Calendar of Events

UPDATE: This Professional Learning opportunity has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please reach out to Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. if you have specific questions or need additional support.

Universal Design for Learning is a framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL helps educators identify and remove barriers in the curriculum to ensure all students learn the material.

Academic teachers, Career Tech teachers, and Administration are encouraged to attend this PD series. Participants will practice using technology as a learning tool for the lab or classroom. During sessions 2 – 4, teachers will have time to revise their lessons by adding UDL components. Cohort members will:

• identify the 3 core components of UDL
• identify barriers in their lessons that create learning gaps for students
• implement UDL components in a minimum of 3 lessons

Please Note:

• The October and December sessions will meet virtually. If it is safe to do so, the last three sessions will be held in-person.

Please contact Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. with questions.

Upcoming Event Dates

Registration

Call 419.720.8999 ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Universal Design for Learning and CTE: Year 1.

UPDATE: This Professional Learning opportunity has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please reach out to Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. if you have specific questions or need additional support.

Universal Design for Learning is a framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL helps educators identify and remove barriers in the curriculum to ensure all students learn the material.

Participants from the 2019-20 UDL and CTE Cohort will expand their knowledge in the areas of means of engagement, expression, and representation. Cohort members will explore using document cameras and other assistive technology as a support tool for their lab or classroom, and how to add more kinesthetic activities into daily lessons. During each session, participants will receive and give feedback on ways to improve the lesson. Cohort members will:

• increase their usage of UDL strategies
• identify barriers in their lessons that create learning gaps for students
• identify sources for adaptive technology for students

Please Note:

• This workshop is open only to participants in the 2nd year of the UDL/CTE Cohort.
• The October and December sessions will meet virtually. If it is safe to do so, the last three sessions will be held in-person.

Please contact Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. with questions.

Upcoming Meeting Dates

This network is for recently assigned preschool administrators, or administrators wishing to revisit foundational aspects of preschool administration. Participants will dive into the foundational framework of preschool administration to include both early learning and special education federal, state, funding, and quality requirements. Evidence based practices taught will align completion of ETRs and IEPs to influence student achievement. This is a multi-session, 2-year cohort.

During the 2020-21 school year, participants will:

• identify their current location in the educational cascade, and how roles throughout the cascade differ
• learn tenants of state and federal mandated requirements and identify how each is represented in their program/school
• begin to establish skills to self reflect on their progress as an instructional coach and leader
• draft an internal monitoring plan to align proper implementation of timeline driven requirements through documentation and implementation
• draft an annual calendar of routine department requirements, responsibilities, best practices, and action

Please Note

• This Professional Learning Opportunity is 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 with session questions.

Network Event Dates

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details

Registration

Participants may register by emailing Jill Barnhisel or calling 419.720.8999 ext. 152. Zoom session information will be sent to registrants prior to each event.

These meetings are designed to inform preschool supervisors of early childhood updates, and disseminate new information in order to meet Federal IDEA requirements and indicators as they related to Preschool Special Education (i.e. Indicators 6, 7, and 12) and support the use of standards, curriculum, and assessments for all learners.

Opportunities to network and participate in topic-specific work groups will be provided. School Improvement will be the focus of the year, providing PD and resources around the 5-step Process, TBTs in preschool, and developing school improvement leaders at the preschool level.

Following this Professional Learning Opportunity, participants will:

• understand the foundation of federal and state requirements: special education, licensing, SUTQ, and school improvement
• review their current school improvement practices and align them to early childhood state initiatives
• identify the role their position plays in overall school improvement

Please Note

• This Professional Learning Opportunity is by invitation only. 

Contact Heather Gaskins, M.F.C.S. with questions.

Network Event Dates & Registration

This network is for recently assigned preschool administrators, or administrators wishing to revisit foundational aspects of preschool administration. Participants will dive into the foundational framework of preschool administration to include both early learning and special education federal, state, funding, and quality requirements. Evidence based practices taught will align completion of ETRs and IEPs to influence student achievement. This is a multi-session, 2-year cohort.

