More Math Workshop
2023-06-28 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Zoom
Summer 2023 Webinar Series
This webinar is part of the summer webinar series inspired by NCEA 2023 Convention and geared toward Mission and Catholic Identity and Academic Excellence. MORE Math Workshop! Come join the fun as we discuss and “play” with more math workshop resources! Help students master content in your math classroom with engaging and rigorous resources. Come to the session ready to learn and interact with other math educators and leave with activities you can implement in your classroom immediately!
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Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Conversations for Teachers
2023-07-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Summer 2023 Webinar Series
This webinar is part of the summer webinar series inspired by NCEA 2023 Convention. Any and every educator inevitably has the challenge of dealing with difficult people and conversations, and the best know how to effectively manage these situations with adept skill and wisdom. Whether a parent, or student, being prepared to deal with difficult situations with strategies that work provides a big advantage including a little less stress and a lot less damage control. In this session, we will share practical guidance to navigate these challenges successfully.
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Coffee & Conversation
2023-07-15 09:00 - 11:30 | OH
Our next meeting will be held at St. Ignatius-Loyola Hall (southern location) 5222 North Bend Rd., Cincinnati on July 15, 2023 from 9:00-11:30. Everyone is welcome to attend as we work to create belonging for all in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Register here: https://airtable.com/shrYNpzvWRgLYXjS7
Coffee & Conversation will be held quarterly at these locations. Fall meeting dates and times will be announced in July! For more information, contact Lisa Averion, laverion@catholicaoc.org

Deaf Community Mass & Meeting
2023-07-15 17:00 - 18:30 | St. Christopher, 405 East National Road, Vandalia, OH, 45377, United States
Deaf Community Mass & meeting at St. Christopher 435 East National Road, Vandalia
5:00 Mass with ASL Interpreters
Meeting immediately following
All are welcome!

The In's and Out's of Dyslexia: Instructional Adaptations
2023-07-17 13:00 - 14:00 | OH
Summer 2023 Webinar Series
This webinar is part of the summer webinar series inspired by NCEA 2023 Convention and geared toward Mission and Catholic Identity and Academic Excellence. The In’s and Out’s of Dyslexia: Instructional Adaptations We are blessed to be experiencing a time in our educational careers when we are learning about dyslexia and the neurological impact that dyslexia has on reading, writing, and social interactions. This session will address the identification process, ways to partner with families, and strategies to implement for academic success in our Inclusive Catholic environments.
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Annual Northern (now St. Augustine Deaneries) Farm Mass
2023-07-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Buck and Fran Siefring Farm, 3598 SR 705, New Weston, OH, United States
Archbishop Schnurr will preside at the Annual Northern (now St. Augustine Deaneries) Farm Mass. Come join us to celebrate and give thanksgiving for faith, farm, and family!
Catholic families who have farmed and nurtured the same land for 100 years or more will be recognized with the Catholic Century Farm Awards.
Stay after Mass for refreshments, music, and square dancing! All are welcome.

Problem-Based Learning for Gifted Learners
2023-08-01 09:00 - 15:00 | Houston Early Learning Center, 3310 Compton Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45251, United States
Important Session Information:
With today’s ever-changing job market and economy, students must be prepared to solve real-world problems and meet new challenges. Help prepare your students for these challenges while meeting state standard requirements with this Problem-Based Learning workshop. Come away with a full plan, materials and a google drive of information ready to present to your students as a result of this workshop.

Developed by medical school staff at Case Western University in the 1950’s, Problem Based Learning originated as a way to solve medical issues. In recent years, Problem-Based Learning has evolved to be a unique way to engage higher level students by challenging them to creating solutions to revelant, real-world problems. Teachers in any discipline in grades 6-9 are encouraged to attend!

Gain insight on the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning with gifted/high ability students.
Create a series of Problem Based Learning scenarios tailored to your classroom standards and discuss with like-minded educators.
Create a pacing guide for a problem based learning unit designed for your classroom, using techniques and materials presented in this course.

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Adapted & Tactile Book Maker’s Day
2023-08-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Important Session Information:
Are you looking to increase learning and engagement among students when using reading materials and activities and supporting students with visual impairments? Throughout this make and take, let your reading materials come to life by adding tactile elements and movement to increase engagement and motivation. This two-hour, hands-on course will provide ideas for accessible, interactive books. We will explore the benefits of tactile features for learners and the benefits of movement and learning. You will practice what you learn by adding tactile features to two books that you will then be able to take with you. Don’t let your book pages stay flat on the paper, bring them to life with this make and take course.

Discuss three benefits of incorporating movement into reading opportunities throughout the school day.
Identify three benefits when adding tactile elements and overlays to symbol based activities for learning.
Design at least two interactive reading books incorporating active engagement through a make and take portion.

