Calendar of Events

Supported decision making leads to self-efficacy, which reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one’s own motivation, behavior, and social environment. According to the author, Jonathan Martinis, this book is for “the people, parents, families, friends, professionals, and practitioners on the front lines who give and get the support we all need to lead our best lives.” The participants will learn how to apply and implement the principles of supported decision making with students with disabilities through the lens of the experience of Jenny Hatch and her pursuit for equity in her own decision making process in her adult life.

Please Note

• This is the first of five book study dates for this title. Please see below for upcoming virtual meetups.

Please contact Lisa Hite, M.Ed. with questions.

Upcoming Book Study Dates

Event Flyer

Please click to download the event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999 ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for the book study.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as a morning session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Afternoon Session.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as an afternoon session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Morning Session.

Join us for this month’s conversation about topics relevant to Career Technical Education.

This month, we will provide a quick review of the Career Advising Policy and a deeper look at Ohio Means Jobs Resources that your staff can use yet this year, either in person or virtually.

Bring your ideas and questions to share. Time will be available to network and brainstorm.

Join the Zoom conversation >>

The Career Technical Education (CTE) Connect and Communication Network is a year-long professional learning activity for CTE administrator and educator teams to collaborate with teams from other career tech centers, experience coaching designed to support increased partnerships among districts, and provide opportunities to update or create required documents such as policies and procedures manuals and student success plans.

The 2020-2021 series will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on September 29, November 17, January 26, and March 2. The first two sessions will be held virtual.  The last two sessions are scheduled to be held at the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West in Toledo.  Lunch is not provided. Contact hours [20] are available to participants for complete series attendance.

Session Details:

Session 1: Special Education

September 29, 2020 – Participants will explore the history of IDEA and learn about how educator mindset impacts student performance.

Zoom log-in information will be sent out to registered participants prior to the date of the event

Session 2: Partnerships with Academic, CTE, and Special Education

November 17, 2020 – Teams will explore how academic, CT and Special Education can partner and support each other in increasing student achievement.  Participants will practice looking at barriers to students learning and brainstorming ways to remove those barriers.

Zoom log-in information will be sent out to registered participants prior to the date of the event.

Session 3:  Graduation Plans

January 26, 2021 – Participants will learn about Graduation Plans and why Career Tech Education should be part of the discussion as students create their initial plan in 9th grade.  Team members will brainstorm how to be included in graduation planning and how to include parents in that planning.

Session 4:  Celebration Day!

March 2, 2021 – This session will be celebration day, a time for you to showcase a positive outcome connected to your 8-step action plan, special populations, partnerships, or student achievement.  It will also be a time to learn from other about their successes and lessons learned through their action research.

Team Composition

All teams should include at least one administrator (e.g., CTE superintendent, director, special education leader) and CTE teachers, VOSE or special education intervention specialists, academic teachers, guidance counselors, curriculum specialists, admissions office supervisors, and 504 coordinators.  Teams are encouraged to attend all four sessions of this series.

Registration

To register your team for this series, contact State Support Team Region 1 via email Jill Barnhisel or call 800-346-8495 or 419-720-8999, extension 152.

Questions

Questions regarding this series should be emailed to Lisa Hite.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as a morning session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Afternoon Session.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as an afternoon session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Morning Session.

The Career Technical Education (CTE) Connect and Communication Network is a year-long professional learning activity for CTE administrator and educator teams to collaborate with teams from other career tech centers, experience coaching designed to support increased partnerships among districts, and provide opportunities to update or create required documents such as policies and procedures manuals and student success plans.

Session 1: September 29, 2020
Virtual Zoom Session – Zoom log-in information will be sent out to registered participants prior to the date of the event.
Special Education – Participants will explore the history of IDEA and learn about how educator mindset impacts student performance.

Session 2: November 17, 2020
Virtual Zoom Session – Zoom log-in information will be sent out to registered participants prior to the date of the event.
Teams will explore how academic, CTE and Special Education can partner and support each other in increasing student achievement.  Participants will practice examining barriers to student learning and brainstorming ways to remove those barriers.

Session 3: January 26, 2021
Participants will learn about Graduation Plans and why Career Tech Education should be part of the discussion as students first create their plan in 9th grade.  Team members will brainstorm how to be included in graduation planning and how to include parents in that planning.

Session 4: March 2, 2021
This session will be celebration day, a time for you to showcase a positive outcome connected to your 8-step action plan, special populations, partnerships, or student achievement.  It will also be a time to learn from other about their successes and lessons learned through their action research.

The 2020-2021 series will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on September 29, November 17, January 26, and March 2. The first two sessions will be held virtually.  The last two sessions are scheduled to be held at the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West in Toledo.  Lunch is not provided. Contact hours [20] are available to participants for complete series attendance.

Team Composition

All teams should include at least one administrator (e.g., CTE superintendent, director, special education leader) and CTE teachers, VOSE or special education intervention specialists, academic teachers, guidance counselors, curriculum specialists, admissions office supervisors, and 504 coordinators.  Teams are encouraged to attend all four sessions of this series.

Registration

To register your team for this series, contact State Support Team Region 1 via email Jill Barnhisel or call 800-346-8495 or 419-720-8999, extension 152.

Questions

Questions regarding this series should be emailed to Lisa Hite.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as a morning session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Afternoon Session.

Each 60-minute “Power Hour” sessions will focus on different aspects of preparing students for graduation, including:

• a deep dive into Ohio’s new graduation requirements
• updates to the Ohio Means Jobs website and resources
• Success bound strategies for building community partnerships and a business advisory council
• Transition plans and transition planning

using the Career Connections Framework with efficacy and efficiency to ensure student enrollment, enlistment, employment, and/or engagement in the community

Each Power Hour will also include an optional 30-minute Q&A and peer-to-peer networking session for participants to share ideas and dive deeper into the content and implementation strategies discussed in the 60-minute presentation.

Please contact Aaron Weisbrod or Lisa Hite with questions.

Power Hour Dates and Topics: Morning Session

Please Note:

• Each Graduation Power Hour is also offered as an afternoon session. Click here for dates and times.
• All sessions will be held virtually with participant engagement. Zoom information will be sent to registrants prior to event date.

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details.

Registration

Call 419.720.8999, ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Graduation Power Hour:  Morning Session.