2026–2027 JCPS Digital Learning Professional Learning Opportunities

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2026–2027 JCPS Digital Learning
Professional Learning Opportunities

Empowering Educators • Elevating Classrooms • Inspiring Learners

Practical classroom strategies, meaningful technology integration, and innovative instructional ideas are at the center of the 2026–2027 professional learning opportunities offered by the JCPS Digital Learning Team.

Educators can select learning experiences that align with individual schedules, interests, roles, and professional goals. Opportunities include in-person back-to-school workshops, monthly virtual sessions, district-wide Digital Learning Days, on-demand courses, AI-focused learning, and external professional development. 

The information in this post is also available on this document. 

🍎 Back-to-School Learning Series

Start the School Year Strong

Begin the school year with confidence through in-person professional learning designed to support effective instruction from day one. Sessions will feature practical digital tools, instructional strategies, emerging technologies, and resources that can be applied immediately in the classroom.

Registration will be available in SCHED.

Dates and Locations

Friday, August 14

  • Intended audience: High school teachers

  • Location: West Johnston High School

Monday, August 17

  • Intended audience: Middle school teachers

  • Location: Swift Creek Middle School

Tuesday, August 18

  • Intended audience: Elementary teachers

  • Location: A.G. Glenn Building

Sessions Offered at All Three Locations

9:00 AM — Your Digital Toolbox Is Deeper Than You Think

Discover helpful features, resources, and possibilities within the digital tools already available to JCPS educators.

10:00 AM — Google Tools: Updates Every Teacher Should Know

Explore important Google Workspace updates and features that can support productivity, collaboration, and classroom instruction.

1:00 PM — Teaching in a Digital World

Examine practical approaches for creating meaningful, responsible, and engaging learning experiences in today’s digital environment.

2:00 PM — Bloom’s Upside Down: Rigor, Cheating, and the AI Shift

Consider how artificial intelligence is changing traditional assumptions about rigor, assessment, academic integrity, and the role of higher-order thinking.

3:00 PM — NCEdConnect Resources

Explore resources and professional learning opportunities available through NCEdConnect.

💡 Tech Tuesdays: A Few of Our Favorite (EdTech) Things

Grow digital-learning skills one session at a time through short, focused virtual sessions. Each month will feature practical tips, new features, classroom ideas, and time-saving strategies connected to the digital tools already used across JCPS.

Sessions will be offered virtually at 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 3:30 PM on the following dates:

  • September 8

  • November 10

  • December 8

  • January 12

  • February 9

  • March 9

  • April 13

Registration will be available in SCHED.

🚀 District Digital Learning Days

JCPS Digital Learning Days bring educators together virtually to learn, connect, and innovate. Each event will feature classroom-ready strategies, meaningful technology integration, and multiple session choices.

Educators may attend one session or create a personalized full day of professional learning.

October 19: Harvesting the Power of AI

Growing AI-Ready Learners

Explore practical ways to prepare students for an AI-driven world through responsible, engaging, and meaningful classroom applications of artificial intelligence.

November 3: Gather. Grow. Give Thanks.

Sharing ideas. Strengthening practice. Inspiring classrooms.

Connect with fellow educators while discovering practical digital-learning strategies, meaningful technology tools, and instructional practices that can make an immediate impact.

January 4: Inspired to Innovate

Fresh ideas and meaningful technology to energize teaching and learning

Begin the new semester with engaging instructional strategies, creative classroom ideas, and innovative technology that inspires educators and students.

Digital Learning Days are 100% virtual. Sessions begin every hour from 8:00 AM through 2:00 PM, with multiple choices available during each time block. Continuing education credit will be awarded for every session attended. Registration will open after each event’s session schedule is finalized.

💻 Additional Learning Opportunities

Additional professional learning will be available throughout the year, including:

  • Self-paced courses, webinars, and learning pathways through the Canvas Training Services Portal

  • An Essential Guide to AI for Educators

  • The Google AI Educator Series

  • AI literacy courses developed for JCPS educators and leaders

  • AI webinars from NCDPI Digital Learning and School Connectivity

  • External professional-development events, including the NCED Connect Symposium

Because opportunities, registration links, and event details may be added or updated throughout the year, the complete schedule will be maintained in the 2026–2027 JCPS Digital Learning Professional Learning Opportunities document.

Bookmark the document and check back throughout the year for newly announced sessions and registration information.

📬 Stay Connected with JCPS Instructional Technology

Learning continues after each session. Stay connected with JCPS Instructional Technology for upcoming events, classroom resources, professional-learning recordings, and instructional technology updates.

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