Highlight your school's story with MAP Growth Data
2022-05-11 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Virtual- Register Above for Link
Join us for this complimentary, data-driven MAP® Growth™ webinar. Learn how MAP Growth’s data and detailed reports can keep you informed and help you dive deeper into your student assessment data.

At this webinar we will:

At NWEA®, our assessments are designed from the ground up to help inform instruction and track student growth over time. NWEA’s comprehensive assessment program gives you the right tools for informing instruction to support each student’s learning to their maximum potential.

Please share this invitation with school and building leaders who could benefit from this session.

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Registration closes: May 9 at 8:00 a.m. ET

Highlight your school's story with MAP Growth Data
2022-05-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
At this webinar we will:

Discuss how data-informed decisions can facilitate academic growth and health
Learn how to view your data through an accountability lens
Devise a strategy for utilizing NWEA’s Premium data reports to share your story with authorizers and support your academic goals

At NWEA®, our assessments are designed from the ground up to help inform instruction and track student growth over time. NWEA’s comprehensive assessment program gives you the right tools for informing instruction to support each student’s learning to their maximum potential.

Please share this invitation with school and building leaders who could benefit from this session.

Can’t make it? Register for the webinar and we’ll send you a link to the on-demand recording soon after.
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4-8 Mathematics Curriculum Leadership Team Meeting
2022-05-12 08:00 - 15:00 | St. Ignatius School-Loyola Hall, 5222 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45247, United States

K-3 Mathematics Curriculum Leadership Team Meeting
2022-05-13 08:00 - 15:00 | St. Ignatius School-Loyola Hall, 5222 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45247, United States

Beautiful Questions in the Classroom Book Study
2022-05-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
In this self-paced, online book study based on Warren Berger and Elise Foster’s book, Beautiful Questions in the Classroom: Transforming Classrooms Into Cultures of Curiosity and Inquiry, you will explore the importance of questioning and how inquiry leads to learning, innovation, and personal growth. You will also learn strategies to inspire bigger, more beautiful student questions and techniques to help educators ask more beautiful questions. Throughout your study of the book, you will be provided with real-world examples, case studies, practical ideas, and question stems. Discover how to ask bigger, more beautiful questions and how to develop a powerful teaching approach that creates a classroom full of student driven inquiry. An optional one-semester hour of graduate credit is available from Ashland University for an additional $249. Questions about the content? Please contact Megan Ash at Megan.Ash@escco.org. Questions about registration? Please contact Jessica Seymour at Jessica.Seymour@escco.org. By registering for any ESC of Central Ohio virtual or in-person events, you will be automatically subscribed to our professional development monthly email or any other emails that are relevant to your position. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Be Equity Warriors
2022-05-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
What actions can we take now to advance equity and raise the achievement of every student? Equity Warrior authors George S. Perry Jr. and Joan Richardson crack the codes to advancing equity from three decades of leading equity work across the country.
Participants will discover:
– Practical, realistic, and strategic approaches for navigating barriers to advancing equity
– Key takeways from real schools and districts that have worked at systemic equity
– The parallel work that school and district teams must do to achieve and sustain systemic change
– The domains of politics, diplomacy, and warfare to achieve the equity agenda
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Adopt evidence-based practices for effective instructional leadership
2022-05-17 08:00 - 15:30 | Hilton Akron Fairlawn Hotel & Suites, 3180 West Market Street, Akron, OH, 44333, United States
Gain new tools for supporting the instructional focus and initiatives designed to support learning at your school at the How Leadership Works Institute!
This professional learning event will support you and your team in clarifying, articulating, and actualizing instructional leadership goals in order to ensure the greatest outcomes for both staff and students! Join Cathy Lassiter and Douglas Fisher in exploring:

Mindframes for leading teaching, learning, and change
Evidence-based instructional leadership
Student clarity and engagement
How to foster a learning-focused school culture
Practices of successful change agents

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Using Trip Steps to Guide Instructional Reading Time
2022-05-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance;
and Dr. Jan Bryan, Vice President and National Education Officer, Renaissance

Across grades K–12, some reading skills are significantly more difficult for students to learn than others. At Renaissance, we call these skills Trip Steps because they can cause a sudden stumble in learning.

