Calendar of Events

This free three-part professional learning series supports collaboration and authentic assessment practices as part of the play-based assessment during the preschool evaluation process. Designed for preschool special education evaluation transdisciplinary teams, we recommend the full team attend the trainings together.

The sessions will be interactive, and offer recommendations to help grow knowledge, skills, and abilities team members can use to provide an assessment process that is meaningful, supports children and their families, and ensures accurate, reliable data.

SST 1 consultant, Laura Low will challenge teams to evaluate their existing practices, and help you identify actions that can be implemented to improve connected, relevant, and accurate assessment practices through a transdisciplinary team approach.

For questions regarding the content of this series, please contact Laura Low.

Event Dates & Registration:*

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* NOTE: Please register for each individual training you wish to attend. We recommended that teams attend all three trainings together. Attendance and participation on all three sessions is required to receive the six Ohio-approved training hours. 

For assistance with registration, please email Lisa Jenkins or call 419.720.8999.

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Ohio’s Adolescent Literacy Specialists and Literacy Leads are offering a variety of virtual professional learning opportunities throughout the spring.

Building and district administrators, educators, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and consultants are encouraged to review the offerings and attend the sessions most applicable to their work.

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Training Summary: At the root of the grades 6-12 literacy standards and adolescent evidence-based practices is a focus on
complex text. Text sets can serve as a means for scaffolding complex text for all learners while also
building background knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation for literacy tasks. This two-hour workshop will review frameworks for creating text sets, and also explore examples of existing text sets.

Target Audience: Building and district administrators, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, educational service center/state support team consultants.

Registration Deadline: May 3

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The Literacy Leaders Network will take a deep dive into all components of the Literacy Improvement Pathway.

Designed for district leaders, superintendents, curriculum directors, special education directors, principals, and literacy coaches, participants will learn the processes needed to create, update, or improve their district’s literacy plan based solidly in the Science of Reading. Vital tools such as the R-TFI, District Implementation Team/District Leadership Team guidance, decision rules, MTSS, curriculum review and adoption, assessment, and more will be covered.

Virtual Meetup Dates and Registration Links

All sessions will be held from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

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Note: This Professional Learning opportunity is by invitation only. 

For registration questions email Lisa Jenkins or call 419.720.8999, ext. 151.

For questions on the content of the network, please contact Debbie Nagel.

Do you have questions regarding the One Needs Assessment or One Plan? Drop in for assistance during this virtual open office hours session for Cohorts 2 & 3.

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New or recently assigned special education administrators, or those responsible for special education administration are invited to participate in these training and networking meetings. This is a multi-session, 2-year cohort. Year one focuses on building building foundation and capacity in your role, while year two centers on using knowledge to impact overall school improvement.

During the 2020-21 school year, participants will:

• dive into the foundation of special education federal and state requirements, and using IDEA to guide understanding of district- and school-wide policies, procedures, and practices
• gain foundational knowledge of the law
• reflect on and evaluate current district special education policies, practices, and processes
• receive support in navigating timelines and annual requirements
• be introduced to team participation as instructional leaders
• move towards monitoring progress throughout the sessions
• network with other special education leaders for collaboration, learning, and growth
• access strategies for training staff on providing effective student-focused services
• build relationships with school improvement consultants
• receive supplemental coaching to meet the needs of individual district/school improvement/CCIP

Please note

• This professional learning opportunity is available by invitation only.
• Participants will be asked to complete pre-work to prepare for each session.
• Registration will be closed after the first session.
• Participants are expected to make a strong commitment to attending sessions, as content is cumulative.

Contact Laura Low, M.Ed. with program questions.

Network Event Dates

Event Flyer

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Registration

Email Jill Barnhisel or call 419.720.899, ext. 152 to register for New Special Education Administrator Network: Year 1 of 2. Zoom session information will be sent to registrants prior to the date of each event.

Ohio’s Adolescent Literacy Specialists and Literacy Leads are offering a variety of virtual professional learning opportunities throughout the spring.

