During this session we will focus on skills and strategies for leadership on a team, within your school, or across a district. Participants will engage in and with protocols that incorporate building shared vision, honoring various learning styles, and fostering equity of voice within a team.
Professional educators devote significant time communicating with other staff members and parents. Sometimes we need to ask questions that we fear might evoke defensiveness or a negative reaction from the other adult. The art of questioning using Positive Presupposition is a powerful conversational tool to avoid that.
During this session, we will define blended learning, explore resources for pre-developed blended learning lessons, and identify strategies for implementing blended learning in a elementary classroom setting.
Looking to improve communication with your students, their parents, and your own family members? Participants will become familiiar with a few simple tools to easily use.
What does that mean, exactly and why is it important? Academic rigor and depth of learning are based on the performance standard of the curriculum--the verb. Come and learn what "verbing the stuff" looks like in a lesson design.
Are your ducks in a row when it comes to making ARD decisions? This session will show how teams can ensure ARD decisions are aligned with the use of a handy one-page tool.
Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
In this session, participants will learn basic strategies and tips for reducing challenging behaviors in students with disabilities. Ideas for how to support, document, and communicate with teachers will also be shared.
Cyndi O’Toole, M.A., BCBA is a Program Manager at ESC Region 13. She is the statewide lead for autism spectrum disorders training. She received her master's degree from The University of Northern Colorado, attended Texas State University to complete her Educational Diagnostician certification, and is a board certified behavior analyst. Cyndi’s experience in education includes being an elementary teacher of the deaf, life skills teacher, and Educational Diagnostician.
Steps to take when you discover you are expecting a child, information about FMLA for maternity leave and how it may impact your pay.
We know our academic content. Are we articulating that content in a way that students come the same understanding of that content that we have. Come and hear about the adult learning that must take place before we design the lesson. What do students really need to know?
During this session we will focus on skills and strategies for leadership on a team, within your school, or across a district. Participants will engage in and with protocols that incorporate building shared vision, honoring various learning styles, and fostering equity of voice within a team.
In this session, we will cover basic academic strategies and tips for fostering independence in students with disabilities. We will also share ideas for how to support, document, and communicate with teacher partners.
JC Sanders is an Education Specialist on the Access to the General Curriculum team at ESC Region 13. JC has experience working with students with disabilities from 1st grade through 8th grade. She has worked as a research associate on the development of Tier 2 Mathematics Intervention for struggling students in 3rd and 4th grade. Her past experience as a collaborative teacher, resource teacher, math teacher, department chair, and curriculum developer helps her work with teachers and administrators to address the needs of all students.
This Workshop will highlight important science-based prevention principles and the TEKS connected with those as a backdrop and focus to significantly raise the overall Marijuana, Alcohol and other Drug IQ throughout the school environment. The information will be geared toward lay persons but instructive for advanced practitioners as well. Participants will become well versed in a science-based credible approach to talking to kids and peers in a credible fashion, thus becoming a more valuable prevention asset in our ‘village’.
During this session, we will define blended learning, explore resources for pre-developed blended learning lessons, and identify strategies for implementing blended learning in a elementary classroom setting.
In this session, we will cover basic academic strategies and tips for fostering independence in students with disabilities. We will also share ideas for how to support, document, and communicate with teacher partners.
JC Sanders is an Education Specialist on the Access to the General Curriculum team at ESC Region 13. JC has experience working with students with disabilities from 1st grade through 8th grade. She has worked as a research associate on the development of Tier 2 Mathematics Intervention for struggling students in 3rd and 4th grade. Her past experience as a collaborative teacher, resource teacher, math teacher, department chair, and curriculum developer helps her work with teachers and administrators to address the needs of all students.
Are your ducks in a row when it comes to making ARD decisions? This session will show how teams can ensure ARD decisions are aligned with the use of a handy one-page tool.
During this session the participants will delve deep into the assessment module of ULS and learn how this module can help drive the instruction of students on an alternative curriculum.
Steps to take when you discover you are expecting a child, information about FMLA for maternity leave and how it may impact your pay.