Join us for an in-depth look at these challenging yet essential reading skills—which actually increase in number as students advance from elementary to middle school. You’ll understand:

How we identified Trip Steps—and why these skills are so challenging for students to master
Which grade levels and skill areas have the most reading Trip Steps
How Trip Steps align with the Science of Reading
Why an understanding of Trip Steps is vital for learning recovery
How to prioritize instruction on these critical skills this year

This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, school and district leaders, reading directors, federal program directors, instructional coaches, and interventionists. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

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Social & Emotional Learning NOW
2022-05-18 08:00 - 14:30 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
Create a community of care
Academic learning may be the explicit focus of schooling, but what teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we chose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how our students think, see themselves, interact with content and with others, and assert themselves in the world.
During the Virtual Social and Emotional Learning NOW Institute we will focus on key social and emotional learning, but we apply it to educators, students, and schools. In the past, SEL efforts were targeted to students but schoolwide efforts and supporting colleagues is critical. In this session, we focus on creating a community of care, supporting identities and belonging, building on strengths, emotional regulation, resilience, relational trust, as well as individual and collective efficacy.
Together, we can support each other and our students’ well-being and academic growth.
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The Art and Science of Magnetic Reading: Teaching Foundations, Grades K–2
2022-05-18 15:00 - 15:45 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
Welcome to the Art and Science of Magnetic Reading webinar series—a tour of our all-new reading array for Grades K–2 foundational skills and Grades 3–5 comprehension, featuring a high-integrity instructional design that delivers on the Science of Reading. Fresh texts worth reading are at the heart of Magnetic Reading, energizing the class community with knowledge and ideas, and fostering authentic connections to the learning, to the world, and to one another.

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Support Your Early Readers
2022-05-18 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom
How much time does it take your teachers to assess students’ oral reading fluency? If the answer is more than 20 minutes per class, there is a better way.

In this complimentary webinar, you’ll hear about MAP® Reading Fluency™ the latest innovation from NWEA®, designed to:

measure oral reading fluency, comprehension, and foundational reading skills
eliminate the need for 1:1 administration and automatically score each student
record students’ passages for teacher and family playback
screen for dyslexia

In addition, you will learn about the NEW features in MAP Reading Fluency – coming this fall!
This session is perfect for administrators, instructional leaders, reading teachers, classroom teachers, and coaches. Please share this invitation with other educators who may be interested.
Can’t make it? Register for the webinar and we’ll send you a link to the on-demand recording soon after.
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The Art and Science of Magnetic Reading: Teaching Grades 3–5
2022-05-23 15:00 - 15:45 | Virtual- Register Above for Link

Teaching Reading
2022-05-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Univeristy of Cincinnati – Tangeman Center, 2600 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45220, United States
Translate the current research on reading into classroom practices that teachers can deploy tomorrow. We know that reading is an active process that is impacted by the text, task, and sociocultural context in which the reading occurs. These crucial components include systematic development of word recognition and language comprehension skills. Importantly, newer work reveals the bridging processes that make these possible.
In this webinar, participants will:
– Explore foundational skills that foster automaticity and fluency
– Engage with comprehension and vocabulary practices that promote comprehension
– Understand the contributions of motivation and engagement in reading.
– Examine newer research about the role of theory of mind, cognitive flexibility, and executive function in reading
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Breaking Open the Sin of Racism- Leader Training
2022-05-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Join us for our Breaking Open the Sin of Racism Leader Training. In this session we will address how to facilitate these discussion opportunities in your community both in person and online. Complete the included form to register and receive a Zoom Link for the upcoming sessions.

Breaking Open the Sin of Racism- Leader Training
A virtual training to assist leaders and staff members in successfully offering the Breaking Open the Sin of Racism program in their parish or community.