Building and district administrators, educators, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and consultants are encouraged to review the offerings and attend the sessions most applicable to their work.

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Training Summary: This session will unpack what teaching using scientific based reading practices could look like at the middle and high school levels. Participants will explore the Simple View of Reading and the development of skilled reading, the effects of poor reading and strategies to help all readers at the secondary level

Target Audience: Teachers, building coaches, teacher leaders, building and district administration

Registration Deadline: May 7

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Participants from the 2019-20 New Special Education Administrators Network will build upon the foundation from the first year of the cohort in this second year support program. During this second year, participants will continue to build on foundational knowledge of the law, which can contribute to the disposition and skills necessary to build special education instructional leaders, resulting in improved outcomes for students with disabilities.

During the 2020-21 school year, participants will:

• reflect and evaluate current district special education policies, processes, and practices
• learn how to work in district teams as strong collaborative leaders
• identify areas of strength
• complete a gap analysis to align program improvement efforts with overall school improvement, completing a draft three-year improvement plan
• continue to build relationships and grow together to support school improvement
• receive coaching

Please Note

• Event is open only to 2019/20 Special Education Administrator Network Year 1 participants.
• Participants will be asked to complete pre-work to prepare for each session.
• Registration will be closed after the first session.
• Participants are expected to make a strong commitment to attending sessions, as content is cumulative.

Event questions may be directed to Laura Low, M.Ed.

Network Event Dates

Event Flyer

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Registration

Email Jill Barnhisel or call 419.720.899, ext. 152 to register for New Special Education Administrator Network: Year 2 of 2. Zoom session information will be sent to registrants prior to the date of each event.

This Professional Learning series is designed to support the immediate and long-term implementation of strategies and practices that will improve the way adults use evidence-based strategies to support literacy development in all students, as outlined in Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement.

Each session will comprise of a 60-minute “Power Hour” dedicated to the learning and application of strategies to help teachers of students with complex needs develop and grow literacy skills. At the end of each session will be an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content.

Questions regarding this training series may be directed to Debbie Nagel or Aaron Weisbrod.

All sessions are held 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Event Flyer

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Registration

Please call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register.

The need for family and community engagement and partnership has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual network series is designed for administrators and district leaders to explore evidence based practices around family and community engagement.

Each 2-hour session will focus on a particular topic, including:
• An overview of family and community engagement practices, then and now
• Evidence-based strategies and family and community engagement frameworks
• Alignment of family and community engagement with school improvement efforts
• Tools for evaluating family and community engagement

After attending these sessions, participants will be able to:
• Describe evidence based practices to improve family and community engagement in schools
• Create action steps to infuse family and community engagement into their school improvement goals
• Choose and use at least one tool for evaluating family and community engagement in their districts and buildings
• Describe evidence based frameworks for family and community engagement
• Create an action plan for the 2021-2022 school year to align family engagement practices with school improvement plans.

Would you like to build your family and community engagement toolkit? Books, supplies and other resources will be given to participants who attend each meeting.

Questions? Please contact Tamie Cruz, SST 1 Consultant.

Registration

Each session has a unique registration link. You must register individually for the dates you wish to attend. You will receive a confirmation email upon successful registration. Please contact Jill Barnhisel if you have questions about registration.

Download the flyer for the Virtual Family and Community Engagement Professional Learning Opportunity

Ohio’s Adolescent Literacy Specialists and Literacy Leads are offering a variety of virtual professional learning opportunities throughout the spring.

Building and district administrators, educators, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and consultants are encouraged to review the offerings and attend the sessions most applicable to their work.

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Training Summary: Motivating and Engaging Adolescents in Literacy Learning is not only one of the Big Ideas of Secondary Reading, it is a recommended evidence-based practice for classroom instruction (I.E.S. Practice Guide, 2008). Participants in this three-hour workshop will examine the research and recommended practices for enhancing intrinsic student motivation and engagement in literacy tasks.

Target Audience: : Teachers, building coaches, teacher leaders, building and district administration, educational service center/state support team consultants

Registration Deadline: May 10

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