2026-27 BAISD Professional Development

Audience: Early Literacy Coaches, Inclusion Coaches, Early Childhood Specialists, Math Coaches, Curriculum Coaches, Instructional Coaches, and anyone else who performs coaching responsibilities as all or part of their role.
Description: To cultivate a high-leverage professional learning network focused on the implementation of research-supported coaching practices.

We move beyond the "what" and dive deep into the "how," ensuring every coaching interaction leads to improved instructional delivery and higher student achievement.

Date & Time:
January 11, 2027 ~ 8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Event Questions: Angie Adams: [email protected]

Participants will engage in professional learning to continue their AT journey to help demystify the complexity surrounding AT consideration, selection, and implementation. This work will focus on continued learning, building of capacity, and confidence of members to best support students.

Who should join? Anyone interested in expanding their knowledge and expertise in the area of assistive technology use, including general education and special education teachers, itinerants, coaches, building/district leaders, etc.

Date & Time:  January 11, 2027 ~ 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Bay-Arenac ISD ESC

Cost: FREE for Bay & Arenac Districts
          Outside Districts - $100/person for the series

Event Questions: Katie Roettele   [email protected]

Audience: Grades 6-12 Mathematics Educators

This 6-day professional learning series is designed for teachers in grades 6–12 seeking to strengthen students’ number sense and deepen mathematical understanding beyond procedural fluency. Participants will actively engage in rich, classroom-ready thinking tasks as learners, experiencing firsthand the types of mathematical experiences that promote reasoning, flexibility, and conceptual understanding across secondary content.

Throughout the sessions, teachers will explore strategies for eliciting and making student thinking visible, while engaging in structures and routines that support meaningful mathematical discourse. Emphasis will be placed on practical application, with opportunities to plan for implementation and reflect on instructional moves that foster deeper engagement.

Participants will leave with a collection of high-quality tasks, instructional strategies, and tools to support ongoing shifts toward thinking-centered mathematics classrooms.

Date & Time:  January 11, 2027~ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Bay-Arenac ISD, 4228 Two Mile Road, Bay City, MI 48706

Cost for the series (includes materials and lunch):
$150 for BAISD districts
$300 for out-of-district

Event Questions: Megan Coonan: [email protected]