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Facilitated K-3 Dyslexia Course
2023-08-07 08:30 - 2023-08-11 15:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Important Session Information:
Join our trained facilitators to engage in Ohio’s free online Introduction to Dyslexia Course, K-3 and additional facilitated activities that provide deeper learning focused on the course content. This meets the requirements for the 18 hours of professional learning required by Ohio’s Dyslexia Law for K-3 teachers in Ohio.

Gain an understanding of literacy development based on comprehensive scientific findings from cognitive, psychological, and educational disciplines.
Identify and use in practice the essential components of reading instruction all students need to develop foundational literacy skills.
Recognize risk factors and characteristics of dyslexia and understand how reading difficulties vary in presentation and degree across ages, grades, and in response to educational experiences.
Identify distinctive properties of different text types (for example., decodable, leveled, authentic), understand how and when to use each for instruction, and learn how to scaffold rigorous text reading while independent reading skills are developing.

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Save the Date! Sunday, August 27, 2023 Festival of Faiths
2023-08-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Xavier University’s Cintas Center, 1624 Musketeer Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45207, United States
Greater Cincinnati’s 6th Annual Festival of Faiths, celebrating our community’s religious diversity.
Online programming will continue Monday through Wednesday, and the festival will end with an in-person Peace Walk at Ault Park on Thursday, August 31, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Presented by EquaSion
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Science of Reading: Managing Change for Real Results - edWeb
2023-08-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Presented by Susan Lambert, Chief Academic Officer of Elementary Humanities, and Host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Amplify; and Javonna Mack, Lead Content Teacher, Caddo Parish Public Schools (LA)
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Learn the simple steps that ensure success in managing any major change—especially the shift to the Science of Reading. Join this edWebinar to hear Susan Lambert, host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, in conversation with Javonna Mack, Science of Reading Star Award winner and Lead Content Teacher at Caddo Parish Public Schools. Susan and Javonna discuss how leaders at all levels can:

Create a climate of change by mobilizing their practice, process, and people
Build shared understanding for the need for Science-of-Reading-based literacy programs
Successfully navigate change through evidence-based stages of implementation
Make the shifts that deliver better literacy outcomes for students

Additionally, Susan will share FREE high-quality professional learning resources designed to support this change. This edWebinar will be of interest to elementary school teachers and school and district leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the session.

About the Presenter
Susan Lambert is the Chief Academic Officer of Elementary Humanities at Amplify, and the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Her career, which includes roles as a classroom teacher, building administrator, and district-level leader, has been focused on creating high-quality learning environments using evidence-based practices. Susan is a mom of four, a grandma of four, a world traveler, and a collector of stories. Her professional quarantine accomplishments include the production of knowledge-based learning modules for kindergarten through grade-two students, available through Amplify’s free resources website and Wide Open Schools.

Javonna Mack is the 2023 Science of Reading Star Award winner and Lead Content Teacher of Caddo Parish Public Schools. She has 21 years of experience working for the state of Louisiana, 13 within the Caddo Parish School System supporting PreK–6 instruction. Specializing in literacy, Javonna uses her experience to support teaching and learning on various campuses and at district professional development events. She focuses her support on ensuring application of Science of Reading principles and proper implementation of the Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum. Javonna enjoys reading and is an avid walker—you will often find her in her neighborhood parks or hiking trails. She is also a mother of four and grandmother of seven granddaughters.

CoTeaching Inquiry Lab Cohort - Audience: K-12 coteaching pairs of teachers
2023-08-29 08:30 - 15:30, 2023-10-10 08:30 - 15:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Important Session Information:
The CoTeaching Inquiry Lab Cohort is a professional learning experience that builds coteaching strategy and designs. Cohort members will learn, observe, hone, and coplan collaborative teaching practices. Participants will have the opportunity to volunteer their classroom as an on-site lab. These volunteers will codesign the cotaught lesson alongside the facilitator/coach before all participants observe live coteaching and apply learning in real time. Focus areas will include: coplanning for learner variability in the cotaught classroom, organizing the teachers for coteaching, coteaching models, and other sustainable practices for collaborative instruction. The overall purpose is to develop coteaching practices that utilize two teachers to transform the experience for ALL learners.

Blended coaching will be conducted between lab sessions. Coaching cycles will include collaboration and conversation about the coteaching practices each team is developing.

Learn, observe, and hone collaborative teaching practices.
Coplan collaborative instruction.
Participate in coaching cycles around their own artifacts of practice.

