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Welcome to Pear Deck. In this course, you will become an expert in creating well-crafted interactive presentations to actively engage your students both synchronously and asynchronously.

In this course, you will learn how to upload your documents to Adobe Sign, modify them for signatures, comments, checkboxes, etc., send them out for digital signature and manage them as they return to you.

Learn how to survey, quiz, or gather digital signups with effective questions and how to analyze and present the data with Google Forms. Developed and written by Joanne Glantz

This course is a GREAT place to start learning about Thinking Maps or to fine-tune your existing Thinking Maps knowledge! You will need a Thinking Maps: A Language for Learning Teacher's Binder for this course.

Quickly learn all the features of Google Classroom. This course will get you up and running in one to two hours. This course is also helpful if you already have a Google Classroom set up but want to make sure you are using every tool available. Enjoy!

Public School Works is Madera Unified School District's Website for taking all mandatory training.

Learn about Madera Unified's e-learning platform, Learn.MaderaUSD.org, Google and Microsoft certification and Open Educational Resources all available to you any time, any place on any device. This is a 2nd Edition of the course and includes a Badging option. Developed and written by Joanne Glantz

In this course, you will learn how to create a well thought out screencast that describes a process or presents a lesson and then include it in Google Classroom, YouTube or an MP4 File. You will have the skills needed to assist your students in a similar project. Not a teacher? Not to worry. You will discover many uses for screencasting outside of the classroom as well. Developed and written by Joanne Glantz

This course is intended for Information Technology support staff. FreshService is an online ticketing and knowledge base system used to provide technical support to any institution.

This is a beginner course recommended for elementary school teachers that are new to MUSD. In this course, you will be given an overview of the hardware and software tools that you will use on a daily bases in your classroom.

This is a beginner course recommended for PE teachers that are new to MUSD. In this course, you will be given an overview of the hardware and software tools that you will use on a daily bases.

This is a beginner course recommended for secondary school teachers that are new to MUSD. In this course, you will be given an overview of the hardware and software tools that you will use on a daily bases in your classroom.

This course is focused on locating and utilizing prebuilt assessments found in Illuminate. Many of these assessments are utilized in the MUSD Elementary Scope and Sequence documents, so completing this course will ensure your fluency in navigating the powerful resources that Illuminate provides.

This course will provide you an overview of Aeries and is designed for new users. This course will teach basic navigating skills in Aeries, as well as interpreting and managing settings, Pages, Reports, and Favorites. This course also includes a review of how to search for students, the importance of high-quality data, an introduction to where to obtain assistance and resources through Freshservice and Knowledge Base, as well as the disclosure of certain recommendations. The audience will have a foundational understanding of the capabilities, functions, and applications relevant to their field of work.

The ParentSquare application is used by the District, School-Site, and Classroom Teacher to communicate with students and parents. This course is designed as supplemental training for users who need to brush up on their ParentSquare knowledge or have been recently granted a new permission. Not all features may be available to you in your current role.

ParentSquare, the new Aeries Communications platform, unifies all school communication tools from the district office to the classroom, providing oversight throughout and powerful reporting metrics

In this course, you will learn about the procedures and protocols of using Raptor Visitor Management software and hardware.

The “Science of Reading” is a large and growing body of research that provides guidance and insight into how students learn to read. Building primarily from the National Reading Panel’s (2000) identification of the “big five” components of reading instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to help children thrive. This course is for K-8 teachers to learn about the program and get familiar with the kits and resources to incorporate into their daily teaching.

The student champion professional course reflects the commitment of Madera Unified School District to provide an unparalleled educational journey that is intellectually, personally, and socially transformative. The professional learning course is a series of four segments that will be made available for all MUSD employees. The purpose of the course is to build our individual and collective capacities to be champions for our students.