WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS -

This weekend, WCPS PE & health teachers and administrators joined educators from across the state at the SHAPE Maryland Conference (Society for Health and Physical Educators).

Our team participated in hands-on sessions focused on:
✔️ Formative assessment strategies that strengthen student learning in PE & Health
✔️ Adapted Physical Education tools that support inclusion for every learner
✔️ Best practices for evaluation in PE & Health
✔️ Strategies for teaching multilingual learners in any class, and more!

We can't wait to implement our ideas and strategies into classes. Thank you, SHAPE Maryland, for an energizing and meaningful professional learning experience! #WeAreWorcester #LearnTogetherLeadTogether

We are so proud to be featured in the Accountability & Implementation Board's (AIB) newsletter as a Blueprint Implementation Highlight! We were proud to welcome AIB staff along with several legislators to Worcester Technical High School to showcase The Pines Cafe and The Nest Early Learning Center. View their full story at https://mailchi.mp/44d30aaf989b/aib-update-november-blueprint-implementation-highlights #WeAreWorcester #WCPSInTheNews

Third graders at Showell Elementary School celebrated the end of their first ELA module, The Sea, by bringing their learning to life through a hands-on squid dissection! Students examined a real squid to explore how living things are adapted to life in the ocean, making connections to science standards and how learning ties together across subjects. #WeAreWorcester

Fine and Performing Arts teachers had very collaborative PDs on Friday! Art teachers worked to learn new monoprinting techniques and paper marbling processes. Music teachers did some lesson sharing and learned new cultural folk dance lessons from Mrs. Harvey. #WeAreWorcester #ArtsAreAliveInWorcester

Last week's PE/Health professional learning was not only fun, but also explored new ways for our teachers to address the MD physical education standards. Games which aligned to cardiorespiratory endurance, offense/defense strategies and tactics, motor skills and movement patterns. Thank you so much to the OC Recreation and Parks and the Salisbury University PE Dept. Chair for presenting some great activities and education. #WeAreWorcester #PartnershipsInAction

SDMS teachers were hard at work on Wednesday afternoon learning more about The Science of Learning! This professional development focused on how our brains acquire and store new information—both in our working and long-term memory. The more we understand how students learn, the better we can teach them! #WeAreWorcester