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Using MTSS to Address Learning Gaps: A Blended Learning Approach
2022-05-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
Join this edWebinar to learn how combining MTSS with blended learning can accelerate learning recovery for all students.
With the return to campus, it is clear that our students have serious gaps in their educational programs. Intervention strategies post pandemic need to blend academic, social, and emotional support. In addition to learning loss, have you noticed more temper tantrums (regardless of age), less resistance to change, and more difficulty making friends? You are not alone.
In this edWebinar, we will demonstrate some strategies and interventions that you can immediately use with your students. By using a systematic MTSS approach to intervention, you can meet all your students where they are. MTSS is a framework that uses data to help match academic and social-emotional behavior assessments and instructional resources to each individual student’s needs. If you blend in-person and online teaching you can reach more students in less time, in small groups and individually.
Join us as we go over these strategies and offer real-time solutions to getting back on track. This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Federal Program Chat
2022-05-25 13:00 - 14:00
Regina Lukich, ESC Director of Program Resources will be facilitating an ESSA Federal Coordinator chat time for questions, resource sharing, and technical assistance to meet compliance. Special Guest Presenter: Randy Richardson, Office of Federal Programs Specialist at the Ohio Department of Education, will join us for the May 25 chat. He has expertise with all federal programs including ESSER grant expenditures and monitoring criteria. He will share monitoring on-site information and how districts are documenting program evidence.
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Reflective Practices for Teachers: Planning Next Year Using Your ACRE Data
2022-05-25 15:30 - 17:30 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
Using self-reflection within the second and third standards of the NSBECS and the ACRE part I and II results, we will together explore how student data can impact the school-wide programs in our Catholic schools, the spiritual life of students, and curriculum mapping in theology courses. Primary Audience: school leaders, teachers.
Presented by Jill Annable, Senior Vice President of Programs.
Objectives:
Teachers will participate in seminar-style mini-presentations and participate in small group discussions with colleagues throughout the country following each topic presentation. (NSBECS 1, 2, 3, 4) Topics will include:

Mission and Catholic identity in our schools
Spiritual life of our students
Encountering Jesus Christ through retreats and service
Religion course content, curriculum mapping, and course alignment
Data analysis with school-wide impact

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Discernment Retreat with the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
2022-05-26 - 2022-05-29 | Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, 10341 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO, 63122, United States
May 26-29, 2022 – “Unfolding Joy” Discernment Retreats are for young women discerning religious life. It begins at 7 pm on Thursday evening and ends before noon on Sunday. Talks touch on the nature of discernment, the beauty of the call to consecrated religious life, the basic elements of Carmelite Spirituality, and the particular charism of our Carmel of the Divine Heart of Jesus. An opportunity to experience our apostolate is also included. A retreat donation of $30 is gratefully accepted. Register here

Retreat with the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
2022-05-26 | Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, 10341 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO, 63122, United States
Retreat for those discerning a vocation.

4-8 ELA Curriculum Leadership Team Meeting
2022-05-26 08:00 - 15:00 | St. Ignatius School-Loyola Hall, 5222 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45247, United States

Equity and Text Complexity
2022-05-31 15:00 - 16:00
Current research on our literacy crisis suggests educators need to rethink instructional and assessment practices. How should early childhood educators implement equitable practices to close reading gaps? The New Teacher Project (2018) published a study, The Opportunity Myth, in which researchers examined class expectations and student outcomes. The study highlighted the inequity issue and further suggests students need opportunities to successfully engage with complex, grade-level text. Some practitioners argue students will become frustrated trying to read text above their instructional reading level, and research suggests otherwise. Dr. Kulich will discuss the science of reading, data, scaffolding, and evidence-based fluency instruction. Attendees will review national reading data, understand how the science of reading aligns with equitable reading practices, and how to develop reading fluency skills.
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Launching the Writer's Workshop Grades K-2
2022-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
A framework of lessons to help launch your writing year

The first weeks of school can make or break your plans for leading an effective writer’s workshop.
That’s why it’s so important to start the year with a proven game plan for building better writers in grades K-2.

Participate from the comfort of your home or school.

Get live feedback and support during the workshop.

Earn 5.5 hours of continuing education credit.

Learn the pillars of an effective K-2 writer’s workshop.

Build your own instructional calendar.

Walk away with the first six weeks already planned.

FLYER

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Launching the Writer's Workshop
2022-06-01 09:00 - 16:30 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
What you’ll learn during this workshop:

Understand the four phases of the workshop launch.
Learn classroom-tested routines and procedures to establish the writing environment.
Set the tone that writing occurs daily.
Receive organizational ideas for writers’ notebooks.
Learn day-by-day strategies to introduce the 6 Traits of Writing so teachers and students are using a common language.
Balance free-choice writing topics with teacher-assigned topics.
Receive ready-to-go lessons with supporting resources, activity pages, and authentic student writing samples.

