in the planning process. This session will emphasize hands-on practice, collaboration, and the responsible use of AI in education.
Participants should bring a lesson or an activity to enhance using AI.
Instructor: Patrick Mulroy
January 2026
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Location: Lenape Elementary, Library
Title: Canva
Description: We will explore many of Canva's capabilities, including its integrated AI tools. With its easy-to-use interface, Canva for education can help teachers create beautiful and professional-looking class calendars, announcements, presentations, etc.
Instructor: Ceciley Andryka & Erica Smith