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Teaching with Clarity for Instructional Leaders: How to Help Teachers Prioritize and Do Less so Students Understand More
2023-09-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
ASCD Virtual Author Workshop with Tony Frontier
Teaching with Clarity for Instructional Leaders: How to Help Teachers Prioritize and Do Less so Students Understand More

What will you learn?
Drawing from his book Teaching With Clarity: How to Prioritize and Do Less So Students Understand More, Tony Frontier will explain a practical framework and action steps that can be used to prioritize, and align, teachers’ and students’ strategic efforts to support responsive, standards-based learning in every classroom.
In this workshop, participants will learn

Learn how to identify, and address, the problem of curricular clutter.
Learn how to effectively align time and effort spent teaching by prioritizing standards, local initiatives, and students’ learning needs.
Identify the six elements that create clarity for teaching and learning.
Learn practical action steps related to developing curriculum, instruction, and assessment that are aligned to each of the six elements of clarity to prioritize students’ strategic efforts to learn.

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2023 Rural Farm Mass - St. Mary Deanery
2023-09-08 19:00 - 22:00 | 5565 Moran Road, Ripley, OH 45167, 5565 Moran Road, Ripley, OH, 45167, United States
The 2023 Southeastern Rural Farm Mass will be held on Friday, September 8, at the home of Gary and Shirley Moran.
It’s happening rain or shine. Please bring a chair and a dish to share.
September 8 is a blessing as Shirley has a special devotion to Mary and has a couple of Mary gardens. It is a beautiful 250 acre beef cattle farm with civil war era house.

MHFA-Youth Training
2023-09-12 16:00 - 19:00 | St. Francis De Sales- Desales Room, 20 Desales Ave, Lebanon, Ohio, 45036
Mental Health First Aid-Youth Training (Blended)
Mental Health First Aid- Youth WHY YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID? Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18.

This course requires 2 hours of pre-work and 6 hours of face-to-face instruction. You must attend both sessions for certification & CEUs (St. Francis De Sales staff).

Session 1: September 12, 2023 4:00-7:00
Session 2: September 19, 2023 4:00-7:00

Location: St. Francis De Sales 20 Desales Ave., Lebanon, Ohio
Room: Desales

I look forward to working with you!

Lisa L. Averion
laverion@catholicaoc.org

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Coffee & Conversation-Central
2023-09-16 09:00 - 11:30 | Our Lady of Sorrows, 330 Lebanon St., Monroe, Ohio, 45050
Coffee & Conversation about inclusion in your parish. Who should attend? Parents, caregivers, professionals, advocates, and clergy. We will discuss how to plan, organize, and advocate for individuals with special needs, Blind Community, Deaf Community, and all with mental wellness challenges.

RSVP Lisa Averion laverion@catholicaoc.org

Coffee & Conversation- Central Our Lady of Sorrows, Monroe
2023-09-16 09:00 - 11:30 | Our Lady of Sorrows, 330 Lebanon St., Monroe, Ohio, 45050
Coffee & Conversation about inclusion in your parish.
Who should attend? Parents, caregivers, professionals, advocates, and clergy. We will discuss how to plan, organize, and advocate for individuals with special needs, Blind Community, Deaf Community, and all with mental wellness challenges.
Please join us at one of these locations.

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North: Sacred Heart, Anna September 23, 2023 9:00-11:30 CANCELED

Central: Our Lady of Sorrows, Monroe September 16, 2023 9:00-11:30 CANCELED

South: St. Ann's, Cincinnati October 7, 2023 9:00-11:30
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Youth MHFA Training
2023-09-19 16:00 - 19:00 | St. Francis De Sales- Desales Room, 20 Desales Ave, Lebanon, Ohio, 45036

Student Motivation and Engagement: Unraveling the Science and Strategies
2023-09-21 14:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
In this forum, we will discuss the current state of student motivation and engagement in our schools. By reviewing the research, we’ll aim to answer critical questions such as what exactly motivates students and which factors drive it. We will examine the misconceptions surrounding motivation and discuss effective approaches to capturing students’ attention. Additionally, we will focus on the role of teachers in fostering student motivation and offer strategies to help students feel motivated to excel academically.
First time K-12 Essentials Forum attendee? Learn more about our free virtual forums.
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Coffee & Conversation - North CANCELED!
2023-09-23 09:00 - 11:30 | Sacred Heart of Jesus (McCartyville), 9377 State Route 119W, Anna,, OH, 45302, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE.
Coffee & Conversation about inclusion in your parish. Who should attend? Parents, caregivers, professionals, advocates, and clergy. We will discuss how to plan, organize, and advocate for individuals with special needs, Blind Community, Deaf Community, and all with mental wellness challenges.
RSVP: Lisa Averion laverion@catholicaoc.org