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

Kick off the school year with a 20-day “game plan” for teaching writing.
Establish routines to effectively manage a writer’s workshop.
Implement a writer’s notebook in the classroom.
Lead efficient and effective writing conferences with students.
Develop a classroom writing rubric that students can use and understand.
Transition from procedural lessons into the first writing unit.

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An Introduction to Literacy Stations
2022-06-01 09:00 - 16:30 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
What you’ll learn during this workshop:

Learn how the five components of reading can be supported with literacy stations.
Recognize how literacy stations can be used to address grade-level specific standards.
Gain ideas for planning purposeful, achievement-driven station activities.
Boost students’ comprehension of literature and informational texts with listening stations.
Learn how to establish routines that foster independence in all K-5 students.
Discover how to grow students’ stamina for working independently.
Determine how to assign letter grades to work completed in literacy stations.

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

Use anchor charts to effectively teach and remind students of procedural expectations.
Utilize existing classroom materials to set up and implement engaging literacy stations.
Teach students to efficiently transition from one station to another.
Organize a classroom library for K-5 students that encourages reading based on interests.
Engage students in hands-on word-study stations that build skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary.
Begin the school year with your own 6-week “game plan” for launching literacy stations.

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Catholic Social Responsibility in Catholic Schools
2022-06-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
Join the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for an exploratory workshop for teachers and school leaders on Catholic Social Responsibility. This virtual session will be based on the Catholic Social Responsibility Guidebook developed by a team of educators in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 2021. The Guidebook, grounded in Catholic Social Teachings, Scripture, official Church documents, and the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools, serves as a positive, non-ideological, and foundational framework for elementary and secondary Catholic school educators engaged in the important work of forming students to integrate faith, culture, and life.
Outcomes:

Participants will become familiar with five Guiding Principles that serve as the foundation for educators as they form students to respond to contemporary social issues from a Catholic perspective in all areas of their lives.
Participants will understand four main contemporary challenges–culture, racism, civic participation for the common good, and economics—in light of their relevance for Catholic schools today and Catholic theological responses to each of them.
Participants will reflect on practical ways to integrate Catholic Social Responsibility into all aspects of the instruction, programming, and life of their school communities.

Presenters:
Kathleen A. Cepelka, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Sue Nelson
Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Jim Schultz, M.T.S., M.Ed.
Director of Mission Integration/Director of Admissions
St. Anthony School
Registration includes: Three hours of formation & an online copy of Catholic Social Responsibility in Catholic Schools.

Launching the Writer's Workshop Grades 3-12
2022-06-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
Workshop Details

This workshop is perfect for:

Grades 3-12 Teachers
Literacy Coaches
Literacy Coordinators
Title I Teachers/Directors
ELL Teachers
High-Ability Teachers
Administrators

What you’ll learn during this workshop:

Understand the four phases of the workshop launch.
Learn classroom-tested routines and procedures to establish the writing environment.
Set the tone that writing occurs daily.
Receive organizational ideas for writers’ notebooks.
Learn day-by-day strategies to introduce the 6 Traits of Writing so teachers and students are using a common language.
Balance free-choice writing topics with teacher-assigned topics.
Receive ready-to-go lessons with supporting resources, activity pages, and authentic student writing samples.

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

Kick off the school year with a 20-day “game plan” for teaching writing.
Establish routines to effectively manage a writer’s workshop.
Implement a writer’s notebook in the classroom.
Lead efficient and effective writing conferences with students.
Develop a classroom writing rubric that students can use and understand.
Transition from procedural lessons into the first writing unit.

