Barbers Hill ISD professional development opportunities are now listed in Eduphoria! This site allows you to search for and register for sessions with ease. It also tracks your professional development, so you can access your records at any time.
Session information is accurate as of the date posted. Sessions, dates, and times are subject to modification as changes occur. Sessions are subject to cancellation if there are insufficient pre-registrations received. New sessions will be added as they are scheduled. Check back often.
This workshop will equip teachers with effective teaching strategies to tailor instruction to meet the diverse needs of all students. Participants will explore practical tools and techniques for adjusting content, process, and assessment, ensuring that every learner can engage meaningfully with the curriculum. Join us to enhance skills in creating inclusive and effective learning environments that support all students growth and achievement.
This session aligns with the district’s focus area and Board goal of maintaining high standards for all students.
Early Stage Interventions
Kim Earthman
June 18
This session focuses on proactive Tier 1 behavior strategies that support classroom management. Teachers will explore practical, effective approaches to prevent behavior challenges, respond consistently, and create a positive learning environment using strategies that are realistic and immediately applicable.
This session aligns with the district’s Board goal of maintaining a Tradition of Excellence and safety.
7 Steps to a Language-Rich Classroom
Natalia Heckman
June 9
This innovative training will help all teachers transform their classrooms into vibrant spaces where students can use academic language to talk, read, write, and think about each lesson’s content. This 7 Steps training outlines a dynamic process for structuring, planning, and facilitating a language-rich classroom. In addition, participants gain knowledge of helpful ways to integrate both content and language standards when planning instruction. They also receive specific strategies for differentiating instruction so that all learners within the classroom can build their ability to discuss and communicate academic concepts effectively.
This session aligns with the district’s focus area and Board goal of maintaining high standards for all students.
7 Steps to a Language-Rich Classroom
Allison Hand
July 22
This innovative training will help all teachers transform their classrooms into vibrant spaces where students can use academic language to talk, read, write, and think about each lesson’s content. This 7 Steps training outlines a dynamic process for structuring, planning, and facilitating a language-rich classroom. In addition, participants gain knowledge of helpful ways to integrate both content and language standards when planning instruction. They also receive specific strategies for differentiating instruction so that all learners within the classroom can build their ability to discuss and communicate academic concepts effectively.
This session aligns with the district’s focus area and Board goal of maintaining high standards for all students.
The DBQ Project
Brandon Brewton
June 16
The Introductory Workshop is designed to empower educators new to The DBQ Project with the confidence to foster interactive and inquiry-based classrooms. Teachers will experience The DBQ Project’s 6-Step Method, helping them structure lessons to engage students in critical thinking, deep analysis of primary and secondary sources, and evidence-based writing techniques. They will leave with concrete strategies for developing targeted reading instruction, fostering academic conversations, and enhancing writing skills. The workshop will also help teachers develop effective feedback and scoring techniques around student writing.
This session aligns with the district’s focus area and Board goal of maintaining hish standards for all students.
In Partnership with Baylor University
Cheryl Taliaferro
Online
Teaching for Rigor, Depth, & Complexity
This course will deepen your understanding of curriculum tailored for gifted learners, equip you with national standards, and enhance your ability to design rigorous, enriching lessons. Through interactive modules and guided discussions, you’ll master evidence-based methods to adapt and differentiate curriculum to meet unique academic needs of gifted and high-ability students.
Supporting Twice Exceptional Learners
This course provides educators with an understanding of twice-exceptional students. Participants will explore how giftedness and disability can coexist within the same individual, often in ways that mask one another, and learn to recognize the complex profiles of 2E learners who may be overlooked or underserved in traditional school systems. Fulfills 6-hour GT update for TX teachers, counselors, and administrators.
Foundations Teacher Training
Baylor University GT Foundation Teacher Training are new to working and providing instruction and services that are part of the defined gifted/talented services in schools. This course includes the nature and needs of gifted and talented students, identification and assessment of gifted and talented students, and curriculum and instruction for gifted and talented students.
These sessions aligns with the district’s focus area and Board goal of maintaining high standards for all students.
To view professional development opportunities being offered by BHISD, or to register for a particular session, follow the step-by-step instructions to navigate through Eduphoria.
*Courses you are enrolled in will be under My Professional Learning
You will receive an email confirming your registration. If the course is full, you will be registered with pending status and if an opening occurs you will be automatically enrolled and notified via email.
Certified provider: Barbers Hill ISD is a TEA-certified provider of professional development training.
Scheduled in-service days: sessions offered during scheduled in-service times may offer CPE hours, but will not be available for exchange purposes unless otherwise noted.
Technology-sponsored sessions: certain technology-sponsored sessions may (with principal approval) qualify as exchange hours.
Responsibility of individual: It is the responsibility of the individual employee to ensure he/she has enough hours for exchange days or make up days, or enough CPEs for certification purposes. No one should depend on a single provider for the required hours. While every effort is made to ensure a variety of training opportunities, there is no guarantee that any course or courses published for presentation by BHISD will meet your individual requirements.