During the 2020-21 school year, participants will:

• identify their current location in the educational cascade, and how roles throughout the cascade differ
• learn tenants of state and federal mandated requirements and identify how each is represented in their program/school
• begin to establish skills to self reflect on their progress as an instructional coach and leader
• draft an internal monitoring plan to align proper implementation of timeline driven requirements through documentation and implementation
• draft an annual calendar of routine department requirements, responsibilities, best practices, and action

Please Note

• This Professional Learning Opportunity is 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 with session questions.

Network Event Dates

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details

Registration

Participants may register by emailing Jill Barnhisel or calling 419.720.8999 ext. 152. Zoom session information will be sent to registrants prior to each event.

Hosted by: OCALI in partnership with State Support Team Region 16

Presenters: Lisa Arthur – State Support Team Region 16 & Ron Rogers – OCALI

This webinar will address specific strategies for supporting students with significant cognitive disabilities within inclusive educational settings.

Registration

Click here to be directed to the registration link on GoToWebinar.

UPDATE: This Professional Learning opportunity has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please reach out to Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. if you have specific questions or need additional support.

Universal Design for Learning is a framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL helps educators identify and remove barriers in the curriculum to ensure all students learn the material.

Academic teachers, Career Tech teachers, and Administration are encouraged to attend this PD series. Participants will practice using technology as a learning tool for the lab or classroom. During sessions 2 – 4, teachers will have time to revise their lessons by adding UDL components. Cohort members will:

• identify the 3 core components of UDL
• identify barriers in their lessons that create learning gaps for students
• implement UDL components in a minimum of 3 lessons

Please Note:

• The October and December sessions will meet virtually. If it is safe to do so, the last three sessions will be held in-person.

Please contact Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. with questions.

Upcoming Event Dates

Registration

Call 419.720.8999 ext. 152 or email Jill Barnhisel to register for Universal Design for Learning and CTE: Year 1.

UPDATE: This Professional Learning opportunity has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please reach out to Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. if you have specific questions or need additional support.

Universal Design for Learning is a framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. UDL helps educators identify and remove barriers in the curriculum to ensure all students learn the material.

Participants from the 2019-20 UDL and CTE Cohort will expand their knowledge in the areas of means of engagement, expression, and representation. Cohort members will explore using document cameras and other assistive technology as a support tool for their lab or classroom, and how to add more kinesthetic activities into daily lessons. During each session, participants will receive and give feedback on ways to improve the lesson. Cohort members will:

• increase their usage of UDL strategies
• identify barriers in their lessons that create learning gaps for students
• identify sources for adaptive technology for students

Please Note:

• This workshop is open only to participants in the 2nd year of the UDL/CTE Cohort.
• The October and December sessions will meet virtually. If it is safe to do so, the last three sessions will be held in-person.

Please contact Lisa Hite, M.Ed. or Nicole Herbert, M.Ed. with questions.

Upcoming Meeting Dates

This network is for recently assigned preschool administrators, or administrators wishing to revisit foundational aspects of preschool administration. Participants will dive into the foundational framework of preschool administration to include both early learning and special education federal, state, funding, and quality requirements. Evidence based practices taught will align completion of ETRs and IEPs to influence student achievement. This is a multi-session, 2-year cohort.

During the 2020-21 school year, participants will:

• identify their current location in the educational cascade, and how roles throughout the cascade differ
• learn tenants of state and federal mandated requirements and identify how each is represented in their program/school
• begin to establish skills to self reflect on their progress as an instructional coach and leader
• draft an internal monitoring plan to align proper implementation of timeline driven requirements through documentation and implementation
• draft an annual calendar of routine department requirements, responsibilities, best practices, and action

Please Note

• This Professional Learning Opportunity is 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 with session questions.

Network Event Dates

Event Flyer

Click to download event flyer for full details

Registration

Participants may register by emailing Jill Barnhisel or calling 419.720.8999 ext. 152. Zoom session information will be sent to registrants prior to each event.