Coffee & Conversation South
2023-10-07 09:00 - 11:30 | St. Ann Catholic Church, 2900 W. Galbraith Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45239
Coffee & Conversation about inclusion in your parish. Who should attend? Parents, caregivers, professionals, advocates, and clergy. We will discuss how to plan, organize, and advocate for individuals with special needs, Blind Community, Deaf Community, and all with mental wellness challenges.
RSVP: Lisa Averion laverion@catholicaoc.org

Coffee & Conversation- South St. Ann's, Cincinnati
2023-10-07 09:00 - 11:30 | St. Ann Catholic Church, 2900 W. Galbraith Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45239

ACE Leadership Conference
2023-10-15 08:00 - 2023-10-17 17:00 | University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross Drive, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States
There are only a few spots left to attend the annual ACE Leadership Conference! Registration closes September 15th. If you have any questions, please reach out to our conference logistics team
2023 ACE Leadership Conference
The 2nd Annual ACE Leadership Conference will be hosted on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on October 15-17, 2023. The theme of the conference is Fanning the Flame: Building Capacity for Sustainable Catholic Schools. The conference will provide an opportunity to learn from other Catholic school leaders from across the country, and gain insight into the challenges and issues you face in your work. Attendees will come away with tangible tools to bring back to their schools and dioceses in four specific domains:

Spiritual Formation
Instructional Leadership
Executive Management
School Culture

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Maximizing Mathematics Teaching and Learning Opportunities with AI
2023-10-16 08:30 - 15:30 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the potential applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K-12 math education.
Acquire practical strategies for integrating AI-powered tools into the mathematics classroom, enabling teachers to create inclusive learning environments that cater to diverse student needs through differentiation and intervention.
Explore ethical considerations related to AI implementation in education and develop a responsible approach to integrating AI in the math curriculum.

Important Session Information:
Explore the boundless potential of AI in K-12 math education! This professional development workshop is designed to equip teachers with cutting-edge strategies for leveraging Artificial Intelligence to enhance mathematics teaching and learning. Discover how AI can personalize instruction, streamline assessments, and foster critical thinking through interactive simulations. Learn to create inclusive classrooms by harnessing AI’s power for differentiation and intervention. We’ll address ethical considerations and provide hands-on experience with AI-powered tools, empowering you to lead your students into an AI-driven future with confidence and competence. Join us for this transformative session and revolutionize your math classroom! Bring your own device.

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Crisis Response Management: Preparation, Postvention, and Recovery
2023-11-13 08:00 - 11:00 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Identify at least 2 areas of focus to enhance your school’s crisis response plan.
Learn at least 3 critical components to incorporate in a crisis response plan.
Review timelines and key factors in succesful completion of a crisis response.
Increase knowledge and understanding of postvention supports for staff and students.

Important Session Information:
Administrators and Crisis Teams will walk through steps and timelines for preparation and planning. Time will also focus on what takes place days, weeks, and months after a crisis and how to support staff and students.

Participants can register to attend at no cost thru September 15th. After that date, registration will be $50 per person.

STEM Conference 2023
2023-11-14 08:00 - 15:30 | Northern Kentucky University, United States
STEM Conference 2023
“Making STEM+ Come Alive in the Classroom.”
Tuesday, November 14 at Northern Kentucky University
Conference Registration NOW Open
Early Bird Rate until 6/16
Don’t’ miss out!!
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STEM Conference
2023-11-14 08:00 - 15:30 | Northern Kentucky University, United States
STEM Conference 2023
The annual Tri-State STEM+ Conference 2023 is on November 14th. There is also a special discount being offered from September 1st – 11th. The information shown below can also be accessed here: http://bit.ly/2023STEMConferenceFlyer

Fair Trade Sale
2023-11-18 09:00 - 15:00 | Curran Place – University of Dayton, 1700 S Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45409, United States
Come to the Fair Trade Sale in the Meyers Room at the University of Dayton Curran Place.
There will be entertainment and local vendors with ethically sourced products from around the world. There will be clothing, home goods, accessories, toys, coffee, food and more.
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Empowering Gifted Introverts in the Classroom With the Use of Technology
2023-11-20 08:00 - 16:00 | Hamilton County ESC, OH
Join Gifted Specialist Dr. Nicole Dietrich and Instructional Technology Consultant Jess Laudeman to explore the curious link between introversion
and giftedness and the unique challenges that gifted and introverted students may face.
This session will begin with a deep dive into the differences between introversion and extroversion. These temperaments are not just
behavioral–they impact how a child processes energy, renews at the end of the day, interacts with the world, and even learns!
This session will highlight various ways technology can offer these students a voice and help them feel empowered in the classroom. Join us to learn
how to make your class cozy and supportive for gifted introverts!
Cost: $129 Credit: Attendees will receive 7 contact hours
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