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Strategies for Teaching Small-Group Guided Reading
2022-06-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
Workshop Details

This workshop is perfect for:

K-5 Classroom Teachers
Literacy Coaches
Literacy Coordinators
Title I Teachers/Directors
Special Education Teachers
ELL Teachers
K-5 High-Ability Teachers
Elementary Administrators

What you’ll learn during this workshop:

Learn how to develop a schedule where small-group reading occurs in tandem with students working independently in literacy stations.
Obtain ways to utilize teacher-led small groups during the reading block.
Understand how to interpret the reading levels of students and match them with appropriate text.
Gain strategies to support readers at different stages of reading.
Learn how to tie whole-group mini-lessons to small-group instruction.
Learn types of before, during, and after-reading strategies and how they fit into small-group reading lessons.
Acquire methods for supporting readers by incorporating effective oral reading strategies

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

Use small groups to support and deepen mini-lesson skills first taught during whole-class direct instruction.
Introduce a new text to students in a way that provides support for them to be able to decode and understand the text.
Increase the amount of time students spend reading the whole text.
Cultivate student interaction with the text during reading.
Organize your space and supplies to make small-group instruction both efficient and effective.

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Strategies for Teaching Small-Group Guided Reading
2022-06-02 09:00 - 16:30 | Virtual- Register Above for Link
What you’ll learn during this workshop:

Learn how to develop a schedule where small-group reading occurs in tandem with students working independently in literacy stations.
Obtain ways to utilize teacher-led small groups during the reading block.
Understand how to interpret the reading levels of students and match them with appropriate text.
Gain strategies to support readers at different stages of reading.
Learn how to tie whole-group mini-lessons to small-group instruction.
Learn types of before, during, and after-reading strategies and how they fit into small-group reading lessons.
Acquire methods for supporting readers by incorporating effective oral reading strategies.

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

Use small groups to support and deepen mini-lesson skills first taught during whole-class direct instruction.
Introduce a new text to students in a way that provides support for them to be able to decode and understand the text.
Increase the amount of time students spend reading the whole text.
Cultivate student interaction with the text during reading.
Organize your space and supplies to make small-group instruction both efficient and effective.

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Ohio Heading to Kindergarten Transition Summit
2022-06-02 12:30 - 16:00 | Virtual – Receive Link When Registered
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Ohio Heading to Kindergarten Transition Summit
Live Virtual Event via Zoom
Thursday, June 2, 2022
12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Heading to Kindergarten is focused on building partnerships that support successful transitions to kindergarten. The goal is to provide guidance and resources based on best practices to enhance collaboration between early care and education programs, public schools and community partners as a critical pathway to better child outcomes.
Heading to Kindergarten Summit Goal:
Provide information, resources, and supports to strengthen kindergarten readiness practices and collaboration between early childhood programs, school districts and community partners.
Target Audience:
· Head Start administrators
· Head Start staff
· Elementary administrators
· Kindergarten teachers
· Early Care and Education providers
· Parents and Caretakers
· Community Partners such as Librarians, Pediatricians, Early Intervention providers, etc.
The Summit supports kindergarten transitions by bringing schools and communities together to share resources and best practices. We encourage participants to gather their community’s existing preschool to kindergarten transition team (or create a new one) to attend this event. If you have not yet established a team you are still encouraged to attend and learn more about successful transitions to kindergarten.
This event is supported by the Ohio Head Start Collaboration Grant. There is no fee to attend.
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Hosted by the Ohio Head Start Association – direct any questions to ohsai@ohsai.org or 937-435-1113.

Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I (Hybrid)
2022-06-03 | Zoom
Learn the components of the English language that contribute to the development of reading.
Learn about the phonology, orthography and structure of the English language while taking a comprehensive look at how students learn to read and write.
Plan and implement systematic, explicit, multisensory language instruction that meets the guidelines of the National Reading Panel and has been proven to be most effective in teaching students with Dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
Learn how to incorporate Orton-Gillingham (OG) methodology into their core and intervention reading programs.

Important Session Information:

The Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Practicum I face-to-face course encompasses including 45 hours of lecture plus a 12-day practicum, which is held during summer school. Each participant is assigned to a Master Teacher who provides one-to-one coaching and feedback on the creation and teaching of lesson plans custom-tailored for the student the participant is tutoring.
Coursework focuses on the phonology, orthography and structure of the English language; takes a comprehensive look at how students learn to read and write; and helps teachers to recognize the characteristics of dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Teachers learn to plan and implement systematic, explicit, multisensory language instruction that meets the guidelines of the National Reading Panel and has been proven to be most effective in teaching students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
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